One of the greatest LP’s of all time. I once played it on repeat for 4 days straight during an odd time in my teens. Closest experience you can come to tripping without drugs being involved.
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King Gizzz are back with their 25th LP following up their thrash metal concept album with… something that sounds like KLF meets Tangerine Dream and glowsticks at a mid 90s rave?
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Enjoying Exoskeleton, the new album from Nick Barker. Some absolute killers on it.
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Alive 2007 is an electronic masterpiece.
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Death
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I have loved this track from the moment l first heard it, on headphones in Myer Southland, late 1969. I bought the album straight away. This was their first album outing with new boy Mick Taylor on board and he made an instant and obvious impact, he had already appeared on the Honky Tonk Women single. This album along with the two that followed it, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street, are the high water mark for Stones recordings for many people/fans, myself included, especially Sticky Fingers.
The intro to Gimme Shelter is a work of genius, but is not typical Stones, it is far more lyrical, even wistful, compared to other intros, in the way the guitars pick up the melody and play with it, all the while the back singers lull us, a single piano note is hit with power and precision, then Charlie’s drums kick in with their customary aplomb, the guitar returns but no longer with understatement. I could listen to whole album made up of variations of just this intro, it is among their finest. If you like this intro l urge you to have have listen to the epic Can’t You Hear Me Knocking on Sticky Fingers, that has a very different style intro, with Mick Taylor channeling his inner Santana. Baco to Gimme Shelter though, Mary Clayton elevates the vocals with her backing (her brother same played in Little Feat), and on the strength of this track alone deserved to be more well known. Or have a listen to the intro of another personal favourite on Sticky Fingers, ■■■■■ (this was released on the back of Brown Sugar as a single, but ■■■■■ kicks with more energy and verve, thanks in part to the use of a brass section).
Then there is You Got the Silver on side 2, with Keith on vocals, too much of a ballad to be called country and Western, Antonioni used it on his soundtrack to Zabriskie Point. There is also the full-length version of You Can’t Always Get What You Want to close out the album where there is heavenly choir singing the refrain (an edited version was on the back of Honky Tonk Women. Speaking of which they did an inferior version called Country Honk on this album). The latest couple of tracks l have heard from the Stones have indeed recalled musical themes from their past and that is no bad thing.
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Tim Rogers, an unabashed hardcore Stones fan, performed this smokin’ version of “Gimme Shelter” on RocKwiz. Host Brian Nankervis is also a lifelong Stones nut.
Vika Bull sings the Merry (not Mary!) Clayton shivers-down-yer-spine vocal with aplomb.
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That is outstanding. l also neglected to say that l saw The Stones perform this live at Kooyong early in 1973, when it was about 100 degrees F, (we still used fahrenheit in those days).
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In tribute to David McCallum who passed a couple of weeks ago
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Vale the great Carla Bley, lived a life of musical adventure and creativity, even gave Linda an early gig on the iconic musical hybrid, Escalator Over The Hill.
PS Not sure who had that hairstyle first, Carla or Pris from the original Blade Runner.
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generic pop ■■■■, but I rate it as one of the best pop songs of recent times.
just sounds absolutely great. very well produced.
New Blink182 due out tomorrow.
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Great signs so far with their single releases
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It is decades since I have heard that album. The late, great Jack Bruce also featured, and IIRC Ainsley Dunbar also played some drums.
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Vika owns that version, Tim Rogers put well into the shade.
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“Hackney Diamonds” is released tomorrow and I expect my copy to arrive next week.
I’m more excited than Big Kev ever was!
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I will be interested to hear your views on it.