Quotematthijst Cool shirt, but €399 is just sickening. Made in China, where they sell reps for $15 The entire FC Barcelona merchandise is sickening. The word maffia comes to mind.
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QuoteMonkeyMan2000 [...] Get Close is Keith all over with the typical Open-G minor chords in the chorus and the riffage during the verses. To me, the guitars in "Get Close" are not playing a riff. I don't see why one would even bother tuning the guitar in Open-G to play those chords. Maybe arthritis is the explanation.
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Quotebauk77 What exactly is the low point? Or you mean same low point as Super Bowl half time show? The low point is associating themselves with this kind of events and with a football club. It's bloody embarrassing and definitely not reading the room very well. And at least with the Super Bowl, they didn't support one particular team, did they?
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Quotemadrid82 Mick and ronnie are in Barcelona. Will be in the stadium Mick llegó anoche Now, that - admittedly - is a cool thing. Let's see if they will have lunch in my neighbourhood. (Doubt it).
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QuoteMassimo68 For those unfamiliar with football / soccer, the matches between Barcelona and Madrid are the two most-watched domestic league matches in the world every year. 'El Clasico' is watched in over 180 countries with recent games generating a global audience in excess of 650 million viewers. The tongue on the shirt will be seen by hundreds of millions of people. Being alm
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QuoteHardRiffin Quotekeefriffhards A more honest down to earth review from a guy who actually knows this band/music and their potential. "More honest down to earth"?!!!! "They have nothing of consequence to say here, even after losing the band’s anchor, nor no indelible riffs to play, even after two decades to write them. Just like the image of its title, Hackney Diamonds i
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QuoteWitness [...] But since you argue with a formal concept, which I do not and even cannot do, I acknowledge that I am unqualified to give an answer to your argument. However, I have learnt something about what you meant. But I wonder how many posters and readers would use your defined concept or, alternatively, a more or less vague genre term like myself. I have become a big fan of the
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QuoteDandelionPowderman [...] Yes, but you don't have to like them per se I was merely pointing out that half of the album doesn't classify as pop musically. Whether it's good or not is up to you, mate PS: Punk is indeed a musical genre within rock. True, you're right: your point was not about liking or not liking. But 2 of the 6 songs you mention I would consid
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QuoteDandelionPowderman A good portion – half of the album, actually – isn't pop, though: Bite My Head Off Dreamy Skies Live By The Sword Driving Me Too Hard Tell Me Straight Rolling Stone Blues So there's something for everyone here, imo. I see your point, but: > Bite My Head Off As far as I am concerned, "punk" is not really a music style. It's simp
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QuoteSwayed1967 Who sings Honky Tonk Women in the shower? I’ll answer that question but first let me just say that I’m enjoying the new album immensely while recognizing that it doesn’t have long legs. By that I mean I won’t be spinning this a year from now. For me this is ‘She’s The Boss’ all over again. Although Wandering Spirit obviously has more Stonesy sex appeal I’ve long considered ‘She
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QuoteDoxa [...] Or then, it is something to do with the songs having so many melodic elements in them - hooks, catchy choruses, bridges - that it has been pretty rare in latter-day Stones records. Like it is a crime in a Stones recording to have some actual, well-written musical portions. Like Mick and Keith cannot be actually good song-writers knowing their craft. The Stones are not the Beatle
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QuoteWitness Myself I don't know at all what to think about this album. It probably will be rather long before I know. I read some posts, but abstain from others that disturb my own experience too much in my humble approach to it. All the same, there is one idea I read about that puzzles me. It is the suggested point of view that this is rather much a pop album. Myself I have used that t
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QuoteMonkeyMan2000 Quotematxil Quotekeefgotsoul Are the bridges the weakest parts of this album? I like the whole album but it seems like the bridges in some songs take the steam out of them. Like Sweet Sounds. The song keeps building and gaining momentum, then the bridge happens and it seems like a wrong turn. In general, yes, they feel forced and unnecessary. Although in Sweet Sounds it'
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotestonesman87 I'm sure I wouldn't be the first person to think that Get Close has an element of Slave in it. Continuing my suggestion that HD is uniquely like a Stones (and solo!) "greatest sounds" album, who would like to add to this small start: 1.Get Close - some Slave and, after listening to it for about the fifth time, I even got
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"Live By The Sword" reminds me of this cover of "Get It On" by Powerstation: (Skip the first 30 seconds)
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Quotestonesman87 I'm sure I wouldn't be the first person to think that Get Close has an element of Slave in it. Continuing my suggestion that HD is uniquely like a Stones (and solo!) "greatest sounds" album, who would like to add to this small start: 1.Get Close - some Slave and, after listening to it for about the fifth time, I even got a bit of Too Much Blood (let's
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Quotekeefgotsoul Are the bridges the weakest parts of this album? I like the whole album but it seems like the bridges in some songs take the steam out of them. Like Sweet Sounds. The song keeps building and gaining momentum, then the bridge happens and it seems like a wrong turn. In general, yes, they feel forced and unnecessary. Although in Sweet Sounds it's okay.
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Angry: 6.5/10 Close To You: 1/10 Depending On You: 5.5/10 Bite My Head Off: 3/10 (only the guitar solo is nice) Whole Wide World: 6/10 Dreamy Skies: 6/10 (pity about the bridge, it'd be better without it) Mess It Up: 4/10 Live By The Sword: 5/10 (again, what's up with the unnecessary bridge?) (The song rem
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QuoteTurd On The Run Lady Gaga might not be your cup of tea, (she is not someone that I would go see in concert or an artist that I would listen to) but talent she has in spades. I did not think so until I heard her sing with Tony Bennet. That gentleman would NEVER come together with anyone who was not an elite-level talent. Her vocals on Sweet Sound of Heaven lift that song - much like Mary
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QuoteMrBobMartini [...] Very interesting review. Well argumented. Thanks for posting.
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QuoteRollingStoner I think the Pitchfork review takes the crown for being the most out of touch, uninformed review. Here is a link to the garbage review from an overly pretentious publication: Pitchfork HD Review The bit about Keith who used to be the accountant is rather crazy, and the rest is rather over the top, but I don't think it's completely out of touch either. He makes som
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How can any of you be happy about this? I find it bloody embarrassing. Most of my friends who know I like some of the Stones music have been making fun of me since they heard about it. Does "sell out" still mean something? Supporting a football club..., really... What's next, sponsoring the maffia?
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Quotekeefriffhards Ok let's have a discussion about this album because although most love it something happened during the making of this album that no one seems brave enough to mention other than you Robert. It's probably their last album and some of us are allowed to be disappointed with the outcome, the men who made Crosseyed Heart clearly didn't have much input on HD other
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Quotepowerage78 Neither horrible nor exciting, neither surprising nor subtle, Hackney Diamonds is indeed a Rolling Stones album version 2023. Detractors will detract, fans will celebrate, tickets will change hands and stadiums the world over will once again welcome one of the few huge machines still capable of filling them. And, of course, you've got every right not to like it. **/5
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Quotekeefriffhards It's not biased, the album really is that bad, it's incredibly limited and in 10 years time Dirty Work will be seen as a better album. I've just played Crosseyed Heart, a far deeper superior album on every level. Pleased you guys love it though, if it makes the old forget their young it can't be all bad, unfortunately for me I'm over the mid/ lat
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Quotemaumau ... So I understand people noticing the differences, but have they not done this regularly in their past? What did you think the first time you heard the drumming of Undercover, the sound of Heaven on Tattoo You or Hey Negrita and anyone here I'm sure can come up with other examples on the same line ... I don't think Heaven, Hey Negrita or even Undercover were "mai
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Quotepowerage78 Hackney Diamonds» des Rolling Stones : rock en toc. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood release a new album featuring a host of prestigious guests, causing quite a stir. There's plenty of noise. For the songs, we'll take a rain check. Ouch!
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Quotecowboytoast it's a piece of corporate crap - no 'glimmer twins" involvement at all - this Watt guy was in charge and it aint good- a Mick solo album that Keith and Ron get to guest on - I was looking forward to it as much as anyone - hell I've bought every album new since "it's Only Rock and Roll" - but this album is not the gem that everyone is t
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If you want to listen to a good entertaining pop album, this is a good album. Better than some of their others of the past couple of decades. Most songs have good, strong melodies, the production is fresh and sharp, Mick sings well, the guitars have some cool licks. It's pop, rather mainstream, but with some noticeable blues, soul and obvious country influences, but rather in the way one can
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