I saw her in only two films - Tango and The Passenger. Both classics. She was beautiful, fecund and indelible in both films. And then she disappeared...but was never forgotten. For those brief shining moments I am grateful.
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Quote24FPS That is very sad news. They blew away everybody in their day. What little remains of Rock and Roll is seriously depleted by this announcement. Totally agree. Just listened to Elephant the other day...Ball and Biscuit...oh my...blistering...another unique and great band slips away...Rock and Roll is further weakened...
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A song that has always touched me very deeply is Memory Motel. The tempo, the key, the lyrics...all so beautifully paced and descriptive. The story of a doomed love...so plaintive and melancholy...yet no pathos, no overwrought drama...just a very gentle and mature coda to a lost love. And Keef's lovely vocal touches on his chorus are beautiful. The ending notes are just magic... It
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I've been away for a while and I'm disappointed to hear that Swiss was banned. Why? What happened? She always seemed polite and passionate and knowledgeable. I always enjoyed her posts and she was indeed a respected voice. What a shame.
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Quotebehroez Jagger was a fool to divorce this lady. Ofcourse you can keep hunting for tight arse your whole life, but we all know the true function of those bodyparts, and when the reality dawns upon thee will you go out to chase for another temporal illusion again? Bianca is turning out to be the real rebel, with a woman like that on your side you'll be forced to give some more content and
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Absolutely brilliant tour. I have a deluxe box copy of the original Europe '72 3-LP set with some 8 "new" bonus tracks and it is just an amazing set. One of the 10 best live albums ever. It has magical moments all over. The "China Cat Sunflower" / "I Know You Rider" medley is one of the highlights of live rock music of the last half century. It must be m
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Great idea! That would knock the hard-core fans for a loop and it would be a treat for the 'tourists'...who would probably think it is a great punky new song...and if they do the song anything close to the raw and fiery version on the video it would also light the place on fire!
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Quotetay66 yeah love it...but could anyone translate? there MUST be a stones fan who speaks Italian out there.... I speak Italian and there really is no need for translation - the questions are utterly banal ("Are you and the Beatles friends?", "Who writes the songs"?, etc...) The rest of the narration simply is Italian voice-over to the Stones' rote answers about they
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sweetcharmedlifeOn Keith) "Basicly I'd rather he wrote a song instead of a book." Fantastic. Agreed. riverrat: "Strange to me that Mick doesn't differentiate human beings from animals. He puts humans on the same level as animals. He looks to animals for patterns of human behavior. Are you kidding me?? Good Lord....No wonder he's the way he is...At least he
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Quotemicrovibe one of the best live albums ever! One of the best ever? I agree with that, though I have albums like "Ya Ya's", the Who's "Live at Leeds", the Allman's "Live at Flimore East", Lou Reed's "Rock 'n Roll Animal", James Brown "Live at the Apollo", the Dead's "Live Dead" and "Europe '7
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The last 2 posts (by Bliss and bustedtrousers, respectively) express my sentiments exactly. HB, your obvious (and comprehensible) moral outrage is understood (though not necessarily shared) by many in this discussion, but your aggressive stance, your conjecture, and your incessant responses can be interpreted as over-bearing. You made your point 5 pages ago. Let it stand or fall - in people
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@stupidguy2: I find your comments very interesting - the sort of amateur psycho-analysis (not meant derogatorily) you engage in demonstrates that you have spent quite a bit of time analyzing the information available to you...and your conclusions strike me as very accurate. I had the opportunity to meet and socialize with Bianca Jagger as I was a frequent visitor to Studio 54 during my co
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For Spector to have claimed in 1969 that Beggar's Banquet is no longer a contribution is, in my opinion, willful amentia...BB had sonic qualities that were revolutionary (Street Fighting Man's incredible acoustic/electric dissonance), lyrical touches that were stunningly avant-garde in one song (Sympathy) and then suddenly switched to the blackest and most traditionally spiritual Blues
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2010 is not over yet...so I reserve the right to keep one slot open in my Top Ten of 2010: Bryan Ferry - Olympia Kayne West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Massive Attack - Heligoland LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening Janelle Monae - ArchAndroid Ronnie Wood - I Feel Like Playing Bruce Springsteen - The Promise Faithless - The Dance Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (re-discovere
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The studio version is - in my opinion - perhaps the greatest rock single ever. From Keith's knee-buckling opening riff, immediately followed by the slap of Charlie's drum, Jagger's brilliant vocals accompanied by the gorgeous back-up vocals, then Keith's iconic solo, straight through to the final fadeout it is perfection and, to my ears, a distillation of everything that make
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Keith Richards’ son is the real hero: By 10, he’d watched his mother’s lover die and was minder to his father yet he grew up to be NORMAL. By Alison Boshoff Even if he didn’t have the famous name, you would realise within a few moments of ­meeting ­Marlon Richards that you were in the ­presence of the offspring of rock royalty. The angular face is pure Keith, of course, but he has an
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Quotedandelion1967 What I really care about Keith's singing is the way he does it. he changed with time, that's true, and I think he become more and more mature and goes much more deeper. Liste to This place is empty, he sing it with all of his soul. Maybe i get this message very easy, because in Argentina we have "Polaco" Goyeneche, one of the greates tango singers ever, who
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Quotekeefyboy I can remember going to the one in Paris, i bought the ticket as a package with a hotel and meet Mick Jagger, the coach picked us up and drove to the venue and waited outside for mick to turn up, guess what, he didn't show, my girlfriend and i got of the coach and met some friends who also had tickets to go to the show. Our seats were in the posh section so i felt as if i could
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QuoteCrazyDadda Fan-tastic. Bring our 'Electric Nebraska'. That would be phenomenal!
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QuoteGazza Downloaded it yesterday. Stunning. Up there with everything else in that first decade, and on its own merits as an 'album' one of the best five or six records of his career. Completely agree. Stunning work. "Darkness" and "Nebraska" are my two favorite Springsteen albums - though "Born To Run" is an undeniable masterpiece and one of the m
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...all I can say (besides THANKS!) after listening to this is: The Stones should have shelved the Love You Live album and released Live at El Mocambo! Hot as hell.
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Excellent extended version. Should have had this on the original album. This is no pointless Jam...in the context of the times this was near-brilliant. Remember that this was the era where the "Sly and Robbie" sound was very 'in' and Grace Jones was making a career from this sound on albums like Nightclubbing. I think it still sounds very interesting and edgy. Wish th
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Byrne is amazing and an incredible entertainer. Saw the Heads in NYC in 1978 on their More Songs...tour, and on their Remain In Light Tour in 1980-81...absolutely brilliant...they tore the roof off the sucka...and Byrne was riveting. Of course Mick onstage is God...
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Freakin' muppets...what did they expect when casting Keef in the film...does no one at Disney have any cultural context from the last 40 years!????? Did they think they were casting Pat Boone? This is Keith Richards...what is described in his 'tell-all' book is probably .001% of the depravity and decadence he has imbibed in...what imbeciles...
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I attended both the '94-'95 Voodoo Lounge Tour and the '97-'99 B2B Tour in both the U.S. and Europe (and - in the best show of the tour for me - in London in '99) and quite frankly, though I preferred the B2B Tour and thought the set lists were darker and the band more focused, I thought that Woody was totally useless on several of the Voodoo Shows I saw and quite OK in t
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Quoteelunsi Quotestupidguy2 [I actually think Bianca hurt Jagger the most, contrary to the images they evoked. I know that's a rare opinion in Stonesdom. But hmmm....just a hunch. I don´t know if it is only a rumor or if it is true that Bianca never understood what he was doing. And that she told him to stop with that childish music-making and do something more meaningful. Being a creative
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Depending on the day... Brussels Affair - Rolling Stones Europe 72 - Grateful Dead Live at the Filmore - Allman Brothers Live at Leeds - The Who Before The Flood - Dylan and The Band Gratitude - Earth, Wind & Fire Live at Budokan - Cheap Trick Ya Ya's - Rolling Stones Live at the Apollo - James Brown Band of Gypsies - Hendrix
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Quote71Tele QuoteDandelionPowderman Quote71Tele Quotecarlostones10 I received my cd yesterday. Really 5 stars. 5 stars, really? So its in the same league as Blonde on Blonde, Sgt. Pepper and Who's Next. Certainly good to know! How about some perspective? It´s a really good album, Tele. Certainly 5 stars. If you are grading on a very steep curve with only other R
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Quote CC re: Turd's epic 2nd paragraph--is there anything specific to back up his claims that the era turned over between 1972 and 1974? Anyone have a more precise memory? I think Doxa's excellent analysis explains perfectly the dynamic of the change between 1972 and 1974 in the Stones and in the music business. I can tell you that as a young man the change in these two years was
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Viewing the latest incarnation of "Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones" inspired me to reflect back to nearly 4 decades ago when I was a young kid in love with a band that seemed to have the power to unlock all the secrets of what it meant to be young and alive at that time. I recall when "Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones" was released there was a positive but rat
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