Rock Action
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From last night's show...
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This might be the wrong thread for this...and please accept my apologies if so.
But this is my tribute to their 50th anniversary.
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Midnight Rambler with Mick Taylor
Hard to tell just how good Mick was...but I guarantee you it was a HUGE step up!
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God, Tyler is so NOT a fit to be singing Zep tunes.
He's good in his own right occasionally....
I agree....I have a show from 1990 where Jimmy joins in for most of it. Tyler trying to sing Immigrant Song was painful.
I would have preferred Chris Cornell myself. He can hit the notes.
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Yep...that be the one!
As all Creedence albums should be played, I crank it to 11.
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Hi Walter! Thanks This is still one of my favorite albums^^
coming up up next another one of my favorites:-)
Another favorite band of mine.
The older stuff ( "Deguello" and back) I prefer over the later releases. Their first album and Rio Grande Mud are priceless. -
CCR....
Nice choice!
Just bought the remastered/expanded version of this recently, along with Bayou Country and Pendulum. Great sound, and the extra tracks are fun too.
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My ultimate "greatest hits" package would be the best of the aforementioned 4 albums, plus a couple of select tracks from GHS and IORR.
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Don't forget "Get Your Ya Yas Out!", their best live album was also released in this period.
Ah crap...how'd I forget that!! Good catch!
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So true Rock Action. Actually it's hard to pick just one "best album" from that entire run from 1968's "Beggars Banquet" to 1972's "Exile on Main St.". They are all killer.
These are the 4 Stones albums that truly set the bar extremely high for the band. Honestly, sometimes it all depends on my mood. But these 4 are head and shoulders above anything else they ever did. I love all 4 of them!
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It does..Let It Bleed..
That's a very subjective opinion there. Both are friggin' masterpieces, it boils down to preference. Personally I like Sticky Fingers above them all.
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LA Forum 9-4-70.
The medleys in WLL and Communication Breakdown are mind blowing. Especially the former IMO. The "Lemon Song" snippet is hilarious "just take your teeth out before you get into bed"...Oh God.
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I had to put this on to calm down and remember this is what it's all about:-)
The Guess Who- Share The Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NkG_MRHZS4
Love this band....in 1969 and 1970 it was almost impossible to turn on the radio and NOT hear one of their classics. Have a couple of the original albums.
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I'd post a recent pic but I don't want to scare the shit out of anyone.
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I've done both of those things..but quite frankly, I couldn't stand them. My biggest beef is that Jagger sings lyrics in a mixed-up fashion like he cannot remember them almost (A big offender is "Tumbling Dice"), and everything just doesn't sound as strong as it does in-studio. And, for songs like "Sympathy For the Devil" and pretty much all of "Exile On Main Street", the lack of the certain instruments that were used in-studio, lowers the quality of the song. In "Exile"'s case, the lack of background singers and a horn section is what brings the already weak material down. Another thing is, the Stones rarely bring back up and such on tour, and they never play their best stuff, if they played "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" during every show, with the sax and such, as a free form jam, then man, they could probably release an entire album of just different versions of that jam.
To each their own I guess.
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I've always thought the Stones were less-than-stellar live..I prefer to listen to their studio albums, though I'd like to see them at least once in concert before they croak.
With all due respect, I can't help but feel you never watched "Ladies & Gentlemen" from the 1972 tour, or heard "Brussels Affair" from the 1973 tour....IMO those prove otherwise. Of course that was in their prime, and Mick Taylor was in the band.
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I am SOOOOO getting this....
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Yes Strider they still play there and changed the name to Ralph Wilson stadium. Very arrogant in my opinion and just plain stupid. Its always going to be Rich Stadium to me. And then it was 78 I saw them. There at that very stadium and they walked off the stage while it was still daylight, for reasons to this day i will never know. Played an hour and a half and fucked us.
Now they sell out in 7 minutes in Newark for two nights. Prices from $175 to $650 a ticket. Crazy. But they sold out in 7 fucking minutes!!!! Can you believe that shit? At their age? Just imagine how fast Led Zeppelin would sell a tour because there is no doubt in my mind the demand to see them is far higher than the Stones. The Stones have beaten a dead horse to death a hundred times over. I am pretty stunned by this fast sellout with such ridiculous prices. I would not pay $175 to see them in the front fucking row. I saw them in their youth. Why would I pay that kind of money? Its got to either be die hard Stones fans from all over have converged and decided to make the trip to Newark or a curious young crownd that wants to see for themselves what this band is all about? Or perhaps a combination of both? What do you think Strider and Rock Action?
I saw them in 1972, 1975 and 2002. The first two shows I paid something like $8 for a ticket and got a superb show. As being only a teen the low price was really a bonus. Paid $90 for a nosebleed ticket in 2002 and got half the show in half the quality.
What makes people do what they do these days for just a shell of a band is mind blowing. The Stones really haven't "brought it" live since 1978 IMO.
I guess a lot of it could be attributed to their older fans who just can't let go, and younger fans who just want to see a legend firsthand. Me? I'd rather listen to my live 60's and 70's boots.
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Oddly enough, one of my own tunes is stuck in my head. Only because I've been reviewing it a few times and was looking for any possible improvement needed. But it is sorta catchy I guess.
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Whoa....a fantastic song by an underappreciated band. Dig it!
On a side note, the keyboard player is a buddy of mine. What a character...lol
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The Super Deluxe versions of both Exile and Some Girls sold for, what was it, a couple hundred bucks and contained some little thing on disc that you couldn't get in the two disc expanded versions.....that is if you're just interested in just the music and video itself and not the pictures, books or whatever.
The same goes for the soon to be released Charlie is my Darling Super Deluxe set. Just to get the blu-ray and the live material on the cds you also have to buy the dvd and vinyl and so on. So, unless the price comes down to about 40 bucks, I'm just getting the blu-ray and leaving it at that.
Ah yes...the "Super Deluxe" sets. I had forgotten about those. Highly unnecessary for all but the extreme completist. Overkill, definitely. The expanded CD versions were just fine by me.
The only thing I'm a completist about is Zep live shows and Stones live shows in their prime (1969-78). Other than that, not so much.
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I don't hear it either, other than the fact the songs are both in the key of D.Good to see the Stones still rollin' Good tune....Can't here any elements of "Can't You Here Me Knocking" though.
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Not a bad song.
With that said, I certainly will NOT waste my coin on another greatest hits package. The expanded Exile and Some Girls on the other hand, were more than well worth it. You get basically a complete unreleased album as a bonus on each. Highly recommended for those who haven't got them yet.
Top Five (5) Robert Plant Solo Songs.
in Pre / Post-Zeppelin Forum
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The UK version of the "Fate Of Nations" album.
There, I kept it simple.