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BrianRollingJones Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 88 Gender:	Steel Wheels - thoughts? Mar 26^th, 2017 at 12:57pm How do you rank Steel Wheels? How did you like it when it first came out - and how does it hold up for you today? To be honest, I think it was the last Stones record I really enjoyed from start to finish. Voodoo Lounge is good, but a bit too long and afterward is just kind of Stones By Numbers.
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gimmekeef Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 5,753 Ontario Canada Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2017 at 2:27pm Too 80's sound for me....never play it and other then Almost Hear You Sigh don't have a tune that I think about....
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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2017 at 5:42pm

Loved it when it came out - possibly because by around 1987 I never expected to hear a new Rolling Stones album again.

Like most 80s albums, it has aged badly. I prefer the sound of the monitor mixes. Its still pretty decent though.

It does however include two absolute all time classic Stones songs - Continental Drift and Almost Hear You Sigh. Slipping Away is pretty special too - if Keith has sang more beautifully on a Stones record than the last verse of that song, then I simply havent heard it.

I've always maintained that if Almost Hear You Sigh had been released 20 years earlier, it would be talked about now in the same glowing terms as Wild Horses is today.

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Freya Gin Rocks Off Regular Offline They'll Never Make a Saint of Me! Posts: 702 2000 light years from home Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2017 at 11:02pm He seems ok... But you never really know about people, do you? Especially online. The album was ok too. Not a fave but I don't hate it either.
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Steel Wheels Rocks Off Regular Offline Much love and support to my dear friend Mary! Posts: 2,659 2,000 Light Years From Home Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 5:44am Freya Gin wrote on Mar 26^th, 2017 at 11:02pm: He seems ok... But you never really know about people, do you? Especially online. The album was ok too. Not a fave but I don't hate it either. Ha! Steel Wheels is one of my all-time favorite albums.
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Egon Rocks Off Regular Offline LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING STONES Posts: 1,881 A Dutchy in Marseille, France Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 6:56am It's when my love for the stones started, so in a way it's their greatest album ever.
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Steel Wheels Rocks Off Regular Offline Much love and support to my dear friend Mary! Posts: 2,659 2,000 Light Years From Home Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 7:40am Egon wrote on Mar 27^th, 2017 at 6:56am: It's when my love for the stones started, so in a way it's their greatest album ever. Same here. 1989 was a magical year. It was the return of the greatest rock and roll band.
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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #8 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 10:28am

Loved it when it came out and still do. The production almost destroyed some absolute blinders. If half of those songs had been recorded in the 70s or 60s, they would be classics. Continental Drift is a perfect example for me. The production almost destroys a solid gold classic that would be talked about in legendary terms if it had not had the 80s polish on it. Mick could have done a little better with the lyrics, but it's still one of the greatest things they have ever done.

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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,118 aTx Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #9 - Mar 27^th, 2017 at 6:06pm It's a really good album but like dirty work it suffers from eighties production, that makes it sound dated... the book end albums of those two don't suffer from it, thanks god.
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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #10 - Mar 29^th, 2017 at 8:48pm

My Top 5

SAD SAD SAD

- great amusing lyrics - The elephant's in the bedroom
Throwing all his weight about
And I'm locked in the bathroom
Your screams are gonna drown me out

MIXED EMOTIONS

- very funny visual - So get off the fence, It's creasing your butt, Life is a party, Let's get out and strut

HEARTS FOR SALE

- I have always loved this song!
Hearts for sale
Going cheap
Hearts for sale
Lovers' leap
Everyone knows what lover's leap is, right?

ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH

I can feel your tongue on mine
Silky smooth like wine
yeah MICK I can feel it too I can almost hear you sigh, When you made sweet love to me
oh yeah MICK in my dreams

SLIPPING AWAY

- this is classic humble KEEF - All I want is ecstasy
But I ain't getting much
Just getting off on misery
It seems I've lost my touch

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WaiteringOnAFiend Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,427	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #11 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 2:13am Bitcholino - I believe that the lyrics to Sad Sad Sad have been regularly misquoted and that it's actually "The infant's in the bedroo', throwin' all his weight abou'. Yeah". A reference to little Jimbo? "Fi', fi', fi; mi', mi', mi'" is a cracker, also.
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #12 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 5:44am Educated and dedicated, longtime poster on this board. A real quality guy.
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Freya Gin Rocks Off Regular Offline They'll Never Make a Saint of Me! Posts: 702 2000 light years from home Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #13 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 8:08am Edith Grove wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 5:44am: Educated and dedicated, longtime poster on this board. A real quality guy. I wouldn't go that far.
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #14 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 6:34pm Freya Gin wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 8:08am: Edith Grove wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 5:44am: Educated and dedicated, longtime poster on this board. A real quality guy. I wouldn't go that far. Why?
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WaiteringOnAFiend Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,427	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #16 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 9:02pm Blooming Aida, Freya Fair enough, yet now I suspect you have SCL imagining that it was me - rather than some other monkey - who, earlier in the year, vulgarly requested polaroids of you in your split-crotch scanties (or whatever it was).
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sweetcharmedlife Agent Provocateur Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,932 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #17 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 9:37pm Steel Wheels wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 7:33pm: LOL This is my favorite thread of all time!
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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #18 - Mar 30^th, 2017 at 10:32pm

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 6:34pm:

Freya Gin wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 8:08am:

Edith Grove wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 5:44am:

Educated and dedicated, longtime poster on this board.

A real quality guy.

I wouldn't go that far.

Why?

We don't want him to think he's cool and we like him or anything. Isn't that ego puffed up enough already?

WaiteringOnAFiend wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 9:02pm:

Blooming Aida, Freya
Fair enough, yet now I suspect you have SCL imagining that it was me - rather than some other monkey - who, earlier in the year, vulgarly requested polaroids of you in your split-crotch scanties (or whatever it was).

I can't be held responsible for what SCL might be imagining. But we all know what a perv you are, WoaF. It's no secret.

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lavendar Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,074 Buffalo,NY Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #19 - Apr 1^st, 2017 at 9:37am Stages have come a long way.... Remember the stage for Steel Wheels? On a Hot summer day at Rich Stadium, Buffalo- the Place Sold Out. A R/Roll fest once again. Wouldn't ya know just pulled the CD and its Missing GR8 Tunes.
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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #20 - Apr 1^st, 2017 at 9:24pm

WaiteringOnAFiend wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 2:13am:

Bitcholino -
I believe that the lyrics to Sad Sad Sad have been regularly misquoted and that it's actually "The infant's in the bedroo', throwin' all his weight abou'. Yeah".
A reference to little Jimbo?

"Fi', fi', fi; mi', mi', mi'" is a cracker, also.

I always thought it was elephant. here's my interpretation ~ the elephant is the fat husband catching his wife fvcking MICK, and he's throwing a fit about it, as MICK is hiding in the bathroom trying not to get his ass kicked. Grin

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Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts?
Reply #21 - Apr 1^st, 2017 at 9:43pm

Bitch wrote on Apr 1^st, 2017 at 9:24pm:

WaiteringOnAFiend wrote on Mar 30^th, 2017 at 2:13am:

Bitcholino -
I believe that the lyrics to Sad Sad Sad have been regularly misquoted and that it's actually "The infant's in the bedroo', throwin' all his weight abou'. Yeah".
A reference to little Jimbo?

"Fi', fi', fi; mi', mi', mi'" is a cracker, also.

I always thought it was elephant. here's my interpretation ~ the elephant is the fat husband catching his wife fvcking MICK, and he's throwing a fit about it, as MICK is hiding in the bathroom trying not to get his ass kicked. Grin

I thought it was elephant too, though I interpreted it to mean that the proverbial elephant in the room was becoming harder to ignore. But your interpretation is probably right, Bitch. We all know what a slut Mick is, after all.

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andrews27 Rocks Off Regular Offline Wake up Bowie or we all through!! Posts: 1,597 Pittsburgh, PA, USA Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #22 - Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 12:58am Steel Wheels not a patch on EMOTIONAL RESCUE Would've sold better if they'd called it EMOTIONAL RESCUE II
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lotsajizz Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,788 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #23 - Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 6:28am There is no such thing as a bad Stones album, but this comes the closest.
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Steel Wheels Rocks Off Regular Offline Much love and support to my dear friend Mary! Posts: 2,659 2,000 Light Years From Home Gender:	Re: Steel Wheels - thoughts? Reply #24 - Apr 2^nd, 2017 at 6:30am The correct lyric is elephant.
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