Quotealimente Quote71Tele Quotegripweed QuoteRokyfan Quoteduffydawg Quotertr M.T. over plays and is overrated. Keith and Ronnie should not be backing this guy up. What a slap in their faces. You are an idiot. Tell me a better "back and forth" than KR and MT in Sympathy for the Devil on GYYA??? So you saw them in 1969, huh? So you are like 65+ years old on a message board ranking
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Quoteslew I am getting goose bumps watching and listening to MT on CYHMK awesome!!! Keith did pretty well on this himself. They are inspired on this one!! Vegas act what a load of crock that is!!!! Yes, I noticed some years falling off Keith there as well. If Keith Ronnie and Taylor continue to get locked in with each other, we ain't in Vegas no more!
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QuoteTimeIs QuoteRobertJohnson I' m very satisfied and pleased so far, but we want Mick Taylor on more than four songs, please. Maybe on the entire set. And we want him on the next album on more than four songs, please. Nope. Not even one song. I love Mick Taylor but he belongs to another era. The Rolling Stones are Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood. Most of the songs th
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Quoteproudmary "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor - Staples The audience just explodes at about the 7 minute mark! Taylor is a Beast when he plays with the Stones.
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QuoteDoxa QuoteDandelionPowderman Maybe they're thinking that Taylor gets more songs when they don't have other guests? Could be... like a compensation or a firm substitute. At least "Sway" sounds like filling up the guest slot. But if that is the case I hope they have running out of (other) guests... - Doxa Depending on which guests they get, and which songs are chosen, Taylor
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QuoteThrylan It's hard to believe Chuck was in the Allmans, I guess someone had to talk to the cops when they would get pulled over. If only Hee Haw was back on Network Television.
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Quoteseitan Quotebigfrankie too sick (or whatever) to perform at one of the remaining shows, what would happen? 1) Cancel the show stating the real reason 2) Cancel the show with a phony reason 3) MT would fill-in ...Without Charlie, Mick, Keith or Ronnie - there is no Stones. It would be an insult to the fans. Mick Taylor is good guitarist in his era songs but he cannot replace Keith - NE
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QuoteMathijs Quote71Tele QuoteDandelionPowderman Quoterollingon Could you enlighten me about that "studio incident", sorry but now I must reveal my lack of knowledge about this, thanks! "You're great on stage, but no good in the studio". - Keith One of about a thousand foolish things Keith Richards has said. Well maybe not. Taylor's key parts on the albums he plays on
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Quotemarianna Mick Jagger didn't seem to have a problem with Mick Taylor. Didn't someone here pull a quote from some years ago where he said Mick J. called Taylor's playing exciting and said he missed having a real lead guitar player in the band? Why is Keith Richards vision for the band more valid than Mick Jagger? Mick J. is a pretty good musician in his own right, including writing some very g
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Quotecrumbling_mice Meh...not this again, now Taylor is even joining in. Ronnie has more dignity than to make silly statements such as this. Ronnie has said Taylor is a virtuoso, up there with Clapton etc. and by comparison that he (Ronnie) himself is just a noodler. Ronnie has also said that he (Ronnie) was a better guitarist than Keith and Keith knows it. Of course Ronnie was being mostly m
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Quote71Tele This is what I don't get. People are willing to pay $500 to see the Rolling Stones, but they don't want to see the Rolling Stones enough not to have to have a "contemporary" special guest to make it worth their while? Makes no sense. Well, there you go again Tele. I admit I used to be full negativity as well...just a few days ago in fact. But then, tonight, it just hit me.
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Mick Jagger has actually given mixed messages recently. Late last year he explicitly stated he would be interested in making a new Stones album. Quotestonehearted As Mick Jagger has stated repeatedly in recent months, he and Keith have a strong working relationship--it doesn't imply that they have a strong writing relationship. Mick isn't about to spend any more time than is necessar
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QuoteGodxofxrock9 Its Always Mick Taylor This Mick Taylor That And Ronnie Sucks This And @#$%& Him But Did Every One Forget About Brian Jones He Was The Best And Ronnie Is a Close Second For Me I Think They Are All Good Well, if Brian Jones were alive today and touring as a special guest of the Stones and only doing one song, I'd most likely be campaigning, or whining if you prefer, that he get
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QuoteJumpinJeppeFlash All of these Mick Taylor this Mick Taylor that. Without Ronnie there haven't been a Rolling Stones touring band in 2013. Be happy for that instead of insulting Ronnie with all these MT threads. Subjects like "should Ronnie step aside for MT" and others is nothing but pathetic and very insulting against Ronnie. Very few people are insulting Ronnie Wood. In fact, b
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QuoteMax'sKansasCity Quote71Tele QuoteMax'sKansasCity Oh brother... here it comes again. Some people just love bashing on Ronnie, while whining their heads off at the slightest anything about Taylor. Not bashing. Just saying there is a double standard in rock & roll about drugs vs. weight. Over indulging in drinking or drugs is sort of considered a rock & roll sign of authenticity wh
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Quote71Tele QuoteHairball How about all those other anti-Mick Taylor/pro-Ronnie folks? Perhaps they could better spend their time by showing some love to the world rather than hating on MT. Apparently indulging in alcohol or other various substances to the point where one can barely function onstage (certain RS members in the past) is ok, but there is no forgiving being overweight. Yeah, I
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Quoterambler44 Quoteduffydawg This further proves how the Stones purposely misled fans into believing Taylor would play a bigger role just to sell tickets. And the arrogance that there has been no explanation provided is disgusting. Not only Keith on Fallon's show, and Mick Jagger talking about a larger role, but Ronnie Wood also talked about Taylor doing more songs with them on a radio interv
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Quote71Tele To those who think we should be content with the token one-song MT appearance: What the entire music world could have been talking about now is the amazing musical renaissance of the Rolling Stones, creatively using their three guitarists to breathe new life into old tired arrangements, and take us on a new trip. This is what top-tier musicians do when presented with this kind of o
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Quoteduffydawg Quotevermontoffender And it becomes more and more obvious that so very many people on this board aren't Stones fans, but Taylor fans instead. Go listen to some Jazz/Blues fusion crap. Go plunk down some bucks for a Taylor solo show and pray he actually shows up. Leave the Rock and Roll to Jagger, Richards, Watts, and Wood: The Rolling Stones. The Stones from 1969 - 1973 spe
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Quotetatters QuoteSweetThing Quotetatters Why is he on this tour, playing just one song, the same song, every night? Because maybe that's just the Devil's Bargain he's agreed to. Whatever happened to that tell-all book he was going to write about his days with the Stones? He doesn't seem to be writing it now, does he? I don't think Mick gave him this cameo role because of any perceived artistic o
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Quotetatters Why is he on this tour, playing just one song, the same song, every night? Because maybe that's just the Devil's Bargain he's agreed to. Whatever happened to that tell-all book he was going to write about his days with the Stones? He doesn't seem to be writing it now, does he? I don't think Mick gave him this cameo role because of any perceived artistic or commercial merit, and I don
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Quotevermontoffender The concept that Jagger is concerned adding Taylor to the Rolling Stones for a few more songs in 2013 might somehow garner unfavorable comparisons to '72 is both absurd and hilarious. I mean, half the "fans" on this board compare every note the Stones have played since 1975 to 1972. There is no reason whatsoever to think that Jagger doesn't know this or that he c
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QuoteRollin92 Quotepaulywaul Thought I'd start this thread because I suspect I'm probably not alone in thinking that using Mick Taylor for one just one song (Midnight Rambler as fully expected) at the opening show was a trifle disappointing. It would have been nice to have seen more of him. So if we accept that he's more than likely going to be contributing to Rambler on pretty much every show
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QuoteBowieStone It's not hard to be worse than Lady Gaga as I found her (Gaga) very entertaining. Sorry. Just my opinion. Gwen svcked btw. They should just stop duetting on WH. It never works. Agree with that. Lady GaGa was surprisingly good I thought. Sang well, took control of the stage. It looked like the band was really pleased with it.
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QuoteGravityBoy QuoteVT22 MR, last night. Taylor's role is diminishing... Keith still got it, considering his age and shape. For GODSAKE!!!!! MORE!!!!!!! Come on guys. Oh well, it was too good to be true after all.
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Quotesonomastone Quote71Tele QuoteMax'sKansasCity Quote71Tele QuoteMax'sKansasCity Quote71Tele Quotecanuguessmyname Ronnie has been wih the Stones longer than Brian, taylor or Bill. Bill- Dec. 1962-1993. ( 30 + years); Taylor- 1969-1974 (4-5 years); Ronnie- 1975-present (38 years)! Deduct the 16 or so years that they delayed making him an actual official member of the band and it's really
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QuoteHappy24 Quotetatters QuoteBeast of Babylon Ronnie wood has been a stone longer that Bill, Mick T and Brian COMBINED. Almost, but not quite. In another four years or so that will be true. Not really, technically. Ronnie has been a band member since 1994, if I am not mistaken, he has been a hired hand until then. I always found that strange, but that's the way it is, right? Of course he ha
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I suspect it is likely Taylor may figure into the equation on any future Stones album. He has nearly always expressed an interest in doing so and Jagger, Richards and Wood have all worked with him at one point or another over the years anyway outside of the Stones, however briefly. I imagine it could, possibly, even be a large(ish) role, should it come to pass, or maybe a very small spot onl
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QuoteMax'sKansasCity I wonder if people realize how little Mick Taylor has done in the last 30 years? He has pretty much been a nobody, doing nothing, mostly known for canceling gigs.... and now all of sudden people think he can bring back the good days? I am sure commercial success and to a lesser extent, perhaps celebrity are missed, in Mick Taylor's case. But he is hardly a nobody Max.
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QuoteTimeIs Quotestraycatblues73 QuoteRoll73 Quotecanuguessmyname Ronnie has been wih the Stones longer than Brian, taylor or Bill. Bill- Dec. 1962-1993. ( 30 + years); Taylor- 1969-1974 (4-5 years); Ronnie- 1975-present (38 years)! Yeh really good. But aren't you forgetting someone? he certainly is . dont let his majesty see this ! anyway taylor 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 -------
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