Were there any songs that the Stones passed on in some of their tours that you had hoped they would do during that particular tour? "Midnight Rambler" - was not included in the 1978 and 1981-82 tours "Emotional Rescue" - never played live "Country Honk" - the prototype version of "Honky Tonk Women" featuring violin by Byron Berline Can you guys thin
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If I could say something good about this, maybe: Maybe Mick could blow his harmonica until he is exhausted, giving Keith the opportunity to do more numbers where he in turn sings lead (stuff like "Happy" and "All About You" ). ~Ben
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(Studio version) (from Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!!) (Live at Marquee Club, London, 3/26/71) (Live in Atlantic City, NJ, 12/19/89) Then let it weep... ~Ben
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Is there any of you here that would've liked to hear "Midnight Rambler" during the 1981-82 U.S. tour? ~Ben
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QuoteStonesTod QuoteBrianJones1969I wonder why they left this song out of their 1981-82 set list? IMO, because, if they performed it then, would at least 1% of it, in particular the drum beat, sounded like a Go-Go's song (think "We Got the Beat" )? we get that argument alot here on iorr. i go-go back and forth on it, myself. That of course happens when the song's tempo ris
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I have no intent on dissing this or any Rolling Stones track, but, to some of you out there, do you feel that there is too much harmonica? I know the studio version does have lots of harmonica, and Mick goes crazy on it the moment the song's tempo rises. It also feels a bit progressive due to the song speeding up around the 2:30 mark, then slowing down, and then returning to normal tempo thr
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Although the video is not a Rolling Stones song, I cannot help but wonder if the Stones had ever did any recordings (from the 1963-65 period at most) featuring both Mick and Brian on harmonicas? ~Ben
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I don't know, but is it true that most versions of this ad have the fly singing in a "Chipmunk" style voice??? I remember this ad and the fly was singing rather Barry White-ish than Chipmunk-ish, as can be heard below watching a shorter version of the same clip: But I want to know whether or not the longer version of the ad exists that has the fly singing in the lower-pi
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Quotegagi Thanks Medzvel My fave: I wonder who has another video like this, but with no "chipmunking" on the fly's voice? ~Ben
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QuoteHis Majesty Don't think so, not during 60's atleast. Sorry to bump this old of a thread, but I also want to say that another song that features both chord and bass harmonicas is the Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" ~Ben
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QuoteHis Majesty SFM is all acoustic aside from bass, JJF isn't and he hasn't always said that JJF is all acoustic. But he does sometimes lump them both together as if they both only feature acoustic guitars. Both feature 1(SFM) or 2(probably on JJF)acoustic guitars recorded on tape machine. Then you have to consider you cannot multi track and overdub 5 or so guitars using the p
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Is it really misleading to state that Keith actually said he played all acoustic guitars on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (and "Street Fighting Man" )? Keith's unique tone on these two tunes from 1968, as legend has it, was done by running his acoustic through a tape machine, overloading its sound so that the instrument sounded more electric. Contrary to legend, there are
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On "Miss You" the harp was played by Sugar Blue. ~Ben
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Quotesweet neo con Sure, a choir would be fine. I'm just hoping Mick eliminates the excessive "Woo Whoos!" on Sympathy for the Devil. He begins at approx 43 seconds into this clip from the Shine A Light film. Or all the excess humming near the end of "Paint It Black." ~Ben
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And the Stones never had a 25th anniversary tour because of the feud between Mick and Keith that ran from 1983 to 1989. Mick wanted to be taken seriously as a solo artist (and also, he wanted to add more of a danceable vibe to the group's sound, such as on the 1983 album Undercover), which he did starting with his 1985 album She's the Boss. I wonder how many of you out there had hop
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On their cover of PIB (or, sometimes, PI,B ), does Eric hum the song all the way through from after the 2nd time of the occurrence of ("I have to turn my head until my darkness goes" ) through to when he starts this accented shouting of ("I want to see it painted/Painted black/Black as night/Black as coal" etc.)? But then there's also the violin of John Weider. And
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I wonder if the Cantores in Ecclesia choir (with Robert Kirby directing), which guested on Elton John's 1971 "All the Nasties," would agree if the Stones played this old favorite live in the UK? ~Ben
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When one conglomerate swallows another, label shuffling is bound to happen. Remember when Universal Music took over PolyGram Records in 1998? That meant some label shuffling right there. ~Ben
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Quotesteel driving hammer Ronnie plays bass on that one? Yes, he did play both guitar and bass on ER. Bill Wyman, along with Keith Richards, I believe did not appreciate this idea of Mick Jagger's. ~Ben
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EMI Records was recently absorbed into the Universal Music Group, the latter of whom owns the A&M brand. That'll explain what you just saw. ~Ben
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The first take of this recording from November 1973, in Munich, Germany, suggests the song was at first intended for the It's Only Rock 'n' Roll album, the song bearing the working title of "Broken Head Blues." Believe it or not, Ronnie did show up for this -- before he even left the Faces. But the proposed 1974 version is all instrumental. The next take of this record
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I may suggest that Ronnie Wood may have written the backbone to "Emotional Rescue" well before he joined the 'Stones in 1975 -- during his time as a member of The Faces, alongside Rod Stewart. I would think he came up only with the music at first while still a member of The Faces (on guitar and bass), as the song was recorded and written in earnest during late 1978 and most of
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Please let me know if I am to discuss this issue in this part of the forums. My question concerns the Rolling Stones pinball machines: Stern Pinball released its version early this year, and back in 1979 Bally Mfg. also had a licensed Rolling Stones pinball machine (the Bally version's sales accounted for just under 6000 units). What I would want to know is the difference between the 1
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Which of the Rolling Stones' officially-licensed pinball machines do you prefer? The 1980 version made by Bally, or the 2011 version made by Stern Pinball? I would be for the 1980 Bally version, since some of the songs on it are from the '60s, and the 2011 version leaves them out (the ones controlled by ABKCO). You? ~Ben
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The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" (cover art no. 3) by classictvman81, on Flickr Has anyone ever seen this version of the Some Girls album art before? Instead of the Stones' faces amid die cuts, what we see here instead is caricatures of faces of assorted women drawn by hand. ~Ben
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We all know about the first two versions of the cover art for the Rolling Stones' 1978 LP Some Girls, both with die cuts on the outer sleeve. The first one featured the Rolling Stones in drag plus numerous real women ranging from Lucille Ball to Farrah Fawcett. This is the one that got the Stones in trouble with those celebs. The second one featured the Rolling Stones in drag, again, b
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I wonder if this Kansas song, the third track from their early 1975 release Song for America, is in any way influenced by "Paint It Black"? Musically or lyrically? ~Ben
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Being a fanatic of all things Hanna-Barbera and Scooby-Doo, I want to show you: Here is another lost original intro now found. This is for 1976's The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour: But many people know the melody, mainly because it was recycled for this. This is The Scooby-Doo Show, a syndicated roundup since 1980 of the 1976 to 1979 Scooby-Doo episodes. ~Ben
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QuoteSleepy City QuoteRobertJohnson The Bee Gees (Have they quit ever?) They split in 2003 when Maurice died...but reformed as a duo a couple of years back. Of course, back in the late 60s they were a 5-piece group, & that line-up never reformed. And now Robin, the twin to Maurice, is very ill... ~Ben
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QuoteNICOS This song s-u-c-k-s Probably due to the album's biggest hit being "Little Jeannie," that which gave him his first Top 10 hit in the '80s. ~Ben
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