QuoteSilver Dagger Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Glastonbury Really? I think any version from 2015 with Ronnie on fire is better and more energetic. video:
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I feel sorry for those who already are in Vegas. But from one point of view this is good news as I really was bummed to hear Mick struggle singing many songs at Desert Trip, and I thought it was an age thing and that it was all over. Now I realize it might have been something else that just father time and I'm stoked to see if Mick will get back his voice.
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteMonsoon Ragoon QuoteGasLightStreet The mixes, yes, clearly a part of the reason many of the songs have never been played live. What constitutes "many" in this case? EOMS has 18 songs on it. From the album they've played: 1.Rocks Off 2.Rip This Joint 3.Tumbling Dice 4.Happy 5.Sweet Virginia 6.Shine A Light 7.Ventilator Blues 8.All Down T
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No the Stones would never have reached the same success with a drummer like this: Mick Jagger - Gimme Shelter - 03/15/87
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Just not Pearl Jam, I can't stand their infuriating three chord rock songs.
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QuoteHMS As long as he is healthy enough Charlie will never say goodbye. He´s loyal because he knows he practically owes everything to Mick/Keith. Where would he be without them? Nowhere. His horses, his mansion, his richess - it all comes from Mick/Keith. Charlie is the lucky guy who was there when they were looking for a drummer. Whenever Mick calls, Charlie will be there. He would nev
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Haha you really have to be deaf to think that's a real Stones song. Awful song with poor lyrics, ridiculous singing and a horrible chorus!
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I like the versions of ADTL from the very underrated 2007 European-tour. The version from Nijmegen 2007 is fantastic! It was too polished and perfect in 1995, same in 1972-1973. Frankfurt 1976 is indeed great!
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QuotePalace Revolution 2000 QuoteRaiseTheKnife I think it's a combination of both great tone, vibrato, flow and speed. Taylor never had the speed, which comes naturally comes to anyone with enough mastery of the instrument. I'm not a fast guitar player, but I can still play any Taylor solo note for note after a day of two if I want to learn it. It may not sound like Taylor but fro
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteRaiseTheKnife Quotepowerage78 I don't care about Legend(s). I care about music. There's no reason to feel an ounce sorry for any member of this band, they're charging a a ridiculous amount of money for tickets and at the same time don't even seem to play their instruments more than ten minutes every other day in their free time. I still l
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Quotepowerage78 I don't care about Legend(s). I care about music. There's no reason to feel an ounce sorry for any member of this band, they're charging a a ridiculous amount of money for tickets and at the same time don't even seem to play their instruments more than ten minutes every other day in their free time. I still love this band and their still great, but bo
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QuotePalace Revolution 2000 QuoteRaiseTheKnife I always get a laugh when you people call Taylor a ''virtuoso'', he never was. Guthrie Govan, Tommy Emmanuel, Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson etc those guys are virtuosos. Taylor is blues player who started out by copying Clapton on his first Mayall record and then moved on the his own style with the Stones. But he was never a fast pla
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QuoteChris Fountain I saw several YouTube versions of Mixed Emotions from last week's show and it did not meet expectations. How could it? If a song like Gimme Shelter can't, how on earth could a song they haven't played in 26 years meet expectations? It's still better to hear them play rusty versions of lesser known songs than it is hearing them play a rusty Gimme Shelte
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QuoteIGTBA QuoteHMS What I have seen and heard of them since 2012 makes me think that -Charlie is as good as ever. Thunder in right hand, lightning in left. -Ronnie plays better than in 2006/07, 1981/82 and 1994/95. -Keith plays less but more impressive stuff. He´s still the Riffmaster. Even the occasional bum notes sound right in their own special way. His intros are often marvelous/b
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QuoteHansman Some songs were better than last week, some songs not. All in all it is a mixed bag for me. I think what we have seen and heard here is what we can expect from the Stones these days. I mean, it's great that they are still here after 53 years. It's unbeliveable and it makes me feel good, knowing that they are out and about. But I'm always brutally honest with me and to
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Quotepowerage78 Yes hope they rehearse. Not luxury after the weak show last week. Yes of course Keith practiced guitar 6 hours a day since last Friday, Charlie played his drums every waking moment, and band together rehearsed 10 new songs for tonight's show.
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I always get a laugh when you people call Taylor a ''virtuoso'', he never was. Guthrie Govan, Tommy Emmanuel, Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson etc those guys are virtuosos. Taylor is blues player who started out by copying Clapton on his first Mayall record and then moved on the his own style with the Stones. But he was never a fast player with amazing chops. He was a blues player w
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This box is just another cash in. 150 Euros for 14 old cds I already have + some thrown in b-side cd is ridiculous. Let's release something actually worth buying, like 15 cds unreleased concerts 1964-1967...
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QuoteHMS All very good excuses. In fact Exile is half great, half terrible. All because they were too lazy to carefully select the tunes to end up on a single LP, which indeed could have been one of their greatest albums ever. Also the mixes are among the worst in the Stones catalogue, even Mick himself agrees with this. There's a reason many of the songs have never been played live, it&#
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Quotemaumau QuoteHMS I am glad they did not had the idea of using a sepia colored picture reminding of the 30s - so many have already done this "authentic"-shit. u got a point here But there has to be a middle ground between a plain blue tongue and a sepia colored retro picture, where's the creativity?
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoteswiss Where are they rehearsing? Sorry not to keep up but been up to my eyelids in other stuff and lost track of the Stones (and I actually live in Las Vegas!) thanks swiss After two shows I'm pretty sure they're not rehearsing anymore, Swiss. The should be unless they wanna be embarrassed again this weekend.
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QuoteTurner68 Many people are saying that in honor of the 40th anniversary of black and blue being released, they are going to do a gig where they play Black and Blue from start to finish. If they couldn't nail Hand of Fate in 2003 they won't be able to now...
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QuoteTravelinMan You're talking about precision. Mick Taylor is was an extremely precise player born out of the B.B. King tradition of blues guitar playing. Doesn't mean he hasn't dabbled in dirty, crunchy tones though. Dirty is the opposite of clean and I suppose I mainly think of it in terms of a guitar player's tone. A dirty/distorted tone vs. a clean tone. Usually, wh
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteRaiseTheKnife Maybe he could once write good lyrics but I watched ''A Simple Twist of Fate'' from Desert Trip and is surprised he wasn't booed off the stage. Why? Beautiful version. Thanks for posting Haha, maybe in a parallel universe.
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Maybe he could once write good lyrics but I watched ''A Simple Twist of Fate'' from Desert Trip and I'm surprised he wasn't booed off the stage.
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Blackberry Smoke - Waiting for the Thunder Eagerly awaiting their new album coming 14th October.
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Quotelem motlow great,but for those of us who quit dropping acid a few years ago it's the cover of 40 licks and the front of about 10 million t-shirts only in blue. how fcking cheezy is that -we're making a "blues album" so we're gonna have a "blue tongue" for the cover.wow that's just so cool cause ya see the tongue is blue and the stones are playin
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Taylor was great with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, his playing was too melodic with the Stones. Ronnie is not melodic, he's like Keef - straight forward dirty rock 'n roll.
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Exile would be one if they had left the following songs in the trash can: I Just Wanna See His Face Sweet Black Angel Shake You Hips Turd On The Run Rip This Joint Casino Boogie Ventilator Blues Soul Survivor
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Do you mean which recording to pick up? Stay away from Milwaukee if you want an exciting performance. Indianapolis was treated with this tours BEST recording, Markbot, but the band is running on autopilot. Atlanta show, I would recommend, grab the jackflash tape. Great performance. The Columbus show is ragged, but it has an amazing Wild Horses and a charmingly rusty LSTNT.
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