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#331 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 140 weeks ago
When Bill Wyman left the band in 1993, Keith Richards told him "the only way anybody leaves this band is in a wooden box", then he pulled a knife on him. 
#332 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 140 weeks ago
At least they're not selling out. To do that you would have to sell something. It's not really a nostalgia act. Nostalgia acts release albums. This is a hustle band. You throw the mark a bone to keep him interested.
#333 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 140 weeks ago
Steel Wheels is a good shout. Not quite Sticky Fingers or Exile though. Thanks for posting Mixed Emotions, that's a really great song.
Back then pushing 50 was considered old, but it wasn't so much that they were old, it was them still being around with mostly original members. Beatles had been gone 20 years. The Who, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin etc. either gone or shadows of their former selves. Even Pink Floyd had started collapsing. But the Stones were still out there releasing hits like it was 1965.
These guys have released 25 albums, and if we don't count their first album in the US which "only" charted in 11th place, they have never released an album doing worse than 5th.
#334 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 140 weeks ago
On the positive side Fortus wouldn't be mentioning new music for no reason. He does put it at the end of a sentence there, not overselling it, so he's probably not thinking about anything concrete. But at least they're talking about it.
I can understand being cautious. If this is to be the last, career defining album, then it can't be shit.
#335 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 140 weeks ago
They haven't made a truly great album for 50 years. Diminishing returns since then. A couple of great tracks here and there, but I'm never expecting much from an old band. Incredible that they're still going. I saw them 25 years ago and it was a meme already then.
Video here is great but I don't think the song is much to talk about. Doom and Gloom was a legitimate hit, this kinda goes nowhere. Hopefully they got something better further up the pipeline.
#336 Re: Guns N' Roses » What Steven brought to GNR » 140 weeks ago
Adler is free flowing without a filter. Wherever his impulse takes him he goes.
He brought that to his drumming and that's why you can't replace him. As much as I like Matt Sorum you could probably find a hundred guys who can do the same thing as him. Adler is unique.
#337 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 140 weeks ago
The beef is why he dissed them on camera, but he didn't make up them being a political band. Those lyrics clearly are.
#338 Re: The Sunset Strip » Roger Waters - Dark Side Redux » 140 weeks ago
It's not really what I was expecting...but I like it.
Lush orchestration, great arrangement, all let down by Roger's worst tendencies and vocal limitations.
I get your point...but I'm not gonna criticize him too much due to his advanced age.
If he was going to devote time(hee hee) to reimagining peak Floyd...Wall, Dark Side, or Animals...it probably should've happened in the early 2000s when he was able to become a stadium act touring the Floyd material. I think the public would've been more open to it.
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Yeah...the passage of time and how it sorta warps is fascinating...and frightening.
He is really not allowed to be doing this. Old guy, very old, voice is shot and he's going to to remake Dark Side of the Moon, without guitar!
And yet this is good. Very, very good. The way he rearranges the melody using different instruments is just sublime. I can easily picture myself listening to this as much as the original.
#339 Re: The Sunset Strip » Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell Dead at 56 » 140 weeks ago
I had completely forgotten the name, but I remember the music. Yeah that was big for a while. RIP.
#340 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General confirmed next » 140 weeks ago
The above lyrics from Run to the Hills is inspired by "pinko left" material. That was probably more obvious to people in the 70s and 80s. Especially conservative places like small town Indiana.
Axl back then used to hate all those extreme political views from both the left and the right. That is what ultimately inspired One In A Million where he rails about everyone trying to get up in his business.
It's nice to see these old interviews though, back when he could still be himself when talking to the media. The difference in his demeanor on say Jimmy Kimmel is stark. His soul got crushed in the early 90s.
