Quotebitusa2012 QuoteDoxa QuoteTaylor1 I don’t hear anything special with his bass playing on that song.If it wasn’t McCartney I doubt you would even notice it I would claim that it would be pretty hard to NOT notice that bass solo no matter who came up with it... One of those WTF moments on a Stones recording.. - Doxa I think the point is YES you (obviously) hear the solo, but if you w
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QuoteTaylor1 I don’t hear anything special with his bass playing on that song.If it wasn’t McCartney I doubt you would even notice it I would claim that it would be pretty hard to NOT notice that bass solo no matter who came up with it... One of those WTF moments on a Stones recording.. - Doxa
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Quoteretired_dog QuoteDoxa Quotedoitywoik Quotematxil I am happy about Keith's version of Waiting For The Man, though. Maybe it's time for another solo-album? Judging from what one hears, they are already (or still) working on the next Stones album, then there's the upcoming tour(s). I don't see much of a time window for Keith to seriously work on another solo album in anyti
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Quotegeorgelicks Quotetreaclefingers I find it interesting that with the start of the tour now less than 2 months out, that there's no album promotion or likely singles still to emerge. Was that badly timed? I mean there's nothing quite like a new album and a single on the charts while the band is touring it. It's still on the charts (though falling) in places like Germany but
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Quotetreaclefingers ..and also surprisingly Bite Me Head Off, which I just saw as a bit of a throwaway rocker in the first place but it is such a great performance. Sort of in the tradition of a song like She's So Cold, which on paper isn't anything special but the performance takes it to a completely other level, so much so that they can't do it in concert and do it justic
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteDoxa QuoteSpud When asked about having been a Blues band Mick said himself that the Stones are "..an everything band". ..and part of their greatness is that, most of the time, they're pretty bloody good at most everything. And when Mick was asked if they had became a disco band (this was when "Emotional Rescue" was following the success o
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QuoteSpud When asked about having been a Blues band Mick said himself that the Stones are "..an everything band". ..and part of their greatness is that, most of the time, they're pretty bloody good at most everything. And when Mick was asked if they had became a disco band (this was when "Emotional Rescue" was following the success of "Miss You"), he an
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QuoteSpud Let Me Down Slow from ABB was a great "poppy" type number too. Very underated song for my money. I think we could come up with dozens examples like that. In many cases, people are get used to the songs so well that their melodies and even poppish features are not that recognizable. Or they hear other things there that they they prefer more; the melodic pop features are
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An excellent post, Dandie! But think of WWW - my favourite song as well - and its catchy, melodic chorus, that sort of decision or idea is not oddity in Stones songs. Even an album that is not so famous for its melodic excellence, UNDERCOVER, has two pretty similar attempts in a rock song: "She Was Hot" and "Too Tough". - Doxa
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Well, as the two posts above show is not hard to come up with respectful, adult-like and even constructive critical posts spelling out why a certain album do not move one that much. Unlike the childish, provocative one keefriffhards started this shit - the one that caused a natural reaction here. But the positive effect I hope is that this meta-talk helps people have some manners in future (and
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QuoteStoneage So, the logic is: If you don't like it you're allowed to state it once, maybe a couple of times, but if you like it there is no such limit? I get it if people tend to be repetitive though... Probably both - that of hating or loving (to use those stupid terms) - can get boring or annoying after a while if repeted too much. Of course, when one is endorsing the stance it is
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Quotedoitywoik Quotematxil I am happy about Keith's version of Waiting For The Man, though. Maybe it's time for another solo-album? Judging from what one hears, they are already (or still) working on the next Stones album, then there's the upcoming tour(s). I don't see much of a time window for Keith to seriously work on another solo album in anytime soon. Also, I wonder
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Quotetimmyj3 So when a person clicks on a song, does that count as a unit sold? Not quite. I googled: The standard in services like Spotify and Apple Music seem to be 1,250 premium audio streams, 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 3,750 video streams equals one album sale. For Digital Single Awards, each permanent digital download counts as one unit, and 150 on-demand audio or video streams
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Quotehockenheim95 QuoteDoxa Quotehockenheim95 QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteFeelslikeaGhost I'm Guessing: 1. Start Me Up 2. Rotate Song (LSTNT, 19NB, IORR, Shattered, GOOMC) 3. Angry 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Rotate Song - 'Rarity' (RO, Bitch, MM, LARS, DF, etc.) 6. Rotate Song - HD (WWW, BMHO, GC, maybe DS for Texas) 7. Rotate Song - Ballad (BOB, WH, SAR, RT, Angie) 8.
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Quotehockenheim95 QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteFeelslikeaGhost I'm Guessing: 1. Start Me Up 2. Rotate Song (LSTNT, 19NB, IORR, Shattered, GOOMC) 3. Angry 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Rotate Song - 'Rarity' (RO, Bitch, MM, LARS, DF, etc.) 6. Rotate Song - HD (WWW, BMHO, GC, maybe DS for Texas) 7. Rotate Song - Ballad (BOB, WH, SAR, RT, Angie) 8. Sweet Sounds of Heaven (mayb
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteFeelslikeaGhost I'm Guessing: 1. Start Me Up 2. Rotate Song (LSTNT, 19NB, IORR, Shattered, GOOMC) 3. Angry 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Rotate Song - 'Rarity' (RO, Bitch, MM, LARS, DF, etc.) 6. Rotate Song - HD (WWW, BMHO, GC, maybe DS for Texas) 7. Rotate Song - Ballad (BOB, WH, SAR, RT, Angie) 8. Sweet Sounds of Heaven (maybe shortened and wi
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QuoteMadMetaphoricalMax I do love both. Back in 2015, I reviewed Cross Eyed Heart and thought it was among the best of new releases from the Stones world in a long time (the vaults were already putting out gems from the archives). Blue and Lonesome I also liked a lot, and Little Rain will always be a top 10 Stones fave for me - but then comes Hackney Diamonds and it's a step change in focus,
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QuoteProfessorWolf Quotekeefriffhards It's telling that we got 83 pages of conversation on this Stones album whereas Crosseyed Heart got over 200 pages of mostly positive conversation from a solo Stone. Says it all really. might it also indicate that a good chunk of the hardcore fan base has died off in the nearly decade long gap between the two albums? although i will admit to likin
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QuoteJalfstra Why would you keep songs like IORR and even Tumbling Dice in the setlist, just for the sake of it? Those songs never were big number one hits that everybody knows. By the way, I wouldn't mind if they took satisfaction out of the setlist. There are more than enough other classics so that day trippers will not go home disappointed. I am afraid that the day trippers would a
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Fantastic! The tune always been one of my favourites by Lou, and it fits perfectly to Keith/he is doing it justice. By the way, just saw an old Lou Reed interview in which he bashes all the British bands, starting with the Beatles... they should have not played rock and roll or anything, according to him... - Doxa
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Here it comes. Brian has described his ambition as a musician that he is after sounds. He had a wonderful ear for that. What is peculiar with Brian is that his contributions have turned out to be timeless - they still today work and sometimes even shine like they did back then, no matter simple or whatever they were. That's true musicianship - no bullshitting or making art for the sake for i
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QuoteRocky Dijon QuoteGasLightStreet And the Tell The Truth song got left off. "Tell the Truth" is an early version of "Mess It Up" and yes, it sounds like they really, really, really, really, really, really lost something. Incidentally Don Was brought in Andy Watt to work on that song with Mick a few years before Macca's dinner with Ronnie. Don't forget "
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QuoteThe Worst. Quotegeorgelicks it means that they are the first act in chart history to have a span of newly-recorded hits spanning 60 years. Music Week Bob Dylan? Actually I checked Bobby's chartings in that particular chart (UK Singles Top 100), and I was surprised that his first entry was not until March 1965 with "The Times They Are A-Changing". The last one so f
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Quoteliddas QuoteDoxa But are people really that excited when they listen to that bonus material? C'mon, be honest... - Doxa Honest? The songs are good, but while I loved the "genuine" outtakes, never got into the old/new concept. Sort of old black and white photos colorized by computers years later. That is what spoiled my appreciation for those songs. C Thanks for y
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QuoteGasLightStreet A few years ago, on some thread, I opined on why I thought EOMS would've been better as a single album minus whatever (one of the few things HMS and I agreed on!), the songs on it that just don't do it for me, and, probably, exclaimed how SF could've been a double album (considering a bit of some SF leftovers make up a chunk of EOMS). And I don't just
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QuoteRobertJohnson What's on my mind concerning Mick Taylor? "Winter" – a song with three chords, a simple progression, D, A, E, What Mick Taylor gets out of this chord progression! Every note is right, even the quiet ones. Whenever I listen to this song, I'm almost overwhelmed! Yesterday was that time again. But don't forget, the magic of the song is also due to the grea
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QuoteStoneage I remember Sway. She was a French girl who used to post in the Cars thread. I wonder if she's still here? I don't remember her full poster name... SwayStones. Unfortunately she has passed away. - Doxa
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C'mon, don't be that hard on Swayed1967. He or she just came to share his personal and I suppose honest opinion about the album. Something that had been put some thought, since its not any instant reflections. It's not like he/she is here to annoy anyone or to spoil someone's party or trying to campaign negativity by constant rambling (there've been those voices here).
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