QuoteOlly As has been noted, some posters now favour another site. Why, I'll never know. Is typing swear words really that pleasurable? lol
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I'd pass on Slippin' Away and Streets Of Love, and no recording of the Echoplex Love In Vain has surfaced so far. Perhaps the show was filmed for future release, though? Sway: only played three times with MT. I think his solo on the Chicago version is the best of the bunch. CYHMK: Glastonbury is proshot, and to me the best version they did with him anyway. Lots of people prefer t
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As with most people, I guess, my interest in talking about the Stones or anything else I'm a fan of waxes and wanes over time. In my case this has nothing to do with the tour cycle, because I'm not really into the current band and don't go to the shows - it's more that, like Green Lady, I often find that I don't have much to say, haven't the time or energy to say it,
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QuoteTonyMo Quotepepganzo Mick Taylor - The Stumble I hope he'll do some dates with John Mayall during his 2015 tour Enjoyed that. When was it recorded? Mid-nineties, I think - he's playing with Black Cat Bone, a German blues band.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteStoneburst QuoteThankGod Cock IS a term of endearment in England whether you choose to believe it or not. Cock and cocker have been used for many many years. This postcard is from the mid 1950s. Cock is regularly used in the North of England in place of words like mate, love, pal, dear, duck, ducky etc. Now mainly heard from the lips of the older generation. My Gra
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QuoteThankGod Cock IS a term of endearment in England whether you choose to believe it or not. Cock and cocker have been used for many many years. This postcard is from the mid 1950s. Cock is regularly used in the North of England in place of words like mate, love, pal, dear, duck, ducky etc. Now mainly heard from the lips of the older generation. My Grandmother regularly called us all cock an
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taxonomy game strong
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FWIW, I have never heard the word 'cock' used either as a term of endearment or as a reference to cockneys (and Brian Jones wasn't a cockney anyway). So I don't buy either explanation, and like Naturalust says neither makes sense in context.
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Happy Doxaday! One day, I hope, someone will publish an edited anthology of your best posts here over the years. I'd buy it for sure.
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The only videos I could find of the show have him playing on Walking On Sunset - he sounds pretty good for quite a long layoff:
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QuoteTravelinMan Anybody know those effects pedals? One's a Colorsound Fuzz Wah, I think, the other looks like some sort of Tonebender?
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QuoteSomeTorontoGirl Just catching up on this and --- Holy Crap!!! Where have I been? You guys are amazing! All excellent stuff, but Stop Breaking Down is simply stunning. Who are you guys? Do you come out at night with capes? Definite Super Powers on display Please...continue! I come out of hiding once every few months to play a bit of slide guitar, yes, then disappear again (glad you enjoyed
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It's a hideous solo, one of the worst on any Stones record
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I've got a little Fender Ramparte in my living room. It's basically a more aesthetically pleasing Blues Junior with no EQ and simplified circuitry (thus a good deal cheaper - Fender make no money on their pawn shop series). If you can find one, try it. You'll probably dig it - definitely in the classic tweed ballpark tonally.
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QuoteDandelionPowdermanThe dynamic MR on LIB, with superior harp playing, percussion and its mood might be just as creative per se - even though it's not my favourite version. Indeed it is, and of course creativity and improvisation are not the same thing at all. I prefer the live versions on the strength of Taylor's input and the band's sound as a whole, but the musical vision i
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Quotegotdablouse Not sure if this has been posted here, from the Keith Mojo interview : Looks like he hasn't forgotten his "three guitar approach" comments that generated a lot of excitement : "I wanted to see if it could blossom into something else, like a three-guitar band. I realised it was just a hope, an idea. The Stones are a two-guitar band, and I know that, really.
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Quotecrumbling_mice QuoteStoneburst Quotekeefriffhards QuoteStoneburst John, where in Cornwall are you? Yeah Newquay, well just outside Newquay in the countryside. Oh, awesome - I grew up near St Austell, still play at the Bowgie Inn jam night in Crantock sometimes when I come down Hey guys, I lived in Polruan for a couple of years in the late 70's...know St Austell very well! Cornis
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Quotekeefriffhards QuoteStoneburst John, where in Cornwall are you? Yeah Newquay, well just outside Newquay in the countryside. Oh, awesome - I grew up near St Austell, still play at the Bowgie Inn jam night in Crantock sometimes when I come down
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John, where in Cornwall are you?
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QuoteTurner68 QuoteStoneburst Quotegotdablouse ...and that would be the Stones' Director of Business Affairs whose name escapes me now but she's credited son SSS (and Live at the Marquee) as a co-executive producer. She's also the one who set the prices for the O2 shows and got a choir involved according to an article in the Times (Guardian?)...oh and designed TShirts for these sho
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Quotegotdablouse ...and that would be the Stones' Director of Business Affairs whose name escapes me now but she's credited son SSS (and Live at the Marquee) as a co-executive producer. She's also the one who set the prices for the O2 shows and got a choir involved according to an article in the Times (Guardian?)...oh and designed TShirts for these shows too apparently! Apologies
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Man, talk about threads jumping the shark...
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Quotekleermaker The best ones are to be found on Ya Ya's, Baltimore and Altamont (69 tour) and a couple from the 1970 tour (Essen and some others that I don't know by heart. All other versions are crap and can be put aside. +1. I think the 1975 version with Clapton on lead guitar deserves a listen for the novelty value, perhaps not for the actual playing.
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QuoteHMSMick Taylor's effect on the Stones is heavily over-rated. He is just the guy who almost by coincidence was hanging around when Keith and Mick reached their creative peak as a songwriting team. The songwriting is not the point with MT: no-one denies it was Mick and Keith's zenith creatively. The point is MT's musicianship, the way he embellished their output during his ten
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Couple of thoughts on this: 1) For whatever reason, Taylor generally doesn't soundcheck prior to his solo shows. He's also traditionally used a lot of rented amps when playing with his own band. 2) In his glory days, MT had one of the best and most distinctive Les Paul tones around. However, it was basically dependent on a VT40 on the edge of meltdown, and that's just far too
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A few shows in Russia in the context of a European tour, or just a few shows in Russia period? I can't really see them playing anywhere other than Moscow and Petersburg (although it would be great if they did). There would likely be political issues standing in the way of another Red Square concert, and if not Red Square I'm not sure where else in Moscow they would play.
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QuoteOllyI recommend listening to more recent live performances by the Stones. You may discover, as I did, that the band peaked as a live act decades later than many would have you believe. Like others, I have, and found them wanting. Not necessarily bad, just nowhere near as good as the classic performances of the early 70s.
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Excuse me? It's against IORR policy to discuss individuals, except if you want to write something positive about them? Despite them all being public individuals and artists whose work is by its very nature open for critical discussion?
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Quotebv Some people have their mission in life to dislike any person the Stones might add to their lineup. Jealousy or besserwissen may be. Some say they play the guitar better than Keith Richards too... Er, no, they just don't like his musical contributions. Jealousy? Really?
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QuoteHMS They took him rather for owning an amplifier than for his playing skills (at least I heard so). Welcome to IORR, Keith!
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