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| mandrack |
CHRISTOPHER WALSH; Billboard.com
457 words
9 December 2004
VNU Entertainment Newswire
English
Copyright 2004, VNU eMedia Inc. All rights reserved.
NEW YORK -- The Rolling Stones recently concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with producer Don Was. The band will reconvene in the New Year for additional sessions for an album tentatively due in summer 2005, Was tells Billboard.com.
Was describes the Stones' new music as considerably different from their recent releases. "Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] are writing songs together in a collaborative fashion that probably hasn't been seen since the late '60s," he says. "I would say that longtime fans of the Rolling Stones will be thrilled with these results, and new fans will understand why they're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world."
Was recalls sessions in which Jagger and Richards composed spontaneously, sometimes with Richards playing bass and Jagger on drums. "He's a great drummer," Was confides. "He's also playing a lot of guitar, and he's a really good guitar player. He's been playing bass on some things, [and] Keith is playing bass on some things. They're just great -- there's a reason that they've been the Rolling Stones for so long.
"And they can do it four times a day, every day," Was says of the pair's writing sessions, "and they're really good songs. I've never seen anything like it."
Drummer Charlie Watts, who was recently treated for throat cancer, also attended the Paris sessions and is in excellent health, Was says. "And he's playing like a lion," he adds.
In 2002, the Stones recorded at Studios Guillaume Tell, also in Paris, with Was and engineer Ed Cherney. Four of the songs recorded there are featured on the 2-disc "40 Licks" compilation released in 2002. Additional material recorded at those sessions may appear on the Stones' next album, says Was, "but this all seems to be of a piece so far, and is substantially different than anything I've worked on with them. It's really collaborative.
"It's not done," Was adds. "We can still ---- it up a thousand different ways, you know? But what I'm hearing now is very much in the great Stones tradition."
Was has been active throughout 2004, producing the Stones' two-disc "Live Licks" set released last month, as well as upcoming albums by Solomon Burke, Jessie Coulter and Kris Kristofferson, the latter recorded specifically for release in a surround-sound format.
Meanwhile Don has regrouped with David Was to lead their R&B project Was (Not Was) through a 12-city tour launching Dec. 27 at House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif. The tour will mark the first performance of the group in 13 years.
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| December 9th, 2004 06:53 PM |
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| kath |
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"And he's playing like a lion,"
uh....sort of a strangely mixed metaphor, but i like it!!!!!
of course, josh has already told us this is gonna be another loser album from mick and keith, so we shouldn't bother.
but, with charlie "playing like a lion", i'll be damned if i am gonna pass it up!!
summer of 2005?? so long away???? |
| December 9th, 2004 07:38 PM |
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| Poplar |
Great news - though Was is full of shit.
Truly something to look forward to at the end of a long cold Winter. |
| December 13th, 2004 10:59 AM |
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| Jair |
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Poplar wrote:
Great news - though Was is full of shit.
Truly something to look forward to at the end of a long cold Winter.
Agree completely about Don Was.
They should call Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. 
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| December 13th, 2004 11:12 AM |
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| F505 |
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kath wrote:
of course, josh has already told us this is gonna be another loser album from mick and keith, so we shouldn't bother.
All predictions of JB have come true so far.... |
| December 13th, 2004 11:13 AM |
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| Bloozehound |
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mandrack wrote:
Was describes the Stones' new music as considerably different from their recent releases. "Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] are writing songs together in a collaborative fashion that probably hasn't been seen since the late '60s," he says. "I would say that longtime fans of the Rolling Stones will be thrilled with these results, and new fans will understand why they're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world."
"It's not done," Was adds. "We can still ---- it up a thousand different ways, you know? But what I'm hearing now is very much in the great Stones tradition."
this must be where those morning DJ's got thier info, doesn't say anything about the first few albums, but does say "late 60's", interesting.
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Jair wrote:
Agree completely about Don Was.
They should call Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
your kidding right?
Not enough looping, new age electonica on modern Stones albums for your taste, or what?
Stones would be in their best element not trying to move forward as much as they should try moving back a few steps. |
| December 13th, 2004 11:21 AM |
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| jb |
Was is a kiss ass , who is too much of a fan to tell the pricks to make some good music.....he don't have the balls of a Jimmy Miller.... |
| December 13th, 2004 11:55 AM |
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| Bloozehound |
right |
| December 13th, 2004 12:00 PM |
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| Joey |
<-----------Was is a kiss ass , who is too much of a fan to tell the pricks to make some good music.....he don't have the balls of a Jimmy Miller....
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| December 13th, 2004 12:00 PM |
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| Bloozehound |
they've got all their gonna get outta Was, time to move on, but it doesn't appear it's gonna happen, best to just cross your fingers and hope the glimmers come together an get it right this time, it's really all up to them to take the bull by the horns and make the right decisions
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| December 13th, 2004 12:07 PM |
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| Joey |
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F505 wrote:
All predictions of JB have come true so far....
Josh is very wise .
J 
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| December 13th, 2004 12:11 PM |
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| Snappy McJack |
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Bloozehound wrote:
they've got all their gonna get outta Was, time to move on, but it doesn't appear it's gonna happen, best to just cross your fingers and hope the glimmers come together an get it right this time, it's really all up to them to take the bull by the horns and make the right decisions
Good point. Was is just a friend, I suppose. I believe that they feel comfortable with him around; but obviously he is one of the "yes men." What is this chitter-chatter about "going back to the 60's" and all of that cliche, cheesy sales pitch? Lately these guys have been better at marketing than producing 10 song records (better than 14, I tell ya! All killer and no "Voodoo Lounge" filler); and they got Don Was helping out the cause.
But, who around the Stones isn't a "yes man"? I just find it kind of hard to fathom that not one person can tell them "Hey, Keith -- I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but that was attrocious! Let's do a better take" or "Um, you got anything better than that, Mick?"
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| December 13th, 2004 12:11 PM |
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| Gazza |
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jb wrote:
Was is a kiss ass , who is too much of a fan to tell the pricks to make some good music.....he don't have the balls of a Jimmy Miller....
Maybe not, but he does have something that Jimmy no longer has.
A pulse.
Jimmy, if he was still around, would be the first to re-state the fact that by 1973 he was burned out.
The '60's and '70's are over. Deal with it.
Rick Rubin (or maybe Daniel Lanois) for producer |
| December 13th, 2004 12:12 PM |
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| F505 |
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Joey wrote:
Josh is very wise .
J
I know... it took me quite a while to discover what a genius he actually is. |
| December 13th, 2004 12:12 PM |
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| Zeeta |
Ethan Johns for producer! |
| December 13th, 2004 12:13 PM |
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| Snappy McJack |
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Joey wrote:
Josh is very wise .
J
Somebody saved me, I thank you my friend. - The Petey |
| December 13th, 2004 12:13 PM |
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| Nasty Habits |
I have been a Rick Rubin for Stones producer advocate since Wandering Spirit but I agree with bh. It's up to the glimmers to bring this puppy home.
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| December 13th, 2004 12:13 PM |
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| F505 |
Maybe they should write some excellent songs to start with |
| December 13th, 2004 12:16 PM |
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| jb |
Did anybody see "Home Repair" last night? very touching...plus I would love to fuck that little hottie on 'Desperate Housewives".... |
| December 13th, 2004 12:17 PM |
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| F505 |
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jb wrote:
Did anybody see "Home Repair" last night? very touching...plus I would love to fuck that little hottie on 'Desperate Housewives"....
No we can't watch this show on Dutch tv |
| December 13th, 2004 12:22 PM |
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| jb |
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F505 wrote:
No we can't watch this show on Dutch tv
I'm sorry.... |
| December 13th, 2004 12:22 PM |
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| Bloozehound |
with Was they've tried it old skool, then new skool, then a few elementary skools, then live skool, and they keep flunkin the test
your running outta skools there ronnie
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| December 13th, 2004 12:25 PM |
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| F505 |
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Bloozehound wrote:
with Was they've tried it old skool, then new skool, then a few elementary skools, then live skool, and they keep flunkin the test
your running outta skools there ronnie
[Edited by Bloozehound]
I am not a fan of Was either. Just dump that dud. |
| December 13th, 2004 12:26 PM |
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| Moonisup |
WAs is a piano player too |
| December 13th, 2004 12:26 PM |
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| F505 |
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Moonisup wrote:
WAs is a piano player too
So? |
| December 13th, 2004 12:28 PM |
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| Moonisup |
chuck too.
www.charlane.com
dump the piano shit, |
| December 13th, 2004 02:19 PM |
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| Jair |
quote:
Bloozehound wrote:
your kidding right?
Not enough looping, new age electonica on modern Stones albums for your taste, or what?
Stones would be in their best element not trying to move forward as much as they should try moving back a few steps.
Remember Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy? Was Daniel Lanois. He works very well.
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| December 13th, 2004 02:29 PM |
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| stewed & Keefed |
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Moonisup wrote:
chuck too.
www.charlane.com
What the hell is Chuck doing to that turkey  |
| December 13th, 2004 02:32 PM |
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| Joey |
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F505 wrote:
I know... it took me quite a while to discover what a genius he actually is.
F505 ....................................
Paws Off !!!!
That 's MY Baby Joshy !
" Stones Rule You Punk Ass , YA PUNK ASS Bastards ! "
Jo Joe Joey ! ™ |
| December 13th, 2004 09:50 PM |
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| gotdablouse |
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Nasty Habits wrote:
I have been a Rick Rubin for Stones producer advocate since Wandering Spirit but I agree with bh. It's up to the glimmers to bring this puppy home.
Same here, how can they prefer Was to Rubin...not looking good...oh and wasn't the stuff they recorded in 2002, the "best stuff we've done in years" according to Keith ?
It's strange too that no one spotted them in Paris during these sessions, must have been because they were locked up Mick's "garage" ;-) |
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