Horrifically bad. That Hunter replacement Mott singer is an abomination. They'd have been better off letting Overend Watts cough out a never-ending series of Born Late '58 rewrites. And I'm a big fan of Mott the Hoople. BTW, Brain Capers is an overlooked classic.
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Quotegeorgie48 QuoteThe Sicilian Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound? Both on and off stage, but not in the 1971/1972 period. He was too young (born in 1960). The stages used by The Who (Liverpool, Amsterdam) in that period were very simple ... no curtains. Occasionally a guy appeared on stage modestly doing something to equipment at the backgrou
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QuoteThe Sicilian Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound? No. When Simon played with The Who (1996-97, 2002-present), he was onstage.
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Neither one is top-shelf Stones, but at least Undercover doesn't sound neutered.
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The Waits poem was mentioned a few days ago in the Happy Birthday, Keith thread at page 2.
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Best: Father Christmas by the Kinks Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) by Darlene Love Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley And then at the other end of the spectrum, Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney is like spilling a mug of eggnog down one's shorts.
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Waits wrote the poem around when Crosseyed Heart was released. But the sentiment still fits.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoteab QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoteab The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll. Chuck sang backup So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc. Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two pe
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoteab The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll. Chuck sang backup So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc. Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two personnel changes (Chuck for Mac a
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When did the Stones first use screens? When they first smoked hash in a pipe, Morocco 1967.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
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Song: Spinal Tap - Christmas with the Devil. Album: Phil Spector's Christmas Album. Nick Lowe's one is a recent fave.
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My cousins used to build models. Once they got tired of looking at the finished work, they blow them up with firecrackers in the nearby cul de sac.
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QuoteSighunt The 3 album set Tour of the Americas 75 followed by Bedspring Symphony. +1
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They're both steaming piles. Let's Work just stinks worse. Please don't blame Geoffrey Arnold for Let's Work. He was just a session player on that one. Blame Dave Stewart: he co-wrote and co-produced it.
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First b-stage set 10/12/97 Philadelphia: Little Queenie, The Last Time and Crazy Mama. I was about 50 feet away. I'd seen eight Stones shows before that night, but those early B-stage sets were particularly fresh and exciting.
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After the version of JJF on Johnny Winter And Live, there was just no point in anyone else even trying.
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When I first heard of Greta van Fleet, I thought she might be Captain Beefheart's granddaughter.
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Stones - Satisfaction Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Stones - Gimme Shelter Who - My Generation Kinks - Waterloo Sunset Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK Clash - Complete Control Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Beatles - Revolution (single) I'd probably swap out half of these in a day or two.
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Got the Let It Bleed and brown Band super deluxes yesterday. Both albums are sacred tomes. The LIB set has 2 180g LPs (mono and stereo) and 2 hybrid SACDs (mono and stereo) of the album, a contemporary 7" single with a very important non-LP A-side, a poster, 3 prints and an 80-page hardcover book. No dice, marbles, pins, or scarves. Currently goes for about $100. The Band set has a 2x1
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QuoteGerardHennessy Almost everyone thinks I am crazy for buying the 50th Anniversary box set. But I don't care. I absolutely love it. It is as much a visual and emotional purchase for me as an auditory one. I remember like it was yesterday buying the album when it was released in 1969, then smuggling it up to my bedroom to avoid a face off with my dad, who hated The Stones and would have ta
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Quotewonderboy Elvis, if he had managed his career right. I flip past the Elvis channel on Sirius and they often have Elvis doing Neil Diamond covers. Neil Diamond hired Elvis's drummer Ronnie Tutt shortly after Elvis died. Tutt also played in Jerry Garcia's mid-70s band. Between these 3 employers, Tutt must have some stories.
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Gotta love that Respectable Whip. To start the complete wrong song and then move it relatively smoothly into the right one is impressive tightrope walking.
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I was a big fan of the first album, but the subsequent ones weren't nearly as good. I only saw them once (Bayou, DC 12/83).
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Too bad the upcoming Mott '74 shows were cancelled due to Ian's tinnitus.
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Not anymore. Godfrey Townsend is the current Yardbirds lead guitarist. Johnny A was quite good with the Yardbirds. He's got that early Jeff Beck thing down.
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Lemmy was a fan. Macca and Ronnie too. Without Little Richard, no Mick Jagger? Back to your question, Richard Penniman is not underrated by anyone with a brain. Wop-bobba-lu-wop-a-wop-bam-boom!
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JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, June 17, 1978, $12.50. Setlist was almost the same as Cleveland, but they didn't play Lies and did Satisfaction after Shattered. The Some Girls songs were in a different order from Cleveland. Not a very good show. Jagger had a cold. Tried to make like any other band plugging a new album and didn't pay enough attention to the back catalog. 90 minutes, no en
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Saw it in DC in April. 2 hours of pre-Dark Side Floyd. Nice night out.
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That's How Strong My Love Is, Roseland 2002
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