mofur Wrote:
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> Doxa Wrote:
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> > I am crazy for anything, all the ups and downs
> > included, from 1962 to 1983; there are nice
> three
> > sections: Brian era, Taylor era and Ronnie era,
> > and all of them are brialliant in their own
> terms.
> > Maybe albums like Their Satanic Majesties
> (brian's
> > last real contribution), IORR (taylor's last)
> and
> > Undercover (Ron's last real contribution)
>
> Just one short injection here - I wonder what all
> the co-writes (Ronnie) on Dirty Work are for,
> then? ;-)
Good injection
. I consider Dirty Work a transitional album that suffers definitely from the fact that Jagger's heart and motivation (that is, the head and brains of the band) is not anymore present - for that reason it is not a 'real' Stones album anymore. True, Ronnie is very present, gets even his share of credits and all, but it sounds more like Keith teaming up with Ronnie to tease Jagger or something. Or they are simply filling the void left by Jagger and it won't result as a great Stones album. The result is more like New Barbarians than The Rolling Stones, in fact. In other words, in that album one can hear how the tight co-work of Jagger/Richards has divided into two easily distinguished parts and I think from that on they really don't make a big unique unit anymore. They sometimes try but I don't think they REALLY try that very hard - more like two solo artists making easy compromises to keep the tension down (Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge, A Bigger Bang) or dividing the albums to own shares (Bridges to Babylon). Contrary, the tension between those two guys once upon time achieved marvellous results.
I think that Ronnie really substantively contributed to the band - and to its sound - from Some Girls to Undercover, and that's nothing to do with co-credits(nor like with Jones or Taylor before him). And in those albums that's really is The Stones all cylinders on, not any torso.
- Doxa
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-04-15 23:06 by Doxa.