Of course Keith's albums can be compared with Stones' albums. With who else should I compare him? Lady Gaga? Mick Jagger? Be serious. And I still have no idea why it's such a crime to draw certain similarities between EOMS and CH. They both have at least one musicion in common. They both are well played. They both are full of winks to blues, country, soul. Neither has any outst
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QuoteStoneage Quotematxil QuoteStoneage To support Doxa a bit here I think there is a clear discrepancy between the reinforced acclamation Keith is getting here as opposed to the reception in the "real world". It recieved quite bland reviews in the press and it isn't exactly a chartbuster and on heavy rotation on the radio stations. And number 74 on Uncut's Top 75 list can not
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotesonyzzz Almost hear you sigh, and slipping away are absolute classics. There is no denying that. Two timeless songs, not so bad. I completely forgot about Slipping Away. That song alone sort of saves SW. Almost Hear You Sigh isn't bad either. I don't really understan
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotesonyzzz Almost hear you sigh, and slipping away are absolute classics. There is no denying that. Two timeless songs, not so bad. I completely forgot about Slipping Away. That song alone sort of saves SW. Almost Hear You Sigh isn't bad either. I don't really understand what people see in Break The Spell
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QuoteTurner68 in addition, mick is able to sing it without quite reaching his mocking/humorous tone which he so often does in such things. No, but instead he's trying to make it sound "mysterious" and "suggestive".
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotesonyzzz Almost hear you sigh, and slipping away are absolute classics. There is no denying that. Two timeless songs, not so bad. I completely forgot about Slipping Away. That song alone sort of saves SW. Almost Hear You Sigh isn't bad either. I don't really understand what people see in Break The Spell or Hold On To Your Hat, though. B
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QuoteNaturalust QuoteHairball Yes Naturalust, you made it clear it was just your opinion, but when others don't hold the same opinion you decide to throw in a mocking little picture. No biggie. I thought it was pretty funny actually, humor was my main intention, sorry if you were a bit offended. But I do sense pretty strongly that people are indeed a bit blind to the reality of Kei
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QuoteStoneage To support Doxa a bit here I think there is a clear discrepancy between the reinforced acclamation Keith is getting here as opposed to the reception in the "real world". It recieved quite bland reviews in the press and it isn't exactly a chartbuster and on heavy rotation on the radio stations. And number 74 on Uncut's Top 75 list can not possibly be regarded as a
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Quotesonyzzz Almost hear you sigh, and slipping away are absolute classics. There is no denying that. Two timeless songs, not so bad. I completely forgot about Slipping Away. That song alone sort of saves SW. Almost Hear You Sigh isn't bad either. I don't really understand what people see in Break The Spell or Hold On To Your Hat, though.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman «But I don't listen to music like that» That's interesting. We might say that DW contains lots of interesting musical stuff, but that the wholeness and the songs aren't really well-crafted pieces that stand on their own. On Wandering Spirit, however, the wholeness is excellent. But the interesting musical stuff glimmer with its absence. The instrumenta
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QuoteDandelionPowderman I don't suffer at all, not even through Back To Zero – as there is always something to enjoy in Stones songs. The licks that Keith and Bobby play on Back To Zero are nothing but lovely, for instance. Even on Hold Back there is some ace guitar playing and vocal phrasing I find interesting. And Harlem Shuffle, Had It With You, Too Rude and Sleep Tonight are all go
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Nice interview. I liked to read that he worked with John Lydon, I never knew that. Quite a different thing from the Stones.
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Quoteandrea66 I am surprised that after all this talking and good reports , keith did no gigs to promote it. Very disappointing and weak choice Exactly. But Keith Richards always claims that his first band is and always will be The Rolling Stones. For some reason (sentimental, I guess), even though musically speaking his solo work clearly is superior to the Stones output of the last 3 decad
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Don't forget that what many consider as awful Stones albums are pretty good albums. It's just that the Stones have released so many good albums. I put on DW now and again, and I like it I put on "One Hit" now and again (on YouTube). The rest is at best tolerable but mostly intolerable. I do listen occasionally at SW, and I am able to listen to i
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QuoteTurner68 QuoteMoonshine At least half of the tracks on DW are good and for that reason it edges SW with it's horrid, sterile production. Wandering Spirit the best album between DW and Bridges. What's better, an album of OK written songs with sterile production (Steel Wheels) or an album of poor, unfinished songs with awful lyrics and OK production (Dirty Work)? Such is the
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteTurner68 QuoteGasLightStreet DIRTY WORK was essentially (and has remained so) really really bad poorly done graffiti; music written by a cliff and the sonicsphere of a garbage truck crushing a bunch of tin at 3AM in a city. Thankfully the horrendous album cover was not scratch and sniff. Mixed Emotions single-handedly covered it up. Sad Sad Sad, Hearts For Sale, Almos
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QuoteDandelionPowderman I think they pulled it off nicely in concert. I like this version better than the studio version: Well, it's not bad, I admit that. But better than the original? No. And I still think it's not much of a riff.
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QuoteMeise Mixed Emotions is quite a good rocking song as far as studio recording is concerned. But IMO it never really worked on stage. It's not featured on "Flashpoint" and never made it to the setlists after 1990, unlike e.g. "Rock and A Hard Place". I guess Mick never liked to do it live due to its high-pitch singing. It's just one of those songs, that fit in
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QuoteNaturalust Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe by a Moonlight Mile! And matxil I agree with you about Bohemian Rhapsody, Yellow Submarine, and The Lion Sleeps Tonight but I think you missed the boat with Sweet Home Alabama. Those guitars are grooving. That is a well put together tune, tasty leads, great lyrics, classic intro. It's the standard "rock" song played in almost all jam
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QuoteGasLightStreet Quotematxil QuoteHMS They should do a surprise performance of the entire DW-album, that would be really something. I guess the usually very enthusiastic South American audiences would love it. I never thought I'd say this, but you might even have a point here. It would be kind of interesting if they would do that, for a number of reasons: 1) It could never be worse
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QuoteMoonshine We've certainly been spoilt but surely it's gotta be Crosseyed Heart, far better than many expected with a real timeless quality. When it's finally all over I'm sure this will be viewed as a standout.
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Probably Keith said a lot of things about a lot of issues but the magazine decided only to print the least interesting stuff. Stupid decision. On the bright side: maybe Mick Jagger will take offence (although I don't think so), and instead of wasting time with another pointless Stones album, both Keith and Mick will do what they really want to do: their own stuff. Even though I don't
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QuoteHMS ***..."Sweet Home Alabama" is one of the greatest all-time-classics ever! Yes, I know it's a classic, but I still think it's awful. The same goes for "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Yellow Submarine", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and a long list of other "classics" which I cannot stand. "Sweet Home Alabama" is the perfect exa
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QuoteDandelionPowderman My point was that there are two chord changes in the SMU-riff and three in that of ME. Riffs don't have to be complicated I agree. The simpler the better. But to me, a riff should be more than just chord changes. Actually, I think playing just chords sort of goes against my idea of a riff.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil Quotewhitem8 I like it. Actually, gave me some hope that Steel Wheels would be the Stones storming again. A great hook, a great riff, and a great chorus. I also agree that the 12 inch max single is better, with the guitars more up front. And that would be my biggest grip is the production where it is a low dense mix and the guitars don't have a punch. And
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil As far as me there has been only one worth to mention. Crosseyed Heart of course. Sticky Fingers I already knew and like. I don't see the point of re-releases. Did you know the Roundhouse show, the alternate takes and the full Leeds show in stereo + the single and the book ++? No. And maybe I'm missing a lot.
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QuoteHMS They should do a surprise performance of the entire DW-album, that would be really something. I guess the usually very enthusiastic South American audiences would love it. I never thought I'd say this, but you might even have a point here. It would be kind of interesting if they would do that, for a number of reasons: 1) It could never be worse than the original album 2) It w
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Quotewhitem8 I like it. Actually, gave me some hope that Steel Wheels would be the Stones storming again. A great hook, a great riff, and a great chorus. I also agree that the 12 inch max single is better, with the guitars more up front. And that would be my biggest grip is the production where it is a low dense mix and the guitars don't have a punch. And a terrible drum sound that plagued C
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quotematxil As far as me there has been only one worth to mention. Crosseyed Heart of course. Sticky Fingers I already knew and like. I don't see the point of re-releases. Did you know the Roundhouse show, the alternate takes and the full Leeds show in stereo + the single and the book ++? No. And maybe I'm missing a lot... But since I haven't listen
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Quotemarcovandereijk QuoteDandelionPowderman On SW Mick is still integratedly mixed into the soundscape. On Love Is Strong he is on the top of it. That's when we started to hear every breath and grunt.. Still, I really love Love is Strong. And many more songs from 1995 onward. I friend of mine, who has singing lessons, explained one day to me how he learned to use a "twang" w
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