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But we have to stick to the facts don't we. Keith sings backup on half of the first album, and about all songs ever since. He wrote most of the songs until '67, when Jagger starts writing as well. Keith is a brilliant backup singer, with a great voice that complements Jagger's beautifully. Jones and Wyman were crap singers, and that's all there is to say about it.
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But we have to stick to the facts don't we. Keith sings backup on half of the first album, and about all songs ever since. He wrote most of the songs until '67, when Jagger starts writing as well. Keith is a brilliant backup singer, with a great voice that complements Jagger's beautifully. Jones and Wyman were crap singers, and that's all there is to say about it.
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It's been a loooong time since Keith was "a brilliant backup singer"...
If he still sang like he used to then we wouldn't have needed Bernard Fowler for the past couple of decades (& if Mick's voice had deteriated as much as Keith's then the group would've been forced to retire years ago!).
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But we have to stick to the facts don't we. Keith sings backup on half of the first album, and about all songs ever since. He wrote most of the songs until '67, when Jagger starts writing as well. Keith is a brilliant backup singer, with a great voice that complements Jagger's beautifully. Jones and Wyman were crap singers, and that's all there is to say about it.
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Fact: Keith never was a brilliant back-up singer. Keith's nasal whine was OK, but certainly not brilliant. The very few songs Brian sings back-up on were actually pretty decent- no worse than Keith's in my estimation. It's really hard to judge Brian's vocal ability on just three to four songs.
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But we have to stick to the facts don't we. Keith sings backup on half of the first album, and about all songs ever since. He wrote most of the songs until '67, when Jagger starts writing as well. Keith is a brilliant backup singer, with a great voice that complements Jagger's beautifully. Jones and Wyman were crap singers, and that's all there is to say about it.
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It's been a loooong time since Keith was "a brilliant backup singer"...
If he still sang like he used to then we wouldn't have needed Bernard Fowler for the past couple of decades (& if Mick's voice had deteriated as much as Keith's then the group would've been forced to retire years ago!).
A loooooong time? Keith has sang backup vocals from '63 until anout '78 -meaning he sang backup on roughly 95% of all classic stones material, including the '68 to '73 and '77 - '79 period, which includes Exile on Mainstreet, where he basically handles lead vocals with Jagger on half the songs with keith singing an octave above Jagger. It isn't until mid-70's that he looses his high pitched voice for a croaky voice, even turning into some kind of barking and screaming on the '82 tour. Nowadays they need backup vocals for Keith's vocal parts.
But Keith still has an encredible ear for harmony vocal. Only listen to the hauntingl beautiful Love Hurts with Norah Jones -try singing harmony like this yourself and find out how difficult this is.
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>> Well 30 years is quite a long time ... <<
but ... what 30 years are you talking about, and/or which Stone??
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<how the Mick might have felt about them is open to interpretation as well :E>
I think it's on one of the boots from Gothenburg 1982. Mick said to Keith, loud and clear: "You pushed too much". Don't remember on which song though...
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<how the Mick might have felt about them is open to interpretation as well :E>
I think it's on one of the boots from Gothenburg 1982. Mick said to Keith, loud and clear: "You pushed too much". Don't remember on which song though...
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<I thought Mick's addressing the crowd pushing in front, he also mentions people to be carefull.
Maybe, but Keith's bu-vocals were particularly awful during the song before the comment. There was something about Mick's tone there, but you're probably right...
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>> When I listen to Time Is On My Side from that tour, I hear brilliant harmony vocals on good days <<
ahhh yeah: that amazing melodious howl - like no other, baby! can't get enough :E
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On page one, there was a discussion of Bill Wyman's song "Goodbye, Girl" (also bootlegged as "Get Back To The One You Love") which the Stones recorded, but never officially released. Its interesting to note that this song (which bears more than a passing resemblance to "Oh Baby, We Got a Good Thing Going") was copyrighted under the title "The One You Love" with Jagger/Richards listed as the authors, not Bill Wyman.
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On page one, there was a discussion of Bill Wyman's song "Goodbye, Girl" (also bootlegged as "Get Back To The One You Love") which the Stones recorded, but never officially released. Its interesting to note that this song (which bears more than a passing resemblance to "Oh Baby, We Got a Good Thing Going") was copyrighted under the title "The One You Love" with Jagger/Richards listed as the authors, not Bill Wyman.
That's interesting. So how is the case that we 'know' that it is Bill's song? What's the source of this info? Maybe Bill himself? As far as I recall I have learned it by someone(s) here along the years...
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He wrote most of the songs until '67, when Jagger starts writing as well.
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