Quotemaumau QuoteStonedRambler What's far more difficult IMHO is the question "Bridges to Babylon vs Hackney Diamonds". I'd go for Hackney here at the moment, but surely some time needs to pass before you definitely can say how they compare There's at least one point in favour of B2B: Keith's tunes on that versus Tell me straight. The latter is a sweet little so
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Quotebitusa2012 My 60yo brother in law tells me today that he thinks Bite my Head Off is amazing but that SSoH is too mainstream. Mainstream??? I told him to listen again, and to the whole thing!! Well, yes, SSOH is mainstream and so is Bite My Head Off. It's not necessarily a bad thing, unless you want to listen to some underground music. Luckily, there's plenty of that around too.
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I think the "pitchfork" review was a bit dishonest. A honest review means that you give an album a chance, and judge it on its good and bad points. The pitchfork (or something like that) review was just one pure blitzkrieg attack everything to do with the Stones. On the other hand, the Contrarions review is not positive either, but it is actually based on arguments about the productio
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Quotebitusa2012 QuoteRedhotcarpet video: An honest review. So all other reviews that don’t apparently align with YOUR personal thinking are DISHONEST? A pretty dishonest judgement call you’ve made on others. He doesn't say that the others are dishonest. He just says that this one is honest (which it is). Anyway, I suspect (but irony doesn't always work well on internet so ma
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QuoteSpud I think R S Blues fits in very well...the blues is where they started and from where they grew and broadened their musical palette. Mick commented on that BBC documentary series last year, when asked about being a "Blues band", that the Stones are " an everything band ".. ...and they've just proved it in great style. This comment of Mick I find rath
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QuoteRedhotcarpet video: An honest review. Well, it's not over the top or revengeful, so, yes, I think it's a honest review. And he makes some very good points too, some of them (especially about the obligatory verse/chorus thing) I fully agree with. I like the album a bit better than he does, I don't mind the occasional pop-album (like Aftermath in the past). What bums m
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OK Angry Depending On You Whole Wide World Dreamy Skies Mess it up Driving Too Hard Tell me Straight Sweet Sounds Rolling Stones Blues Not OK Get Close Bite My Head off Live By The Sword
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Quotepeoplewitheyes Yes, I'm not sure how it is a political statement in any way. (Google translate might help you if you don't know Spanish)
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Quotebv In my opinion, they destroyed their brand many years ago, by selling out to commercial entities like Dressman (Norway). Mick flew down to Buenos Aires to attend their company celebration, and they sold tons of tongue shirts to non-fans in Norway. Selling their brand to Barcelona FC is almost like making a polical statement. I wonder if they will sell their tongue to a team in the UK pr
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Quotematthijst Cool shirt, but €399 is just sickening. Made in China, where they sell reps for $15 The entire FC Barcelona merchandise is sickening. The word maffia comes to mind.
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QuoteMonkeyMan2000 [...] Get Close is Keith all over with the typical Open-G minor chords in the chorus and the riffage during the verses. To me, the guitars in "Get Close" are not playing a riff. I don't see why one would even bother tuning the guitar in Open-G to play those chords. Maybe arthritis is the explanation.
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Quotebauk77 What exactly is the low point? Or you mean same low point as Super Bowl half time show? The low point is associating themselves with this kind of events and with a football club. It's bloody embarrassing and definitely not reading the room very well. And at least with the Super Bowl, they didn't support one particular team, did they?
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Quotemadrid82 Mick and ronnie are in Barcelona. Will be in the stadium Mick llegó anoche Now, that - admittedly - is a cool thing. Let's see if they will have lunch in my neighbourhood. (Doubt it).
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QuoteMassimo68 For those unfamiliar with football / soccer, the matches between Barcelona and Madrid are the two most-watched domestic league matches in the world every year. 'El Clasico' is watched in over 180 countries with recent games generating a global audience in excess of 650 million viewers. The tongue on the shirt will be seen by hundreds of millions of people. Being alm
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QuoteHardRiffin Quotekeefriffhards A more honest down to earth review from a guy who actually knows this band/music and their potential. "More honest down to earth"?!!!! "They have nothing of consequence to say here, even after losing the band’s anchor, nor no indelible riffs to play, even after two decades to write them. Just like the image of its title, Hackney Diamonds i
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QuoteWitness [...] But since you argue with a formal concept, which I do not and even cannot do, I acknowledge that I am unqualified to give an answer to your argument. However, I have learnt something about what you meant. But I wonder how many posters and readers would use your defined concept or, alternatively, a more or less vague genre term like myself. I have become a big fan of the
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QuoteDandelionPowderman [...] Yes, but you don't have to like them per se I was merely pointing out that half of the album doesn't classify as pop musically. Whether it's good or not is up to you, mate PS: Punk is indeed a musical genre within rock. True, you're right: your point was not about liking or not liking. But 2 of the 6 songs you mention I would consid
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QuoteDandelionPowderman A good portion – half of the album, actually – isn't pop, though: Bite My Head Off Dreamy Skies Live By The Sword Driving Me Too Hard Tell Me Straight Rolling Stone Blues So there's something for everyone here, imo. I see your point, but: > Bite My Head Off As far as I am concerned, "punk" is not really a music style. It's simp
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QuoteSwayed1967 Who sings Honky Tonk Women in the shower? I’ll answer that question but first let me just say that I’m enjoying the new album immensely while recognizing that it doesn’t have long legs. By that I mean I won’t be spinning this a year from now. For me this is ‘She’s The Boss’ all over again. Although Wandering Spirit obviously has more Stonesy sex appeal I’ve long considered ‘She
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QuoteDoxa [...] Or then, it is something to do with the songs having so many melodic elements in them - hooks, catchy choruses, bridges - that it has been pretty rare in latter-day Stones records. Like it is a crime in a Stones recording to have some actual, well-written musical portions. Like Mick and Keith cannot be actually good song-writers knowing their craft. The Stones are not the Beatle
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QuoteWitness Myself I don't know at all what to think about this album. It probably will be rather long before I know. I read some posts, but abstain from others that disturb my own experience too much in my humble approach to it. All the same, there is one idea I read about that puzzles me. It is the suggested point of view that this is rather much a pop album. Myself I have used that t
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QuoteMonkeyMan2000 Quotematxil Quotekeefgotsoul Are the bridges the weakest parts of this album? I like the whole album but it seems like the bridges in some songs take the steam out of them. Like Sweet Sounds. The song keeps building and gaining momentum, then the bridge happens and it seems like a wrong turn. In general, yes, they feel forced and unnecessary. Although in Sweet Sounds it'
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotestonesman87 I'm sure I wouldn't be the first person to think that Get Close has an element of Slave in it. Continuing my suggestion that HD is uniquely like a Stones (and solo!) "greatest sounds" album, who would like to add to this small start: 1.Get Close - some Slave and, after listening to it for about the fifth time, I even got
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"Live By The Sword" reminds me of this cover of "Get It On" by Powerstation: (Skip the first 30 seconds)
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Quotestonesman87 I'm sure I wouldn't be the first person to think that Get Close has an element of Slave in it. Continuing my suggestion that HD is uniquely like a Stones (and solo!) "greatest sounds" album, who would like to add to this small start: 1.Get Close - some Slave and, after listening to it for about the fifth time, I even got a bit of Too Much Blood (let's
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Quotekeefgotsoul Are the bridges the weakest parts of this album? I like the whole album but it seems like the bridges in some songs take the steam out of them. Like Sweet Sounds. The song keeps building and gaining momentum, then the bridge happens and it seems like a wrong turn. In general, yes, they feel forced and unnecessary. Although in Sweet Sounds it's okay.
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Angry: 6.5/10 Close To You: 1/10 Depending On You: 5.5/10 Bite My Head Off: 3/10 (only the guitar solo is nice) Whole Wide World: 6/10 Dreamy Skies: 6/10 (pity about the bridge, it'd be better without it) Mess It Up: 4/10 Live By The Sword: 5/10 (again, what's up with the unnecessary bridge?) (The song rem
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QuoteTurd On The Run Lady Gaga might not be your cup of tea, (she is not someone that I would go see in concert or an artist that I would listen to) but talent she has in spades. I did not think so until I heard her sing with Tony Bennet. That gentleman would NEVER come together with anyone who was not an elite-level talent. Her vocals on Sweet Sound of Heaven lift that song - much like Mary
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QuoteMrBobMartini [...] Very interesting review. Well argumented. Thanks for posting.
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