Rolling Stones - Forty Licks
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Free Music Review: 40 amazing songs,happy birthday mick jagger
Hit: 5 Stars
the rolling stones,wow!how do you review a rolling stones album? they've had quite a history! they have had so many hit songs.their hits incude ( i can't get no)satisfaction,19th nervous breakdown,brown sugar,street fighing man,let's spend the night together,angie,honky tonk women,start me up,emotional rescue,undercover of the night,mixed emotions,love is strong,and anybody seen my baby. it would take you a lifetime to listen to every rolling stones album back-to-back. so get this awesome album and save yourself a lot of time.thank you to the rolling stones,and happy birthday mick jagger. ed wilsonFree Music Review: Should be 60, maybe 80 licks... but delivers the goods
Hit: 4 Stars
This was the one that REALLY got me started on the Stones. I mean, I had heard (and enjoyed) Let it Bleed and Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out before I picked up Forty Licks. However, this was the one that turned me into an uber-Stones fan - depending on my mood, they may or may not be my favorite band, and even when my mood is against them, they still take the #2 slot (come on, do you REALLY have to ask who'd be in first otherwise?)
First, a few good things. This runs through all of the Stones' most familiar songs - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Last Time, Get off of My Cloud, Paint It Black, Under My Thumb, Ruby Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, She's a Rainbow, Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Men, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Woman, Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Tumbling Dice, Happy, Angie, It's Only Rock and Roll, Miss You, Beast of Burden, Start Me Up, You Got Me Rocking... you know, the GOOD stuff. If you're looking for just a roundup of the Stones' most famous songs, then this would be the place to go, since it spans their whole career.
Now, the bad news. In their effort to deliver all the good stuff, they give us awful songs like Emotional Rescue (interestingly, I quite enjoy the album it's named after - I just don't like the song, see?), as well as four new songs. Out of them, one is a fantastic riff-rocker (Don't Stop) that certainly is worthy of similar songs like Start Me Up; one is a decent Keith crooner (Losing My Touch) that nonetheless is a bit too long; two are annoying pop-rockers (Stealing My Heart; Keys to Your Love) that I do not like at ALL. I'm not a huge fan of 1997's Bridges to Babylon either, and I don't really enjoy that album's representative, Anybody Seen My Baby? So now we can cut four, maybe five songs from this album. What to swap in? Well, that's a tough call. There are several worthy candidates, but for purposes of including just the most famous songs (after all, that's the point of a compilation, isn't it?), I'll go with B*tch, Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Rip This Joint and Waiting on a Friend as replacements. The first disc could also use a few songs - Time is on My Side, Play with Fire, Heart of Stone, As Tears Go By, 2000 Light Years from Home, the live version of Midnight Rambler found on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, but I wouldn't take off a single song from that first album, so moot point. Those looking to fill in the gaps the first disc presents are advised to buy the Singles Collection, which is close to flawless, though I would only point a relatively seasoned fan to it thanks to both its size and cost.
Still, this is a very respectable overview of the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World (okay, MAYBE #2 behind those four guys from Liverpool named after a certain species of shelled insect...), and probably the best place to start. Don't finish there, though! If you like what you heard, the Stones have a world of excellent music that's ripe for your investigation. Allow me to name a few names: England's Newest Hit Makers; Aftermath; Between the Buttons; Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I like it like it yes I do!), Black and Blue, Some Girls, and Emotional Rescue are just the high points. There's LOADS of it. Trust me. So, if you've got a hankerin' (I'm sorry, but that is a hilarious expression) for some Rolling Stones, why not start here?
Free Music Review: It's Only Rock and Roll, and it's enough
Hit: 5 Stars
An excellent 2-disc set that has all of the Stones's big hits up to the date of release - spans over 30 years of hits. The only people who could find fault with this coompilation are people whose personal favorite didn't make it. There won't be many such people tho. This is very complete, at least for those of us who primarily know the Stones from the radio.Free Music Review: Easily recommended 40-year retrospective but . . .
Hit: 4 Stars
I enjoy this mix and it makes for a great way to get remastered sound on career highlights spanning the decades without me having to re-purchase all the CDs.
For those complaining about the inclusion of latter-day songs or the exclusion of deeper tracks, please spare me with your self-righteous declarations of purity. Clearly, the intention here is to provide a 40-year-career retrospective that caters to the common denominator among devoted and casual fans of all generations. In this sense, this compact album of songs makes a strong statement of the band's accomplishments and sounds over four decades. Devoted followers of the band can choose (and probably already have chosen) from numerous other albums/compilations that serve other purposes.
For me, however, I have reservations about the ethical and aesthetic compromises made in compiling this album. First, listeners should be warned of the tracks that are newly edited versions of the originally-released versions. "Miss You" is over one minute shorter than the original studio release. "Mixed Emotions" is over 1/2 minute shorter! To not offer a brief disclaimer somewhere on the exterior of the package is an ethical assault on the consumer. Altering the originals for convenience of packaging is an aesthetic compromise I have trouble endorsing but, given how well this collection plays, I also have trouble damning.
Bottom line: Despite the reservations expressed above, this is a well-paced compilation that smoothly and enjoyably offers a 40-year retrospective on one of rock's greatest bands. The package offers sheer listening pleasure to anyone, particularly (but not only) the less-initiated.
Free Music Review: You Can't Always Get What You Want- But You Get What You Need
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to admit that building my summer sand castle was quite some chore. Chore at the shore if you will. Little did I know that when I picked this spot it was next to a beach mime colony. You got that right. They walk around and imagine stepping on seashells and use imaginary fishing poles to catch - you got it - nothing! My life has turned into an Antonioni nightmare. But, the good thing is that at least it's quiet and peaceful here at night.
Anyway, I am here to review the Stones 2 disc set called "Forty Licks" which is supposed to represent their forty years as a rock band. I don't think I could add any new insight into their music that you don't already know. Do remember though that they started out as a rythmn and blues group which grew more and more into the rock genre.
This is a good representative set of many of their mega-hits and best known songs. For the most part I think it is a satifactoy cross section of all their years. Although, I do have an issue of what was not included. I think "Tell Me" from their early years could certainly have been included. As well as "Rock and a Hard Place" from the Steel Wheels album. Should I also include "Monkey Man" from the Let It Bleed album? Well, we could go on and on et cetera et cetera of all the songs that weren't included. And, thinking it over, this could easily have been a 3 disc set and still not touch on all there is. My advice is, that if you really want the complete Stones, then get all their offerings. There are a few clunkers out there-but most of the albums are superb and probably show the band through many periods of their existence. They also have produced many, many live albums. Probably the very best would be Get Your Ya-Yas Out followed by Stripped. But, again, that is only my opinion.
Still, I think the material here is the most concise collection since the marriage of their record companys. Certainly it beats Hot Rocks by a mile. I understand what they were doing here - trying to give us a cross section of all their years. However, that said, I think their classic older tunes beat out the newer ones - but that is me just being picky.
I also think that many out there probably have a nonchalant opinion of them. "Oh, it's just the Stones again- God are they old"! You all know the drill. They have been around so long that it's easy for some to become complacent and not find anything they do to be of any consequence anymore. But this set, I think, will set those self-appointed pundits straight.
First off, they certainly have proven that they deserve the mantle of being mega-talents. You just have to listen to all they have done and marvel at the creativity and talent they possess. Alot of this is because of the Jagger-Richards collaboration. Keith is master of the groove and hook, meanwhile Jagger's lyrics are probably some of the best I've ever heard. The combination is lethal and, I believe, gave Lennon-McCartney a run for their money for many, many years. But, looking back, you would have thought that, at the beginning, the Stones would have burned out while the Beatles would have survived. Reality, though, has dealt us a strange twist of fate by proving the opposite is true. The fact that they are still at it, producing rock music of quality, is testimony to how great they really are.
I have seen these guys in concert many times. Really, I think that their shows were some of the best I've ever seen. I still can't get over Jagger ripping his scarf off and whipping the stage and throwing rose petals at the audience during "Midnight Rambler". And those huge blow-up women on the sides of the stage during "Honkey Tonk Women". They know how to do a show- that is for sure.
In closing, this 2 disc set is definitely worth owning, even if you have most of their material already. Why? Most of the great ones are here- in one package. And, although they have had many compilations (maybe too many?) in the past-most of the good stuff is right here. I believe that they are the world's greatest "Rock and Roll Band". Certainly there are others that are great. But, none of them have yet to reach the longevity. I say, keep rockin' guys. You really have nothing more to prove at this point. My only assumption is that you do it because you love the music. I love it too. And many others as well.
Now I must get back to my beach obligations. The mimes are imitating a Rolling Stones concert tonight. And, wouldn't you know? I have to provide the music!
Here comes my 19th Nervous Breakdown---your "shattered" Metamorpho