Hey, I like it.
It's got that big, crashing sound and Jagger's vocals are obviously new.
How he thought he could get away with claiming otherwise is beyond me, but its Wandering Spirit Mick...
so it works well with the music and its slightly buried in the mix, so the overall sound is classic Stones.
Anybody got the lyrics? I only hear bits....which, i guess, is in the Exile tradition.
I'm on my tenth hearing.

Classic21 version sounds like crap on headphones, so I plunked down €1 on the iTunes version, gotta support the ol' geezers. Remember Mick said he'd only bother working on old songs if this batch sold well...

Ok that's better. Sound is still a bit distorted, why do the engineers need to push the sound like that theses days, it was the same problem on ABB.

I really wonder what's left from the original track on this ? I'm guessing...not much, maybe Nicky's piano ? I suspect that second faint/ghost vocal by Mick (first time he's done that, no ?) is a way to emulate Keith's buried vocals on Exile. Wasn't he around to do the same ?

Must say it's growing on me, too bad it's missing a bridge !

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen to that guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LJ.

Dunno, sounds more like "Save Me" to me than TD.

But yeah the guitar's good, without it this would be "Brilliant Mistake v2", nothing too technical but a lot of soul and feeling,...and it's most likely been recorded very recently...man what we've been missing out on since 74. The buck stops at Mick and Keith, but the music has a life of its own and in spite of his merits Ron never took it to another level for them.

WE ARE DISCUSSING A NEW STONES SONG AND IT'S FROM THE VAULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

         

LadyJane wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 7:56pm:



Yep.....
I just sounds new enough to me and its beautiful thing.
This proves to me that it always depends on Jagger. No matter how great a riff is, or how amazing Keith is and how consistent he is, if Jagger is not being real or stripped down to the core lyrically and vocally, the Stones are not the Stones. Jagger, 2009, sounds impassioned here, like he means it and that makes all the difference.

Compiled by my good friend, Shidoobee's crossfire hurricane!

Good job!!!!!

Plundered My Soul

Can you believe it? I've won more medals in this love game.
I’ve been resting on my laurels. I’m a bad loser. I’m a yard off my pace.
Mmmm… I smell rubber and I soon discovered that you’re gone for good.
My indiscretions made a bad impression. Guess I was misunderstood.

I thought you needed my loving, but it's my heart that you stole.
I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul.
(Plundered my soul)

I started asking around but your friend's pretty lips were sealed.
I wrote a letter full of prattle and tried the fashions and my wounds that heel.
I had some gossip. Come on I got it, you’re dryin’ out.
So I phoned every clinic in the yellow pages, not a place I found.

I thought you needed my loving, but it's my heart that you stole.
I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul.
(You plundered my soul)

I hate quittin’ but I’m close to admittin’ I’m a sorry case.  
But on quiet reflection, my sad rejections not a total disgrace.
But I do miss your quick repartee and the smile the length of your face.
You'll be a hard act to follow. A bitter pill to swallow.
You’re a tough, oh you’re tough to replace.

I thought you wanted my loving, but it's my heart that you stole.
You were the trick up my sleeve. My ace in the hole.
I thought you wanted my money, but you plundered my soul.
Oh… plundered my soul.
Oh yeah!
(You plundered my soul)
You plundered my soul.
Yeah! Yeah!
(You plundered my soul)

________________________________________

This man knows his Jaggerbonics!!
LJ.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 8:30pm:



I was wondering, is it keith or someone else? what do you think, i thought it wasn't... but not sure...

Honestly, I'm still confused about all this...explain it like I'm 2:
Jagger claims he only added new lyrics and vocals to the River song......but this sounds entirely new to me, vocally.
So what exactly are we hearing? Old music, new voice? But isn't that just a new song? I'm loving it, but I still don't get the point of claiming its "old" and "unearthed".

I've been Plundered and I like it,like it,yes I do. On my third listen. I don't know if their are 2 different versions going around. But out of the three that were sent to me. 2 are different lengths. But as for the song itself. Good stuff. Yeah the vocals are very 2010. But it's nice to hear Mick put in an effort. Seems strong. I like the lyrics. Not cheesy,good hook. Works for me. For those that don't like it. To each their own....But keeping things in perspective. This is 2010. Does anybody sound the same as they did 30 years ago. It's probably better to attempt this than totally new material. I mean tell me a band that is even better now than they were 20-30-40-50 years ago. It's a fun little rock & roll song that for 3 minutes and 54 seconds made me forget about lifes troubles. We're not curing cancer here....Or donating a liver............Good Shit.

If Keith spent more than fives minutes on any of these new tracks, I'm not hearing it. Like "A Bigger Bang," this is 98% Mick, folks. And the fact that he brought in Taylor speaks volumes. ... I wonder if Keith disapproved overall, or just couldn't be bothered.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Apr 15^th, 2010 at 10:28pm:


Totally and unequivocally ... which is kind of shocking, when you think about it.

I'm not knocking the project. I never would've dreamed that Mick would go in for this sort of thing.