Gazza wrote on Nov 27
th, 2012 at 9:32am:
That explains a lot.
Debates on Youtube aren't exactly noted for their insight, are they, to put it mildly.
True but it is an interesting point. Didn't Keith himself dislike Taylor's soloing while he was in the band? I remember reading a story where Keith basically railed at him in the studio around early '74 that he was good live but he was too loud in the studio, something like that, and also read that Keith erased some of Mick's stuff from It's Only Rock N' Roll.
"In November 1973, while the band were to begin work on the LP It's Only Rock 'n Roll at Musicland Studios in Munich, Taylor missed some of the sessions while he underwent surgery for acute sinusitis. Not much was achieved during the first 10 days at Musicland. Most of the actual recordings were made in January (Musicland) and April 1974 (Stargroves). When Taylor resumed work with the band, he found it difficult to get on with Richards. At one point during the Munich sessions, Richards confronted him, and said, "
Oi! Taylor! You're playing too fuckin' loud. I mean, you're really good live, man, but you're fucking useless in the studio. Lay out, play later, whatever." Richards erased some of the tapes where Taylor had recorded guitar parts to some of the songs for It's Only Rock n' Roll. Taylor was, however, present at all the sessions in April at Stargroves, England, where the LP was finished and most of the overdubs were recorded."
And I've read in general some consider that his solos are more noddling than anything and that the band might've broken up if he hadn't quit and that his style would've made the Stones seem outdated in the Punk era. That the era of guitar solo heroics was over and as such he might've had no real place on the records or brought them down.
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