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| Marc |
 Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:02 pm |
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Billy,
I was a huge Stones fan up until Brian Jones died and then they became a glorified bar band. Jones brought melody, sensuality, and experimentation to the mix. I love songs like Ruby Tuesday, Paint It Black, As Tears Go By, Satisfaction, Get Off My Cloud, Lady Jane, Yesterday's Papers...
Did not dig The Stones in their blustery blues rock/ country mode or worse the disco and reggae shit: Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Women, Hot Stuff, I Miss You,
It's Only Rock And Roll, Start Me Up.
The transition from Brian Jones era Stones to Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood era Stones is like going from a smooth mescaline high to being shit-faced on Jack Daniels. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:10 pm |
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Marc wrote:
The transition from Brian Jones era Stones to Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood era Stones is like going from a smooth mescaline high to being shit-faced on Jack Daniels.
I cannot possibly describe to you how much I adore this metaphor. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:24 pm |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:25 pm |
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I'd like to see the TAMI Show.
Soul Power came out earlier this year on Dvd and while it's good and interesting, it's not great. Some of the best parts of the film are the impromptu moments. Manu DiBango playing sax for kids in the street, Ray Baretto jamming in a drum line on a Kinshasa market, Sister Sledge warming up, etc. Along with some good James Brown and Ali moments.
But the Africans (on stage and in the audience) and the Latino acts are downplayed far too much.
As for the Stones, Brian Jones was interesting in his use of various instruments, but Mick and Keef wrote everything, and the great run of Stones albums occurs from 1968's Beggar's Banquet (-- Let It Bleed & Sticky Fingers --) through to 1972's Exile. If I recall, Jones' was reasonably involved with Beggar's but not fond of the tack into country music, and then contributed only minimally to Let it Bleed. I prefer the Stones as the World's Greatest Bar Band, as opposed to their more arty, posing early songwriting efforts.
Last month I had a song in heavy rotation which reminded me a whole lot of that Aftermath/Between the Buttons-style Stones, and now I can't remember what on earth it was. Sounded like a good rip-off.
Otherwise, I just watched the Italian film Dillinger is Dead with Anita Pallenberg, but the film pretty much got on my nerves, except for the gun as art object and an Italian pop rendition of Lee Dorsey's Holy Cow with completely different lyrics.
And to connect Brian Jones to the earlier Winnie the Pooh discussion, Jones died at AA Milne's estate which he had purchased the year before and was renovating. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:58 am |
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| The death of Brian Jones has never been successfully explained. I've never been a conspiracy nut but reading about the circumstances surrounding it have certainly made me wonder just what happened. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:57 pm |
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| In preparation for The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, a Shakespeare-style stage version of The Big Lebowski, I saw the movie again today. I had not been a big fan of it, and now I can't figure out what my problem was. It's really brilliant and one of the best Coen Brothers movies of all. Now I can see what all the shouting and the culting is about. Jeff Bridges is almost as good as in Crazy Heart, and John Goodman was never better. Plus, Julianne Moore scores in a purely comic role, something she doesn't often do. It's a blast. (But a lot of you knew that already.) |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:24 am |
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billyweeds wrote: In preparation for The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, a Shakespeare-style stage version of The Big Lebowski, I saw the movie again today. I had not been a big fan of it, and now I can't figure out what my problem was. It's really brilliant and one of the best Coen Brothers movies of all. Now I can see what all the shouting and the culting is about. Jeff Bridges is almost as good as in Crazy Heart, and John Goodman was never better. Plus, Julianne Moore scores in a purely comic role, something she doesn't often do. It's a blast. (But a lot of you knew that already.) |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:10 am |
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| Yeah, I liked Barton Fink also. Real crazy. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:12 am |
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The acclaimed Iranian movie Song of Sparrows is a sentimental story of an ostrich rancher's changing fortunes and their impact on his family life and community status. Engaging and at times touching.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:36 am |
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Quote: a sentimental story of an ostrich rancher's changing fortunes
Oh no, not another one. I'm so tired of film makers covering the same old ground. This year it's ostrich ranchers. Next year it will be snake wranglers. Can't anyone come up with an original idea? |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:39 am |
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Marc, "Oh no, not another one."
So how many stories of ostrich ranchers have you seen this year?
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:24 am |
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Quote: So how many stories of ostrich ranchers have you seen this year?
The Ostrich With The Dragon Tattoo, Ostrich In Wonderland, Men Who Stare At Ostriches, Where The Wild Ostriches Are, Ostrich:Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:07 am |
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| That last joke is the best. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:38 am |
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| The world's angriest and funniest hippie. Well, now that Abbie's gone. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:27 pm |
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Marc wrote: Quote: So how many stories of ostrich ranchers have you seen this year?
The Ostrich With The Dragon Tattoo, Ostrich In Wonderland, Men Who Stare At Ostriches, Where The Wild Ostriches Are, Ostrich:Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire.
I should have expected nothing less! |
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