BV, I'm sorry for posting that inappropriate comment that you've shown. I broke Rule #1, not to post when drunk—I've broken that rule a few times. Thank you for supporting a great, informative community all these years.
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Guys, I'm acknowledging criticism here, in saying I'm sorry for trying to interpret this tragedy. I got caught up in reading too much, and in trying to make sense out of something that is beyond understanding.
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Of course MJ is not going to reveal to Don Was or any producer what his lyrics are about. Maybe to Keith. Maybe to Charlie. That's about it. I'm guessing these guys are so guarded about who gets to see who they really are. Guy behind the boards, no matter how renowed, is guy behind the boards.
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Condolences are in order.
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Quotestupidguy2 Jeez, paulmm, that's cynical. W Whatever 'legalizing', 'damage control' is going on, the man just lost someone who was dear to him. That overshadows everything. He's not just MICK JAGGER, ICONIC ROCK STAR - he's a guy who's partner just killed herself. MJ must be experiencing great anguish. But don't kid yourself about potential
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Condolences are in order here.
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If as speculated their relationship was on the rocks, please, no finger-pointing. Elvis' handlers remarked that "You cannot save a man from himself." We're talking a very dark and sad pathology here people; none that any associates of Ms. Scott's seemed to detect, she being perceived as social, giving, and strong. But obviously, great suffering was going on at the same ti
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Condolences are in order here.
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Please give "will the tour go on?" questions a rest for a while. This is a human being we're talking about, who had no reason to go out like that. L'Wren had absolutely everything going for her. Something beneath the surface going on here that none of us can pretend to know about at this point.
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QuoteLongBeachArena72 China's "westernizing" proceeds apace: sex—-"Honky Tonk Women"—-deemed more subversive than violence—-"Midnight Rambler". Perception recognized LongBeach.
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Keith is playing much better in this show: timing's on, and fingers going to right places. Happy to see him like this.
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whitem8 I admire your work, but your and Charlie Watts' myopia about the band needing to be English is misguided. If it's about cultural differences, who cares...cricket/baseball, football/soccer, chips/fries? Would you rather have Ricky Gervais over Bobby Keys, Richard Branson over Chuck Leavell, just based on nationality? Methinks it's time to diversify esp. in light of resid
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I applaud the band for rolling out Silver Train. It's a dud. You have GOT to give MT room to breathe. It's not happening (or gonna happen) with RW and Chuck Leavell. You can see MT's body language, so conscious of being in "the band" as opposed to being in his unique spot as alpha lead during the Golden Age. The "big format" of the Stones > '89 p
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I'm agreeing that this Vegas act is played. This format DID have its time, when the band developed their "big" sound during Steel Wheels. But now, with the notable exception of MJ and CW, this is crap. I love KR, but really, this is now embarrassing. MT could salvage GS and SO much more. But no, they keep him backstage. Do you recall how he played on GS—a song written during his
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QuoteBrstonesfan Unfortunately, this is the best Keith we will get. Even before the physical decline, he neglected to practice for years as we saw in that painful 2010 tribute video . This is why Mick T must be made a full member and integrated into the entire show. +1 KR's incredible resiliency and stamina is reason enough for me to follow his adventures, but the myopia of musical a
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Blocked from starting threads, but guess I can post...? So you traipse out Mick Taylor on Slipping Away, a pretty ballad, let him sing a background at the end of the song (BFD), and you don't give him the opportunity to do what he has been KNOWN for his whole life, which is to emote melodically on the guitar? WTF are you thinking?
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Although far from a paradigm of virtue (he put many in danger through his toilet bowl destruction, not to mention vehicular manslaughter), this brief clip shows someone who, despite living in a kind of alternate reality, refuses to acquiesce to what an interviewer wants. In a society where we seem to kow-tow to bosses at work, etc. out of fear of reprisal, it's interesting to see someone sta
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Great thread. I read about this a few days ago. Among Impressionists or anyone else, Van Gogh transcends art. Have you read that his death was not suicide, but that he was murdered by some punky rich kids on holiday? And on his death bed, VG made a comment to the effect of, "They didn't do it." As in, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." Sound familiar? Bot
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Thanks for posting; looks interesting. Like Mark L. suggests, the Beatles are a historical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon. The Stones, and any other Brit invasion band, rode the coat tails. It's just not the same magnitude, and none of the other bands come close to the Beatles breadth, musically or lyrically. The Beatles transcended something.
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The Stones are no longer relevant to a younger audience. Oh sure, you see smiling faced blondes with finger-paint makeup in the front row, but they are not jamming out to BS when the cameras are turned off and the festival is over. The Stones could be relevant with new material, maybe, if they start appealing to the geriatric set that they are now in. Playing retirement communities in Florida
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Dude that is not Matt Sorum. I don't know know who it is but definitely not MS.
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Man, listening to that raw recording shows what a melodic and chordal genius Macca is...not that I needed any reaffirmation...but wow. Among the best ever.
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So it's back to lemon trees (been a wet summer, juicy yes, but need rain-free stretch into Sept. to develop sugars), striper fishing off the Vineyard...Chuck L. hob-nobbing with pine tree experts...D. Jones visitin peeps from the neighborhood...B. Keys messin' with radio-op airplanes in TX... And across the pond...stables, cavorting around London, MJ and RW crossing paths. The former
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I agree about a hypothetical clause that he couldn't sue, but even if he did, they could out-lawyer him so bad it would probably be thrown out. Anyone who has seen this guy up close knows that MT is among the humblest of "rock stars", financially and personally. That, combined with the inescapable truth known to longtime fans, to the press, to the band themselves, that it was in
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Hopefully this post won't get deleted. Just vibing on nuances from Glastonbury vid: 2:12:03, 2:12:07 Charlie and Daryl = together final words. End of the day, rhythm rules. 2:12:12 is an interesting screen shot. Will let others comment... 2:13++ why the frig do they give MT so much face time when they barely use the SOB? 2:14:-09 sec. KR crossing himself, soaking the vibrations.
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Does anyone else get their tit in a ringer when hearing RW say repeatedly in interviews how he "left home" (US interpretation: "I walked out on my wife"]? He says it in a way like we're supposed to feel sympathy for his embarking on his own, into the cruel world, as a 60-something multi-millionaire adulterer. In the US, "leaving home" is something young
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ssf466: That is very cool! Nice job! Man, so must history, to hold that stick.
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That's interesting...what's was timeline on WOAF? I think a lot of TTY material came from some archived Jamaican(?) sessions?
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That produced an audible chuckle.
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I think this was cited earlier, but did you all see Keith on Jimmy Fallon a few months back, where he talked about "3 guitars" on stage? Jimmy got all excited and Keith played into it. The tone was that the band would be doing a SHOW with 3 guitars, as in MT. Either Keith was just hyping, or during rehearsals, the Board re-evaluated MT. Others have pointed out that these cameos
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