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Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Edgy MD Apr 20 2020 07:17 PM

Some quarantined performers are using the innernet to reach their audience while they have nothing to do. Some are shockingly tone deaf about how insincere and empty they come across and how little they have to offer without a production team around them. Some are merely shockingly tone deaf, full stop. The Stones. I never thought I'd ask this, but ... when did Mick become the strongest part of the band? [YOUTUBE]N7pZgQepXfA[/YOUTUBE]

ashie62 Apr 20 2020 07:23 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Mick Taylor? I'd say Exile on Main St or Sticky Fingers...Get your ya yas out has Mick at his best Nice Get

Edgy MD Apr 20 2020 07:50 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

I guess now we know why Blondie Chaplin has been touring with the band the last decade and a half. It's not that they needed to fill out their sound so much as Keith is seemingly bringing nothing to the table.

kcmets Apr 20 2020 08:28 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

They turned down Keith's amps down a decade ago lol

LWFS Apr 20 2020 08:36 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Good Lord, that was weird. I mean, if production is the thing... they've got the world's finest producers at their telephonic fingertips, right? The Roots are putting together new arrangements of other people's songs with improv instrumentation every night, and the Stones can't weave together a semi-decent four-part midtempo ballad they've been playing together for a half-century?

Edgy MD Apr 20 2020 10:07 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

=kcmets post_id=35519 time=1587436099 user_id=53] They turned down Keith's amps down a decade ago lol

Also looks like Keith's divorce from alcohol isn't working out.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 21 2020 07:36 AM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

If I didn't know anything about the Stones, and discovered them just now for the first time, through recent videos, or recent performances, I'd have no interest in them.

Edgy MD Apr 21 2020 08:04 AM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Haz anybody else seen the "Imagine" video?

Fman99 Apr 21 2020 09:21 AM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

I watched about 15 seconds of Elton John in his own backyard doing "I'm Still Standing," a song I always enjoyed, and turned it off. It didn't sound great to me.

Edgy MD Apr 21 2020 10:14 AM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

I'm too Dannon! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Frayed Knot Apr 21 2020 01:04 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

So I guess the upshot here is that: Rock and Rollers approaching 80 don't sound nearly as good as they used to. Who knew?

Edgy MD Apr 21 2020 01:35 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Well, there's certainly that. But there's also the reality of how shit everybody sounds without professional production. That goes for SNL actors trying to cut sketches in their living rooms, too.

ashie62 Apr 21 2020 01:37 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

The Stones are slowing the pace of the songs they play live. Keith can look like he is miming at times I've been down on Keith's guitar abilities before, but man he is legit. They ain't easy to learn I thought the first part of "Can't you hear me Knockin" would be a breeze. No. Keith tuned to a G, E is the most common tuning. I could not work it out For those who care the Stones "Lonesome and Blue" catches the band as they are today My best Blondie Chaplin moment was the tour he did for David Johansen's "Here Comes the Night" Blondie is one of a small few who can do the vintage Les Paul Goldtop justice

LWFS Apr 21 2020 03:33 PM Re: Entertainment in the Time of the Coronavirus

Edgy MD wrote: Well, there's certainly that. But there's also the reality of how shit everybody sounds without professional production. That goes for SNL actors trying to cut sketches in their living rooms, too. For what it's worth, I thought the SNL editors/graphics staff did a damn fine job trying to turn Zoom screenshots and iPhone footage into semi-professional televisual entertainment. The cast/writers? Well... that's another matter.