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Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
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Yeah, it's hard to really get worked up about what the band have been doing on the creative front. They really haven't put out an album that was listenable from start-to-finish since Tattoo You. Lot of folks said Voodoo Lounge was right up their with the best of their work, but I wasn't hearing it back when it was released and I'm not hearing it now. I heard the same blather around the time A Bigger Bang came out...how it was really a great release, and how the band "have still got it." Bought a copy, listened to it and it sounded mundane and forgettable. With each studio release subsequent to 1981, it's just like MaddVibe said: you get a few decent tracks and a lot of filler.
I don't really begrudge the band for this. They've created more than a few of the best songs rock music has ever produced, and it's not realistic to expect any band be consistently enthralling with every release, much less over a 50 year time span. It's just with the Stones that I'd be perfectly content seeing them live and hearing nothing in the setlist that was released from Undercover onwards, so I'm basically saying that their output, to me, from 1983 on is non-essential. And even if the band played a 2 & 1/2 hour show, they'd still be unable to play all the great tunes in their catalog. Such was the case when I saw them in 1989. They have THAT many great tunes in their repertoire.
The other thing of it now is, I'm just not into seeing bands play in football stadiums anymore, and I ain't gonna pay $500 a ticket to be packed in with 50,000 other punters. Don't care WHO the band is. The sound in said stadium gigs is never as good as an enclosed venue, and for $500 I'd just as soon bugger off down to the local massage parlor and get 5 to 10 happy endings than see the Stones creak out Satisfaction for the umpteenth billion time.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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They could have made an excellent album out of the dozen great tunes they made in the last 30 years.
But fillers are inevitable if you want to have an album once every 3/4/5 years... The gap between releases has been increasing by the way (1983/86/89/94/97/2005-??) There could well never be another one, the longer they wait, the more little chances get. One of them remaining Stones might be missing by that time.
Anyway, one more album would basically add nothing to their career for now.
They missed their 50th B-Day, as Bill Wyman didn't take part in the few shows they gave. Those gigs were very good ones, but Jagger missed the point in inviting other artists on stage, while Mick Taylor only did Midnight Rambler.
Those shows didn't make it IMO, they weren't about partying as it should have been.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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I was actually surprised that Wyman didn't take part in the Glastonbury or Hyde Park gigs. Apparently he hates flying, so that would explain why he didn't do the US tour. But the gigs in the UK that he could drive to in his own car? Why not?Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
Originally posted by SockfuckerComment
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Maybe he managed to get a gig babysitting that day...Comment
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Maybe he had a Mandy-cap?
posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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Bill was - is - both the wise and the nasty Stone.
One day I'll get his Rolling Stones biography. Must be a must.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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The Stones brought back a lot of the old stuff on their recent tour, but I don't think they tried this one. In fact I don't think they have played it since 1966. I'd like to see them try it at least once........
Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
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alternate memo from turnerComment
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Stones back on the road in the new year......
Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
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Happy B-Day Mr Riffards!
70, damned!...
Stones 69 - - Brian Jones Funeral par ivanof55
At 0:52, funny how he says not everybody can reach 70 years old.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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Read Stone Alone years ago. The only thing I remember about it is the shagging. Bill shagged anything that moved. Seem to recall he had a particular liking for shagging big bosomed American girls, but anyone would do for a shag in a pinch. On the hand, I've read Keef's Life twice already and will most likely read it again someday.My karma just ran over your dogma.Comment
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The oddest thing about Wyman is he started dating a girl he would eventually marry when she was 14. But wait, it gets even more warped: Wyman's son started dating the girls mother.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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Oh Daddy. Barry Manilow wrote a song about her.
Keith Richards. 70 years old. Fuck YEAH. I'll drink to that.
Keith is happy to be there. He is happy to be anywhere.
BOTTIMS UP.Comment
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No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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