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RIP Charlie Watts

8893 said:
I listened to the original studio version last night and was thinking that it may be the most recognizable opening drum beat of all time. Not many songs open with an unaccompanied drum for the first several beats.
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Somehow didn’t make Rick’s top 20. He should have had Ballroom Blitz much higher.

 
Chin Diesel said:
I'm with you.

For people of a certain age the Beatles had a huge cultural influence before the Stones came around. Musically The Stones crush the Beatles. Lennon is probably seen by most as a better song writer than Jagger or Richards but Stones were so much more versatile. Beatles are for the boomers sucking on herbal tea and Starbucks. Stones are for the boomers sucking on bourbon and marlboros.
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Bourbon and joints. Cigarettes will kill you.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Angie and Wild Horses are some epic headbangers...easily a match for Norwegian Wood. Fool to Cry, Ruby Tuesday...the list of mellow tunes is long.

I do think Heartbreaker and Gimmie Shelter rock pretty hard. I just think the Stones are more jazzy/funky than the Beatles. That may mostly be because they survived into the 70s. Who knows what the Beatles would have done?
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Going back to the early days of both groups, the Beatles did like 95% love songs into 1966 while the Stones were cranking out "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It Black", both of which were released between the Beatles releasing Rubber Soul and Revolver. They were darker and willing to write about subjects beyond boy meets girl.

I think the Beatles ended when they had to. For whatever acclaim the White Album garnered, most of it was not a "group" production. I think the only one who didn't "quit" the band before the official announcement was George. Pretty much everyone was ready to do their own thing and that worked out well for all four of them. Jagger/Richards still had the desire to work together and were capable of coming up with good new material, at least through Exile.

That said, I never took to Jagger, although i appreciated the musicality of the band. For me it was Beatles>Kinks>Stones>Who.
 
Tickets for Tampa in October. Mick bought a house for his girlfriend and his kid (her parents in Bradenton) close to where I live near Sarasota.
 
No Expectations is my favorite Stones tune, from Rock and Roll Circus.

Charlie Watts doesn't even play on it.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
If you want to do the female vocalists plays off Mick Jaggar, there's this version of Gimme Shelter and then there's the rest.

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Splitting hairs but that tour and all after = no Bill.
But there you go. No band can do that better...when Mick was Mick..

Tight they weren't. Great they were.

RIP Charlie
 
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OviedoFLHusky said:
This has been my favorite band since forever. I can vividly remember sitting patiently next to the family AM radio on hot summer days in 1965, just to hear "Satisfaction."

Was fortunate enough to see them twice, in 1978 ("Some Girls") and 1994 ("Voodoo Lounge").

Here's another article, a good one - the Daily Mail's headline story: 'The ultimate drummer'

Here's the last "public" picture of him, with his wife of 57 years. They had just adopted a greyhound. Family man, animal lover, and the best rock drummer ever. RIP, Mr. Watts.

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He looked so frail in that picture, but he was 80. My plan is to play tennis into my 90s, basketball to 70, road cycle to 80.
 
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One of my favorite memories of the Stones is attending their show the same night UConn Men won their first championship in 1999. I debated whether to go to the show or stay home and watch the game. I ended up at the show and fortunately a co-worker taped the game and lent it to me. My memory is faulty but I remember the screen showing the game just when Trajan lost the ball and I believe that "Sympathy For The Devil" was playing. The street outside the HCC was nuts after the show.
 
HCCForever said:
One of my favorite memories of the Stones is attending their show the same night UConn Men won their first championship in 1999. I debated whether to go to the show or stay home and watch the game. I ended up at the show and fortunately a co-worker taped the game and lent it to me. My memory is faulty but I remember the screen showing the game just when Trajan lost the ball and I believe that "Sympathy For The Devil" was playing. The street outside the HCC was nuts after the show.
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HCCForever said:
One of my favorite memories of the Stones is attending their show the same night UConn Men won their first championship in 1999. I debated whether to go to the show or stay home and watch the game. I ended up at the show and fortunately a co-worker taped the game and lent it to me. My memory is faulty but I remember the screen showing the game just when Trajan lost the ball and I believe that "Sympathy For The Devil" was playing. The street outside the HCC was nuts after the show.
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They played 2 nights. I had Tix for the game night. I simply swapped out. Problem solved.
 
IMO a really good 19.5 minute piece from 2013 on 60- Minutes Australia about the then upcoming Stones' 50th Anniversary Tour. Interviews with each of the band members along with historical footage of their early years. Enjoy!

 
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