In my recollection the sound of concerts in the (mid-to-later) 70s was often better than in the 90s, 00s or nowadays (also Tull, Floyd, Santana, Doldinger etc.). The way I remember, the volume was generally lower and you didn't experience the distorted sound you often get today. What could become an issue was a venue with just concrete walls all around and accordingly unpleasant echo or reve
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It appears like both Jack and Ginger knew that musically they made a very good team, they just couldn't get along on a personal level. Ginger used to complain about Jack playing too loud or interrupting his solos, in addition to him feeling he should have gotten a writer's credit for Jack's songs in Cream. BBM was certainly financially motivated (at least to some extent) and Gi
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QuoteIanBillen Quotedoitywoik Ah, c'mon, Ian is the only optimist in this thread anyway. We've got sarcastics here, cynics, traditionalists, blues heads and whatnot, there's not only room for an uncompromising optimist, we also wouldn't be complete without one. ______________________________ Yezzer ...now you are talkin!! Ha & Thanks mate. You're welco
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Ah, c'mon, Ian is the only optimist in this thread anyway. We've got sarcastics here, cynics, traditionalists, blues heads and whatnot, there's not only room for an uncompromising optimist, we also wouldn't be complete without one.
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Snapshot from Mick's pocketbook: People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout our compilations ...)
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No cause of death has been released as of yet. It is known that he had some surgery recently but no details (see ). Appears like it was some longer-lasting illness, or at least his death did not come totally unexpected (" ... with his wife at his side ...", Washington Post).
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QuoteHairball maybe he can lend a helping hand to the Stones for the new album? Maybe he can lend Björn and Benny to the Stones ...
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Quotejlowe When it comes...there will be a terrible emptiness across Mother Earth......nothing to talk about. Once the present new album is out there'll soon be thread "Next New Stones album for whenever" to carry on speculating. One way or other, there'll always be a next album some of us will wish to be released soon (and it better be a good one). So no need to be afraid o
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Quotedcba QuoteKoen Just don’t buy it, that’ll teach ‘em! That might send the wrong message. The message that the market for expanded, carefully researched, re-releases of "golden age" albums is dead. If they looked around they would soon realize that the market for expanded albums and box sets is just florishing madly. Consider the recent output of The Grateful Dead or King Crimson
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I'm confident it's just a matter of time until Zim's next album will pop up out of nowhere. I wouldn't be surprised if he had already recorded another 20 or so songs that he holds back for whatever reason. Dunno, I'm not following each and every bit of Bob news, but could his band be approached for info or are they subject to a vow of secrecy?
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Just realized I seemingly had never listened to the All Things album in its entirety. Possibly wasn't pregressive enough for me in the 70s ... I wouldn't call Neil's song a direct rip-off, yet George's song may plausibly have been a source of inspiration ...
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QuoteHairball New song - Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Rainbow of Colors Unfortunately a yawner...wtf...and as some pointed out in the comments it directly rips off George Harrison's beautiful Behind That Locked Door. Might be time to dig back through the vaults, though there's still hope there will be at least a couple great tunes on the new album? Neil discovering the Irish in h
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Yeah, a Glimmer Triad would certainly could certainly be a way out of all too well-trodden paths.
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Quotenick1970 Has the emotional rescue album got any redeeming features, or is it merely disappointing?? It's got Down In The Hole on it. If that ain't redeeming, what is?
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Kimsey was only credited for his previous work that ended up on those compilations, methinks. Don't think he has worked with the Stones since 1989? Could be correct. His last regular albums for the Stones were Steel Wheels and Flashpoint (from Voodoo Lounge on it was DW). I thought they perhaps brought him in again for the compilations but him being listed only beca
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I remember reading a long piece about Rubin's work with Black Sabbath on "13", which rather resembled a prolongued reviewing procedure (as e.g. in publishing), thus "homework" and constant urging to change or revise things indeed! It possibly wouldn't hurt the Stones to undergo such a procedure - but (me thinks) they would never accept it. Rubin seems to focus a
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Quoteslewan in contrast to Bob Dylan's vaults the Stones vaults seem to be rather empty. I can't see any way the might be able release something that comes close to the maestro's endless bootleg series releases Yeah, ths is my impression too. Bob could release several CDs with unreleased songs without having to spend a year in the studio doing overdubs to make them presentable (n
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I guess the "problem" with Don Was is that both Mick and Keith seem to get along with him and so he's someone (the only one?) both can agree on.
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I'm not sure how much stuff is there in the vault that could justifiably be released just the way it is. It doesn't really seem that there are lots of songs that are ready-produced and were just left off some album because they didn't fit, or the like. Considering the bonus discs of EOMS and SG, it seems that whatever was fit to release got released on the original albums. Aside fr
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QuoteHairball I've never heard of Gelitin either, but have been to that great museum in Rotterdam several times in the past. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately lol) these pieces weren't on exhibit. Just looked at museum website: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and it says "Museum closed due renovations"...(aka still cleaning up the turds )...seems the exhibit left it's ma
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Quote24FPS The bonus cuts from Some Girls, Exile, and alternate Sticky Fingers, were the best released Stones cuts for years. Is the vault empty? The way things look, once the new album is out there'll be 30+ tracks lurking in the vault, waiting to be bonus tracks ...
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QuoteHairball ...those turds are the crème de la crème (for lack of a better term)! And quite fittingly those guys call themselves Gelatin (or Gelitin). The text says they are from my home town, though I must admit I hadn't heard of them before. LOL QuoteHairballIf the Stones would release turds of this quality, most people would be quite pleased! Give them another couple of months
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QuoteHairball This thread has taken another unexpected detour! And then there's this massive inflatable sculpture from Paul McCarthy: Inflatable Turd Now this thread is really turning educational! I didn't know that one! They're turds alright, and not even on the run ... QuoteHairballAt 370 pages, this is where we've ended up..... Hopefully Don Was will give us anot
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QuoteIanBillen There is said to material they are currently working on that dates all the way back to the Aftermath sessions. Ian Make it "all the way back to 1962" and we'll get another blues album!
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QuoteGasLightStreet I don't want shined turds. Check out Jeff Koons' dog turd sculpture ...
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Quotemaumau Though I did not dislike England's Lost at all, and to be wholly damned i might add: exspecially the version with the rapped interlude , ... Hey, we're all free to like or dislike whatever we want! If you like the song and that particular version of it that's totally OK. It's all just a matter of personal taste, and nobody's preferences are better or worse
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And I thought it's the bassist by that name. Usually, Wikipedia is super-quick in noting the death of people but over at Wikipedia, your Jimmy Johnson still lives on!
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Quotebitusa2012 - just so there's SOMETHING new to hear Yeah! Quotebitusa2012and for them to play. I wouldn't bet my hat on that one. Unless they really tour the album you're more likely to get just one or (if lucky) two of the new songs. (And I'd love to be proven wrong!) About greatness: each of us has a different idea of what a great new Stones album sounded li
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QuoteHairball QuoteLazarusSmith And for further perspective, the only thing more anemic than "Gotta Get a Grip"'s streaming numbers are the numbers for Keith's "Trouble" single (5 million compared to 1.7 million.) These guys can't get arrested outside the band! The main difference between the two is Trouble is a thousand times better of a song unless you base
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Quoteukcal ....and can anyone agree or disagree that the market does not want a stones and who album at the same time. I guess that round these days, the folks that make up the target group(s) for a new Who or Stones album could afford to buy two albums at the same time. They're no longer 13 year olds saving their pocket money.
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