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Reply #275 - Mar 23^rd, 2024 at 9:56pm

Some Guy wrote on Mar 17^th, 2024 at 11:39am:

I'm gonna go way out on a limb here. This is the Greatest Stones album ever!

I'm out on an even thinner limb by still rating it as the worst Stones album...

On Satanic Majesties there are four tracks I regard as essential:
Rainbow, Light Years, Citadel, and All Together

On this new one, only three: Angry, WWW, and Sweet Sounds

And the comparison would be even more lop-sided if I included
some of these great Satanic-era B-sides...

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Reply #276 - Mar 23^rd, 2024 at 10:08pm

ronnie-woody wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2024 at 8:19am:

Did you guys see Keith's new IG story? Seems like they are getting together for tour rehearsals Cheesy

my guess it's on the east coast cause when I first saw the vid it was 3h after it was posted last evening and according to time zones it was 6pm west coast then but in the video it was dark outside, so east coast is the logical conclusion...

consensus so far is L.A.

in that regard, I would like to start a completely baseless rumor...

opening (with one song "start me up") for rfk and his veep nominee
dwayne the rock on tuesday march 26 at the paramount theater oakland

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Reply #279 - Mar 24^th, 2024 at 9:28am

This is an instant classic. Exchange this record for Emotional Rescue as far when it was released, and you would have people like Martin Popoff saying how miraculous it was that they had this three album run from Some Girls to Tattoo You so late in the game. The only mistake with this one was not releasing "Mess It Up" as the lead single.

The songs and the performances are there with this one. It's a mistake to look back to older classics recorded when Ronnie wasn't in the band. You have to judge and compare it to what they have done ever since he joined, and this is easily the third best record with Ronnie.

This narrative that it doesn't sound like a Stones record seems pretty unsubstantiated to me. Take "Get Close," for example. That song was initially worked on by Keith and Andrew Watt. They sent a demo of the groove to Jagger so that he could write a melody to it, which he eventually did. Are Jagger's vocals too upfront? Perhaps, but listen to the riff played by Keith on the left channel and how Ronnie weaves with it on the right. That's the Stones, baby.

"Depending On You" started as Keith and Steve were warming up and Keith played a chord progression that caught Mick's ear, so he went up to him and asked him to play it again. Another is "Whole Wide World," which Jagger had envisioned as a punk song. However, once Keith started messing with the riff he slowed it down and reworked it. "Driving Me Too Hard" is totally a Keith song that they had been kicking around since 2015 or 2016. Even the riff of "Angry" is reminiscent of "Soul Survivor" from Exile (a Keith song), despite being mostly written by Jagger.

By the way, all this info is in the book that comes with the blu ray box set, so I get that it may not be that easily available. Although Andrew Watt has talked about it in some interviews.

I think Watt did a great job cracking the whip and getting this out of them. The most 2023 thing about the record are the melodies that Jagger wrote. Some will decry that they are too poppy for them, but Between the Buttons is one of their best records in my estimation. Anyone paying attention knows that they have one of the most eclectic discographies, and this is a fine addition, in my opinion.

This are just my two cents, though, and I appreciate you guys sharing your thoughts!

- a youtube comment

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WaiteringOnAFiend Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,466	Re: Is This the new Official HACKNEY DIAMONDS release thread? Reply #280 - Mar 24^th, 2024 at 11:05am Great story-lines via Some Gals and great hoots via Anty's snap of Teeth's forehead-lines. Well happy Springing, innit?
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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 15,896 Atlanta Gender:	Re: Is This the new Official HACKNEY DIAMONDS release thread? Reply #281 - Mar 27^th, 2024 at 12:21pm Sounds fucking wonderful at 74 degrees and sunny!! Dudes crushed it.
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Reply #283 - Apr 9^th, 2024 at 1:22am

Some Guy wrote on Apr 8^th, 2024 at 7:06pm:

May I please add this album is exceptionally enjoyable.

This song live in concert! - You can't handle The Jagger!

What do y'all think are the chances they're gonna play that one live? Or Depending on You? Tbh I think maybe they'd only try 1-2 times, maybe in one of those cities where they play 2 shows each, in order to change things up a bit...I mean also in 2022 in London we got a few songs they didn't really play elsewhere or at least only once or twice during the tour...

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Reply #284 - Apr 9^th, 2024 at 7:02am

The songs on this album are not so complex or overly produced that they can't be played live.
If they wanted to, they could play every song throughout the tour.
I would love 3 per show, but that wont happen, or if it does, it will last about 3 shows...
reduce to two, then Angry will be the only one by the last third of the tour.
It's a shame, really. I hope I am proven wrong!

All of which, brings us back to this thread:
https://rocksoff.org/cgi-bin/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1700353470/0

....A substitution of 2-3 songs a night might be OK...some folks think more new songs, some less...(oh no, not the warhorse discussion again!!)
They can actually perform EVERY HD song during this tour, IMO.
I dont feel there are any that will bring the nite to a snore-fest for 5 minutes (Back of my hand...Has Anybody seen my baby, Juiced, come to mind)

I think the rumored small show where they play the whole album would be amazing to see, like they played SF at The Fonda

I would love to hear your thoughts/edits...

"Angry" >>> SMU

"Get Close" >>> GOMC / 19NB / LSTNT / UMT

"Depending On You" >>> WH

"Bite My Head Off" >>> BITCH / UMT / BS (i know...rip BS) /Satisfaction (if not in the encore slot)

"Whole Wide World" >>> SFM / IORR

"Dreamy Skies" >>> LIB / DF / SV

"Mess It Up" >>> MY (can reduce the restroom traffic frenzy, lol)

"Live by the Sword" >>> IORR / GOMC / YGMR / UMT

"Driving Me Too Hard" >>> HTW

"Tell Me Straight" >>> Any Keef Song, (maybe paired with Infamy)

"Sweet Sounds of Heaven" >>> YCAGWYW / GS (If the duet is extended for the runway portion
or if Gaga/Taylor shows up / MR (if Mick tosses in some amazing bluesy gospely harp!!)

"Rolling Stone Blues" >>> Encore add-on or intimate main set closer

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Reply #285 - Apr 9^th, 2024 at 7:26am

The only war horse I'd be really sad to see scratched in favour of a new song is Midnight Rambler, it's my favourite song live, all the rest of the war horses I don't 100% need xD (oh and also JJF I LOVE this live but so does Keith and that's why I guess they absolutely won't drop that, luckily xD)

Imo they should just drop Miss You, I never really liked the live version, the recors version is so much better, amd for some odd reason Mick also never really seems to properly know the lyrics and always messes up in some part Grin

and Miss You is dragging on for at least 10 minutes which is a waste of time, instead of that they could literally play at least 2 new songs... Roll Eyes

I also wouldn't mind at all if they switched Gimme Shelter with SSOH every 2nd show or so, it gets a bit boring hearing it a lot when you go to multiple shows on the tour, but of course I understand that the majority of people there isn't as crazy as us and only goes to one show (probably in their entire lives) which is the main problem about the war horses vs other songs ratio...

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Reply #290 - Apr 15^th, 2024 at 2:06am

Remember in like early December or so when people said they saw Mick and Keith together at a restaurant in Florence and apparently they were there to write/record stuff for the next new album?

Matt posted this on IG earlier, a vid from Florence and at the end you can see people in a recording studio and the person singing into the mic definitely is Mick (I stopped to take a screenshot and have a closer look lol) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5wndjevSeM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Reply #292 - May 19^th, 2024 at 9:42am

Man this album sounds so good by the pool! Album of The Summer.

Yo Mick! some advice for Atlanta my friend-

Our local picture that will get the biggest bang and major publicity/ airtime is The Big Chicken.

Set up with The Big Chicken in the background for major impact. Trust me!

Play Get Close

Do your Best Jagger.

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Reply #293 - May 19^th, 2024 at 5:23pm

Some Guy wrote on May 19^th, 2024 at 9:42am:

Man this album sounds so good by the pool! Album of The Summer.

Yo Mick! some advice for Atlanta my friend-

Our local picture that will get the biggest bang and major publicity/ airtime is The Big Chicken.

Set up with The Big Chicken in the background for major impact. Trust me!

Play Get Close

Do your Best Jagger.

Shalom

I trust the locals...you should as well, Mick!!
Looking fwd to ATL, baby!!

Last time I was in ATL was for a concert at the Omni...The Grateful Dead ,Spring tour 93

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Reply #298 - May 29^th, 2024 at 7:56pm

Holden wrote on May 29^th, 2024 at 5:09pm:

Are we still expecting a hackney diamonds documentary sometime or have we just been teased?

Actually I think we'll get it sometime after the tour seeing how they probably add some tour footage to it...probably in a "from the studio to the stage" kinda way

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