I wish I had saved that article. It had Mick and Keith commenting on the songs and I remember Keith saying very often "that's mick's song,...". Perhaps someone remembers what magazine it was, perhaps it was even posted here.

Here's a few I could find on TimeIsOnOurSide Lorenz:


Let Me Down Slow:
Mick came up with the basic song but I came up with the chimes (sings descending major chorus melody). But I'd say that one's more Mick than me, absolutely. You can tell.
- Keith, July 2005.


Streets Of Love:
It's a Mick tour de force, in a way. But we all really enjoy playing it. When we first knocked it out on acoustic, we felt, Oh, that's nice, but it sounded kind of standard. So then Mick and I were saying, It's the dynamics that count. You gotta take it up and down.
- Keith, July 2005.


Rough Justice:
That came to me in my sleep. It's almost like Satisfaction. Yeah, I almost sort of woke up and said, Where's my guitar? Sometimes you do dream a riff, you know? I had to get up, and it's really hard to get me up. Once I go down, I go down, you know? But, I mean, it's only a song that could get me up and start running around the room, Where's my guitar, where did I put my guitar, before I forget it? I don't often remember dreams, only when they're musical.
- Keith, July 2005.


Back Of My Hand:
(Waiting for Charlie to get better) made Mick and I play together more, on that basic level of putting songs together. For the blues Back Of My Hand, we just went, Let's start with where we started. It was a beauty to play.

- Keith, July 2005.

Mick came up with that. He started to play it one day on acoustic guitar and I started thinking, prison songs... We were just casting ideas about. To me, it's a classic sort of Muddy Waters thing, or even earlier. And as we were getting it going, I went, Jesus Christ, we could have cut this at Chess, baby. You are what you listen to, in a way, and I never stopped listening to the blues. Even if I go off on other tangents, there's always that basic diet, thank God.

- Keith, July 2005.


She Saw Me Coming:
On She Saw Me Coming, that is Mick on bass, Charlie, Keith and me, cut live. We should do more like that, like in the Faces' days where we would just take off - eyes down, meet you at the end.

- Ronnie, July 2005.


Sweet Neocon:
Since I wrote the song, London's gotten even scarier.

- Mick, July 2005.


About A Bigger Bang:
I didn't write all this with Keith in the room. I like to write a lot of stuff on my own and I don't like people being around when I'm doing the lyrics. Keith always says they're in the air. They're not really, you have to make them up.

- Mick, August 2005.


I was sorry not to be there when Mick and Keith were writing. In a way, it was fortuitous, because they were on their own. It was a lot of fun for them, to be together.

- Charlie, July 2005.


We got so used to sort of being apart when we're not on the road and we sort of write stuff separately while we're, I mean, I might be in Jamaica, he might be in Madagascar or something, you know what I mean? But at the same time, there is a sort of point where you pool everything you've got together and that's the point where I guess I look at Mick and I say, You know, here's this one. What've you got?

- Keith, 2005.


What it really was is, you know, Keith and I started doing a lot of stuff just on our own, and then we were just having a laugh with a lot of it. I'd already written quite a lot of material, and Keith had written some, so it wasn't like we start from nothing.

- Mick, July 2005.


The ones I laid on (Mick) were Rough Justice, Infamy, and This Place Is Empty. So it's kind of half and half. Mick comes in far more prepared than I do.

- Keith, July 2005.


(Mick and I) were sitting across the table looking at each other, like, You. Me. That's all there is. It was all built on two acoustic guitars, and in such a sparse and stripped-down way that if you tried to elaborate on it later you'd lose the whole essence of it.

- Keith, July 2005.

JumpingKentFlash

thanks Kent. is the She Saw Me Coming quote about songwriting? more like the recording process, i think.
but anyway it's interesting to watch how "common knowledge" evolves.

Yes, let's have some new songs!

May Keith be just as well prepared as Mick when they join together to compose.
And may the mastering engineer not be allowed to engage in a loudness war. That hurt the sound of the vocals on ABB tremendously.

This is old news. It was reported in the Times about a week ago.

Ah, thanks Kent! It seems those quotes were taken from the article I was referring to.

Yes I thought the same. Some interview from June 2005 it seems. Rockman might even know the date.

JumpingKentFlash

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J.J.Flash
I see the word MIGHT in there!

Yep...and its from Keith, and not Mick.

Cant believe the hysteria over a rehashed quote from Keith that they "might" make a new record.

Also conveniently overlooks the interviews done with BOTH Mick and Keith at around the same time as this one and which were printed in Uncut a few weeks ago, where both of them admit theyve no immediate plans for any Stones activity.

I'd personally be amazed if there is a new Stones album available by this time next year.

the stones ahould have been back in a studio last month to record.

they have been resting for 6 months, so thier is no more excuse for no stones activity, and shine a light film and cd dosent count.

not as if the stones have got time on thier side anymore.

abb was a two year tour dude, for guys in theyre 60s, chill out a bit, they will be back, count on it

what about their 24th album?

ABB was the 24th album.

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FrankM
ABB was the 24th album.

Then perhaps they're counting down. Maybe we have much more to look forward to!

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melillo
abb was a two year tour dude,

No it wasn't. It lasted 15 months and then they had a full 6 months off before doing 30 shows in 3 months.

Lets face it they were hardly slaughtered last year

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wee bobby lennox
the stones should have been back in a studio last month to record.

they have been resting for 6 months, so thier is no more excuse for no stones activity, and shine a light film and cd dosent count.

not as if the stones have got time on thier side anymore.

Should have? No excuse? Please - they're pretty much at the age that most people retire. They dont owe you, me or anyone another record or another tour. Anything now is a bonus.

gazza i meant that they were working for most of the two years planing and rehearsing and touring, i didnt mean 24 months of constant touring, i was just trying to show wee bobby lennox that they need a break, and a well deserved one at that

speaking about the upcomming 23rd album ....what was there 13th album

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13 is an unlucky number.
There was no album #13.

U.K. Studio Albums

1. 1964, Apr-The Rolling Stones (UK #1)
2. 1965, Jan-Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK #1)
3. 1965, Sep-Out of Our Heads (UK #2)
4. 1966, Apr-Aftermath (UK #1)
5. 1967, Jan-Between the Buttons (UK #3)
6. 1967, Dec-Their Satanic Majesties Request (UK #3)
7. 1968, Dec-Beggar’s Banquet (UK #3)
8. 1969, Dec-Let it Bleed (UK #1)
9. 1971, Apr-Sticky Fingers (UK #1)
10. 1972, Jun-Exile on Main Street (UK #1)
11. 1973, Sep-Goat’s Head Soup (UK #1)
12. 1974, Oct-It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (UK #2)
13. 1976, May-Black and Blue (UK #2)
14. 1978, Jun-Some Girls (UK #2)
15. 1980, Jul-Emotional Rescue (UK #1)
16. 1981, Sep-Tattoo You (UK #2)
17. 1983, Nov-Undercover (UK #3)
18. 1986, Mar-Dirty Work (UK #4)
19. 1989, Sep-Steel Wheels (UK #2)
20. 1994, Jul-Voodoo Lounge (UK #1)
21. 1997, Sep-Bridges to Babylon (UK #6)
22. 2005, Sep-A Bigger Bang (UK #2)

U.S.A. Studio Albums

1. 1964, Jun-England’s Newest Hit Makers (US #11)
2. 1964, Nov-12x5 (US #3)
3. 1965, Mar-The Rolling Stones NOW! (US #5)
4. 1965, Aug-Out of Our Heads (US #1)
5. 1965, Nov-December’s Children(and everybody’s) (US #4)
6. 1966, Apr-Aftermath (US #2)
7. 1967, Jan-Between the Buttons (US #2)
8. 1967, Dec-Their Satanic Majesties Request (US #2)
9. 1968, Dec-Beggar’s Banquet (US #5)
10. 1969, Dec-Let it Bleed (US #3)
11. 1971, Apr-Sticky Fingers (US #1)
12. 1972, Jun-Exile on Main Street (US #1)
13. 1973, Sep-Goat’s Head Soup (US #1)
14. 1974, Oct-It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (US #1)
15. 1976, May-Black and Blue (US #1)
16. 1978, Jun-Some Girls (US #1)
17. 1980, Jul-Emotional Rescue (US #1)
18. 1981, Sep-Tattoo You (US #1)
19. 1983, Nov-Undercover (US #4)
20. 1986, Mar-Dirty Work (US #4)
21. 1989, Sep-Steel Wheels (US #3)
22. 1994, Jul-Voodoo Lounge (US #2)
23. 1997, Sep-Bridges to Babylon (US #3)
24. 2005, Sep-A Bigger Bang (US #3)

Yeah that's what I thought too Edith G, nobody can release there 13th album

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If a possible 25th album is their last then, if you look at the big picture, they'll have released an album every second year, if they stick to 2012.

JumpingKentFlash

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georgelicks
U.K. Studio Albums

1. 1964, Apr-The Rolling Stones (UK #1)
2. 1965, Jan-Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK #1)
3. 1965, Sep-Out of Our Heads (UK #2)
4. 1966, Apr-Aftermath (UK #1)
5. 1967, Jan-Between the Buttons (UK #3)
6. 1967, Dec-Their Satanic Majesties Request (UK #3)
7. 1968, Dec-Beggar’s Banquet (UK #3)
8. 1969, Dec-Let it Bleed (UK #1)
9. 1971, Apr-Sticky Fingers (UK #1)
10. 1972, Jun-Exile on Main Street (UK #1)
11. 1973, Sep-Goat’s Head Soup (UK #1)
12. 1974, Oct-It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (UK #2)
13. 1976, May-Black and Blue (UK #2)
14. 1978, Jun-Some Girls (UK #2)
15. 1980, Jul-Emotional Rescue (UK #1)
16. 1981, Sep-Tattoo You (UK #2)
17. 1983, Nov-Undercover (UK #3)
18. 1986, Mar-Dirty Work (UK #4)
19. 1989, Sep-Steel Wheels (UK #2)
20. 1994, Jul-Voodoo Lounge (UK #1)
21. 1997, Sep-Bridges to Babylon (UK #6)
22. 2005, Sep-A Bigger Bang (UK #2)

U.S.A. Studio Albums

1. 1964, Jun-England’s Newest Hit Makers (US #11)
2. 1964, Nov-12x5 (US #3)
3. 1965, Mar-The Rolling Stones NOW! (US #5)
4. 1965, Aug-Out of Our Heads (US #1)
5. 1965, Nov-December’s Children(and everybody’s) (US #4)
6. 1966, Apr-Aftermath (US #2)
7. 1967, Jan-Between the Buttons (US #2)
8. 1967, Dec-Their Satanic Majesties Request (US #2)
9. 1968, Dec-Beggar’s Banquet (US #5)
10. 1969, Dec-Let it Bleed (US #3)
11. 1971, Apr-Sticky Fingers (US #1)
12. 1972, Jun-Exile on Main Street (US #1)
13. 1973, Sep-Goat’s Head Soup (US #1)
14. 1974, Oct-It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (US #1)
15. 1976, May-Black and Blue (US #1)
16. 1978, Jun-Some Girls (US #1)
17. 1980, Jul-Emotional Rescue (US #1)
18. 1981, Sep-Tattoo You (US #1)
19. 1983, Nov-Undercover (US #4)
20. 1986, Mar-Dirty Work (US #4)
21. 1989, Sep-Steel Wheels (US #3)
22. 1994, Jul-Voodoo Lounge (US #2)
23. 1997, Sep-Bridges to Babylon (US #3)
24. 2005, Sep-A Bigger Bang (US #3)

The first 5 UK albums did not have singles released from them , the first US albums had singles on them and therefore there are more tracks spread around,so it depends what is meant by studio, here in the UK it's the 23rd studio album , whereas in the US it's the 25th studio album

right, and i believe the point is that they've already released more than 23,
since there's no reason not to count all of them. whoever wrote the headline was just in a hurry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008-03-30 20:45 by with sssoul.

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right, and i believe the point is that they've already released more than 23,
since there's no reason not to count all of them. whoever wrote the headline was just in a hurry

exactly

Eh, I think the Stones go by the UK releases since the US ones are slightly different, at least in the early 1960s. That's my guess. It's how they made them and where they were, so the US albums from that era are not, what, as counted? Does that make sense? Because they did the singles as singles only and promoted those and then released an album and toured the UK etc...but in the US it was all lumped together.

That's my take on it. Obviously the compilations and live albums don't count. Then again, it would be interesting to see the total amount, at least in a couple of ways - the comps the Stones actually had a hand in with ABKCO, which I believe is Big Hits, Flowers and Darkly, correct? And then their own comps and of course the gazillion live albums.

but skipstone ... the source of this is "contactmusic", not the Stones.
contactmusic is a bottom-feeding regurgitator of twisted out-of-context quotes,
and they got their facts wrong as usual, that's all

but as long as we're talking about it, i think it's a myth that the Stones "only count" the UK albums.
for example: the US Out of Our Heads is the original one, and i don't see any reason to think they "didn't count it".



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I'm sure the band counts the U.S. albums since they are such a big portion of their overall sales and I'm sure the two U.S. albums not released in the UK are available as imports. Whoever came up with the number twenty three was looking at the UK releases and maybe didn't even realized there were two extra U.S. albums.

Keith needs to be Keith for this new record to be worth anything.

My best guess is late summer 2009. That would keep in line with releasing albums in the mid to late summer followed by a tour. That is the pattern they have followed since "Steel Wheels"