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Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Apr 20^th, 2017 at 3:47pm

Bill wasn't a songwriter or an absolutely vital force in the band....BUT:

I feel that he was part of the band's chemistry as a whole. He was certainly a great bassist. He was the "straight man" to the increasingly cartoonish personalities of Mick and Keith. He was a good, relatable counterpoint to their excesses, while not being as meek or easy going as Charlie. He was possibly the most honest and straight forward member, and while he didn't have much onstage charisma, his droll personality made him stand out in his own way.

I could accept the losses of Brian and Taylor, because each of those guys wrote themselves of the Stones story and it was still the core rhythm section of Bill and Charlie keeping "a solid rhythm down." But when Bill left something was lost. Besides the fact that they failed to properly and officially replace him, I feel Darryl Jones was a horrible session replacement and they became a fouresome rather than the five man band they were before.

Beyond that, after Bill's exit they went full throttle into being a Vegas-esque act and not long after came Blondie Chaplin and all that crap.

Anyone feel Bill's exit made the Stones a little less interesting?

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Re: Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Reply #1 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 8:49pm

Not at all...to be clear...I never really had an opinion one way or another.

I was fortunate enough to have seen him 4 times in concert with the Stones...

but honestly...I recall telling myself that he needed a good kick in the ass to get a bit more RnR into his stage MO...though his playing on the older stuff is par excellence...
no doubt about that...

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Re: Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Reply #3 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 5:34am

BrianRollingJones wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 3:47pm:

Bill wasn't a songwriter or an absolutely vital force in the band....BUT:

I feel that he was part of the band's chemistry as a whole. He was certainly a great bassist. He was the "straight man" to the increasingly cartoonish personalities of Mick and Keith. He was a good, relatable counterpoint to their excesses, while not being as meek or easy going as Charlie. He was possibly the most honest and straight forward member, and while he didn't have much onstage charisma, his droll personality made him stand out in his own way.

I could accept the losses of Brian and Taylor, because each of those guys wrote themselves of the Stones story and it was still the core rhythm section of Bill and Charlie keeping "a solid rhythm down." But when Bill left something was lost. Besides the fact that they failed to properly and officially replace him, I feel Darryl Jones was a horrible session replacement and they became a fouresome rather than the five man band they were before.

Beyond that, after Bill's exit they went full throttle into being a Vegas-esque act and not long after came Blondie Chaplin and all that crap.

Anyone feel Bill's exit made the Stones a little less interesting?

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Re: Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Reply #5 - Apr 21^st, 2017 at 1:31pm

I love Darryl Jones and his playing, and Bill has said some vaguely snide things about him very quietly over the years, but his loss was only truly felt when he left. He was crucial to the sound and Bob Dylan said that the Stones aren't the Stones without him, they are a funk band. I don't necessarily agree, but I get what he is saying. He was vital to the sound.

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Re: Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Reply #9 - Apr 22^nd, 2017 at 7:04am

These questions...

Nobody lost interest in the Stones after any of these guys left. They only get more important, more legendary. I remember camping out for tickets in the 90's and it was amazing the amount of fanatics who would sleep on concrete.

Charlie is not meek. That's just crazy talk. It's his band!

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Re: Anyone else kind of lose interest in the Stones after Bill left?
Reply #12 - Apr 25^th, 2017 at 11:33pm

BrianRollingJones wrote on Apr 20^th, 2017 at 3:47pm:

Bill wasn't a songwriter or an absolutely vital force in the band....BUT:

I feel that he was part of the band's chemistry as a whole. He was certainly a great bassist. He was the "straight man" to the increasingly cartoonish personalities of Mick and Keith. He was a good, relatable counterpoint to their excesses, while not being as meek or easy going as Charlie. He was possibly the most honest and straight forward member, and while he didn't have much onstage charisma, his droll personality made him stand out in his own way.

I could accept the losses of Brian and Taylor, because each of those guys wrote themselves of the Stones story and it was still the core rhythm section of Bill and Charlie keeping "a solid rhythm down." But when Bill left something was lost. Besides the fact that they failed to properly and officially replace him, I feel Darryl Jones was a horrible session replacement and they became a fouresome rather than the five man band they were before.

Beyond that, after Bill's exit they went full throttle into being a Vegas-esque act and not long after came Blondie Chaplin and all that crap.

Anyone feel Bill's exit made the Stones a little less interesting?

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