"The Rolling Stones" Thread

[FORD]

Haven't seen any footage of the London show yet, but here's the actual video for Doom and Gloom....

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[Zing!]

VH should take note on how real videos are made these days. Makes an average song look and sound so much cooler...

[78/84 guy]

So what's the deal with Taylor & Bill ? Are the going to show up on stage for any shows ?

[FORD]

So what's the deal with Taylor & Bill ? Are the going to show up on stage for any shows ?

Well, they did show up in London. Unfortunately Mick Taylor only played on one song, and apparently Wyman only played on two. And not even together

This is probably the best footage I've seen from the show. Obviously not pro-shot, and not very good audio. But at least you can actually see MT on stage.....

[78/84 guy]

Cool stage Mick & Mick sound good. I don't understand the one song thing. Sounds kind of stupid. But at least they are there.

[Matt White]

KEWL

They need to bring back Taylor full-time

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Mick Talor has probably moved around here more than he has in the last 27 years on stage.

So funny how he hurried after Mick Jagger who seemed like he was jogging away to have a break from him
on the upper side...

Keith and Ronnie stayed before Charlie's kit - and apparently only Keith really thanked him in the end of the tune.

[Zing!]

Amen to that. I agree completely. Ronnie's a cool cat, but the Taylor years were golden. Always thought Keef would be the one to hold a grudge, but Jagger can be a prissy bitch.

[Matt White]

I'm a fan of the Brian Jones years...their best work far and away

[Zing!]

Yes, but that time period was also riding the wave of MT's talent. They coasted on Taylor's fumes until they ran out in the early 80's. it would take another half a decade or so for the Glimmer Twins to find their mojo again.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Mick Taylor was the best guitar player who ever played with the Stones, agreed - except for the 1975 sessions Jeff Beck took part in.
The studio stuff they did with him on lead was so skilled - the best live stuff you can find was made with Taylor too, "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out",
"Brussels Affair", "Ladies & Gentlemen"...

The Brian Jones years were magic - if only they could have recorded their stuff with Jones with the technology from the late 60s/early 70s... - maybe the best they ever did as far as composing; too bad the sound of those days didn't tally their inspiration.

With Ronnie Wood since 1975 they've delivered great stuff too, and Ronnie allowed Keith to reach the guitar interaction he wanted, that you especially hear on "Some Girls", their best album with Ronnie Wood I think.

"Emotional Rescue" is rather uneven, but there are great tunes like "So Cold", "Let Me Go", "All About You", "Where the Boys Go"...

The videos from the 1978-81 period kicked ass ("So Cold", "Neighbors", "Start me Up"...).

"Undercover" is really underrated, as "Dirty Work" is. Neither of these two albums were followed by a tour, which probably got them ill-appreciated.
I wouldn't rate them under "Tattoo You".
I'd say "Steel Wheels" is their second best with Woodie.

Voodoo Lounge would have been excellent if they had cut about 4 tunes off it IMO...

Bridges to Babylon almost sounds like some Jagger solo album, except for "Flip the Switch". Almost boring... Haven't listened to it in a good dozen years.

"Bigger Bang" would have been much bigger, had they taken a few tunes out, like for Voodoo Lounge...

But in retrospect, what an amazing discography, there's so little to leave aside!

Too bad Bill Wyman didn't play more than he did the other day, and even Mick Taylor. The celebration would have been more complete -
but apparently Mick Jagger decided it wouldn't happen like that... by the way, he was limping on stage, wasn't he?

[Zing!]

Voodoo Lounge would have been excellent if they had cut about 4 tunes.
Bridges to Babylon almost sounds like some Jagger solo album, except for "Flip the Switch". Almost boring... Haven't listened to it in a good dozen years.

"Bigger Bang" would have been much bigger, had they taken a few tunes out, like for Voodoo Lounge...

Babylon was a horrid album - boring and uninspired except for Keith's songs. I put it up there with Satanic Majesties as their worst ever. However, I thought Voodoo Lounge was fantastic - liked every track and it still holds up well today. I think I've only listened to Bigger Bang once. It didn't do too much for me. Maybe it's time to give that one another spin and see if my opinion has changed...

[Satan]

"Bigger Bang" would have been much bigger, had they taken a few tunes out, like for Voodoo Lounge...

Ironically enough, some of the better songs from the Bigger Bang sessions did NOT make the album....

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Babylon was a horrid album - boring and uninspired except for Keith's songs. I put it up there with Satanic Majesties as their worst ever. However, I thought Voodoo Lounge was fantastic - liked every track and it still holds up well today. I think I've only listened to Bigger Bang once. It didn't do too much for me. Maybe it's time to give that one another spin and see if my opinion has changed...

"You don't have to mean it" is a gem of Keith's - the only tune worth it on the album IMO, apart from "Flip the Switch".

"Saint of me" and "Out of Control" are very good songs, but they'd have fitted Jagger's "Wandering Spirit" way better (a great solo album by the way).

I haven't played "Bigger Bang" since 2005, just like I've left "Bridges to Babylon" on the road side.

I can't consider "Their Satanic Majesties' Request" as a bad one, though it's a weird piece in the 60s Stones puzzle.

I even still dig the 2 parts of "Sing This All Together". "2000 Light Years from Home" and Wyman's "In Another Land"
may ride the 1967 sci-fi wave, but they are successful attempts at that genre.
"She"s a Rainbow" and "2000 Man" are just marvelous, aren't they?
"The Lantern" and "Gomper" don't really sound bad, do they?
"Citadel", if you take out the horns, has a classic riff in it and the guitar sounds really sharp.
"On with the Show" is full inspiration and could have been included in Beggar's Banquet", couldn't it?

Well, it's not my fave Stones album by far but I still think it's a great album, though fairly atypical.
I even almost bought the 8-CD Satanic Sessions box set 14 years ago.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Ironically enough, some of the better songs from the Bigger Bang sessions did NOT make the album....

Well, this one is nothing out of the ordinary, but could have replaced a few tunes in there, for sure!