Re: The Magic of Handsome Girls,
Date: November 30, 2007 12:59
boy it's majestic stuff...it's just so powerful; these days i much prefer it, (and some other good live boots) to almost anything else in the catalog, because it is so vivid and raw and seamless...this is truly weaving without the hype it sometimes engenders...it's really exciting music...i would have missed this period and this gem completely w/o special friends from this forum...
it's one of my most important stones recording ever...
mick is full out screaming all the way thru everything on say, side 3...; but in this fierce, tuneful, loose raw rocking way...the rhythm section is outrageous; ron is so good; both guitars just so good; so raw...so brilliant, something always percolating; it's a living thing, hissing like a double headed snake and biting and growling like a bear and it's serious rock and roll; they are putting out period. it's VERY live and loose and moving and well, grooving...
...the setlist is crazy good and whips you around real good...ron's all down the line is a joy to hear...as much as i will always love taylor, this is a great guitar band right here...truly great. glad to say it. feel lucky to have it. good stereo seperation and sound too...
i think in the wake of the pistols and other groups our boyz went out there with a bit of the 'oh yeah punk this' or something, but that's just a guess on my part...but i know, despite my unending admiration and appreciation and excitement for say, "'bollocks' album"...that these are the guys proving that they rock it raw, hard, loud and loose and nobody's gonna beat them at the rock game, ever...kinda tude or something...the band sounds so wonderful...can't say enough about the guitars...both of them...ron and keith were really totally in synch here...this is astounding...it would have been criminal had this been lost to the fans and people who love rock and roll and the Stones...
they'd slick it up or dub it up or squish it to death or clean it up when it's charm is how dirty it is...maybe it's good they've just ignored it for thirty years, cause i don't want a slick, or 'fixed' version of this stuff...
a little bass boost and you can see bill's on the job 110%...
yeh, magical stuff...sublime...effin sublime...thanks to my friend who opened my eyes about the '78 stuff...HG is brilliant.
they are effin CRAZY not to just release this stuff as is...it's an imporant historical artifact, and it rocks like effin crazy and rolls beautifully and ferociously...they are all loose as a goose...bill is doing some astounding stuff way up high; they are just crazy going for it, and getting there too;
i mean it seriously rocks it's ass off and rules the roost; smashing hard beautiful rolling boogie...great songs. great unique performances. love it. proud to have it; proud to turn people on to it as it was shared with me...it's beyond good, it's historically very important rock music imo.
very good medicine. good to be able to have this great stuff, enjoy it, and share it...very good medicine...