Ringo Wrote:
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> Dirty Work is my favourite album since Some Girls.
> Hold Back, Dirty Work, One Hit, Sleep Tonight,
> Fight - good work!

>
> From
> [www.stylusmagazine.com]
> hought/rolling-stones-dirty-work.htm :
>
> Lilywhite
> earns his paycheck: the guitars surround, taunt,
> and goad; the drumming by Watts or Wood or whoever
> shoves Jagger down a flight of stairs. The rhythm
> guitar coda is ............... It’s a masterpiece.

BS^^

Steve Lillywhite, you should give back that paycheck or give the mix another go.
You're not sitting on your ears & I know you can do better - do it.

letingitbleed wrote:

>>AND MY GOD THAT COVER! Who approved that? Who suggested that? Got to me the worst cover art of all time for any genre. I hope all those clothes were burned.<<

That was CBS. They wanted a colourful band photo as a cover^^
maybe the "boys" would have burned them - but I believe they didn't belong to 'em


phew, Erik
I forgot to mention who I was quoting.
but you made it clear anyway, thanx



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-09-15 04:16 by open-g.

How can you hate a picture of the greatest R&R band, having a swell time in the 80s fashion? (not you, open-g)
I think you're grumpy today.

with sssoul Wrote:
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> i never really understood what it is that people
> dislike so much about the DW cover -
> but here's a photo by Annie Leibowitz that was
> supposedly rejected as the cover shot.
> apparently one reason they didn't use it is
> because it made Charlie's iffy condition a bit
> too plain;
> the fact that it makes Bill look like the tallest
> probably didn't help either. :E but it sure is a
> brilliant photo.
>
> [img.photobucket.com]
> Dirty_Work.jpg
> - 1984, by Annie Leibowitz

Most people don't like the day-glo Miami Vice fashions. I remember that photo. At the risk of offending a LOT of people, isn't it a little too gay for the Stones?

drbryant Wrote:
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> Most people don't like the day-glo Miami Vice
> fashions. I remember that photo. At the risk of
> offending a LOT of people, isn't it a little too
> gay for the Stones?


Do you think that 86 photo is gay? Remember the early 70s? That fashion would be gay-looking on most people......not on RS though.

Nikolai Wrote:
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>
> YEAH, THEY HAVE. DIRTY WORK WASN'T ONE OF THEM.
> NEITHER WAS BRIDGES TO CRAPPALONG, BUT WE'RE ALL
> FRIENDS HERE, RIGHT?


Hey! I love Bridges to Crappalong (no seriously, I do)

c'mon you're both right
even Don Johnson and What's the other ones name weren't gay - but colourful

To me, Ronnie looks a bit pink fruity, but the others are OK.
Richards looks like Tom Cruise.

they where all off the rockers...."one Hit " is a great number...goes to show you if they would have had it together it could have been (DW )up to there standards ...no worries go put on Beggers

I believe they weren't in charge for quite a few things in those days.

>>Breaking with Rolling Stones tradition, the album contained a lyric sheet, apparently at the insistence of CBS Records, who also pushed for the atypical colorful band-photo cover.<<
according to^^
[en.wikipedia.org]
you can add or correct wikipedia.
btw, there were lyric sheets in Tatoo Yoo, weren't they? maybe more?

I always liked that Keith hogs the couch all to himself. And Mick is barefoot.

If CBS was pushing for a colorful photo then why did they hide it behind a dark red shrinkwrap? My vinyl copy still has its wrap -- I just made an incision down the side to slip the record out. I also recall the inside of the sleeve is dark pink. I miss records.

DANDELIONPOWDERMAN

"Where The Boys Go, ..............."

Know a good psychologist? Excellent, maybe you need to give him/her a ring and see if they have any slots next Wednesday?

That song is like the equivalent of how you would feel if one's partner has just given you the 'Spanish Archer,' then, whilst walking along the street a pigeon defecates on your head, followed by a huge truck hitting a massive dirty puddle a metre away from you and turns you into melting chocolate rabbit, then an exocet missile enters one's right nostril.........

SD

Simply Stated , a poor effort except for a couple of gems

SonicDreamer Wrote:
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> DANDELIONPOWDERMAN
>
> "Where The Boys Go, ..............."
>
> Know a good psychologist? Excellent, maybe you
> need to give him/her a ring and see if they have
> any slots next Wednesday?
>
> That song is like the equivalent of how you would
> feel if one's partner has just given you the
> 'Spanish Archer,' then, whilst walking along the
> street a pigeon defecates on your head, followed
> by a huge truck hitting a massive dirty puddle a
> metre away from you and turns you into melting
> chocolate rabbit, then an exocet missile enters
> one's right nostril.........
>
> SD



Where the Boys Go is an excellent song. I don't see how anyone can dislike it.

I think they just thought they wanted to make an album.

You can't control art. It just becomes what it becomes - I know this from experience. You can try to guide what you want it to become, but to completely attempt to contain it is impossible. It's 99% pure luck, and 1% planning. It either works or it doesn't. The album has got to work for someone out there, and if so, then great.

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> To me, Ronnie looks a bit pink fruity, but the
> others are OK.
> Richards looks like Tom Cruise.


And that's supposed to be OK?

>> Most people don't like the day-glo Miami Vice fashions. ... At the risk of offending a LOT of people,
isn't it a little too gay for the Stones?

hm. well, thanks for the insight - i guess.
so presenting themselves as transvestite wig models on an album cover is cool,
but if it's colourful it looks "a little too gay for the Stones"??
(we are talkin about the same Stones, right?)


- 1967 by Michael Cooper


- july 1975, by Annie Leibowitz (courtesy of BrownEyedGirll)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-09-15 09:57 by with sssoul.

OH I love that picture -- Mick looks ready to collapse but Keith's ready for round 2.

Yeah, in the "gay parthenon" of the Stones the cover of DW doesn't even warrant a mention.

smile: glad it grooves you, Glam Descendant. here's the other half of it for you then:


- july 1975, by Annie Leibowitz (courtesy of BrownEyedGirll)

Thanks! And the picture with Brian is the one w/too many hands, right? Someone out of frame has his hand on Brian's head.

Those are the most excellent LA Friday shots. I had that picture (and varuations" as poster, screensaver, passportphoto e3tc

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

>> And the picture with Brian is the one w/too many hands, right? <<

one of a few variations of it, yeah.

Nikolai Wrote:
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> mofur Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Nikolai Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Dirty Work isn't one I play too much. It's
> > > largely mediocre to throwaway at best. The
> > fact
> > > that the outtakes are much much better and
> hint
> > at
> > > what could have been says it all ....
> >
> >
> > It seems to me that over the last 20 years the
> > Stones' outtakes are better than what they
> > actually put out. But, hey...most of us in here
> > are Stones fanatics - you can't argue with
> their
> > commercial success....44 years and still
> > counting....both on record and live....along
> the
> > way they MUST have made some right
> decisions.....
>
>
> YEAH, THEY HAVE. DIRTY WORK WASN'T ONE OF THEM.
> NEITHER WAS BRIDGES TO CRAPPALONG, BUT WE'RE ALL
> FRIENDS HERE, RIGHT?
>
>
>
> >
> > (going off on a tangent the same could be said
> > about setlists: we all want them to be playing
> the
> > obscure material but they would probably be
> > playing the same circuit as Swinging Blue Jeans
> if
> > they did that....)
>
> NOT AT ALL. THEY SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE
> OBSCURITY PER CONCERT. MORE SWAY LESS BROWN
> SUGAR.


And you are more right if you scream? *lol*

i ´ve always loved DW - when it came out in 86, and i still love it! i admit that the 80´s production can annoy, especially the sound of the drums, but i love the raw sound in general and especially the loud guitars!

And some songs are great: in the first place One hit (what for a riff!), but also Fight, Harlem Shuffle, Too Rude, Dirty Work, and Sleep Tonight! I even like the by many hated Hold Back, i admit alomost shamefully)))

And i think DW show the stones at a very important moment in their career, when they almost broke up as a band.

<DANDELIONPOWDERMAN

"Where The Boys Go, ..............."

Know a good psychologist? Excellent, maybe you need to give him/her a ring and see if they have any slots next Wednesday?

That song is like the equivalent of how you would feel if one's partner has just given you the 'Spanish Archer,' then, whilst walking along the street a pigeon defecates on your head, followed by a huge truck hitting a massive dirty puddle a metre away from you and turns you into melting chocolate rabbit, then an exocet missile enters one's right nostril.........

SD>

Is this coming from a Stones fan?

Yeah, I love the stones' punkish period, and I love WTBG! I was referring to the "Can I keep a secret from yooooouuu-part" when I described the fashion for Jagger's howling. I think we hear to little of that today - his voice is somewhat thinner nowadays.

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> I like Keith's shoes.

For one seconds I thought my memory played me tricks, but looking back at the cover Keith is barefoot, as I remembered correctly.
Is this a joke?

Anyway, I don't like much DW but One Hit makes it worth buying, awesome number, awesome. The song's full of drama and that's what I like about the Stones, when they make dramatic music.

Also, no matter how much I like or dislike DW, it's the record that made me discover the Stones when I was 12 so, who cares ...

>> but looking back at the cover Keith is barefoot, as I remembered correctly. <<

uh ... that's Mick.

with sssoul Wrote:
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> >> but looking back at the cover Keith is
> barefoot, as I remembered correctly. <<
>
> uh ... that's Mick.

Guess I should catch some z's, only slpet 2 hours in the last 3 days.
Gotta stop emulating Keith.

What were they thinking..........?

Well what were they thinking... Ain't you ever produced a piece of work?
Something that didn't hinge from others ideas....

It's Dirty Work....SO What you got to show me.....

Come on rattle me with your ideas...show me your thangs...



ROCKMAN

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