Quote2000 LYFH Only 3 dead. Things are getting back to normal. Good god, will this ever stop! Sad crazy world we live in. I have to throw my two cents in here because this one hits close to home....literally. I live less than ten minutes from the store where this took place and have shopped there many times. Gimme shelter...
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It's not about who's better. It's a matter of personal taste. Both bands created loads of great music but their styles were unique to each band. It's like comparing apples and oranges. What band is your favorite is a matter of taste. They were both great artists.
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I saw them in '81 on the tour's debut gig - JFK Stadium in Philly; my second Stones show. It's gained a reputation as being a very bad show. They were rusty and nowhere near as good as they would get as the tour rolled on. Still, the atmosphere was thrilling and despite the mistakes, botched intros and all, the Stones still rocked and I had a great time right in front of the stag
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Quotesonyzzz Most underrated band of all time... They do deserve ALOT more credit. I haven't seen them live since the early '90's, but they kicked ass then and from recent concert video clips, it looks like they still do despite the line-up changes. I think Nancy is one of the most underrated guitarists in rock, and Ann has pipes like no other. Plus, they've written loads
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Quotekeefriffhard4life just got his fantastic MY LIVES boxset though i was slightly ripped off I respect the guy. He is a gifted artist, but somehow I could never stomach his music; can't really put my finger on it. Maybe I don't care for his voice or style. Guess it's just a matter of personal taste. I'm sure there are Billy Joel fanatics that can't stomach the Stones
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Quotemandu I just watched Mick Taylor do a guitar solo on you cant always get what you want how does he know where to put his fingers and how long he should play the solo for is the solo practised or is the solo done on the spur of the moment? Like many of the great rock / blues / jazz musicians, Mick Taylor improvised much of what he played in his solos. I'm sure he had some bits that we
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I'm greedy. I want both..but I know, I knoooow.....I can't always get what I want.....
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Not in order... OUT OF TEARS RUBY TUESDAY LOVE IN VAIN MEMORY MOTEL NO EXPECTATIONS I GOT THE BLUES COMING DOWN AGAIN NO USE IN CRYING ALREADY OVER ME ....Oh crap, there's too many more and I'd go nuts trying to rank them although I do think my definite favorite is Ruby Tuesday.
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QuoteBraincapers Quotestonesdan60...I do miss Howard Leese on guitar. Nevertheless, as long as Ann and Nancy feel the muse, Heart will live! I've seen Howard with Paul Rodgers and he's really good. Did he play lead for Heart or share with Nancy? Howard played most of the leads and thus it took some of us a while to realize how great a guitarist Nancy was / is. To really appreciate
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Quotestonesdan60 Always loved them. Saw them twice on the Brigade Tour. At one show I had front row seats, right next to one of the PA stacks. They rocked hard and Nancy was on fire that night. I was nearly deaf for about two weeks after that show! A little addition....When I had front row seats, it was at an amphitheater where the stage had a lip at the front. I was on the right side of the
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Always loved them. Saw them twice on the Brigade Tour. At one show I had front row seats, right next to one of the PA stacks. They rocked hard and Nancy was on fire that night. I was nearly deaf for about two weeks after that show!
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In no particular order... 1 - Satanic Majesties 2 - Putting Cherry Oh Baby on Black and Blue 3- The self destruction of Brian Jones 4- The tragic mess that Altamont became 5 - Bringing on Billy Preston and his desire to steal the show 6 - Keith's Toronto bust 7 - Mick's solo ambitions and the resulting feud that deprived us of any Stones tours from 1982 to 1989. 8 - Mick�
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Bye Bye Johnnie - I can picture the song ending with an extended jam as Mick and Keith sing "Bye bye bye bye..." many times over. Then they take their bows and truly say goodbye. Thanks for a great 50 years.
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I've always thought it would be great for a latter day Stones show to start with an unseen Jagger singing very sloooowly on a completely dark stage, "What a draaaaag it is getting ooollldd..." Then the lights blast on and the Stones tear into a high octane version of Mother's Little Helper and prove it's not such a drag at all....
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Quotejazzbass For the true crown of Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band. Obviously, the Stones are my choice, but one of my good friends argues that Zeppelin deserves the title. I'm asking that you guys help me with some ammo to support my position for this debate. They're both great but it's sort of like apples and oranges. Two very different styles and approaches to musi
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QuoteWeLoveToPlayTheBlues Forty Licks is out of print. All there is is Jump Back and the various ABKCO hits comps. They gonna give us a Fifty Licks? Where is the supposed new hits comp? All that talk just died. Shouldn't there be something being released real soon? They should release an anthology that truly includes their best work, not just another repackaging of hits. I'm talki
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Quotejazzbass Well, I'm finally giving this a thorough "all the way through" listen and I just have to say, I don't care what anyone else thinks... I think it is an excellent performance. I love the tour (my first Stones concert ever was Philly '89, the first show of the tour), and I also love the album. The Steel Wheels numbers featured at this show sound great, were per
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteMrEcho QuoteSlick meh, i will PASS on this vegas crap, how embarassing to have this trash coincide with the bands 50th. but all you chuck, matt, bernard, & lisa fans, enjoy my all means. and dont worry blondie, tim, and kent fans, i am sure toronto 2005 is just around the corner. meanwhile, time to crank la friday again lol. I am not a big fan of the Chuck/Darry
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QuoteJustin Isn't it ironic, that Bill Wyman played the bass like a jazz/blues musician yet Darryl Jones, an accomplished jazz musician himself plays the bass with the Stones like a rock musician? Bill was extremely expressive on the bass, and his grooves knew no bounds: he was all over the neck, laying down little pockets of melodies/harmonies and riffs that all gently pushed the song fo
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I've seen photos of the setlist on top of Chuck's keyboard and it includes specific BPM tempos for each song. From what I've heard from various band member interviews is that Chuck sets that tempo and either hears a click track or uses blinking lights on the keyboard to count off the song but that's just to get them started. There's no click track that other band members
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Quotemickschix OK, if Blondie is playing " Blondie's parts" the question is WHY is he playing at all if Keith is playing all of the parts that he's responsible for? I have also seen Blondie playing just off stage left, still visible if your seats are stage left. In the 70's, there was no Blondie playing any guitar parts for the Stones. I know it's hard to come to ter
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This has probably been discussed before so pardon me - but does anyone know what kind of salary players like D. Jones, the background singers, horns, and all get paid when they go on a Stones tour? I've always heard Mick is a penny pincher. Just curious.
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There's almost no Stones song I can't find some pleasure in but - even though they didn't write it - I haven't been able to stomach Cherry Oh Baby at all.
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Quoteflilflam This is a response from an earlier thread called Keith's Fingers. Read it carefully. If this is true, then this is BIG!!! Re: Keith's fingers Posted by: KRiffhard () Date: June 23, 2012 00:11 Quote flilflam Quote slewan there are innovations (already used during the last tours): 1. adding a hidden guitarist to play Keith's stuff, 2. more posing instead of pl
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The '78 Tour was great. There have been sloppy shows on every tour but there's enough recorded proof that there was greatness on that tour. The greatness is no myth.
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Quotebackstreetboy1 i think keiths playing was great on shine a light.did you watch it with earplugs in. Right on. I find nothing about Keith's playing I don't like in SAL. My only complaint is he was not mixed loud enough. The first time I listened to the soundtrack nice and loud through headphpones I was really impressed with his work. But I've said all this before so I won
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I have to agree with those who are saying there's way too much negativity on this board. Perhaps we can all agree that the Stone hit a creative peak with the Big Four and their free-form "jamming" tours of @ '69 - '81. But just because an artist reaches a peak, that doesn't mean that everything that follows is garbage. I think the Stones have given us loads of great
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Quoteemotionalbarbecue Nice... But on auto pilot...Stones are able to compose and play this kind of songs while washing the car, doing the shopping, painting the walls or cooking some meal. Auto pilot has a negative connotation, which this song doesn't really deserve. I think it would be more correct to say that of course they can write songs like this as naturally as breathing because it
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QuoteMore Hot Rocks No! He doesn't play in a Stones style at all. It like asking Neil Pert to take Charlies' place. You've come up with the perfect comparison!! Or how about asking Josh Groban to replace Jagger? Or put Rick Wakeman on piano?
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QuoteGJV I agree, but can they still do it with only Ron and Keith? That's the big question no one of us knows the real answer for? Beck is no teamplayer. Can he function within a band and being not the star of the band? He maybe looks like a Stone, but isn't it. You get endless guitarsolo's, endless fights about everything and he probably quit after two concerts. Keith wouldn
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