QuoteStonesfan2146 Hi. I am the lead singer of a band covering some Stones in Germany, and I wanna attempt Midnight Rambler. So to any good harmonics players out there, is the E harp the right one to get for that song? And do I get a minor or major E harp? E major if you want to do the "cross-harp" thing. But see if you can find a Hohner blues harp in the key of B.
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Here's a question for the collective: I've been playing along with "Slide on This." On a handful of the tracks (Must Be Love, Knock Your Teeth Out, Fear for Your Future, Thinkin'), Ronnie is tuned down a half-step. Had he done on this on prior solo albums? I don't think it was to accommodate Bernard on vocals, as he did just fine singing in "guitar keys"
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Eddie Vedder, Mick -- everyone seems to say he gets results quickly. Whether or not fans like the way his stuff ends up sounding, the artists themselves all seem to value the process.
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I think Keith probably wrote all the lyrics to Connection.
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QuoteMathijs Up until 1967 Keith wrote 80% of all songs. He was the one with the melodies, riffs, structure and most of the lyrics. Mathijs I get Keith wrote toplines and hooks like "I can't get no satisfaction," and all of Ruby Tuesday. But we don't think Mick wrote the entirety of lyrics to Paint It Black, Get Off of My Cloud, 19th Nervous Breakdown, etc.?
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Even if we credit Keith with two-thirds of the songs (chords and vocal melody) in the early days, lyrics are not incidental. Mick wrote most of them with very few exceptions. He was hardly just a passenger, and his role increased to full partner by 1967-68.
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Quotegotdablouse Great stuff ! I was struck by the "selling song" comments, both by Mick about how the Beatles were trying to sell songs to everyone (hence the "I wanna by your Man" single"...exactly like he did in the Rutles ! At the time I thought it was a joke, but possibly a wry comment too ;-) I was struck by it, too. Mick is useful for "de-mythology.&qu
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I can't remember the source, but I remember reading that Keith made sure that Ronnie got credits on DW after seeing Mick take sole credit for songs on She's the Boss. Keith considers songwriting as a kind of mutual ideal -- a partnership by its very nature. To consider oneself a "singer-songwriter" on an island, to him, is a bit uppity.
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What a revelation. Right under noses the whole time. Is that Keith's last recorded slide guitar with the Stones?
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QuoteMathijs QuoteTravelinMan Isolated guitar mix Great, thanks! Nice to hear that Jagger's guitar in the right channel is actually quite important for the total sound of the track. It's much more important that I thought it was. Mathijs Yes. Gives it a cleaner, jangly texture that you don't notice until you *notice*.
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The new album is "Mick's baby," according to Ronnie in the just-released BBC radio piece. Of course we've already basically known this, as with Hackney Diamonds.
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QuoteIrix QuoteMelBelli Paul is a mensch. Hard to dislike. He seems to be getting older now (mildness of age). Weren’t there times where he just replied “Mick Jagger? Who’s that?” and similar things? Agreed. He is mellowing and becoming less arrogant in the same way Keith has become less antagonistic.
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Quotebye bye johnny From Paul McCartney's "In Conversation" interview with NME, posted May 30: Marking his second appearance on a Stones record in the last few years after featuring on ‘Hackney Diamonds‘, McCartney told us it was “really exciting”, because he didn’t normally play “as a session guy”. “It was really nice to just show up at a studio with your bass and just say,
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotedaspyknows RollingFreak we are in complete agreement there. I was just discussing the static setlist thing with a friend. That would be disappointing if I was going to many shows. Neither of us blame Bruce for the prices to beat the scalpers but that is why I didn't go. I wasn't paying $1,000 to see him this time. I did 8 shows of the Ben Harper t
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Eagles and Led Zeppelin, both of whom outsold the Stones in '70s, trail the Stones on Spotify. The Eagles, or at least Henley, have done their best to alienate fans who seek their music online. So that's not terribly surprising, Zeppelin kind of does surprise me. If there was an obvious recipe or formula for legacy acts to win new fans, then they'd all do it.
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Comparing the single to Ringo's album is not apples to apples. Foreign Tongues will chart.
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Please tell me that’s AI slop and not thoughts from an actual human.
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Based on that snippet of "Back In Your Life" from Ronnie's appearance on Fallon, there's an interesting chord change from G to either G augmented or Eb7#5. Interesting for the Stones, at least!
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Quotegotdablouse QuoteMonkeyMan0108 @georgelicks, do you have any knowledge about How many Keith songs on the album? At least one according to Conan ("Some of Us" (are on our knees) ?) but yes, I'm surprised not more details are available. Especially since it seems they played a brief snippet of the songs before the press conference ? There's a video showing "Jealous Lo
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Quotegotdablouse QuoteIdorh I am curious about the song that Charlie is drumming on. It was supposedly recorded shortly before his death in 2021. Mick said it is a very fast punk song. It's "Hit Me In the Head", 02:57 long Quoteroma1927' So no word has been said about the possibility of returning to the stage? Not on stage but Mick told AP (probably when he was intervi
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He was not confused. Just had trouble hearing, as happens when you’re 82.
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QuoteBig Al QuoteStoneage Watched two minutes of the first FB-clip. What is Conan doing? I don't think acting as a fan is a good method. You shouldn't start by sucking up to the interview object. Then you have already played your cards and the rest will follow... A bit like Fallon, then. I don't dislike Conan, but he's a bit lightweight. Is Charlie Rose still around? Fallo
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That sounds right.
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Quotegeorgelicks Looking at the timeline with statements and leaked information, we can say that: - Of the sessions in LA with Charlie, the last ones with him, between 5 and 6 tracks were completed. Three were released, and another one appears on the new album, leaving one or two more tracks with Charlie for a future album or project. - Of the 2022-23 sessions, 23 tracks were recorded. Twel
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QuoteMaindefender We getting a reggae song? Tough to tell with the song titles. Would be nice if Keith has more than one song call to him from the Keithosphere…. I’m guessing “You Know I’m No Good” is a Keith vocal. One of his favorite themes: “I’m the worst kind of guy for you to be around.” Just a guess.
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QuoteBarkerboy2 Quotefelipe1993 Quotebuddywaters Anyone know where we can find the full Conan interview? Hendrik Mulder shared most of the interview on Facebook: Part 01: Part 02: Part 03: So 'Some Of Us' is a Keith song. Or so Conan says - Keith doesn't seem to have a clue. He was having trouble hearing Conan. Dude is 82 years old. And then he said “I sing sev
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QuoteLHS1977 QuoteMelBelli I made the mistake last time of prejudging songs based on bland titles. Won't repeat that this time around! Why would you judge a song that you never heard before by it's title? I don't understand any logic even before you realized the mistake. Just having a little fun at my own expense. Don’t take me too literally
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I made the mistake last time of prejudging songs based on bland titles. Won't repeat that this time around!
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Nice little bump of approximately 1 million more monthly Spotify listeners for The Stones since the buzz for the new album picked up.
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So each of the principals revealed the segment of the image that reflects themselves. Pretty cool.
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