Have a fabulous birthday Keith and many, many more.
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QuoteMathijs There is something timeless about the song. It's not part of classic Stones, it's not part of the 'new' Stones starting with Some Girls, it really stands on its own. This is amplified by the terrific sound of Black and Blue, probably the best sound they ever achieved. Mathijs Couldn't agree more. Sonically it is brilliant with every instrument clearly a
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Mrs Dagger sure ain't gonna be happy when I break the news later.
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Geir's book - The Curious Chronicles is a masterpiece of research with a wealth of information. Absolutely engrossing from start to finish and highly recommended.
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This is outrageously amazing and without a doubt my favourite ever Fabs boot. Thank you so much for posting. Happy Christmas (nearly).
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The biggest load of shitey-bollox the Stones ever produced. Please Stop!
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We all know that Sticky Fingers has been played in its entirety and that Let It Bleed is the only other Stones' album where all the songs have been played live. But what are the albums that have had the least live versions played, not counting TV appearances. Let's focus on the UK releases. Their Satanic Majesties Request - 2 songs Dirty Work - 2 songs Between The Buttons -
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Quotewiredallnight QuoteSilver Dagger Thank you for your good work. Quick question - this isn't the complete Art Collins Tapes is it? On my original I have songs like Show Me A Woman, All About You, Stop That, Dance Mr K, Run And Take, Rocker, Slinky, Mick's Idea (In Your Hand),and a few other bits and pieces. Basically it's all there - a bit rearranged and resorted and so
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Thank you for your good work. Quick question - this isn't the complete Art Collins Tapes is it? On my original I have songs like Show Me A Woman, All About You, Stop That, Dance Mr K, Run And Take, Rocker, Slinky, Mick's Idea (In Your Hand),and a few other bits and pieces.
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QuoteDoxa Quotewoodyweaving QuoteGasLightStreet Ronnie established his Stonesism between the 1978 and 1983 albums in terms of what he does/offers, with some magical playing on each album. After that, not much. He had some excellent playing on STEEL WHEELS but since then has essentially been reduced to not much - until HACKNEY DIAMONDS. I've always felt like Ron gets the short end of
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QuoteMrForeverMusicFan Quotesf37 I must agree with the comments thus far in that Ronnie is perfect for this band. He is talented and is the ultimate peace-keeper and team player. I recall an interview with Ronnie sometime in the mid 80's when things were looking darker, and he was asked if the Stones would consider going on yet another tour at some point. His immediate reply was "wel
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Not a great album but still a fun listen. I've always loved Luxury and that overdriven guitar of Keith's. Fingerprint File has a great groove that they further explored on Black And Blue. I think the problem with this album is in the lyrics and the continuation of the band going down the self-parody route that they started on Goats Head Soup - Starfu cker, Dancing With Mr D - cartoon
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QuoteRedhotcarpet OmQuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteRedhotcarpet To me this album sounds like a Jagger solo-album with trademark Keith-licks forced into a couple of songs. The one number that really stuck is Keiths half-baked sleepy unfinished Tell me straight. The rest of the album is not exactly bad, just pointless and bland. The production and the sound of Mick’s vocals is not great. Mick sounds
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Quoteliddas Willie de Ville's Chat Bleu is without any doubt a true masterpiece! C Love it. It's a great album.
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Without a shadow of a doubt by far the greatest album in that list is this masterpiece by Doll By Doll. It has everything - brilliant lyrics and tunes and a wide variety of styles from pop/rock, folk, psychedelic rock, new wave funk and blue-eyed soul. It was too much for the new wave scene at the time but has gone on to become much revered.
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Jimi was the hot new act of the time and the trend for filming entire gigs was something that really got going in the late 60s. Also apart from the European tour of 67 the Stones didn't play live much. Thankfully the 69 tour was captured. Apparently there is some more film shot by Peter Whitehead of the Stones at the Royal Albert Hall in 66 but its probably owned by ABCKO who can't a
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QuoteLeonidP QuoteGasLightStreet ... Great vocals from Mick. Where has this Mick been for the past how many years?? ... Mick's vocals have been nothing short of stellar in recent years, check out SuperHeavy, Eazy Sleazey, and even Blue & Lonesome. Bite Your Head Off even sounds a bit like Eazy Sleazey.
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QuoteDoxa Some random thoughts about the new album. Still digesting it, and loving every minute. ---- Since it is a natural habit of mind to compare anything novel to familiar things, and with a band having such a huge and long history that one simply cannot ignore, I also allow myself to compare HACKNEY DIAMONDS to their previous albums. There are three albums I feel have something in
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QuoteCristiano Radtke Led Zeppelin IV’s Last Enduring Mystery, Revealed At Last For decades fans have speculated who the mysterious old man carrying sticks on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album might be. A West Country historian has finally uncovered the truth. By Chris Catchpole  They told him Four Sticks but he got a whole lot more than he bargained for!
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Any of these b-sides by the other mob: I'm Down Rain I Am The Walrus Revolution The Kinks I'm Not Everybody Else Mr Pleasant The Jam The Butterfly Collector Dreams Of Children Liza Radley
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QuoteMadMetaphoricalMax At present, in an emergency and if I had to choose three tracks to listen to before the power fails, it would be Get Close, Depending on You, and Driving Me Too Hard. The rock ballads. The guitars on this just get better and better with more listens - the care and detail and the just right phrasing. To more or less dismiss them as 'Mick's band' - with the ap
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As Roy Harper once sang - Watford Gap, Watford Gap - a plate of grease and a load of crap!
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And there's a 2m.56s snippet of an instrumental version of Moonlight Mile with Mick talking over it from Crossfire Hurricane. That was liberated from the soundtrack somehow with about 5 other rarities from the film.
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteSilver Dagger Hackney Diamonds is like a long lost lover who you've pined over for many years but who suddenly walks through your door and returns to your life. nice. the wife might have a problem with that though! Haha. She doesn't need to know!
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Quotejosepi QuoteSilver Dagger Hackney Diamonds is like a long lost lover who you've pined over for many years but who suddenly walks through your door and returns to your life. It was the exact opposite for me. I broke up with my gf of 3 years the day HD came out. It's already a heartbreaking, nostalgic album for me. The girl is caught in a cult and I just can't get her out. I g
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Hackney Diamonds is like a long lost lover who you've pined over for many years but who suddenly walks through your door and returns to your life.
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Beautifully rough, ready and raw with a sound that could have come from the early 70s. In fact I'm getting a real Sway vibe about this one. I love the tone of the overdriven guitars, like the engine hummin' of a Chevrolet Corvette or a Pontiac Firebird taken out on a long desert highway. A modern day Stones classic.
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QuoteDoxa Quotekeefriffhards QuoteDoxa My two cents on 'Keith should have sang it'. I agree that the tune sounds like it is made for Keith to sing. But I am grateful that Mick did the tune, since he adds there something that makes it more than 'just another Winos tune'. Now it is more Rolling Stones and fits better to the album and for its coherence. (Besides - what is the
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QuoteDandelionPowderman IMO, both the songwriting and the performances on HD is considerably better on HD. Two of the good songs on ABB: Rough Justice and Laugh, I Nearly Died sound unfinished. Not to mention Oh No, Not You Again, which sounds like a demo. HD is a fully fleshed out album. The best since the early 80s, imo. ABB is just not there. Absolutely. Best album since Tattoo You - a
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After repeated listens I'm getting a Sticky Fingers vibe about Hackney Diamonds as if that was the blueprint that the band worked to. OK, Angry is no Brown Sugar but it's the lead single and first track and got that high energy impact that slaps you in the face immediately. And the guitars on Get Close really remind me of that fantastic overdriven chunky guitar sound on Sway. T
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