Quoteslewan QuoteGerardHennessy Quotehighgatehillbilly dreadful shite Well said sir. Boring, repetitive, and resorting to this subject matter to generate a bit of interest in his 'music'. EC should have packed it in a long time ago. For a man who pumped himself full of all kinds of strange and exotic substances back in the day he sure has come over all tedious, boring and righteou
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Quotehighgatehillbilly dreadful shite Well said sir. Boring, repetitive, and resorting to this subject matter to generate a bit of interest in his 'music'. EC should have packed it in a long time ago. For a man who pumped himself full of all kinds of strange and exotic substances back in the day he sure has come over all tedious, boring and righteous. Then what else would you expe
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Quoteretired_dog QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteJumpingKentFlash Quotewavelength It has been one decades long ego trip for Mick Jagger. When he couldn't make it on his own solo he fell back into the Rolling Stones fold. They guy is so self-centered and full of himself, He lives in the MJ bubble. KR goes into it in his book. I don't think he knows how to express empathy. When Bowie died the on
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QuoteWitness QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteJumpingKentFlash Quotewavelength It has been one decades long ego trip for Mick Jagger. When he couldn't make it on his own solo he fell back into the Rolling Stones fold. They guy is so self-centered and full of himself, He lives in the MJ bubble. KR goes into it in his book. I don't think he knows how to express empathy. When Bowie died the only t
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QuoteTheGreek Say what you will about the Mighty Led Zeppelin , but Mr. Page and Mr. Plant and Mr. Jones know respect and honor of the mate John Bonham . Honor and Integrity and Respect ! 100% agree. A class response from a very classy group of bandmates. Well said my friend, and well done, once again, to Messrs Plant, Page and Jones. Honour, integrity and respect indeed.
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QuoteJumpingKentFlash Quotewavelength It has been one decades long ego trip for Mick Jagger. When he couldn't make it on his own solo he fell back into the Rolling Stones fold. They guy is so self-centered and full of himself, He lives in the MJ bubble. KR goes into it in his book. I don't think he knows how to express empathy. When Bowie died the only thing he could think of saying whe
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QuoteWitness QuoteTheGreek QuoteWitness QuoteThe Sicilian People that know I'm a fan have been reaching out to talk about Charlie Watts and the Stones and get a measure on my thoughts. I've been clear to say that I really think they should cancel the mini tour out of respect for Charlie and because of COVID issues. Put it off until next year and take time to reflect and see how it feels
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Yes it is. In fact long past the time. Sadly the band has been little more than a greatest hits-type human jukebox for a long long time. But will they go on? Yes, they probably will. Not because it is the dignified or respectful thing to do, but because the current version of The Stones lives in some kind of parallel universe where performing on autopilot is what they do. And ever decreasing att
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QuoteRocktiludrop QuoteFan Since 1964 I'm so saddened by Charlie Watts passing away and feel empty inside. To me Charlie were the glue that made the Stones stick together for all those years. The Wembley whammer had a lot of influence on the bands work, Not only musically but also took great part in designing stages for tours. Now when the backbone of the Stones no longer can take part
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QuoteDoomandGloom Rediculous to do this tour and jump around like happy fools. Exactly! You got my vote. Don't we all just love those presumptuous assertions that 'this is what Charlie would have wanted' Really? How does anyone know? All the stuff we were fed 2-3 weeks ago, that Charlie will join the tour later, came courtesy of a Press Release written by a paid hack who was
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QuoteFan Since 1964 I'm so saddened by Charlie Watts passing away and feel empty inside. To me Charlie were the glue that made the Stones stick together for all those years. The Wembley whammer had a lot of influence on the bands work, Not only musically but also took great part in designing stages for tours. Now when the backbone of the Stones no longer can take part of the bands futur
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Quotesnoopy2 I think any new tunes to the lineup will come from Between The Buttons If only...!!! Sadly that is about as likely as me getting to play with the band on-stage...
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I not expecting any significant changes to the set lists this time around. Same as ever. Steve Jordan being onboard will not make one iota of difference to WHAT is being performed although it may have an impact on HOW they are performed. In fact Steve being there is likely to keep act as a deterrent to trying anything different, given they will have to familiarise him with the usual warhorses, an
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteSighunt It was Hot Rocks that opened up my eyes and made me realize how many hits that the Stones had. And it was because of Hot Rocks that I started working backwards to collect all their earlier albums. ditto! Excellent points from you both. Hot Rocks is an excellent primer for the Stones 1960s output. Here in Britain it was superceded to an extent by the quite wond
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Because I am old and pathetic I have become quite obsessive about monitoring the chart performance of Hot Rocks on the Billboard 200. And I'm delighted to see that is still there this week. Another mini-surge in sales for the past three weeks now. And all the while it is creeping closer and closer to a total of 364 weeks - meaning a chart lifespan of seven years. Albeit accumulated over the
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QuoteNashvilleBlues From GH: “…rarity' such as The Last Time, Let's Spend The Night Together, Harlem Shuffle or Street Fighting Man…” I noticed the quotation marks, but SFM is about as rare live as Gimme Shelter. Funny, coming from such a self-proclaimed Stones snob. My apologies. I did not mean to come across as a snob. I would hate to be anything of the sort. And certainly my be
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Quotebitusa2012 QuoteGerardHennessy This is such a sad thread as we debate between ourselves whether most audience members know or care about who is on stage, and who the drummer is? Sadly I must agree with those who say that most audience members neither know or care. These casual fans are concerned only about hearing the 4-5 Stones songs they actually know, and whether they get to see Mick
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This is such a sad thread as we debate between ourselves whether most audience members know or care about who is on stage, and who the drummer is? Sadly I must agree with those who say that most audience members neither know or care. These casual fans are concerned only about hearing the 4-5 Stones songs they actually know, and whether they get to see Mick and Keith or not. Upsetting as that
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Another step on the road to The Stones, or what is left of them, becoming a kind of tribute band to themselves, rather than a living, breathing, vital, creative musical force. How things have changed!. And how sad I feel watching a band I have loved all my life turning into a sort of role play. . Yes, getting another drummer in means a performance can take place, but it sure ain't The S
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Quotedmay Re "Hot Rocks", a nice compliation of Stones tracks, which, like many, I bought, but I came to prefer "Rolled Gold" as a sampler/hits collections. Played RG many times back in the day, loud, and my hearing paid the price. Yes indeed, Rolled Gold is SUPERB. Definitely the pick of the 1960s Stones material. And the CD release adds an additional 12 tracks to the origi
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QuoteHopeYouGuessMyName It's odd. I no longer own Hot Rocks. If I did, I would not play it. Yet reading your post, I am reminded that when I did buy it more than 40 years ago I thought it was the most amazing collection of music ever. I still won't play it. But it is still true - It is the most amazing of music ever. Yes indeed. I quite understand and feel very similarly. Where I
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Great to see that The Stones have an album on the Billboard 200 this week. Yes, good old Hot Rocks has re-entered yet again, this time at the unexpectedly high placing of No.33. So while those of us who have followed the band's career in great detail for many many years, and write authoritatively about obscure rarities, unusual b-sides, special Japanese pressings, and 'unofficial�
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Thank you to EVERYONE who posted stuff. So grateful to you lovely fellow Stones fans. Some really great stuff here. I love 'em all
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QuoteStonedRambler @Gerard The whole point I was trying to make is that you can only judge the sound within your hearing range. And that what what GasLightStreets comment about "science of sound" was about. Let's say for example your hearing range goes until 10k then you can surley say that it sounds good within the 20hz-10kHz range. But you can NOT know if it still sounds good
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteStonedRambler As already mentioned, the main problem with the sound is that the high frequency content above 10k is mostly cut off. Therefore if the record sounds okay to you or not may depend on your hearing. If you still hear a lot above 10k it will certainly bother you, if you don't you can't notice it of course. The same is the case wit
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QuoteStonedRambler As already mentioned, the main problem with the sound is that the high frequency content above 10k is mostly cut off. Therefore if the record sounds okay to you or not may depend on your hearing. If you still hear a lot above 10k it will certainly bother you, if you don't you can't notice it of course. The same is the case with VL Uncut. I'm concined that there
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QuoteGasLightStreet Quotebitusa2012 QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteStonedRambler QuoteGerardHennessy My ears are FINE and the mix is fine too. The sound is fine, the mastering is fine and the all round quality of the audio is - yes you guessed it - fine. It sounds totally muffled and if I take a look at the frequency spectrum it confirms it: There's not much above 10k. With Voodoo Lounge Uncut
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Quotejbwelda Quotetreaclefingers Quotejbwelda So now we are down to listing every conceivable "American" band ever. jb LOL Well, hell, I mean the Electric Prunes? Come on now, get realz. jb How dare ANYONE dismiss the mighty Electric Prunes??? (Lol!) Still 'out there' - somewhere!! Still playing. Sadly without the dearly departed Mark Thulin RIP. But, at least fo
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Doug Sahm who played with so many bands but could hit it out of the Park every time... Delighted to see someone mentioned the Michael McDonald-less Doobies. I take it that is the early Tom Johnson version of the band. Magnificent Little Steven and/or Little Johnny and the Asbury Jukes The Standells Electric Prunes The Nazz The Vagrants Mouse & The Traps Question Mark & The My
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteGerardHennessy My ears are FINE and the mix is fine too. The sound is fine, the mastering is fine and the all round quality of the audio is - yes you guessed it - fine. It sounds totally muffled and if I take a look at the frequency spectrum it confirms it: There's not much above 10k. With Voodoo Lounge Uncut it's the same. Every other recent release is fine
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