Brian Jones Stones for me.
Posted on 05/13/2009 12:53:12 PM PDT by pissant
It was in the Sixties that the Rolling Stones first found global fame – but a magnificent new clutch of re-releases from the Seventies confirms it was then that Mick, Keef and the boys struck artistic gold.
Universal Music recently announced the imminent release of "14 remastered classic albums" from the Rolling Stones. It is a laughable claim. They may well be The Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World (a title they conferred upon themselves when introducing live shows in the late Sixties), but I don't know if anyone but the most rabid fan could name more than a handful of Stones albums still worth listening to in their entirety, particularly when the list of the latest reissues excludes their Sixties heyday.
Yet, the imminent first batch of re-releases from the Seventies (Sticky Fingers, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock N Roll and Black and Blue) serve as a potent reminder of exactly why the Stones have endured. For a golden period, they released a series of albums almost untouchable in the pop pantheon as examples of free-flowing, high-spirited, elegantly extemporised blues, country and rock and roll. And, it was the replacement of the increasingly dysfunctional multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones with lyrical, technically audacious, young guitarist Mick Taylor (19 when he joined) that resulted in that golden period.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Of course, their 1960s music was just as good. They really started to decline after 1981's Tattoo You.
I will say their 1994 release, Voodoo Lounge was quite good. That's the last one I listened to.
Exile on Main Street.
Pound for pound, their best, IMO
One of the best R&R shows I have ever seen.
Brian Jones Stones for me.
60s Stones ruled... Under my thumb, Satisfaction, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Get off of my cloud, Painted Black... loved them right up to Exile on Main Street...
For me they started to lose it after Sticky Fingers when they replaced the guitar god Mick Taylor for the mediocre Ron Wood. Just compare the beginning riff of “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” to anything Wood ever did. Mick’s riff rivals any R&R riff anywhere.
There must be a pony somewhere.
"Ruled" like the monarchy of Britain; figureheads. Led Zeppelin owned the 70's
Nah. Zep was stoner music. The Stones were kings of Rock and Roll.
For many, Zep was not stoner music. Now, if your talking “tail” music, well....
They simply BURN THE HOUSE DOWN and blow everyone away, from 8 to 80.
Wife and I saw the Stones at the Metrodome in Mpls back in the early 90s. It was a hoot !
No sir. Exile on Main Street, Black and Blue and Some Girls are all excellent.
I played Rolling Stones songs in my first band when I was 13. I had to get good to play Bonham’s chops and find a real guitar player to play the solo in Stairway to Heaven.
Sorry, but at their peak, nobody touched these guys:
Zep definitely had some great stuff. But they had too many dirges, like Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, etc
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.