No worries, mate. I guess the sarcasm escaped me because I didn't get the hints ... LOL The 30 basic tracks - if 30 is the new number - might well be the first result of the Stones' recent puzzle-ing efforts. We started out with 40 Mick demos and 3 dynamite Keith riffs, then came "something beautiful that had not existed before" that Mick and Keith created one afternoon in
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Quoteplusplusjames This is a joke, right? In case this refers to my post above: rather a bitter remark.
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Seems like Chuck was also a passionate photographer and video taper with a penchant for, uhm, avantgarde-ish settings ...
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You gyus are right, appears to be a plexiglass sound isolation wall or the like. In the context of a drum set, a conventional dryer might be mistaken for the floor tom ... (yet might be good for some unconventional percussive effects ...) OK, so who's the drummer in the pic?
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Whose clothesline is this?
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QuoteSpud Quotedoitywoik Chuck Berry alone is as good as a band Yes but he only ever had to agree with himself You have a point here, of course. But Chuck may have had disputes with himself as well, considering that it took him 38 years to release the follow-up album to Rock It.
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QuoteHairball QuoteBungo I Love it ! I vote for you for Art Director. So far you've voted for me to be Producer and now Art Director. I now nominate myself for songwriter, guitar player, and maybe some percussion. This album would have been finished years ago - I want your vote! lol Yeah, go ahead and do it! They're not getting it done anyway. Ian will certainly agree to be y
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteHairball Received an email from Rollingstone.com regarding "last day of 25% sale", and it looks like we have a new candidate for the album cover. Nice clean and rugged wall with a neon tongue superimposed...I like it! Sweet Neon Con?
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Chuck Berry alone is as good as a band
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Quotecolonial For a band to release a new album in their 58th year another unbreakable Rolling Stones world record But first they have to get past Chuck Berry in their career as recording artists. (CB: roughly 1955-2017)
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Quoteblivet Quotebye bye johnny QuoteGasLightStreet Even though Mick has stated that this will be the last new Stones release, there's always another kind of TATTOO YOU with the leftovers. Others have asked previously, and will ask again here. Where and when did Mick state that? Source/link please. "“We don’t know what will happen after the tour, we’re trying to finish the new album
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoteslewan why don't we just stop talking about a new album – maybe for one or two month? As a boycott, that may signal to the boys that they should work faster? Oh yeah, just figure the headlines: "IORRians boycotting new album thread! How will the Stones react?"
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotedoitywoik QuoteDandelionPowderman He just recorded in the studio with Ronnie, according to georgelicks.. Maybe Ronnie doesn't need endless jamming to produce a useful take? True. Then again, he won't have to worry about writing the actual songs You're right of course (though, Ronie may well worry about the writing, it just won't he
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Considering Fall 2017 it could have come a bit earlier ...
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Since the year prior Keith got his neural no-botch implant, on the 23rd leg of the Wheelchairs On Fire tour in 2042 he didn't botch the SMU intro a single time, and the key of his SFTD solos always matches the key of the song ...
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The question of questions: would there have ever been EOMS with Brian instead of Mick T? (Or SF?)
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QuoteDandelionPowderman <Mick sees little value in actually being in the studio with someone these days, apparently> He just recorded in the studio with Ronnie, according to georgelicks.. Maybe Ronnie doesn't need endless jamming to produce a useful take? Quoteukcal Anyone agree or disagree that Mick n Keef maybe working up the unused and rejected songs for future solo album
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Quotegeorgelicks The chances for the new album released this year is BIG, according to sources in Universal, When? Well, if they bundle the album with the upcoming US tour the sales will be good there, over 500k with album/tickets/merch combos, but not so good in the rest of the world, sales are very poor in June/July. A late 2020 release makes more sense, sales in November/December are muc
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Quotekeefriffhard4life I care more about the number of minutes of original music released Are there statistics available anywhere how many original songs (and minutes) they released before SW and since (and including) SW? - Too lazy to do it myself ... The low number of albums they released since the CD age is possibly somewhat misleading because every album since SW is three album side
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I'm sure that once they figure out some fitting pieces in their puzzle (Ian's darts may come in handy here) there might at long last emerge something similar to a song ... LOL Mick certainly endorses any political movement that would protect their offshore bank accounts ...
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QuoteHairball Maybe they could complete a new single for the upcoming tour? Just ONE tune?!!! And I almost thought you finally joined the ranks of the optimists! QuoteHairball Three originals, and the rest covers...a nice compromise.
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QuoteGasLightStreet Mick said this new LP will be their last. Where/when did he say so?
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Quoteironbelly The problem with Atlantic City'89 is - it was issued, re-issued, re-worked, re-mastered, re-packed so many times by bootleggers that the only way to sell it would be Mick in person (as Mr. Postman) delivers orders to members of this board. And even in that case some will be unhappy because the release is delivered w/o free Japanese bonus tracks, pizza & beer. I have seve
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Quotedcba The main question will be... "hey guys, what did you think of the holograms? Were they better than on last tour?? This isn't as much science fiction as it may sound like. Dweezil Zappa is already doing Frank Zappa hologram tours for a while...
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Quotecolonial 950,000... Looking good!
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Don't worry about the asteroid. Bruce Willis & Co have left us a detailed tutorial how asteroids are to be taken care of …
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QuoteIanBillen I just throw darts at the song titles they send me. Whatever hits ... hits 'Appy' New Year, Mate. If they would apply the darts method too the album would long be out. Maybe text Mick? 'appy one ta you too!
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Quotegeorgie48 Personally I think by that time I may need a listening device with very powerful speakers and a pretty nurse to move my wheelchair around while I listen with nostalgic feelings to Jump on Top of Me ... By that time, when using old technology, you will plug your player into the jack in your head and have the signal directly transferred to your auditory cortex. New technology will
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Quotemasseywinos I clicked on that link. Takes me to his home page but can't do anything there. Here's the text (=>): HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1-1-20 First of all, thanks for being here with us at the archives! We are in the midst of so many things here, restoring projects, making them ready for you to feel, view, hear and enjoy. These pieces are a labor of love. Every morning I wa
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QuoteRocky DijonThe big question will be the New Album in 2042? thread (their first studio album of new material in 37 years) and whether Hairball will still be hitting a wall every day while Ian bitches that 99 year old men don't need that much family time. By then the thread will be called "New Stones album for 2043?", approaching 10.000.000 view and 110.000 posts. Hairball
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