Quote68to72 Quoterootsman QuoteHound Dog Do people really still buy Cds? Yes. Me too....By the bucket load. Charity shops and Amazon marketplace are my best friends! ...but better keep your voice down or everyone else will cotton on to the fact that used (and sometimes new) CDs (also rippable to perfect quality FLAC to archive forever if that's your thing) are the best value/qual
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Gave the house a good blast this morning in his honour - thanks Chuck. In my simplistic view of music history he was the key influence on both the Stones and the Beatles. Without the Beatles, pop music as we know it wouldn't exist and without the Stones, rock in all the forms we love wouldn't exist. So that's quite an influence we have to thank him for. Let it Rock!
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QuoteRockman I know a dozen UK pub bands who could play blues better than this, including most of the tribute bands. Heard it all before a million times .... Hey Rockeeee you gotta go see this band they're just like the Stones ... You'll love 'em ... And when I get there it's usually some lonely dude with his head down tryin' ta play more notes than Alvin Lee or
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I'm trying not to hate - so I'm interpreting this thread as meaning music that I ought to like (because of its proximity to music that I do like) but inexplicably I don't get. As opposed to music that I wouldn't expect me to like (wrong genre, too obvious). So here goes: U2 AC/DC Genesis PhilCollins Rod Stewart Elton John Billy Joel Macca (solo) Bryan Adams Ryan Ad
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QuoteHonkeyTonkFlash QuoteJumpinJimF The problem for me is that music now just isn't distinct or "shocking" enough. While each generation should have its own music to identify with - and as oldies we should always be aware that "maybe it's just not for us" - I do think there is a real difference now. It used to be the case that each generations used to be threate
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The problem for me is that music now just isn't distinct or "shocking" enough. While each generation should have its own music to identify with - and as oldies we should always be aware that "maybe it's just not for us" - I do think there is a real difference now. It used to be the case that each generations used to be threatened or shocked by new music from thei
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QuoteSilver Dagger I'm seeing a lot of songs here by American artists that aren't what I'd consider rock songs - the rock'n'roll cats, Simon & Garfunkel, Dick Dale, Everly Brothers, Mamas and Papas, The Supremes, James Brown etc - are these rock songs? Perhaps the thread should be re-titled 12 Biggest American pop songs? Anyway, for what it's worth here are
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Quoterunaway Here are some of my favourites: Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode Bo Diddley - Mona Little Richard - Tutti Frutti Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat The Stooges - Search and Destroy The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop Mark Lanegan - Grave Diggers Song Robert Johnson -
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QuotePecman I live in New York and I'm curious what Stones fans outside the United States consider the top 12 Biggest Rock songs of all time by a U.S. Artist for popularity and influence...Stones fans in the U.S...free to chime in too. BTW - I hate Bon Jovi but I have to give credit where it's due: Mine are in no particular order: Hotel California - Eagles Born To Run - Bruce S
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QuoteDeltics QuoteRollingFreak Oasis will definitely reform at some point. They're just too young and were too big enough not too. IMO. Which line-up? Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory lineup. Obvs!
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oh yes, REM
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QuoteStonedAsia Make the Stones Great Again! But they never weren't...
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Quoteduke richardson the Dire Straits of the first 2 albums... Not a bad shout, that one.
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In rough order of preference: The Kinks (25% chance) The Jam (0% chance) Pink Floyd (1% chance). Could be called "Waters Gilmour Mason" out of respect for Rick (& Syd) Led Zep (10% chance). Again could be called "Page Plant Jones" out of respect Oasis (25% chance)
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Quoterbk I finally saw this last night and loved it. I figured it would just be the same old thing with a touch of South American flavor but they brought some new perspectives to the fore. Darryl was on screen for a total of ten seconds and Chuck less than that. It was enjoyable wasn't it. Especially Country Honk of course but also the Rollingas and other fans. I do think they could hav
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Quoteberlinjive can i get a short rundown and/or comments please? I usually read the Amazon comments etc. but thought it would be way better to ask here: If i only have money for 1 or 2 of his bios/recollections... which should i buy? Just checked & was surprised he has a few there! Thanks! You could even ask ALO himself which he'd recommend to start with. He is quite commu
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QuotePecman When The Whip Comes Down From Sucking In The 70's Pecman Might just go for this one as well. Had a copy of "Sucking" on vinyl before I ever heard the Some Girls album. It's a good song on Some Girls but the live version beats it easily IMO.
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QuoteRollingFreak I've never understood why people don't like Hours. I'm not a big late era Bowie fan (sorry, you just don't get better than that pre-1975 run), but I LOVE Hours. And here's how stupid it is: I bought it because it had a cool hologram cover. I'm a sucker for that and I hadn't bought a Bowie album in awhile so I tried it out. And I loved it! Thurs
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QuoteHarm Quotepaulywaul OK, enough holiday time, leisure time, walking the dog time, playing with the grandkids time, doing f**k all time ... it's ANNOUNCEMENT time !! Calling blabbermouth Ron ... come on Sir Ron, spill the beans. What and where and when, out with it ! Some of us have plans to make ... screw all this 'last minute' s**t !! Happy New Year Impatient of Londo
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I was captivated by "The Last Five Years" and I thought it was a worthy update to the original "Five Years" doc from a couple of years ago. Still on BBC iPlayer for those of you who have a way to access this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b088ktm6/david-bowie-the-last-five-years (as is "The Man Who Fell To Earth": http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00
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QuoteTitle5Take1 It's great, and Leavell's playing makes me wonder if he was consciously thinking of Ian Stewart. Erratum: The lyrics above are not to Magic Sam's "All of Your Love," but to Buddy Guy's "All Your Love." (The Stones sound to angsty for the lyrics above!) Good spot. Surely this? http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Sam:All_Of_Your_Love
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Quotedrewmaster Ok, now we’re talking. Unlike some of the other stuff on BaL, here the Stones take something great and use it to forge something even better: a work of art that completely transcends and outshines the original. This is a stunning blues tour-de-force, a hypnotic guitar drone that just sends me into the stratosphere. Jagger’s vocals are utterly mesmerizing, as he howls and moans
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QuoteHMS QuoteJumpinJimF We should make a list: Bowie: Never Let Me Down and Tonight Clapton: Behind The Sun Stones: Dirty Work etc... Bowie´s Never Let Me Down & Tonight are great albums that can be found very often in my CD-player. NLMD has a bit too much keyboards on it, yes - but it also has Peter Frampton and a lot of very good Bowie-songs. Tonight is completely underrated,
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteJumpinJimF I played It's Hard a lot when it came out but I rarely play it now. Listening to it recently I don't think it's such a bad album. The songs at least are pretty strong, the main problem is the 80s production and sound which ruined many an album in that decade. Quadrophenia on the other hand is sublime... +1 We should make a list:
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I played It's Hard a lot when it came out but I rarely play it now. Listening to it recently I don't think it's such a bad album. The songs at least are pretty strong, the main problem is the 80s production and sound which ruined many an album in that decade. Quadrophenia on the other hand is sublime...
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Shaping up to be a good year, although there is a Stones shaped hole in the summer... Wilko Johnson (April, Nottingham) Bob Dylan (May, Nottingham) Stone Roses (June, Leeds) Pretenders (October, Nottingham)
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Quotegeorgelicks QuoteAquamarine You buy vinyl as a decorative item?????? That is hilarious....... Yes, for about 3 years now, but only Stones' related stuff, I use MP3's for the car and iphone, Spotify for PC and vinyl only to get the physical product. My B&L vinyl looks amazing on my living. "48% of people who bought vinyl last month have yet to play the record. Some
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QuoteRockman mmmm...mmmmm...mmm... worth it just to see those Christine Keeler shots up close ............ Hey look at that naughty girl Yes but there was a chair (a replica of the actual one) kind of in the way.
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Quotedmay Wonder if this gets played at the exhibition as a comment on the 60s era.... Don't think it was played but there was plenty of material on that kind of subject matter.
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Those of you who can get to London easily are highly recommended to seek out this exhibition at the V&A: "You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970" https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-records-and-rebels-1966-70 Lots of great stuff on late 60s music, fashion, art, social change etc. Plenty of Stones references and music of course.
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