QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteLongBeachArena72 My good friend riffhards made me promise not to judge live performances based on the quality of cellphone video and so I won't. I suspect my feelings about the show would have been reasonably similar to those of Mr Dean Goodman halfway down in the Reports section ... but how can I be sure since I wasn't there. I do wonder why all the c
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My good friend riffhards made me promise not to judge live performances based on the quality of cellphone video and so I won't. I suspect my feelings about the show would have been reasonably similar to those of Mr Dean Goodman halfway down in the Reports section ... but how can I be sure since I wasn't there. I do wonder why all the cellphones at the Hamburg show were recording t
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QuoteRocky Dijon All that matters is a lot of innocent people died. That's certainly one of the things that matters. It may even be the most important thing. Or, in terms of its potential impact on our democracy, this may be:
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I would just like to say that I for one am moved by the tribute to George (Night of the Living Dead) Romero in the cover photo on the iorr homepage today. RIP George!
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QuoteRoughJusticeOnYa Plus the Stones, as a band, only indirectly influence the hight of ticket prices, due to their (agreed: quite astronomical) guaranteed fee. But that is, albeit a large one, only a part of the grand total cost - there's local production issues (f.i. the cost of ticket sales, local crew, local promo, etc.); on top of which you have to take into account the (rightful) desi
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Quotekeefriff99 QuoteLongBeachArena723. U2 is not as big as they say they are, never mind as big as they think they are. They haven't had a hit for years and they've got the bad blood of the Apple thing going on. It takes a long time to forget. Hell, fans have finally forgotten with Metallica, but the band spent years away from the market, playing overseas, if at all, and they put out a
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Quote24FPS Wow. Stone's official designs become more and more bland with time. Who even knows what No Filter means? Keith is the only Stone who still smokes, and his had filters. It's a curious choice for the band, as double entendres go. On the one hand you have the Instagram-derived #NoFilter which is meant to accompany a photo which would seem to have been digitally enhanced but
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QuoteVoodooLounge13 I have to say I'm disappointed with Gotta Get A Grip. England Lost is OK. I like the rawness of it. I've discovered what it is about Jagger's lyrics that drives me nuts these days. It's not so much the simplicity of them compared to things written on SF and EOMS as it is his over-enunciating of his rhyme schemes. No other band does this. And why he started
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QuoteThe Sicilian Checking Stub Hub U2 floor general admission tickets are going for $30 and up, seating in the bowl $10 to about $50 and upper deck for $8 Unbelievable yeah, this is kind of a big deal. transparency is coming! here's yesterday's lefsetz letter on the topic: *** U2 TICKETS AT A DISCOUNT Granted it's Buffalo, but... Check out the prices: Not
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteLongBeachArena72 QuoteThommie QuoteLongBeachArena72 The fact that we cannot know the list of songs rehearsed in private that they will never play in public is quite ... well, it's an outrage. An outrage, I tell you! Strong words... Can't see how that could be an outrage. What they want to rehearse is up to them. What we have to care about is what the
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotejlowe Quotetreaclefingers While I'm glad he recorded these and like the tunes, in the end they are quite forgettable sadly. I appreciate he's trying to evolve his music and his style...for me he's seems to be trying to capture that elusive "Miss You" elixir. Lightning won't strike again I don't think, not in that way. Is it
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QuoteThommie QuoteLongBeachArena72 The fact that we cannot know the list of songs rehearsed in private that they will never play in public is quite ... well, it's an outrage. An outrage, I tell you! Strong words... Can't see how that could be an outrage. What they want to rehearse is up to them. What we have to care about is what the play at shows. That's what really matters
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Great lines about Moon as a percussionist, an embellisher. Also this observation: We’ve seen that with Mick Jagger and his solo albums. He’s done some fantastic solo albums and they never sell because, in my opinion, people don’t want him to stop working in the Rolling Stones. Mick's solo stuff has always seemed to represent an existential crisis for the band in the minds of some fa
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Quotetreaclefingers While I'm glad he recorded these and like the tunes, in the end they are quite forgettable sadly. I appreciate he's trying to evolve his music and his style...for me he's seems to be trying to capture that elusive "Miss You" elixir. Lightning won't strike again I don't think, not in that way. It's fascinating to speculate about
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Quotetreaclefingers Quotestonehearted Quotetreaclefingers One of my favourite Plant albums still is Pictures at Eleven and love Burning Down One Side...yes it was 80s but maybe a bit early in the decade to sound '80's? I always thought Burning Down One Side was a continuation of the sound/approach LZ were using on In Through The Outdoor, like it could have been a sister song to In The
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The fact that we cannot know the list of songs rehearsed in private that they will never play in public is quite ... well, it's an outrage. An outrage, I tell you!
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I hate myself for feeling that there is no way on God's green earth that Mick Jagger drank tap water at a house party in Montevideo.
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Quotejlowe QuoteLongBeachArena72 Quote35love Quotejlowe It seems the 'Act' known as Steely Dan is going to continue. Seems strange, both of them have had solo careers after all. Any views on this? Yes. It's been a long assss career. Retire. IMHO, all long-lived bands who cannot produce compelling new music and are reduced to touring their greatest-hits decade after decade ou
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Quotetatters QuoteLongBeachArena72 Quote35love Quotejlowe It seems the 'Act' known as Steely Dan is going to continue. Seems strange, both of them have had solo careers after all. Any views on this? Yes. It's been a long assss career. Retire. IMHO, all long-lived bands who cannot produce compelling new music and are reduced to touring their greatest-hits decade after decade
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QuoteLongBeachArena72 Quotegotdablouse 1.5 million streams doesn't sound too bad ? Or is it ? Yeah, it's pretty bad. There are lots of worse-performing songs, of course, but to really matter in the streaming world you need hundreds of millions streams. One more note: it's not just boomer-music that gets lost on Spotify. Do any of you remember LCD Soundsystem? Really cool dan
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QuoteMaindefender QuoteLongBeachArena72 The songs themselves continue to languish, only having been streamed about 1.5 million times, collectively, on Spotify. (Baby boomers just do not stream, lol. Robert Plant's two new singles have barely cracked the 200,000 mark, collectively.) One thing these releases might have helped confirm: the audience for "classic rock" is still ti
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Quotegotdablouse 1.5 million streams doesn't sound too bad ? Or is it ? Yeah, it's pretty bad. There are lots of worse-performing songs, of course, but to really matter in the streaming world you need hundreds of millions streams.
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The songs themselves continue to languish, only having been streamed about 1.5 million times, collectively, on Spotify. (Baby boomers just do not stream, lol. Robert Plant's two new singles have barely cracked the 200,000 mark, collectively.) One thing these releases might have helped confirm: the audience for "classic rock" is still tied to the concept of a publicity-driven
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QuoteSomeTorontoGirl I love the smell of irony in the morning. Smells like ... victory!
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QuoteDandelionPowderman LOL, LongBeach, is there anything positive to say about the Stones anymore? I bet they all have good hearts and might very well have donated privately significant amounts to the Harvey recovery efforts in Texas.
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Quote35love Quotejlowe It seems the 'Act' known as Steely Dan is going to continue. Seems strange, both of them have had solo careers after all. Any views on this? Yes. It's been a long assss career. Retire. IMHO, all long-lived bands who cannot produce compelling new music and are reduced to touring their greatest-hits decade after decade ought to consider retirement.
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QuoteNate QuoteMeise Just ugly. Looks like a seven-year-old kid designed that. I don't like the designs either and hope for something better on the tour. Kids can produce amazing art.If you tried to replicate art that you made as a kid it would take you many decades to learn how to draw like a kid again. Nate Perhaps those 430 made-redundant stage hands might be engaged to design a s
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Quotestargroover Lets hope we have more rarities and less war horses.I don't buy the argument that it's because the majority want the famous songs.I think its lazyness on their part if they don't play obscure/rare stuff. I take a back seat to no one in criticizing The Stones for things like their artistic bankruptcy ... but I'm not sure you can pin the "lazy" label
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Quote35love An interesting paragraph about having a writing and musical career with 1 partner over decades: "Can you give a nutshell breakdown of the division of labor in Steely Dan? It’s hard for an outsider to know who’s responsible for what." ((Becker)) "Yeah, I think that with most partnerships that run for a certain amount of time—and ours has run for a pretty long time—
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteLongBeachArena72 Quotestonehearted QuoteRocky DijonSaying the album will "never be made" is foolish considering they were specifically given a contract extension by their label for a new studio album after listening to the work-in-progress tracks. Yes, you are right -- because there is also this bit of info to consider... "Jumpin' Jack cash! Rol
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