yah.. i know its for me...
of course i can't remember everything
but the stones i think exhibit a pattern of mendacity when it comes to the contributions of brian jones, mick taylor and others....
its very deliberately executed.... i think...
i mean they're not going to say the truth which is more along the lines of what jimmy miller was saying in that quote about locking brian up in a room and not paying attention to him....
perhaps because of this we got better albums..maybe it was a blessing in musical terms that brian left the band etc...
but the stones it seems to me in various public pronouncements like to put down brian... state or imply that he hardly was there.. the truth is more like- probably- he was there and he was contributing in his way but they didn't care because they were writing the songs and had a different idea about what they wanted.. but they're not going to say that publicly are they?
it seems to me kind of common sense.. even when brian's parts are on beggars a lot of times they are low in the mix etc.. he was there but they mixed him out!!!!!! then after he dies they literally begin to write him out of the history.... they hardly ever have anything at all good to say about the guy- compare to say ian stewart whose musical contributions i have to believe are far less as much as i like him- and i think brian jones was a key member of the band....obviously its understandable a bit becuase they loved ian very much while evidently they did not like brian at all.. but whether they like him or not- and i can understand how and why it would happen- to write him out like they intentionally try to do is silly... he was there...he did show up to the studio...he wasn't on only one song was he?
i think i've exchaused my talking points!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-01-16 02:11 by stoned_in_dc.