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Landlubber77 t1_iwg73b9 wrote

They should record "Christmas is All Around Us" and promise to go naked on live TV if it hits number 1.

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swibirun t1_iwgbn90 wrote

Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Keith. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free!

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rraattbbooyy t1_iwg8tnp wrote

Record charts are a bad way to judge music.

Especially since the rise of the internet.

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Little_Duckling t1_iwgbjld wrote

That true.

What’s also true is that The Rolling Stones have not released any good new music in a long time.

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bolanrox t1_iwgeskf wrote

Excile on main Street. Get yer ya yas out and maby goats head soup. Basically until mick Taylor left

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Cultural-Company282 t1_iwil1th wrote

I'm going to have to object to that. The Rolling Stones have not released any popular music in a long time. But they have released a few obscure, but really nice, pieces of work along the way that most people have overlooked.

If you like old blues, the whole Blue and Lonesome album is a true a project of love - they knew going in that it wouldn't be a big money maker, but they clearly enjoyed putting it together. Have you listened to any of it? Can you really say this isn't good music???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyj_ci-Lwac&list=PLL44kuYYS8ylXRHCwQtswe8P9B-sKS-Zu&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmdhgZz-ic&list=PLL44kuYYS8ylXRHCwQtswe8P9B-sKS-Zu&index=6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshFGcYHp2A&list=PLL44kuYYS8ylXRHCwQtswe8P9B-sKS-Zu&index=9

In particular, I'd note that it really showcases how good Mick Jagger is as a blues harmonica player, which doesn't always get much attention in the rest of the Rolling Stones discography.

I'd also point out a few other good songs along the way that didn't get much attention.

Oh No, Not You Again and Look What the Cat Dragged In (from Bigger Bang)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhOYCorSvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOj-Yjs7Vi0

Bigger Bang was an interesting album because it was so stripped down compared to some of their previous recent work. A lot of it was recorded with just Mick, Keith, and occasionally Ronnie laying down tracks - Mick even played drums on early guide tracks that were recorded over later by Charlie Watts, and a lot of the bass on the album is by Keith Richards.

Moon is Up (from Voodoo Lounge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otTKA6FioPI

Charlie Watts recorded the "drums" for this track on a plastic wastebasket, in a stairwell. It really captures his "less is more" approach.

And finally, Slipping Away from Steel Wheels is one of Keith Richards' best songs - though Steel Wheels probably counts as a "long time ago" now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDtfMVkyWN4

Rumor has it that the Stones are working on new material now, so we'll see what comes next.

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Little_Duckling t1_iwilix2 wrote

Thank you for the detailed response! I’ll check out the albums you’ve mentioned.

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Cultural-Company282 t1_iwilutn wrote

A Bigger Bang does have a few duds on it. But some of the songs are really great. The blues album is also really great. Enjoy.

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MorrowPlotting t1_iwgboiz wrote

I was a kid in the early MTV days, and I remember the Rolling Stones were one of the bands making videos back then. They were, even in the early 1980s, an “old” band, identified with the ‘60s. But still, Mick & Co. were no more out-of-place in those early video days than Duran Duran or Pat Benatar.

I’m surprised songs like “Beast of Burden” or “Start Me Up” weren’t bigger hits, based on record sales — they got tons of airplay on MTV.

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bolanrox t1_iwgeokb wrote

Even anybody seen my baby was huge on MTV when it came out

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Wei_Lan_Jennings t1_iwgfc3k wrote

And they didn’t even write that themselves. They had to give kd lang a writer’s credit because Mick accidentally borrowed the chorus from “Constant Craving.”

It’s pretty good for late-period Stones though.

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RetroMetroShow t1_iwhenks wrote

Ha yeah they were all over MTV for sure - Beast of Burden (8) and Start Me Up (2) were both top 10 on the Billboard charts

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ST616 t1_iwgfkj1 wrote

Six of those 15 albums have gone to number 1 though. Most recently in 2016.

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Justme100001 t1_iwg9zxa wrote

So that's why they are still around....

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DavoTB t1_iwho8x1 wrote

There were also further album releases of live and reissued material during those years, maybe more missed chances…

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backstage13 t1_iwjksc8 wrote

Taylor swift could give them some pointers.

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