When a band has been around 50 years, you're bound to have some turkeys, and this was a big gobbler. I'd put it up there with their early embarrassing attempts like 'Under The Boardwalk'. Of course them covering 'Like A Rolling Stone' was pretty bad too. New thread!
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Hmmmmm. Need to hear it on my home stereo instead of these little computer speakers. Sounds like the chorus needs a little work, but I could get used to it. I hope the other songs have some more punch to them.
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Regarding Brian's alcohol usage: I think I remember reading that the reason he got so pudgy at the end was from drinking Brandy Alexanders. (Brandy & ice cream). Doesn't his death certificate mention an enlarged liver? Having now been around a few real alcoholics, they don't change when they go dry. In other words if they were a-holes drunk, they often remain a-holes when they&
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Haven't most people in their families dealt with someone difficult before? You love them but after a while you harden when you see that they're not dealing with their problems. And their problems become your problems. Mick and Keith were not responsible for Brian becoming jealous and uncooperative. They couldn't stay an R&B cover band forever and survive. Ultimately Brian was r
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I guess if we're going to do weird ass speculation, the question might be, would you go see the Stones when they have to sit and play? As Muddy did the last few years. The wide ranging world tours will obviously have to end in a very short time. My guess is one more trip around the world and then it ends, providing they can get through something that physically taxing at this point. But, com
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QuoteHis Majesty QuoteDoxa It is sad - it is supposed to sound sad but I think it also sounds sad for not intended reason. - Doxa It's an expression of sad and messed up feelings via what is actually quite a simple part to play, that was one of Brain's gifts, not that many people have that ability... Most play overly complicated and wanky. His playing on No Expectations is as
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QuoteMathijs Quote24FPS Also, I still believe that Brian plays the lead solo on 'Time Is On My Side'. You're kidding, right? Mathijs Until I see visual proof, or someone in the band clarify the matter, I'm going to stick with that position. As I stated previously this assertion is based on an interview with Keith during the '81 tour. I'd like to find the i
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It's not that strange. OG Chunk. A little on the Kush side. And yes, Undercover is a sucky album. Since I got 'Undercover of the Night' in a good remastered version on Forty Licks, I have absolutely no need for the rest of the crap on the album. I went to Wikipedia to look at the album and see if there were some cuts I overlooked that were good. Nope.
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Quoteguitarbastard Quote24FPS QuoteZack Edward, if DW is not the Stones' very worst album, what is? Undercover never! you honestly think undercover is worse then steel wheels or ABB? Absolutely. Rip the classic 'Undercover' track off the album and you can flush the rest. Steel Wheels has 10 great Stones songs. A Bigger Bang, though not a favorite, has a new Stones classic in
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Some people, like myself, really enjoy the early Stones. For shortcuts, lets call it the Brian Jones era. If you've ever heard the pre-Decca stuff like 'Bright Lights, Big City', you find it very appealing. Hopefully there's some interesting stuff like that in their vaults. There's the BBC stuff, which is in dispute as to what quality exists. Once Brian was out of the
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Lots of "menace" in those mellotron and recorder parts! - 71 Tele I find Brian's mellotron in 2000 Light Years From Home to be very dark, menacing and exotic. Even the recorder part on Ruby Tuesday is disconcerting when Mick sings, "...lose your mind". Also, I still believe that Brian plays the lead solo on 'Time Is On My Side'. The reason I believe that i
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QuoteTitle5Take1 Dude, I just read your first line and didn't have to read more before scrolling down here to tell you should go listen to Paul Simon's song MAYBE I THINK TOO MUCH. As opposed to thinking too little?
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I can't think of a rock song before this that used a slide lead.
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I think Mick is still a brilliant lyricist, who has gotten better with age. Unfortunately he doesn't have the musical backing he used to have. He's a singer and main lyricist,so it's not his responsibility in the band to manage the musical end of it. He needs help. He doesn't have a Brian Jones or Mick Taylor to assist. He doesn't have a Bill Wyman to round the edges of s
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Quotemickschix ...from where I'm sitting, he was not such a part of the genius that made the Stones great, ie the songs that they wrote. And from where I'm sitting, IMHO, he was a big part of the genius that separated the Rolling Stones from being just another Brit Invasion Band. His influences were Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf and of course, Robert Johnson. He brought that sense of
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QuoteZack Edward, if DW is not the Stones' very worst album, what is? Undercover
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Wow! I have noticed one consistency through all these posts. I have yet, and maybe I missed it, to find someone who says the Stones are better with Darryl Jones. Or someone who defends him on his own style and says, "Listen to (insert song), he really makes that record." Brian, Mick T., Ronnie, all have their constituencies. As does Bill. But I have yet to hear someone opine about Darr
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I don't know, Keith failing to hit those notes, back then, had a certain charm to it. I wonder if he ever saw someone about trying to save some of his voice before it was completely gone, as on the Shine A Light DVD.
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Why would anyone have to stand on their seats? Why isn't standing up enough? Getting up on your seat fs with the freedom of the person behind you. And your near the stage! You have to get up on your seat and block the view of people behind you when you can clearly see the stage, and they can't? They want to see the Stones, not you.
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/quote] I'm sorry, but Stripped is the one that drives me crazy. I can't stand the production--when I think about how Jimmy Miller was able to record acoustic guitars in 1968, it makes my stomach turn to hear the wimpy, synthetic sound that Don Was and the Glimmers came up with in '95. And the keyboards... Robert W It seems that having too much to work with can be a detriment
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QuoteErik_Snow QuoteMore Hot Rocks Quotedcba "the '99 NS US tour was fantastic again" Mathijs I really have nothing but respect for you but imho the spirit of the 99 US Tour was great (playing arenas, varied setlists, rare songs) but the actual shows were kinda weak. I DLed a few of them and apart from the 1st Washington gig (March. 7?) the rest was kinda boring. Just my opinion
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Used to love singing along with 'I'm Telling You Now'. British mystique, whatever, is long gone, at least in America. I think it died with The Clash. We have so many Brits on our tube, and please, take Piers Morgan back, okay? And why do we have to have another Simon Cowell show? We love Michael Caine because he harkens back to the cheeky 60s. Accent-less Australian actors are a
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My idea of the 81 (and 82) tour changed completely when I got a boot DVD of the Hampton '81 and Wembley '82 shows. Till then my entire impression of those tours was Ashby's 'Let's Spend the Night Together' film, and the 'Still Life' CD. Except for '20 Flight Rock', and 'Going to a Go Go', what a terrible representation. And although I fi
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Interesting. I just read a couple books on George. Hope they don't sanitize it. He was such a conflicting mix of spirituality and carnality. Hope we get inside Friar Park.
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I can see limited participation from both. I would not want any unrehearsed mess like that pastiche Stones song for the Stu album. Nor would I want that all-star crap where you'd have a stage full of guitarists with two bass players and maybe carlos little playing alongside Charlie. Maybe Mick Taylor playing lead on one new studio cut would be nice, or Bill. It all seems to un-Stones like to
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Okay, instead of being a grumpy hen, say something positive about Dirty Work: One Hit - crunchy, rusty bedsprings classic Harlem Shuffle - Bill's bass Hold Back - great lyrics Too Rude - dig the groove Winning Ugly - great lyrics. It's a great sports song. Sleep Tonight - chokes me up a little. makes me think of Stu.
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Quotekeefbajaga It is about time that The Stones do re-invent themselves, just the way Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan did.... Easier to reinvent yourself when there's only one of you. 71tele I was thinking about that when I made my own personal box set of Dylan. In contrast to the Stones his last three albums have been late life brilliant reinventions. Much more so than Cash. And yeah, how
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Quotedcba The 89 PPV is fantastic but once you got this one you need much else from the 89-90 period. Is that totally true? I see the Atlantic City '89 DVD on sale at flea markets and I hesitate to get it if it's just like IMAX.
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Quoteloog droog Quote24FPS Guilty pleasure band. A notch above Gary Puckett & the Union Gap. I'd put them a few notches above Gary Puckett, if only for "Live For Today," which is a pretty fantastic record that would probably be a lot more respected today if it had been made by a "serious" group and not a pop hit machine like the Grass Roots. All right, agreed. B
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Throw Sad Sad Sad and Can't Be Seen in the river Styx, replace with Fancy Man and Wish I'd Never Met You (thanks four stone walls) and find a better upbeat number and you'd have a great album. As it is I hope this gets the SACD treatment at some point.
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