I can't tell you many times I've listened to Hackney. Last night I watched the mini-concert from the Racket. I'll bet you I listened to Bridges and A Bigger Bang twice and haven't listened since. It's a late career masterpiece. Maybe it's not Sticky Fingers, but it's certainly up there with Some Girls.
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ha ha...a lot to love. I actually put Easy Sleazy on a CD in my car in front of Angry and then the rest of the album, finishing with - after RS Blues, the live version of SSoH. How did you put Eazy Sleazy on a CD? I looked for it when it came out and could never find a commercial release.
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Have no interest in anything from the first three post-Wyman albums. Black and Blue could be interesting if there are a few auditions of various guitar players included. I don't think IORR is the greatest album, but maybe it could be resurrected with a new mix. GHS is a whole new album experience when you listen to the new stereo mix. I always though the original was a mess, being very uneve
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Pink Martini - Hollywood Bowl August 23rd
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QuoteRisingStone QuoteDGee First album I ever stole. Can you please list all the records you have stolen? I think we stole Exile from a Zayre's shopping center in Indianapolis. Also copped 'Steal This Book' by Abbie Hoffman. I felt obligated to do so. There were many tips of how to con your way into getting things for free. And Exile was the album(s) of that summer in '72.
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Listened to it quite a lot the summer of '69. Remember being disappointed there wasn't more Clapton. Was glad when the solo took off on Presence of the Lord. It spoke to its time. Being strung out, trying to get it together somehow. That album, CSN's first, and Led Zeppelin's debut were the big albums that summer. Honky Tonk Women and Ballad of John and Yoko were hot singles o
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Their best post-Wyman album. Although I have always thought of DJ's bass playing as no there, there, Steve Jordan is a great rock and roll drummer. Their most coherent album since Some Girls. The best bass playing since Steel Wheels. Some rockers. Some melodic ballads. A treat.
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Quoteroundnround Quotechris girard I watched the documentary about Darryl Jones on Prime last night. Its a very well done look at Darryl's career. He got his start playing with a blues band then went on to play jazz. I get the impression from the interviews with Keith that they all deferred to Charlie who made the decision.Charlie was impressed with Darryl's jazz background and his tast
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I'd like to see him go back to jazz and resurrect his reputation. So far no one has mentioned anything special about his playing with the Stones. Maybe jazz noodling is better for him. He doesn't have the right feel for rock. Which is fine, but it has been an empty spot in their rhythm section for three decades. They might like to ease him out at this point, but maybe they figure why bo
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My god, who has the time to research such minutiae? What does it mean in the end?
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I hope it works. Of course they'll be a lot older, and I'm sure there are plenty of gags there. At the time few people knew who Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean were. Now they're well known. There are plenty of stories of heritage groups going on the road to various success. The fans only want the hits, etc.
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A very tasteless mess. It takes me back to those cheap, unfunny jokes by hacks like Skelton about long hair.
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None. Most concerts are jacked up beyond my price range. I'm not paying $200, plus fees, to sit in the nosebleeds. That's the price for Willie Nelson and family (with Dylan and Mellencamp) at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.
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These post-Wyman concert releases are indeed a one time listen/watch, and never again. That's the way it was with Sticky Fingers at the Fonda. Once, for free from local library, and that's it. I haven't watched my Four Flicks or The Biggest Bang in years. However I have listened to El Mocambo repeatedly. And Hackney Diamonds, which is the first Stones album/DVD I've listened t
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It will never have rock credibility. Where is Jethro Tull? Mariah Carey is a bigger rock and roll act than Jethro Tull? What about the J. Geils Band? They even had a run of hit records.
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QuoteUrbanSteel QuoteBashlets I think the ABKCO releases sound great as is. I would like Giles Martin to remix IORR album. I think he did a great job with GHS. Yes, he mixed GHS well, the lady's scream disappeared on Dancing With Mr. D. nice job killing that number. Other than that tiny bit, the rest was great. I got it on the Japanese SHM CD and it was like a whole new album. I would
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It's always good to have perspective when it comes to Brian. Yes, he had some genius moments. The recorder on Ruby Tuesday was ethereal and made the song. Like on No Expectations. He could be very spiritual in parts, like his Pisces pal, George Harrison. There are few that play like that. Communicating deeply without words. But he was either lazy or just wouldn't leave the security of t
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Virgin. I have the SHM CD UIC-79241 and it really wasn't any great improvement over the Virgin version.
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Love Reelin' in the Years. They were making great rock documentaries on Brit Invasion Bands right before the bottom fell out of the DVD market. While they got around to bands like the Hollies and the Small Faces, there were so many left that may never get interviewed. The Zombies, the Kinks, the Animals. Unfortunately NOTHING replaced the DVD market for concerts. There are fewer and fewer ne
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Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys for $25USD. Everything else has priced me out of the market. Even the farthest nose bleeds in a cavernous football stadium in America are around $200 for the Stones. That used to be the scalping price for a really good seat.
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Just when you thought Rolling Stones' greatness was a thing of the past.
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It IS their best since Some Girls. And more well rounded too. I'm still awed by the moments of pure beauty. It was pure genius to recognize the same old bass wasn't going to cut it and to have the you know whats to fix it. Jesus, Keith's guitar on Rolling Stone Blues is authentic as you can get.
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I have no problem with Steve Jordan's drumming, especially on Hackney Diamonds. The drums kind of stood out as not so great on ABB, probably due to the way they were recorded, not the way Charlie sounded live. On Hackney is the best rhythm section since Steel Wheels. Even Andrew Watt's bass playing is better than anything they've had on record in a long time. I think Steve gives th
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I was the test for the first Lucky Dips, at the 2013 L.A. show. Yes, got terrible nosebleed seats. Such a bad angle you couldn't see everybody on stage. We did get up and move to better ones. Found out later that those with bad Lucky Dips went to customer service and got better seats! Don't know if that still happens.
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It took some time for me to appreciate Ron. He's a unique player. He doesn't have a particular style where you hear it and instantly go, 'Oh, that's Ron Wood'. Yet he does whatever is necessary and in a very competent way. He was fantastic on Blue and Lonesome. His playing on Hackney Diamonds is sublime. Keith's was better than it has been in some time.
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To quote Bugs Bunny, 'It stinks'.
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People have forgotten that Jimi was a headliner. Probably the hottest thing on the live circuit during that period, over the Stones even. Led Zeppelin was just coming along. Maybe it was management. While the Grateful Dead were memorializing all their concerts with high quality recordings in the mid-60s, the Stones were barely getting mono recordings, like the barely listenable Hawaii '66 co
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Quotetreaclefingers Quote24FPS QuoteMathijs Quotecimaz Quote24FPS I never play this album. I don't even have a copy in my collection. It's a great single, UCOTN. Too bad it's on this totally meh album. Even Dirty Work is better. Totally agree with this statement. If you don't think tracks like Undercover, She Was Hot, Tie You Up, Too Much Blood, Pretty Beat Up, Too Tough a
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QuoteMathijs Quotecimaz Quote24FPS I never play this album. I don't even have a copy in my collection. It's a great single, UCOTN. Too bad it's on this totally meh album. Even Dirty Work is better. Totally agree with this statement. If you don't think tracks like Undercover, She Was Hot, Tie You Up, Too Much Blood, Pretty Beat Up, Too Tough and All The Way Down aren't
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I think the subject is quickly becoming exhausted. I'm sure I'll watch it, but it will probably just confirm things we already knew. Of course he was a bit of a genius, but it didn't last long. One wonders if he had the temperament to form another group after he lost his job with the Stones. He decidedly underestimated the other members of the Stones. They might have listened to hi
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