From Greece, again: on "Top 50 Foreing albums" chart (not on the mixted one) SAL is # 4. Better sales only did Duffy, Moby and Joe Dassin. Great...
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Greece: second week, one position higher! Now SAL is #16. Very good, considering the fact that chart is full of albums created by famous, popular greek artists, these days.
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OK folks, if you think Ronnie once was a decent "singer" for the Stones i have nothing more to say...
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Athens, Greece.
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DandelionPowderman wrote: "Maybe the problem is that they have forgotten to become a different band since 1989?" First of all they became partly a different band in 1994, as they acquired a new bassplayer... My answer is "no". They're a different band since then. Just listen to "Flashpoint" and to "SAL". The first one is characterized by "thi
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Hold On To Your Hat was much better, IMHO.
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Gazza, a Greek sailor said that! He was a real sea-dog... Widely travelled... But i'm afraid we cannot "punish" mr Manolis for his "insolence". He passed away years ago...
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Gazza wrote: "Its irrelevant, because Desire is a more commercially friendly album. Is "Angie" better than "Midnight Rambler" or "Let It Loose" by virtue of the 'general public''s opinion?" Better? Of course not. But "Angie" as song (i don't mention the whole album) is one of the four - five most famous Stones songs ever
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Gazza, do you really think these awards make an album "classic"?? Play some tracks from "Desire", let's suppose "Hurricane", "Isis", "One more cup of coffe" and "Sara", to some persons coming from the general public. Do the same with any track from "Time out of mind" you want. Do you think the reactions will be the same?
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"Ronnie can't sing at all anymore." What do you mean "anymore", audun-eg? Just remember from Hampton 1981 Keith and Ronnie singing together for a few moments "JJF, it's a gas". Man, it was like two donkeys competition!
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Glad for you and your daughter, Marhsall!
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LA FORUM wrote: (1) "Well, I think the reviews are a bit too postive, or forgiving, compared to other modern artists. I dont think the Stones would get a contract if they were a new band - maybe a stupid theory, but still." You must be kidding... (2) "But about Dylan, one of his best albums is Time out of mind. I know Oh Mercy got good reviews but Time is THE comeback
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Frank M, yes, listening to the new stuff we need open mind. But listening to SAL we need first of all ...high volume. The more i hear it the more i love it...
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Doxa wrote: "Well, the fact that EXILE got quite negative critiques at the time of its release - and is nowadays considered to be one of the most important msterpieces ever - it is in total opposition to the current trend that every new Stones product gets very positive reviews - and will be forgotten in a year or two." Doxa, the difference you mention has to do with band's
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Thanks Baboon! Now we rest assured that we can be buried with all of our favourite Stones albums...
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"I want to be buried with a copy of Exile On Main Street in my hands." Realistic option, David700. What will happened if a huge fan want to be buried with all of his favourite Stones albums, bootlegs, singles, photos, souvenirs? He probably would "need" a grave of vast size. And the indignant grave- diggers would become "Stones haters". But with a choice like you
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Cool points CharliMoon and mikey... CharliMoon, when "Exile" came out many people said "game over for the Stones"... The majority of the reviews for "Exile" was negative! Do you believe it? The same happened when "Goats Head Soup" came out... The same game over and over again...
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Thanks with sssoul
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Sorry, i wrote "Know why?" instead of "Know something?"...
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If the Stones were performing today as they did in 1978 or in 1981, they would be dead "dinosaurs". If the Stones in the late 70s were the band we knew from 1969, they would had been a joke too. Every five or seven years the Stones were always becomnig a different band. Always. Not a better or an worse one. Just different. And still great. Eras are changing, manners and styles are chang
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Of course they are...
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6853 wrote: "dont like the song for some reason..." Maybe the reason is that there are much better Keith's songs...
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georgelicks wrote : "Third week, world chart: #10 with 77,000" The other source (www.musicharts.net) says 83,200. Still on #10. So SAL has sold 225,500 or 241,800 copies so far. No big deal, but how can these two measurements be different, georgelicks? Just curious..
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Not only Darryl, all of them did great job on SAL!
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django wrote: (1) "We are all die hard fans and that is the reason why the music still sounds great to our ears." I don't think so. To be honest, i think the opposite usualy happens! Many "die hard fans" are extremely nostalgic. They want the Stones to play, any time, as they did it 35 years ago. "Oh, where is solo "X" i have heard in the bootleg &qu
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Thanks for the info, folks!
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Scaffer, sorry, but i agree with them about "Between the Buttons"...
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"Crown Up Wrong" (Mother seems exasperated by the baby, so she could say that...) "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadow" (As Z said) "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Donkey warning the rider!)
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Gazza wrote: "I think both Mick and Keith were interviewed by Uncut about four or five years ago and each of them picked their top 10 songs. Out of Control was one of Mick's and he's often expressed a preference down the years for Miss You." I wish i had seen those interviews, but i hadn't. Mmmm... "Out of Control" is a good choice from the last years IMO.
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If i remember correctly, Mick once said that he considers “Exile On Main Street” as an overrated album. Also, that he doesn’t really like “Under My Thumb”. After having seen a Keith’s interview published on “Guardian” (or “Observer”? I’m not sure) in early 90s, i concluded that “human-riff” loves JJF more than every other Stones song. Anyway, did “our boys” reveal their partialities for the
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