Yes: I have absolutely no problem believing that Keith subsumes his own ego in order to perpetuate the existence of the Stones, the thing that he loves more than anything in the world, including himself. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to believe that Keith working with Steve in New York was designed as a workaround to Mick’s resistance to writing like the old days (not to mention living on di
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Holy cow, I am not complaining, either. It very well may be the case that Hackney Diamonds is a mostly Mick album. All I’m saying is that no one — not you, not I — knows exactly why that is the case. For all we know, Mick rejected Keith’s ideas during the off-and-on recording sessions from 2015 through 2019. Keith said very pointedly after Crosseyed Heart came out that he believed the albu
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteMelBelli I’m not prepared to apportion credits on the new album until I’ve heard it. They both admitted in various interviews that Mick wrote most of the songs initially and then Keith helped to further shape the arrangements. From the recent telegraph interview with Keith: QuoteRichards doesn’t hesitate to give Jagger full credit for the existence of the new
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteMelBelli QuoteStonedRambler QuoteStoneage I have a feeling this is another Jagger solo album with some Richards riffs added to it. Maybe Keith has one or two songs on it after all? And Woody none? If Jagger wouldn't have pre-written all those songs for Keith and Ronnie to play on them we still wouldn't have any album at all. If that's what you prefer you c
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Quotekeefriffhards So if everything is down to the will and determination of Jagger does that explain the 18 year absence of a Stones album, 18 years of slow minimal to non existent creativity ?? Did that mean if Keith had a creative period during those 18 years and Keith wanted to make an album but Mick wasn't interested because he didn't have the will to provide Keith with any col
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteStoneage I have a feeling this is another Jagger solo album with some Richards riffs added to it. Maybe Keith has one or two songs on it after all? And Woody none? If Jagger wouldn't have pre-written all those songs for Keith and Ronnie to play on them we still wouldn't have any album at all. If that's what you prefer you can just not listen to it. Thank
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Quotegeorgelicks QuoteRip This so....according to KR...the majority of the record is Jagger idea coming to fruition....so far so good...lets see where this goes...Gaga fanatics claim that single is going to be released next week. Every activity of the Stones (tour or album) is motivated by Mick's will, it has been like this for over 50 years, nothing is done if Mick doesn't want to do
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QuoteMelBelli Kenny Aronoff and Don Was talk about “How Can I Stop” and other memories of B2B sessions on Kenny’s podcast: I like Don’s reference to “A Love Supreme” when talking about Charlie’s beautiful cymbal crescendo at the end of “How Can I Stop.”
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Kenny Aronoff and Don Was talk about “How Can I Stop” and other memories of B2B sessions on Kenny’s podcast:
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Quotekeefriffhards QuoteBjorn DandelionPowderman - still, it feels kinda strange. The power MUST come from the right. Right? Brown Sugar? Kinks One for the road. Black Sabbath. My brain is brought up that way. It´s like reading to me - there you go left...and to the right. Well, guess I´m gonna love this record anyway. Cool. I'm with you on that, something felt strange/different, Keith
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Quotebitusa2012 QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteTaylor1 So the guitar playing the great riff on Angry is Mick.And who did Mick mix the album with? Keith in the left channel, Mick in the right channel. They are both playing the riff. These are ALL the guitar parts of the song Great stuff. Keith is definitely doing capo 7 Midnight Rambler/Out of Control things, and you nailed it.
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I think Mick also conflated the ‘69 and ‘72 tours, talking about Stevie, BB King, and Ike and Tina. Good thing he never did try to finish that autobiography!
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A month’s research to ask about Stones vs Beatles and Mick vs Keith!
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QuoteCristiano Radtke QuoteMelBelli Quoteroller99 Not that this will be news to anyone here, but the band has released their official press release with their "official" word on the album... The Rolling Stones today reveal the full track list of their hugely anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds, to be released October 20th on Geffen Records. Album opener, the recently released sin
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Quoteroller99 Not that this will be news to anyone here, but the band has released their official press release with their "official" word on the album... The Rolling Stones today reveal the full track list of their hugely anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds, to be released October 20th on Geffen Records. Album opener, the recently released single “Angry,” is followed by a furthe
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QuoteLorenzAgain QuoteMelBelli So, according to Mick in the NYT piece, they needed the spur of a deadline to finally finish the album. But Keith’s been saying since last week that the album got finished because “when the singer wants to record, you record him!” Doesn’t quite add up. Right after Crosseyed Heart came out, Keith was saying he hoped the album would give him “leverage”: “Come on
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteMelBelli So, according to Mick in the NYT piece, they needed the spur of a deadline to finally finish the album. But Keith’s been saying since last week that the album got finished because “when the singer wants to record, you record him!” Doesn’t quite add up. Right after Crosseyed Heart came out, Keith was saying he hoped the album would give him “leverage”: “Come
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So, according to Mick in the NYT piece, they needed the spur of a deadline to finally finish the album. But Keith’s been saying since last week that the album got finished because “when the singer wants to record, you record him!” Doesn’t quite add up. Right after Crosseyed Heart came out, Keith was saying he hoped the album would give him “leverage”: “Come on, Rolling Stones .” Now Mick
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Quotekid killowatt QuoteMelBelli “Get Close” is a little more old-school. Keith comes up with three parts and Mick figures out what to do with them. Yeah, they usually work like that because the melody is pure Mick, the riff is unquestionably Keith's It’s tough to tell due to the quality of the recordings, but verses of Get Close sound like they’re driven by Mick’s guitar, whereas Keith
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Mick is playing an open-G figure up high. Keith is playing an another open-G part in the open position. But otherwise almost certainly an all-Mick tune. What Watt brings to the table, I’m surmising, is the urgency of creating more than just one hook. One of the reasons big pop songs these days have so many writers is that they can’t be boring for even a second (even if they’re under three
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Quotekid killowatt Quotepowerage78 3 tracks and... Keith and Ronnie taking part in a Jagger album, that's quite something ! Get close is a pure Keith riff in open g IMO Sounds like it in the “Hold Back”/“Struggle”/“Too Tight” etc family of riffs.
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Sounds to me like Karl Denson on Get Close. I know he said he didn’t think he’d ever be invited to record with them, but I believe that was well before they recorded these tracks.
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The way Mick sings “I invented the game / but I lost like a fool” on DOY is delicious.
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Also (from Get Close) I walk this way a million times / with a blindfold on my eyes / it’s a nighttime (madcap?) business / with an angel in disguise / I bargained with the devil in human form one night / I can’t stand this chaos / it’s churning up my mind
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Am I hearing this right? I walk the city at midnight / with the past strapped to my back / lately I can’t get no sleep / I’m a real insomniac I was chatting with a ghost / who wants $100 in a match / says I know you got the money / where’s the man behind the mask?
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QuoteMelBelli Pre-chorus of DOY is Keys to Your Love - but way better. Also, the way Mick (I think) phrases the pretty figure at the beginning reminds me of Kings of Leon’s “Day Old Blues.”
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Pre-chorus of DOY is Keys to Your Love - but way better.
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As Get Close is revving up, I hear the faintest little flicker of “Nothing on Me.” Both off these tracks have gone a long way alleviating my anxiety.
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Quotegotdablouse Quotepowerage78 QuoteStonedRambler Credits for "Angry": Producer, Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, Percussion: Andrew Watt Studio Personnel, Mixer: Serban Ghenea Associated Performer, Piano: Matt Clifford Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, Guitar: Ronnie Wood Associated Performer, Drums: Steve Jordan Associated Performer, Background Vocalist, B
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Quotekid killowatt QuoteMelBelli Definitely not Keith. It’s Mick through what sounds like store-bought pedals. A BOSS overdrive pedal... Quite possibly BOSS. Guitar Center tone.
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