why do fans refer to keith interviews to find out the answer to any question?seriously,let me translate for you. so why did billy preston leave? well a guy like billy is so talented that he began to have too much of an influence on the stones sound. translation:i was so junked out the last few years that mick began writing our hits with other people.he wrote its only rock and roll with ron
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people have been going on about this for years and it was always a joke before but in 2010 its not a bad idea.the guitar sound in the stones has become almost non-existent.they need three guitar players to stop the mish-mash of plinking keyboards and horns that has become their live sound.
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big deal,are the tour plans for a rock group now state secrets? oooh,she leaked the tour too soon.who cares,they,ll make a record with 18 songs on it,about 4 of them will be listenable and half way through the tour they'll be playing all the old stuff again.a big stage,chuck leavell,blondie,lisa etc will be with them again and thats it...its called autopilot.just make sure this information d
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Quotemickijaggeroo This is the usual scenario: Michael Cohl approaches the Stones, says, "You´ll get this much money for a tour consisting of x number of shows". So he is the one who worries if shows are not sold out, cause he is the one who "bought" the tour. Adding extra shows is icing on the cake. So the last tour when at some venues free/reduced priced tix were given out,
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QuoteLieB Quoteboogie1969 QuoteNot trying to pick a fight btw, but if you don't like this thread maybe its best to ignore rather than post your negative views on a band that a lot of us here love. Why do so many here feel that negative viewpoints/opinions shouldn't be allowed, they are just as valid as ones that are positive. People have a right to say whatever they want, if YOU have
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QuoteShawn20 If the Stones singing some of their most famous songs - Warhorses - bores you, then that in and of itself is a sign they might have trouble selling tickets. If the public can no longer get excited about J.J. Flash, HTW, BS, - then maybe the demand for the STones will be small. Indian Girl won't bring the crowds. its not that seeing the guys do the old songs bores me,its the co
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QuoteChefGuevara QuotePosted by: lem motlow () Date: November 23, 2009 22:33 1.the stones added rap to a rock song in 1997,aerosmith did also-in 1984. 2.the smith used pop-tarts to get a younger audiencea few years later the stones were onstage with justin timberlake and putting christina in their movie. 3.at this stage of the game joe perry can play circles around keith and ronnie. 4.aero
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if they try to match U2 they are toast. the stones should start off with a mixed tour like in 78.they did very small theaters in some major markets i.e the only new york gig was the palladium and in detroit it was the 3000 seat masonic temple.this created huge demand for the 81 tour three years later.in 81 they played 2 nights in detroit to about 160,000. they should do a 2010 tour the s
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1.the stones added rap to a rock song in 1997,aerosmith did also-in 1984. 2.the smith used pop-tarts to get a younger audiencea few years later the stones were onstage with justin timberlake and putting christina in their movie. 3.at this stage of the game joe perry can play circles around keith and ronnie. 4.aerosmith have sold as many or more records than the stones. 5. i could go on but yo
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didn't the teenie bopper fans in the early 60s start calling keith "keef"?maybe we can discuss his favorite color next time.
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QuoteGazza Elvis toured pretty much solidly, almost every month of the year, for most of the last 7 years of his life -playing about 1,150 shows in that time (more than the Stones, for example, have played in total since 1967!). This 'myth'perpetuated by clueless journalists and bought into wholesale by much of the public that almost all of his concert schedule consisted of shows in
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Quoteohnonotyouagain Quotelem motlow oops,i meant to add this with the qoute of the greeks post-i dont doubt that story is in stephen davis's book hammer of the gods since like everything the fcking hack writes its stolen from someones elses work.in this case the zeps road manager richard coles book "stairway to heaven".cole was with the band when they went to the show and when the
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if you listen to "jamming with edward" its basically ry getting his chance to play guitar in the stones.i haven't heard it in years but if i remember correctly its mick,charlie,bill,nicky and ry on guitar.the whole thing is pretty much paint by the numbers blues,nothing special at all.someone needs to tell ry-just playing in open g does not equal writing honky tonk women.... and yo
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oops,i meant to add this with the qoute of the greeks post-i dont doubt that story is in stephen davis's book hammer of the gods since like everything the fcking hack writes its stolen from someones elses work.in this case the zeps road manager richard coles book "stairway to heaven".cole was with the band when they went to the show and when they partied with elvis later.just like
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QuoteThe Greek as far as elvis meeting led zepplin .the brought the band over to elvis place in L.A..it was daytime elvis had the windows all covered up no sunshine,and was watching cartoons when i believe it was john paul jones and robert plant were brought over to meet the king .the first thing they notice is the king is watching cartoons in his pajamas it was like 4 or 5 in the afternoon .so t
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who's the least talented person in these photos.the myth that chuck can play all the different styles of the men above is just that-a myth.its crap put forth by chuck and mick and keith.if you think he sounds like stu or nicky or any of the others you should have your ears checked.after seeing stu many times behind his grand piano i almost throw up when i see that casio and the plinking away
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bridges? really? i always think its great when people like those things,i can usually only find about 3 listenable songs on each one since tattoo.as for undercover i kinda like it but its the beginning of the end.mick writing about all these "world issues"that you can tell he's so far removed from he might as well be reading the paper to us.in fact that may be when he began to reci
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i love the stones as much as anyone but really, at this point there is no bottom.once you have stood onstage in front of 100s of thousands of rock and roll fans and done a duet with justin timberlake there really is nothing more you can do to your fans.if you weren't there its tough to explain.people were throwing sh+t...uuugh.blown off the stage?this was getting hurricane katrina'd off
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this is so friggin STUPID.skull rings were worn by bikers years before keith ever wore one.same as wallet chains.now its a fashion item worth what,"$500 or so? don't be a sucker,a .925 sterling silver skull ring is worth about $100 or less and come in many styles.if you look around you can find one in keiths exact style for $80 or $90 tops.
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as much as i love the stones "former greatest" would probably fit them much better today.it happened gradually-the same backing musicians every tour,the lame ,horrible lyrics on quickly thrown together records,the chuck leavell factor,bringing justin timberlake onstage and getting destroyed by ac/dc in toronto.pathetic moneygrab ticket prices,keiths buzzkill set as half the audience goe
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Quoteswiss I'm new to this board....are you-all joking, or is there some white supremisist stuff going on? This discussion is kinda creeping me out. I'm not sure I can hang with this. could you please explain why you feel this way.i would like to better understand your thought process and how you came to this conclusion.thanks in advance.
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one of the few greats who hasn't lost a thing.saw him first in 76and 80 and 89 with stevie ray.after 30 years i finally got to see him do some of truth and beck ola in 06.he had a singer named beth hart who was as close to a young janis joplin as i've ever seen and pino on bass.not sure about the drummer but it killed.superstitious,you shook me,morning dew,and going down for an encore.m
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"he who shoots first" doesn't really apply no? the gun wielding lunatic was taken out by a hells angel armed only with a knife.a gutsy move i'm sure anyone would agree.its reality 2009 style,you're still a victim no matter what you did because the other guy was a "racist"
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give me a break.in a crowd that big i would have disappeared in about 2 seconds if the angels started messing with me.instead mister tough guy pulled a gun,a gun that everyone was supposed to know was unloaded.how were they supposed to know that exactly? another poor black victim right? take that crap somewhere else,he got what he deserved.
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ok,make that %90 accuracy
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think of it like this-if a group of fans,most of whom aren't musicians and have never seen the band in a studio can disect the stones output to what looks to me like about %100 accuracy,think of anitas perspective.believe me that girl was a badass and knew the music inside out.if you can find it theres an interview with keith from about 79 where she just f@cks with him the whole time, totall
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mick and keith probably don't want to argue over a song so they just put everything on.studio diarhea has ruined more records in the cd era...plus they need more voices around them.someone to tell them "guys,"look what the cat dragged in'was a hit for the hair metal band poison during the 80's and the riff for driving to fast sounds like freakin INXS.please, i know you ha
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