There was a truly shocking story in today’s Sun newspaper. The pictures are copyrighted, so click this link. The latest news on the website says the police will be investigating.
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Lukester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > good job, Big Al...learn to adapt. Well, you have no choice! I've had it since birth, so I guess I don't know any different. About the guitar playing. There is no way I could play left handed. Playing right-handed just came more naturally for me. Knowing I’m left handed, when mates have found out I play
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My Grandad has diabetes, but that's it as far as my family’s concerned. I myself have a muscular disorder down the right side of my body. It was caused by a brain bleed that occurred shortly after birth. The muscles down my right side are smaller and weaker, I can't move my toes on my right foot and I have a lack of dexterity in my right fingers. The condition isn't curable, but
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I'm not a HUGE Dylan fan, but I revisited this album last night and once again, it struck me how brilliant it is. I especially love Don't Think Twice, It's Alright. It's an album full of wonderful acoustic playing, fantastic lyricism and humour.
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Lukester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Big Al...I was hoping to hear such a > reply....by the way, nice wit earlier when you > replied to the comment that your name sounds "So > American." Thanks! And like the post that got this thread started, it was'nt a slur!
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Lukester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was hoping to get some input from someone in the > know. Thanks, Gazza. Do you recommend a better > source of world news, without a bias? Don't get > me wrong, I'm not necessarily willing to give up > on the BBC, but I am interested to learn about > other sources of news that you, for e
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Koschi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how is the quality of the boot? Does anybody here > own it? I have it in a box somewhere gathering dust. From what I remember, it's not a bad sounding show and it did feature the only performance of Salt Of The Earth on the Licks tour.
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timbernardis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Big Al, your name is TOO American > > Tim from Montana Would that be because the BIG in my name reminds you of America’s obesity problem? You see? I can be witty too!
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I LOVE Perth '73. They sound so raw and sloppy. Check out Keith’s vicious riffs on Bitch! Am I right in thinking that Keith was took LSD before this show? It was the only time he's performed on it apparently. Great version of Gimmie Shelter with Mick Taylor using a wah-wah pedal. It's outstanding stuff. I've never really compared it to the European shows that followed. Though,
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No, but I also remember reading this. I quite like Apache and a few of the other Shadows tunes, but it seemed like they were just reading it all off a chart. They weren’t very rock 'n' roll to say the least. Ronnie disliked them in the day and thought they were totally wrong. (He says as much in his South Bank special from a couple of years ago) but they were the band everyone in Eng
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I'm glad no one seems to have taken offence about my comment on Shidoobie being "too American" for me. It wasn't meant as an anti-American slur or anything of a kind. Like Winter, I guess I just prefer the "International" feel that we have here and over at Rocks Off. The latter board is especially great. There are people from the UK, France, Germany, Holland, South A
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It's TOO American for me.
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I just want to thank Gazza for being the ONLY one here to agree with me. I KNOW he toured with The Stones in '75, but as I constantly stated, he wasn't officially unveiled as Mick Taylor’s replacement 'till 1976. You see? That = 30 years!
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with sssoul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "geeky & technical" :E I was provoked! Right, that it! I'm going now!
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melillo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > just giving the facts Okay then. Actually, is Bill even on Highwire? I always thought it was Ronnie Wood. In which case, he left after the Wembley show in 1990. You CANNOT DENIY THIS THOUGH. HE LEGALLY CEASED TO BE A STONE IN 1993. That is, as you said, when he resigned.
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melillo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > not true, bill never came back , hence he left in > 91, case closed > if you really want to nit pick bill was only there > for 29 years 62-91 I GIVE UP!
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melillo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ronnie has been a stone longer than bill was, bill > left in 91 not 93 > like everyone says , his last note as a stone was > on high wire in 91 > just cause he announced his resignation in 93 does > not mean any thing > his last work was in 91 so it was a total of 31 > years, ronnie has him
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with sssoul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LoFL - what's bitin Big A?? some might consider > it "geeky and technical" to claim Ronnie wasn't a > Stone in 75, but why get rude about it?? > and Farawayeyes2, i believe that shot's in that > new Genesis book of Sykes's photos from the 75 > tour - > maybe s
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Getting back to what sssoul stated about Ronnie not been a fully fledged member until '93, he's to the extent that he was on a wage 'till that point, but he was still a member. That's why, up until that point, he’s paint when the Stones weren’t touring because he wasn't earning any money from them, but come on! Lets everyone just go along with my initial post, eh? It'
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with sssoul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >> Ronnie has been an official member of the > Stones for 30 years now? << > > ... counting from what date? > Ronnie's first performance with the Stones was of > course may 1975 (the flatbed truck), so it's > nearly 31 years now by that reckoning. > but he was for
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Maybe I completely missed the thread, but has no one here remembered that Ronnie has been an official member of the Stones for 30 years now?
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They're all good! Satarting point? Hands down, Ladies & Gentlemen!
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We'll get the same as what the rest of the world got. I'm positive we'll get a few changes, but it won't be anything dramatic. Keith will probably substitute Happy for Before They Make Me Run, we'll get Street Fighting Man etc.
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Yes, wonderful post! I'm glad my thread has gotten such a great response. In 5 or 6 years as a poster on Rocks Off and more recently here, this is the FIRST TIME I've seen or participated in a discussion about them. They made some of the most perfect pop songs of the 1960's and I'll tell you what. As much as I like some of those Byrd’s tracks, I really don't se how the
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The MSG HBO version of Sympathy For The Devil was pretty dire. Keith MAKES or BREAKS that song. If he's not on form, the whole thing collapses.
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Gazza Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The GR Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hendrix did Drifters Escape too. > > > correct. He covered 3 Dylan songs that I'm aware > of (LARS, Watchtower and Drifters Escape). I dont > think there were any others. Don't forget Can You
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It was a bit of a guess. I have the song on Jimi's BBC CD and aside from All Along The Watchtower, it was the only Dylan cover I could think of Hendrix doing. Okay then, what’s my prize?!
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I also like Zeppelin quite a bit. I'm curious, in the 70's, in terms of record sales and concert attendences, who was bigger. Zeppelin or The Stones?
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Handsome Girls is 100% essential. Other '69 - '78 must have boots in my opinion are... Oakland '69 Leeds '71 MSG '72 Perth '73 Brussels '73 LA '75 Knebworth '76 I don't think you NEED much more than that.
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Start Me Up. I'm not a huge fan of current renditions of Honky Tonk Woman, Tumbling Dice and Jumpin' Jack Flash either. There are a few actually, but I'll go for Start Me Up. I think it sounds tired beyond belief in all honesty. At least a song like It's Only Rock 'n' Roll is still entertaining with the Chuck Berry licks.
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