I always thought Gimme Shelter would be a great walk-on song for a closer...
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My apologies if this topic has come up before. I've been listening to the Chuck Berry anthology a lot lately, but since I am so accustomed to the Stones and Beatles covers, I almost immediately link the original to the cover by each respective band. Which got me to think, who did the better covers of Chuck's songs? First off, I should say that it seems like the Stones and the Beatles
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Absolutely agree with You Got to Roll Me. Interview should've been on Letterman. a much better fit. too bad
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Great cover, as usual. Did anyone see Fallon's interview with Keith though? The guy couldn't interview someone for his life. Although I enjoyed hearing Keith is a fan of "Connection." Even though Fallon seemed to have no idea what that was.
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Great tune. But its no Tulane!
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Here's an underrated one i've been listening to a lot lately: No Particular Place to Go
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Stones solo albums tend to be pretty unimpressive. I'd say Keith's first solo album was a highlight as was Ronnie's first, along with Gimme Some Neck. Clearly Mick and Keith need each other. The Beatles are a completely different thing altogether--basically three musical geniuses who didn't need each other (as illustrated by their solo work). This same reason explains why ther
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Hi folks, usually spend most of my time in the Tell Me forum but was looking for some help in tracking down a copy of the Stripped DVD (Jointrip, maybe?). Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers.
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Ronnie Wood's bass playing makes this song
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The stuff from Now! is awesome. Down the Road Apiece and You Can't Catch Me, but I think I'd have to go with the live Just My Imagination from 81 for best ever.
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Awesome link Gazza, thanks!
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I know next to nothing about the art of recording music, let alone album production, but to my amateur, but Stones-loving ears, Tattoo You has such incredible production. The sound is so crisp, Bill's bass comes up perfectly in the mix (but is not overbearing) and the guitars are superb. The tone on them too, is just perfect. It's hard to put a word on it, but it just all sounds so FU
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What a great song. The Ronnie version that is, from his first solo album. This isn't too bad either:
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I always like to say that this is the greatest blues-rock song ever written about post-war Berlin. Anyways, a great tune and great (real!) guitar weaving by Ronnie and Keith. Btw, can anyone start a track-talk thread, or is it reserved for special IORR-ians? just curious...
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I always thought the Stones, Beatles, etc. just wanted to sing the way their influences sang; so in order to sound like Chuck Berry, Elvis, etc. you have to sing with an American accent. That all changed though with the Kinks. Ray Davies started singing like an Englishmen and of course he inspired a lot of bands to follow (the Jam, later on Oasis, etc.)
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Just got the Anthology and have been listening a lot. Agree with everything so far, but what about You Can't Catch Me!!! cause if you get too close, you know i'm gone like a cooooool breeze (Probably the Coolest science-fiction song ever written too)
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Kinks all the way! I love the Who and they've written some of the greatest rock anthems BUT, 1) The Who were far less prolific than the Kinks (let alone the Stones) 2) Ray Davies is probably the greatest lyricist of that era. His songs are so complex and their are clear themes and ideas that he constantly revisits without being repetitive. 3) One word for you: Victoria Also, P
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Love and own Brussels Affair, heard the Philly shows, watched the 70s clips on youtube, but I still prefer Paradiso to those 70s era versions of GS. Taylor does too much noodling for my tastes. Ronnie (here at least) fits the song better, and Keith contributes more substantively. just my opinion though.
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1) Paul McCartney at Citi Field, 3rd night. my first Macca concert, a 2 and a half hour set of my favorite music (outside the stones of course) 2) Bruce Springsteen, entire The River album, at MSG. My first Springsteen concert too! This was probably the greatest concert I've ever been to overall. Best live act I've ever seen. Only liked Paul more because I knew every single Paul lyri
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Agree that the studio version is probably the greatest thing ever recorded. And never understood why Mick never played harp on the live version. But if anything comes close to sheer intensity and musicianship of the studio version, it's this:
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And Bobby Keyes! Directed by Ray Davies, I believe.
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Love the opening with just Mick, Keith, and Charlie:
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the infamous Jag dance from 78 also, mick once mentioned in an interview that he tries to bring in new moves for each new tour, but realizes that he probably repeats himself a lot
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Slave!!! Would be a great jam. Bobby on the sax
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Great topic FooltoCry. The way in which the Stones almost always play their own studio parts live is something I've noticed as well. There have been many discussions here before about the Dead Flowers solo and we've pretty much concluded it was Taylor. Smokey also brings up the fact that Taylor added a lot of solos live that didn't exist on record. Just listen to Brussels Aff
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I love the Olympia performance. The size of the venue makes a huge difference (even when watching on the computer!). I am dying to see the Stones in a venue like this. Highlights were an amazing Stray Cat Blues, Worried About You, Live With Me, and of course, That's How Strong. Needless to say, Mick is the man, and everyone on stage was probably thinking that too. Just watch:
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What an awful list. As others have said, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and white Blood Cells and/or Elephant should be at the top. Radiohead and Arcade Fire too.
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Just came back from Ray at Town Hall in NYC. Anyone else at the concert tonight? Awesome show. He opened with a sort of unplugged/stripped set (him and his lead guitarist) then a few songs with the full band. Then he moved on to the next set which was with the full choral section. Played Shangri-La and Victoria from Arthur (definitely a highlight) then a six song collection from Village Green,
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I also found it so strange that Jagger was shocked by this. I think Mick and Keith both had a similar attitude about this; why would anyone want to leave the Stones? Keith has this line about how no one leaves the Stones unless they're being carried out in a casket, except that was only the case for Brian! More of a cute line than actually having much truth to it.
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Have to agree with Four Stone Walls and Tele. The logic is that there are dozens of songs solely written by Mick that Keith gets credit on. And yet Taylor was clearly Mick's primary collaborator on much of GHS and IORR. If not a real lyricist or riff-writer, he was definitely responsible for the "sound" of many of those songs (Winter, Time Waits for No One--practically the whole d
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