..And Superheavy is born

by A.R. Rahman on Sunday, May 22, 2011



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Hate to disagree with your geography work there, scl, but Bombay became Mumbai in 1995.

...because Keith is a a dickhead, self-absorbed, coke-addicted, alcoholic, revisionist......whose done nothing meaningful in decades....and this is from a Keith FAN!!  He's coastin'.....

Tumbling Dijs wrote on May 22^nd, 2011 at 6:02pm:


I'm with you, Tumbling Dijs.  

Ginda wrote on May 22^nd, 2011 at 2:44pm:



If the troubadours were killed before they reached it...then it's still Bombay!

well I shall be doing cartwheels in the street upon this release...I want to see Mick live

andrews27 wrote on May 22^nd, 2011 at 11:40pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 23^rd, 2011 at 11:01am:


Nice try.  Now don't make Margie put on her uniform again...

From a lengthy feature and interview on Dave Stewart in the new issue of UNCUT which is just out :

"We've recorded 30 songs and filmed it". Stewart shows me a video of this unusual supergroup recording, standing next to me and commenting in my ear throughout like we're at a gig. The music is eclectic, with toasting, electro, rock, and Joss Stone and Jagger belting it out. It's like a giant's idea of Screamadelica. "We're called Super Heavy" says Dave. "This is me on steroids".

Ginda wrote on May 23^rd, 2011 at 11:23am:



good points. I too hope you're wrong, and if you turn out to be, i will be the first to not rub it in your face, in fact, I hope we forget about our nervousness now, because it is replaced by tingle...

Mick Jagger announces new album – with fusion group Super Heavy

Mick Jagger, seen here performing at the 2011 Grammy Awards, will play harmonica for his new group
Super Heavy.

 


Angela Hickman  May 23, 2011


What do you call a secret series of jam sessions featuring Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, and A.R. Rahman? Super Heavy, of course. The supergroup — kind of a modern-day Traveling Wilburys — has been a secret for 18 months, but now they’re ready to share what they’ve come up with, and their debut “fusion” album is coming out in September.

“It’s a bit odd,” Jagger told Rolling Stone. “A different kind of record than what people would expect.”

To be fair, it’s hard to believe anyone would have been expecting a record from such a disparate group, so to suggest that it’s “different” is just the tip of the iceberg.

The brainchild of Stewart, a founder of the Eurythmics, Super Heavy — featuring three British musical heavyweights, Bob Marley’s youngest son, and India’s most famous film composer — certainly has a range of influences to draw upon, “from reggae to ballads to Indian songs in Urdu.” It doesn’t sound as if any of the influences include Jagger’s famous voice, though.

Instead, the rock ‘n’ roll machine will put his famous mouth to work in a different pursuit: the harmonica. Jagger, who also plays some guitar, decided to leave the singing to the others and work to provide some “high energy” mouth organ accompaniment instead.

The group has no plans yet for a tour, although Jagger has said the door isn’t closed to the idea. Maybe he’s thinking his new group would be a nice compliment to his old band. Although the Stones haven’t toured since 2007, next year marks the 50-year anniversary of their first concert in London, in July 1962, and Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards has already expressed a desire to tour.

The Rolling Stones featuring Super Heavy? That would be something to see.

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So Ms. Hickman has gleaned that Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger will play harp and guitar in support of the other vocalists in Super Heavy.

Clearly on a vacuous roll, she also reckons that a commingling of his bands might be in order...

I think we need to face a reality here, Mick, Charlie and Ronnie have successful lives outside of the Stones. Charlie is playing jazz each summer and touring Europe. He certainly isn't doing it for the money, he is playing in small jazz clubes. He is doing it because he loves it, he's a true musican. Ronnie has cleaned up his act, is hosting a very successful radio program and he has said many times he makes more money selling his paintings than from the Stones royalities. He has a new girlfriend, plays some special gigs now, looks and seems to be pretty happy.  Mick is working with Dave Stwart again, and Keith wasn't invited into this "super Group". Mick is working on a movie, is active in the social scene and has built a life outside ot constant touring and being the Rolling Stones.

The one person who has not built a life outside the Stones is Keith. I read parts of his book and they come off to me as vindictive in some places and childish in others. It seems his point was to show how he stood up to Mick at times. I'm not surprised Mick is bit pissed at his treatment in the book. Keith can't deal with the fact that the Stones, as great as they were, are not contemporary any more. They probably can't fill up a staidum any more and who is going to pay $250 a ticket in this economy.

I certainly don't think badly of Mick with working with other people. I've never seen anyone on this board critiize Charlie for working with other and same can be said for Ronnie.