QuoteNaturalust Interesting blog. Thanks for the post SweetThing. I must say though that I disagree with his statement about the magic being gone from the last tour. His limited participation really didn't give him the chance to show what he really could have done to the entire Stones set. With Ronnie and Keith in their mostly typical roles of filling up the guitar space, it would take more
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Yes, all fine albums, but maybe time for people to give a listen to Ron Woods Gimme Some Neck again. It does seem forgotten. And, its quite good..
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I came across this thoughtful blog about a month ago. At least one man's opinion that Taylor was serving the Songs and The Stones and not just merely playing carelessly over the top of everything.... Why I Owe Mick Taylor an Apology By Daniel Kumin • Posted: Jun 23, 2014 Mick Taylor, back in the day Long, long ago, I was trained as a “serious” musician. Yet throughout a decad
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QuoteLoveYouLive Speaking of Mick Taylor... if he isn't sick and he is definitely not going out on the road with the Stones this year, why isn't he playing his own dates? Nothing says your fine like going out and headlining your own dates. He did answer that question (sort of if you count whoever is posting on Taylor's facebook page under his name). He seemingly said he had a l
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QuoteNaturalust QuoteRokyfan QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotekleermaker QuoteDandelionPowderman Do you know who Stern is, kleerie? I saw him talking with Taylor in Fallon's show and I found it funny. Taylor responded nicely too. But do I have to know the man, supposed it's possible? I mean what he usually does, how he treats people and how his "radio show" is? Do you? I mean
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Quotestones2000 Quotebv I told you once and I told you twice. If you post political it does not matter if you are John or Paul or George, I will ask Dirty Harry to silence you within a split second. Listen to Mick. What he says is so true. They play to people. Nothing else. They don't approve anyhing by playing anywhere. They did not approve whaling by playing Norway. They did not approv
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QuoteMisterDDDD If you honestly believe that The Rolling Stones haven't put out or on anything of high value since 1981, then you need to be honest and call yourself what you clearly are.. a former fan. Just like Taylor is a former member. No shame in admitting it. I'm not sure there's a litmus test. Perhaps for you there is, but not for others. I must've read a hundred
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QuoteNaturalust But hey, since Chuck is the musical director these days, maybe he made the decision to exclude MT.. That would certainly give the many Taylor fans who dislike Chuck's playing something to squawk about! LOL peace Yes, it certainly would. But it seems the opposite. Chuck in some interview credited himself for that night in California where they finally played CYHMK a
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Quoteproudmary QuoteNaturalust Quoteproudmary How come Joyce Smyth is now just Mick Jagger's lawyer? ..from fixing the backing choir to the ticket prices. She even designed a T-shirt. Likely because she is referred to as "Mick Jaggers lawyer" in NYTimes articles like the following and probably does work with him more that any of the other Stones, probably even on some of
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QuoteLuxuryStones Quoteduke richardson QuoteTravelinMan Andy Johns said in an interview Taylor complained about being shut down whenever he had any song ideas. I've been there and it ultimately led me to quit (amongst other reasons). I'm just surprised he didn't record a solo album as a member of the Stones when he had the most clout, etc. That wouldn't have been allowed.
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Quotestonehearted Quotecrawdaddy There wouldn't be a credit for it. Either a paid extra for being in he The Italian film , or more likely, just going to a gig there that night and they were filming on one of the 3 or more days the film crew were there. The Stones were youngsters then,as some of us were, and all work makes Jack .........................or Brian,Mick,Keith,Charlie or Bi
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With all due respect to bv, who I feel generally has a great deal of patience, as well as obviously being a great Rolling Stones fan, I do find the decision unfortunate....and in my opinion, in a class by itself.
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And, then, you have stuff like this... "...gives the band a little more expansion on stage".. video:
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QuoteTheBlockbuster All people I've meet who are Taylorites who thinks Taylor could bring the Stones concerts to a whole new level if they included him in the band again, has been old men in their sixties, who saw the Stones with Taylor in the 70's. Since this group of people is a small minority of the audience at a Stones concert, there is really no reason to believe the Stones wou
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QuoteStoneage The belief that Taylor, in his present days status, would be able to rejuvenate a bunch of 70 year-olds who has been on auto-pilot for decades is beyond comprehension. OK, despite the evidence I saw to the contrary...even though it was hit and miss.. but would it be fair to call this then the "VEGAS" ERA after all? Just a bunch of 70 year old guys going through the moti
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Quotelatebloomer Quote71Tele Almost double the number of posts for this thread as for the whole thread devoted to the tour. If any Stones insider is following,I wonder what they make of this discussion, and the level of passion it shows on this topic. Tele, I do appreciate the sincere desire of you and others for a true return of Mick Taylor to the fold. But, at most, the bulk of the conversat
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Quotelem motlow i'm a huge mick taylor fan and i wanted him to rejoin the band full time. but we have to keep things based in reality-we dont really know what happened and freaking out on mick and keith isn't going to help. its a fantasy to think he would help sell tickets,i posted on another thread a few different things people in the high end seats around me said on a few of the
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QuoteNaturalust We all may be trying to read much more into the simple decision that one or more of the Stones (probably Keith and Ronnie) just decided that the one tour was enough for any guest. It clearly is a new tour so inviting him out again would have just seemed like something they had already done. They probably feel they gave Taylor a huge gift by wisking him around the world with 5 star
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Quotewoodyweaving I have always wondered in case anybody knows - who is the blonde guy in the window who mick and keith walk by in the waiting on a friend video? Is he somebody notable? I have checked the youtube vid comments but no like. I always wondered about that myself. AT first I wondered if he was guy Stones-associate that gets interviewed in 25X5 segment about swinging 60s London and Ma
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During the 50th Anniv Tour(s), I never bought into the notion that Taylor was brought along as an "insurance policy", and still don't, but the it occurs to me now it is not such a dumb idea really. Ronnie and Keith being in good shape at the moment (or many other people at this stage of life) is just that.. the *moment*. Apart from the fact I am simply disappointed that Taylor wil
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We want more Mick Taylor please!
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Quotealimente If they can't be arsed to write and record an entirably "new" album, my advice for the album is: "Some Old, Some New, Some Borrowed, Some Blue" Some outtakes from the past re-worked and finished, a handful of completely new stuff, some cover versions, some blues tracks. Et voila! There you have it. Or not? Scabie Road.....
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Quote71Tele The most intriguing scenario for me would be to do an album with the 1969-1974 line-up, (plus Ronnie), ALL of whom are alive and available. The fact that the Stones themselves don't consider this an attractive challenge is rather disappointing. That would likely be the best way home for the Glimmers to a relative commercial and critical happy ending...something old, somethi
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Jim Kerr is at least a fan I believe. But that station, once a Stones hub, is Led Zep, Who, AC/DC, Pink Floyd all the time... and a fairly limited selection from those even, in heavy rotation. The oldies station represents them better... they might as well have done the announcement on CBS... haven't checked, but might even have more listeners.
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Quotebv This thread is sticky because it is one of the most ON TOPIC threads at the moment. To avoid duplicate threads on the same subject. Because Keith looks great in the pictures. Because it is rock'n'roll. Because it is NYC. Because Keith is the most visible Stone just days before the tour announcement. And because it is not a travel advices thread. Enough reasons for keeping it sti
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QuoteDoxa About that Wood/Taylor axis... (which seemingly works damn well...) It was also news to me that Jagger contacted Taylor in 1977 and asked him to join the band if Keith will be locked away (my imagination just can't grasp what it would have been like...) Interesting that there is also that rumour already from 1973, coming from Nicky Hopkins (!) if memory serves, that Jagger wa
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Child of the Moon Heartbreaker (with Mick Taylor) Everything is Turning to Gold Out of Time Pain of Love
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QuoteStoneburst Quoteindystonesfan Quotekleermaker Quoteindystonesfan I don't see the Mick Taylor situation as a situation at all. He was a member of the band, made very important contributions, yet left the band for his own reasons - none of which I choose to debate. It is great that his relationship with the band on stage was restored to the point that he toured with Them but as a long
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Time to shuffle off to buffalo...
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QuoteMathijs They used Taylor as special guest for an entire tour. It was fun while it lasted, the results where very mixed, and the Stones now move on to something new. That's really all there is to it. Mathijs OK for the 1st part..no more Taylor. But do you seriously believe they are moving on to something "new"? I saw somewhere on this combined thread, don't k
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