After years of fantasy this brings us reality with a bump. It can jar, it can delight. Its harder than earlier records and darker. The party was over, the 70s were about to begin. We may have lost the Summer of Love but we would get laser beams.
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Showing posts with label rolling stones. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
The Rolling Stones - let it bleed
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The eighth Rolling Stones album from 1969, the last to feature Brian Jones but also featuring a cake on its cover made by Delia Smith no less! "Let it bleed" is one of the higher ranked Stones album and suits the dark end of the 60s in tone and feel. Some of its tracks are among the Stones' best like the powerful "Gimmie shelter" and the epic "You can't always get what you want".
After years of fantasy this brings us reality with a bump. It can jar, it can delight. Its harder than earlier records and darker. The party was over, the 70s were about to begin. We may have lost the Summer of Love but we would get laser beams.
After years of fantasy this brings us reality with a bump. It can jar, it can delight. Its harder than earlier records and darker. The party was over, the 70s were about to begin. We may have lost the Summer of Love but we would get laser beams.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Rolling Stones - emotional rescue
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Released in 1980 Emotional Rescue was the first Rolling Stones album of the 80s though sonically the album is still stuck in the 70s and earlier. The disco funk opener of "Dance" gets the album off to a great start (though part 2 of the track is better). After that dancey intro the Stones slot smoothly into their usual blues rock schtick, which they pull off better than most bands of course. There are still surprises though, "Where the boys go" is an interesting excursion into something vaguely more punk or pub rock-ish.
Reggae can also be heard on "Send it to me" an interesting track about ...er... mail order brides, and the title track itself is an odd piece of disco with falsetto vocals. Mostly though the album is filler, good filler albeit. Its a bit of a strange album, by no means bad but very uneven. Kind of like Keef's face.
Reggae can also be heard on "Send it to me" an interesting track about ...er... mail order brides, and the title track itself is an odd piece of disco with falsetto vocals. Mostly though the album is filler, good filler albeit. Its a bit of a strange album, by no means bad but very uneven. Kind of like Keef's face.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday Links (13/04/12)
- An interview with Graham Coxon from Blur (bit old this but forgot to add it earlier i think)
- He is called Mick Jagger
- Blur could play for the last ever time at the Olympics concert
- The 10th anniversary of the death of Joe Strummer will be marked by a festival
- Are we losing our respect for music?
Friday, March 16, 2012
Friday Links (16/03/12)
- The Rolling Stones will not tour on their 50th anniversary though will do some concerts in 2013 and are recording new material.
- A tax loophole will be closed meaning that CDs (and other things obviously) sold from the Channel Islands will now be liable for VAT.
- Le Tigre's live EP is available now!
- Two nations (UK and US) divided by their taste in music.
- Jack White will release a one-off vinyl single of White Stripes songs for Record Store Day.
- The adult pop smash is a thing of the past.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
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