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DandelionPowderman
A brainless standard rock-track by the Stones, but I love it for its groove - and especially for the little instrumental part with slide and horns
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drewmaster
Anyone who says the Stones shot their load in the 70s, or after Tattoo You rolled around, is advised to look here. This @#$%& rocks and it rolls like there is no tomorrow.
The stage is set with that glorious sustained chord right at the beginning, suspended in air for a magical moment until the tension is resolved with snarling guitar-notes that Charlie answers with one of the tightest grooves known to man. And then, the magnificent bobbing and weaving between him and Keith and Ronnie; this is the very ESSENCE of the Stones sound ... the WOBBLE (a brilliant term that someone on this board recently used).
Next, Mick comes in, pleading desperately for an end to all the bullshit and for the release that only the truth can bring. His vocals, searing and impassioned, are perfectly mixed (neither too high nor too low).
Indeed, the production is superb, with those guitars right up front, battling Mick for supremacy. Kudos to Don Was for an outstanding job this time: this is how a Stones track should sound. The Stones and Was obviously put a lot of work into this one, as evidenced by several subtle but particularly wonderful moments:
** That little staccato rhythmic fill at the 7-second mark.
** Those harmonies (e.g., "don't want a showdown"...) that blend in so perfectly.
** Charlie's magnificent little fill at the 3-minute mark (while Mick is howling "I know that you won't lie tooo meeahh"...), which sends chills up and down my spine.
** And those final, nasty guitar licks at the very end of the track, a final stab at all the insincerity and vapidity that floats around us all the time.
If this ain't rock and roll of the highest order, I don't know what is.
Drew
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drewmaster
Anyone who says the Stones shot their load in the 70s, or after Tattoo You rolled around, is advised to look here. This @#$%& rocks and it rolls like there is no tomorrow.
The stage is set with that glorious sustained chord right at the beginning, suspended in air for a magical moment until the tension is resolved with snarling guitar-notes that Charlie answers with one of the tightest grooves known to man. And then, the magnificent bobbing and weaving between him and Keith and Ronnie; this is the very ESSENCE of the Stones sound ... the WOBBLE (a brilliant term that someone on this board recently used).
Next, Mick comes in, pleading desperately for an end to all the bullshit and for the release that only the truth can bring. His vocals, searing and impassioned, are perfectly mixed (neither too high nor too low).
Indeed, the production is superb, with those guitars right up front, battling Mick for supremacy. Kudos to Don Was for an outstanding job this time: this is how a Stones track should sound. The Stones and Was obviously put a lot of work into this one, as evidenced by several subtle but particularly wonderful moments:
** That little staccato rhythmic fill at the 7-second mark.
** Those harmonies (e.g., "don't want a showdown"...) that blend in so perfectly.
** Charlie's magnificent little fill at the 3-minute mark (while Mick is howling "I know that you won't lie tooo meeahh"...), which sends chills up and down my spine.
** And those final, nasty guitar licks at the very end of the track, a final stab at all the insincerity and vapidity that floats around us all the time.
If this ain't rock and roll of the highest order, I don't know what is.
Drew
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DandelionPowderman
A brainless standard rock-track by the Stones,but I love it for its groove- and especially for the little instrumental part with slide and horns