Re: Time for A BIGGER BANG 2005-06 LIVE album
Date: November 29, 2006 23:23
Turning To Gold Wrote:
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> I still think that the Scorsese soundtrack and DVD
> is going to be THE ONLY release from this tour,
> and I think that for most fans here, it's going to
> be a huge disappointment. The first question I ask
> is, who is financing the project? Cohl and
> Hollywood financier Steve Bing. Bing's biggest
> success in the movie industry so far was an
> animated children's film starring the voice of Tom
> Hanks. In other words, this guy is clearly not a
> guy who is going to risk spending millions of his
> dollars on a film showing the Stones playing
> obscure songs and rare nuggets that no one has
> ever heard of. The emphasis will be on maximizing
> the return on the investment, mostly by inflating
> the hype on the coupling of the legendary Scorsese
> name and the Rolling Stones brand, with millions
> of dollars on the table. In other words, bring on
> the war horses and celebrity duets!
>
>
> Unlike the Dylan "No Direction Home" documentary
> soundtrack, which was incorporated into his
> well-established Bootleg Series of ongoing
> releases of unheard material, a strategy that
> (unlike the Stones), Dylan has been pursuing for
> over 20 years since the release of "Biograph" box
> set, the Stones/Scorsese soundtrack is basically
> coming to us as a one-off in a vacuum, and it will
> likely be aimed at the VERY casual Stones fan,
> occasional concert goer, and the aging baby boomer
> market generally. I think it will be aimed at
> casual fans, the people who buy maybe 3 or 4 CDs a
> year, people who have probably not bought any
> *new* Stones music since maybe "Miss You" or
> "Start Me Up" was on the charts. The Stones
> clearly have no strategy towards their archives,
> so this release will likely be geared towards a
> "big hits" market, and the idea that "if you don't
> own any Stones music in your music collection, you
> can get the studio stuff on Forty Licks and then
> buy this live CD, and that's all the Stones you'll
> ever need to own!" And if the documentary
> eventually shows up on PBS, as I think it will
> (Paramount also did the Dylan DVD), then the
> soundtrack album will likely be used as a premium
> or tool for PBS fund-raising drives, tie-ins,
> sponsorships, etc. So in order to enhance its
> value there, it will definitely not want to be too
> obscure.
>
> One thing that really strikes me is that, while
> the vast majority of the Dylan/Scorsese soundtrack
> album is previously unreleased recordings or
> versions, they are often live versions of Dylan's
> most famous or popular and well-known songs. I
> expect this will carry over to the Stones project
> as well, and in addition to live warhorses, my
> guess is we will most likely even see some
> "padding" of the soundtrack with the same old
> studio versions of a few well-known hit songs from
> the '60s '70s and '80s, for times when Jagger
> listens back and decides that the live Beacon
> versions don't measure up to the originals. There
> are lots of warhorse-type post-Abko songs that
> fall into this category, that have never been
> compiled on a repackage, and also weren't on 40
> Licks, so the original studio versions can be used
> in the soundtrack -- Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Sway,
> Monkey Man, Can't You Hear Me Knockin', etc. could
> all show up, rather than live versions.
>
>
>
> Assuming Scorcese has input on the soundtrack (as
> he did with Dylan's) then no doubt we will also be
> treated to such Scorsese gems as the studio
> version of "Shine A Light" or other tracks from
> Exile, and again the warhorses and hits, heavily
> leaning towards Scorsese favorites -- Exile, Let
> It Bleed (I'm guessing the Let It Bleed version of
> "Monkey Man" probably will be on there, to
> underscore the "Good Fellas" link), and other
> albums with a known Scorsese connection. Add to
> this the fact that things are probably nearing the
> end of the line with the Stones and Virgin Records
> (perhaps the real reason why Rarities was done in
> such a half-baked fashion and Bigger Bang was so
> under-promoted upon its release) and I don't find
> myself expecting much from this thing, really.
> Although the movie itself will probably be pretty
> good.
I have already heard from a very reliable source that DVDs of the Rio and Austin shows are due out in the Spring!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2006-11-29 23:25 by JJFlash88.