Great list and I completely agree with the choices above. Mick Jagger's always been my favorite "singer", but I never thought of him as a "singer", he's so much more. Unfortunately over the last decade, Mick's changed his style to become a "singer" and it's been sometimes painful to me. Superheavy has some great songs on it, but Mick's &q
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Perhaps it's great for those not familiar with the bootleg recordings. I had been listening to the Clauding-Accidents Never Happen bootleg for years, so when the Some Girls reissue came out, I was totally disappointed. Jaggers new vocals are terrible. I hate his "new" style of singing. Same thing with the Exile reissue. I pretty much only liked Tallahasse Lassie. No offense p
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I think it is so much easier to nominate band's that have a definitive beginning and end, as opposed to bands like Yes, Jethro Tull and to a lesser extent the Moody Blues that never stopped and have tons of lineup changes. The Yes period of Yes album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, and Yessongs is as strong as any band ever including Pink Floyd. I mean I love Floyd but they made their career
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How can Kraftwerk get in before YES, MOODY BLUES and JETHRO TULL???????
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One can analyze albums to death, but what really counts is "turntable time". What get's listened to the most and for me its: Sticky Fingers Exile On Main Street Goats Head Soup Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
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Always loved this song too - kind of a hidden gem. My favorite part is towards the end of the song, always sounded to me like keith misses a note on the guitar but they left it in the song anyway
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Somebody mentioned that there is "download live album" of the Stones duets from the tour. Does anyone have the link to that. Would love to hear an unauthorized version before the official one comes out
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I always thought Streets Of Love was a great missed opportunity on the album. Potentially great song but "awful" annoying lyrics, but wow, I don't know how anybody with an open mind wouldn't love this live version. Clearly the crowd LOVED it, as did I.
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Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand. Who's wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine Frampton Comes Alive....Do you Feel Like I Do
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So happy YES is finally getting nominated. They've had an incredibly long intertwining career with members coming and going and unfortunately that has hurt their credibility over the long term. But throughout their career, they have given the world some amazing music. Their originality and musicianship is almost unrivaled and their golden age from The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge
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Here's my review of Steel Wheels: Steel Wheels – 1989 (US #3; UK#2) Sad Sad Sad • Mixed Emotions • Terrifying • Hold On To Your Hat • Hearts For Sale • Blinded By Love • Rock And A Hard Place • Can’t Be Seen • Almost Hear You Sigh • Continental Drift • Break The Spell • Slipping Away Stones Fan – **** Casual Listener - *** Steel Wheels was truly the beginning of a new Rollin
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This was my review of It's Only Rock n Roll: It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll – 1974 (US #1; UK#2) If You Can’t Rock Me • Ain’t Too Proud To Beg • It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll • Till The Next Goodbye • Time Waits For No One Luxury • Dance Little Sister • If You Really Want To Be My Friend • Short And Curlies • Fingerprint File Stones Fan – **** Casual Listener - *** Jimmy Miller had
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This was my review of Dirty Work from a few years ago: Dirty Work – 1986 (US #4; UK#4) One Hit (To The Body) • Fight • Harlem Shuffle • Hold Back • Too Rude • Winning Ugly • Back To Zero • Dirty Work • Had It With You • Sleep Tonight Stones Fan – ** Casual Listener - * Dirty Work is a record of The Rolling Stones at their lowest, both artistically and commercially. It was suppo
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Here's my review of the Undercover album: Undercover – 1983 (US #4; UK#3) Undercover Of The Night • She Was Hot • Tie You Up (The Pain Of Love) • Wanna Hold You • Feel On Baby • Too Much Blood • Pretty Beat Up • Too Tough • All The Way Down • It Must Be Hell Stones Fan – **** Casual Listener - ** After the gargantuan success of Tattoo You and its corresponding tours, The S
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Thought it was fantastic that they finally played Emotional Rescue Live. Maybe they'll play Too Much Blood live now too. They've worked on it in the past and that song is a killer deep cut.
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Very much like Midnight Rambler in that the studio versions are good but live it takes on an epic quality. I was also blown away when I saw the song live on the No Security tour. Was great that Mick took away the cage, as that would've made it cheesy.
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My Review of GHS: Goats Head Soup – 1973 (US #1; UK#1) Dancing With Mr. D • 100 Years Ago • Coming Down Again • Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) • Angie • Silver Train • Hide Your Love • Winter • Can You Hear The Music • Star Star (@#$%&) Stones Fan – ***** Casual Listener - **** Goats Head Soup is in many ways, the most interesting Stones album. Without a doubt, it is the mos
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My review of Black And Blue: Black And Blue – 1976 (US #1; UK#2) Hot Stuff • Hand Of Fate • Cherry Oh Baby • Memory Motel Hey Negrita • Melody • Fool To Cry • Crazy Mama Stones Fan – *** Casual Listener - ** Black And Blue was the first time I was ever disappointed with The Rolling Stones. In fairness to them, they were in the midst of trying to find Mick Taylor’s permanent replac
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It might be a language thing, but I took it as a positive. That he meant it as a plus, a good thing. Like an 'Exilian' ingredient; that it is right there in the soup and supports the rockin bluesy swamp feel. Well said - that's exactly what I mean by Jagger's vocals are down in the mix. Meaning that Jagger's vocals are basically another instrument mixed almost equally
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Goats Head Soup was the first Stones album I bought when it first came out. It's my third favorite Stones album overall, behind Sticky Fingers and Exile. Here's my song by song review: Goats Head Soup – 1973 (US #1; UK#1) Dancing With Mr. D • 100 Years Ago • Coming Down Again • Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) • Angie • Silver Train • Hide Your Love • Winter • Can You Hear Th
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I loved Primitive Cool and still enjoy it to this day. But I also really liked She's The Boss. They both sound a bit dated now, but that's not a fair "fault" of the albums themselves. They were of their times. The biggest problem with Primitive Cool was the lead off single Let's Work, which as noted, is so bad that it single handedly killed the album. I hated the son
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Heard there's gonna be a Knack live EP. And before you laugh, the Knack was a hell of a band in their genre. Amazing players by the way. And don't forget their drummer Bruce Gary was the drummer with Jack Bruce and Mick Taylor....
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You're definitely right in comparing GnR's Knockin to Dylan's original studio version. I should've been more specific. GnR's cover is played still pretty "straight" and when comparing to later Dylan live versions - ex the version on Before The Flood with The Band from '74 - it's fairly comparable with a few effects thrown on. But point taken.... I&
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Thanks for the nice comment(s) on my reviews - yes I write my own reviews. Exile would be my #2 pick as the greatest Stones album ever. Exile is an amazing timeless musical journey, but pound for pound Sticky Fingers is tops in my book.
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One of the all time great covers - because it's completely different but works wonderfully and is pretty potent and powerful. Never understood how and why so many successful cover versions are virtual carbon copies of the originals (think Guns & Roses with Live & Let Die or their version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door). I hear their versions on the radio but never the origi
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Additional proof that Jagger is one of the greatest writers of ballads ever. I personally love his solo ballads. If one keeps an open mind: Hard Woman, Party Doll, Say You Will, Evening Gown, Hang On To Me Tonight, Angel In My Heart, Don't Call Me Up and Too Far Gone are superior or at least equally compare to the best Stones ballads, especially since Out Of Tears. And of all those Don�
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Here's my take on Sticky Fingers - the greatest Stones album ever..... Sticky Fingers – 1971 (US #1; UK#1) Brown Sugar • Sway • Wild Horses • Can’t You Hear Me Knocking • You Gotta Move • Bitch • I Got The Blues • Sister Morphine • Dead Flowers • Moonlight Mile Stones Fan – ***** Casual Listener - ***** Sticky Fingers was the first album The Stones released on their own Ro
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My thoughts on Some Girls: Some Girls – 1978 (US #1; UK#2) Miss You • When The Whip Comes Down • Imagination • Some Girls • Lies • FarAway Eyes • Respectable • Before They Make Me Run • Beast Of Burden • Shattered Stones Fan – ***** Casual Listener - ***** The Rolling Stones dominated the summer of 1978 and it made you proud. After the relatively disappointing commercial successes
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My thoughts on Emotional Rescue: Emotional Rescue – 1980 (US #1; UK#1) Dance (Pt.1) • Summer Romance • Send It To Me • Let Me Go • Indian Girl • Where The Boys Go • Down In The Hole • Emotional Rescue • She’s So Cold • All About You Stones Fan – *** Casual Listener - ** After the tremendous commercial and artistic success of Some Girls, any follow-up would have had a lot to live u
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Here's my thoughts on Tattoo You: Tattoo You – 1981 (US #1; UK#2) Start Me Up • Hang Fire • Slave • Little T&A • Black Limousine • Neighbours • Worried About You • Tops • Heaven • No Use In Crying • Waiting On A Friend Stones Fan – ***** Casual Listener - **** Some Girls was a massive album in 1978, but the corresponding tour was a short one that missed many markets inclu
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