speaking of lyrics interpretations.. does anyone else have the feeling that Driving Me Too Hard, which Mick and Keith wrote together, but sounds like Keith probably had a bit more influence on than Mick, seems to be a song that might be about the times in their relationship that weren't so great?...there are some lines in there that heavily make me think of things both Mick and Keith have said about each other in interviews over the years, or even just more recently, like Keith on the Howard Stern show...

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Oct 21^st, 2023 at 8:51am:



Yes, that's what I meant, that the song is about times when they weren't on their best terms, like 80s/90s... and obviously not about the current state of their relationship, since undoubtedly, it's better now than in decades, maybe ever, everyone says so, not only Mick and Keith themselves, but Ronnie as well...I mean Keith basically goes out of his way to specifically mention in like every interview that he loves Mick and Mick never fails to point out how well Keith and him worked together on the album and how much Keith helped him and how much fun they had

I also agree about the fans, at least about the usual ones who always paint everything black (pun intended xD), suddenly almost everyone seems really tame and just thrilled about the album which is great

The only people I've heard complain is some few Charlie stans who don't even seem to have any clue about the band history but just care about Charlie and nothing else and who are as selfish as to say the Stones should have stopped after Charlie died...I mean, honestly??? These old men had a blast during the 2021 and 2022 tour and they had a blast recording the new songs, just doing what they love most, making music together, and those people would honestly deny them that?

Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 21^st, 2023 at 2:26pm:



In a faux-Liverpool accent, too....

Yes, theres some classic snarling there.  The one at the end of the solo on 'Bite' at 2:56. 

Who the fuck is Johnny Rotten?

Just noticed something 

Mick in the 70s on Jiving Sister Fanny: Well, she hocked my fancy motor and she hocked my electric guitar

Mick in 2023 on Mess It Up: You stole my numbers, you stole my code, you took my keys and then you nicked my phone

Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 29^th, 2023 at 1:29pm:



Maybe it's just a songwriting thing cause he thought it sounds the best that way, he also said that in WWW he wrote "filthy flat in Fulham" altho never having lived in Fulham cause Chelsea wouldn't have been an alliteration with "filthy flat"

What do y'all think Tell Me Straigh is about? Have seen some different takes so far...Keith himself joked on Howard Stern it's about fake news, but I don't believe it for a second lol

ronnie-woody wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 12:30pm:


It's an old blues/R & B trope.  You know - stolen from poor people who get upset when they lose their stuff.

I took her out dancing but she drank away my cash
She said, "I'm going to fix my face, don't you worry I'll be back"
I'm looking for her high and low like a mustard for a ham
She was crashed out in the bathroom
In the arms of my best friend

Melody, it was her second name
Melody, it was her second name

Then one day she left me
She took everything that moved
My car, she took my trailer home
She took my Sunday boots
My nose is on her trail
I'm going to catch her by surprise
Then I'm going to have the pleasure
To roast that child alive

And,

You can burn my house, steal my car
Drink my liquor from an old fruit-jar
Do anything that you want to do
But uh-uh baby, lay off of my shoes

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes