Ladies and Gentlemen.....THE ROLLING STONES!!

[Carl Spackler 3458]

I like the song -- it's not great, but I'd rather listen to it than most of the shit that gets released these days.  [Sidenote:  Get off my lawn!]  

[dcar00 13956]

On 9/6/2023 at 7:52 PM, Gil Bang said:

Fuck it, I'm in.  

Always.   I actually like it, kind of has a voodoo lounge era vibe but man could this band use 25 year old Mick Taylor.  we'll see what the rest of the album brings.

[83Horn 1637]

I'll just drop this here as a kind of compare and contrast thing.  A reminder of how far they've fallen:

 

[jimmyjazz 45192]

Well, they are 80 (ish).  If I'm still alive when I'm 80 I'll probably wear diapers and drool on myself.  

So, same as it ever was.

[Carl Spackler 3458]

26 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

I'll just drop this here as a kind of compare and contrast thing.  A reminder of how far they've fallen:

 

I don't think anyone is suggesting that they're anywhere near the band now that they were then.  They were at the height of their powers in the Beggars-Bleed-Sticky-Exile run.

[Gil Bang 25651]

Sticky is arguably the greatest rock album of all time.   So, it's unfair to compare anything to that. 

[Deej 76201]

"They aren't even as good as they were 30 years ago."

Cowboys fans:

[tbone_ 13991]

Just because

[Deej 76201]

"Rape, murder...it's just a drive up I-35"

[Gil Bang 25651]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

"Rape, murder...it's just a drive up I-35"

@blacklab@Wulaw Horn I hereby make a motion to rename the game thread

Edited September 22, 2023 by Gil Bang

[Deej 76201]

Sounds like I need to befriend Mick.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/entertainment/mick-jagger-kids-money/index.html

[jimmyjazz 45192]

I have zero perspective on that kind of money, obviously, but I can imagine how one would think they're doing their kids a disservice by just dumping insane money on them.  I would think a few million bucks makes sense, but beyond that, you're just encouraging them to be unproductive.

[G650 13302]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

  I would think a few million bucks makes sense,

So you taking on new kids or what

[Deej 76201]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

I have zero perspective on that kind of money, obviously, but I can imagine how one would think they're doing their kids a disservice by just dumping insane money on them.  I would think a few million bucks makes sense, but beyond that, you're just encouraging them to be unproductive.

His daughter helps him with a lot of the business end of the Stones. I'm sure she is well compensated.

[alincoln 2350]

Gaga and Stevie on the new one.  Sounds fantastic.

[Deej 76201]

Damn. Mick's voice sounds like it did around Emotional Rescue. 

That track would fit in on the second half of Tattoo You.

Edited October 1, 2023 by Deej

[dcbc 14268]

18 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Gaga and Stevie on the new one.  Sounds fantastic.

Hell yes!  Dude sounds like he's in his prime!  80 more years of Mick and the Stones, please.

 

/no jinx

13 minutes ago, Deej said:

Damn. Mick's voice sounds like it did around Emotional Rescue. 

That track would fit in on the second half of Tattoo You.

I'm floored.  Among the best Stones songs of the last 40 years.  Possibly the best.

Edited October 1, 2023 by dcbc

[Deej 76201]

That song is straight out of another era of the Stones. 

[dcbc 14268]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

That song is straight out of another era of the Stones. 

That song is I just texted all of my cool-music-friends about it good.

[jimmyjazz 45192]

Damn, Mick.  Did you just get 42 years younger?  Agreed, that sounds like a Tattoo You track.

[tbone_ 13991]

That song is bad ass

[Deej 76201]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

That song is bad ass

That's a song they should end their recording career on. 

[jimmyjazz 45192]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

That's a song they should end their recording career on. 

Hell no, I want to hear more!

[83Horn 1637]

That is better than a lot of the crap they've been putting out for the past 50 years.  Could do with less Lady Gaga, and they really do miss Charlie Watts and Mick Taylor.  Although Jagger's voice is unmistakable, there is nothing in this song that sounds like Keith Richards.  It sounds like something Jagger might have recorded solo during a Stones hiatus.  I'd give it a 6.5-7 out of 10. 

[tbone_ 13991]

Good point. I kept waiting for some guitar.

[G650 13302]

Got damn that is a good fucking song

[jimmyjazz 45192]

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Got damn that is a good fucking song

Yes, it is.  I like all kinds of Stones -- garage rock, R&B, country, soul, whatever.  It's just a better song than they've been putting out for years.  And Mick sounds FANTASTIC.  Maybe as good as he has for a very long time.

[G650 13302]

100%

 

The Stones are in my triumvirate of bands along with CCR and Social D that are my ride or dies, but I have not really been terribly moved by anything in quite a few years. This bad boy though is the truth. And Mick sounds excellent.

[Deej 76201]

1 hour ago, G650 said:

The Stones are in my triumvirate of bands along with CCR and Social D that are my ride or dies

 

[G650 13302]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

 

Which one, cause none of them are like the other

[alincoln 2350]

7 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yes, it is.  I like all kinds of Stones -- garage rock, R&B, country, soul, whatever.  It's just a better song than they've been putting out for years.  And Mick sounds FANTASTIC.  Maybe as good as he has for a very long time.

Agree.  I’m never experienced expected them to bring it like this at this point.  It’s so good

[Handcruser 2801]

I’d love to hear someone like Albert Collins cover it.

[Gil Bang 25651]

Keith will be on Stern in the near future.

[Dennis Taylor 18608]

On 10/2/2023 at 10:44 AM, tbone_ said:

Good point. I kept waiting for some guitar.

I got your guitar right here

 

 

 

[Buzzrock 14785]

This new album is pretty fucking good. Sweet Sounds of Heaven is legit.

[Chopper 16626]

I absolutely love the new album. I can't believe how great it sounds and I've listened to it repeatedly. The energy, the slashing guitar, and Mick's vocals are top notch. Possibly the most enjoyable Stones album all-around since Some Girls. 

[Delta Charlie 149]

2024 Tour teasers up in certain cities.

[Pato del Muerto 52097]

Happened to be on some XM channel and they were interviewing mick, and played sweet sounds of heaven.  So just wanted to echo the above that it is a really great song and mick sounds 40 years younger on it. I was flabbergasted.  Found a video of a live version they did for some show, and mick is also moving around quite spryly for an octogenarian. 

[David Dennison 17798]

 

[Deej 76201]

"Sponsored also in part by Depends"

Fuck, I'm old. 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Deej

[dcbc 14268]

I've got Sticky Fingers on the HiFi right now.  We as a people didn't deserve the Rolling Stones.  But I'm sure we all got to live in the time of said Rolling Stones.

 

I tend to forget how damned special Wild Horses is.

Edited December 2, 2023 by dcbc

[Pato del Muerto 52097]

1 minute ago, dcbc said:

I've got Sticky Fingers on the HiFi right now.  We as a people didn't deserve the Rolling Stones.  But I'm sure we all got to live in the time of said Rolling Stones.

 

I tend to forget how damned special Wild Horses is.

Pretty sure when we did the desert island thread on shaggy, sticky fingers was my album choice. 

[dcbc 14268]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Pretty sure when we did the desert island thread on shaggy, sticky fingers was my album choice. 

Up until this moment, I've always placed it second to Let it Bleed.  But I'm so close to flipping those two.  So close for me.

[tbone_ 13991]

The crazy thing about the Stones is how well their music ages

[dcbc 14268]

2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

The crazy thing about the Stones is how well their music ages

I just rolled into Exile.  Just tremendous from playing to production.  Everyting from 1968--1972 from them is next level by any standard of that time period or this one.  

 

I once said that if anyone released anything approaching Full Moon Fever today, it would blow people's minds. But even though it was tremendous, even in its time, there were a lot of good albums back then, and we were used to it.  Looking at it restrospectively, really makes me appreciate how good the overall level of music was in the 20th century.  

[Deej 76201]

Keith taking a swig before the guitar intro. The best. Back when Keith was menacing..

 

Edited March 24 by Deej

[Carl Spackler 3458]

On 3/24/2024 at 4:27 PM, Deej said:

Back when Keith was menacing.

 

[Deej 76201]

Keith went and bailed that guy out of jail after the show.

[Al_4_ISU 12351]

On 12/1/2023 at 8:54 PM, dcbc said:

I've got Sticky Fingers on the HiFi right now.  We as a people didn't deserve the Rolling Stones.  But I'm sure we all got to live in the time of said Rolling Stones.

 

I tend to forget how damned special Wild Horses is.

Although I grew up with the Stones always around, the only album my old man had in CD format (his preferred format in my memory span) was Let It Bleed.  I knew and loved every note of that album, plus all the radio hits, but never actively started listening to the rest of the Stones' catalog until I was 18 and started moving past music being made FOR younger people.

"Wild Horses" blew me away on the first listen and has remained my favorite song of all time ever since.  I don't know I had avoided it in the first 18 years of my life, but whatever.  When my wife and I got married, she walked down the aisle to it.  It always moves me.

On 12/1/2023 at 10:01 PM, dcbc said:

I just rolled into Exile.  Just tremendous from playing to production.  Everyting from 1968--1972 from them is next level by any standard of that time period or this one.  

 

I once said that if anyone released anything approaching Full Moon Fever today, it would blow people's minds. But even though it was tremendous, even in its time, there were a lot of good albums back then, and we were used to it.  Looking at it restrospectively, really makes me appreciate how good the overall level of music was in the 20th century.  

What they did in that period is the absolute pinnacle of rock and roll, full stop.

[jimmyjazz 45192]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

"Wild Horses" blew me away on the first listen and has remained my favorite song of all time ever since.

It's a fantastic song.  I also love the cover by The Sundays.  Harriet Wheeler's voice is perfect.