The Rolling Stones - December's Children (And Everybody's)
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Free Music Review: Jagger: "It isn't an album, it's just a collection of songs"......What a collection!
Hit: 5 Stars
Most of the people really underrates this Stones album,for me December's Children is one of the great albums of their 1964-65 Rn'B years along with the debut album and The Rolling Stones Now!. In fact,this one is less bluesy than the debut and The Rolling Stones Now! but it's really more successful than Out of our heads and 12*5 ,even if they're fine albums. With this album songwriting of Jagger/Richards starts to evolve and it creates a basis for their masterpiece, Aftermath(1966). Album starts with the short and fast rocker She Said Yeah. The loud and fast rhythm guitar of Brian Jones and crazy guitar solo of Keith Richards makes it a proto-hard rock song. Talkin'About You is another Chuck Berry cover from the boys which is really successful with Richards' terrific Chuck Berry guitar licks. You Better Move on is another cover on the album which is acoustic and it's mostly similar to British beat sound. Look What You've Done is a Muddy Waters cover and one of my favorites on the album. Jagger's dirty blues vocals, Jones' harmonica and Richards' riffing creates a cool blues song. The Singer Not the Song, Blue Turns To Grey and Gotta Get Away are somehow far from the Stones' blues roots and they're closer to British beat sound or to The Beatles but they're still wonderful songs and they show the evolution of the songwriting within the band and creates an idea that the classic Jagger/Richards songwriting takes its clue in the upcoming album,Aftermath. Get off of My Cloud is the second rock classic that the Stones made in 1965 after Satisfaction and it's the most well-known song of the album. Charlie's thunderous drumming and the dual guitars between Richards and Jones makes it really groovy. As Tears Go By is an attempt by the Stones to create their own "Yesterday". It starts with an acoustic guitar like The Beatles' Yesterday and the strings join after the second verse(it's really strange for a die hard blues band in '65!!). Well, it's not successful as the Fab Four's classic song but it still shows the songwriting becomes more mature and also shows that the Stones can also play and write great songs beside the blues. I'm Free is the third classic in the album. This song was played in the memorable Hyde Park concert in 1969 after Brian Jones death and it was in the setlist of the band's famous North American Tour of 1969. It is a great Jagger/Richards composition and sometimes it reminds me a kind of electric folk-rock, especially with its guitar solo, that The Byrds did in 1965. There are also two live tracks that are recorded during the British tour. Route 66, is also on the debut album. In the beginning, as Jagger screams "let me hear you say yeah!!", Keith starts to play that fantastic riff and the crowd goes totally insane. Second live track, I'm Moving On starts with the fast rhythm section of Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. Wyman's heavy bass lines makes it a proto-hard rock song just like She Said Yeah. Slide guitar playing of Brian Jones proves that he is one of the great slide players of the genre. However, these two live tracks sounds really poor because of the live recording technology of that time but you can still hear a great rock n' roll band playing. And if you listen closely, you can notice that the band quickly passes to the riff of I'm Alright(which you can hear in Out Our Heads) after they finished I'm Moving On.Free Music Review: The Rock From Which Punk Was Carved
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD contains such great music in every cut it hardly needs a review. BUY IT! I will say two things, though: first, this CD proves yet again that The Stones played blues and rock and roll while The Meatles played pop music (who was it again that had that kiddie sing-along cartoon show?): and second, the song She Said Yeah is the original rock from which punk was carved. Raw, loud, sung so fast you can barely understand the lyrics, high speed guitar solos and Wyman's bass rumbling the beat with Charley. Ramones-short (2:10)and it says more about rock and roll than most other groups could say in five minutes or a whole album. Just listening to Mick off-mike saying "yeah!" before the break is a seminal moment in 60's rock and roll. Buy the CD and play it LOUD.Free Music Review: Stupendously Fantastic
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an absolute stunner of a record. The bad boys of Rock and Roll really go to town with Chuck Berry's "Talkin' About You," and Bobby Troup's "Route 66." The latter being one of the two live songs on the record. The timeless "As Tears Go By," written by Mick and Keith along with group manage Andrew Oldham," has got to be one of the signature songs of a generation. According to my folks, it was the Boomer's big make out song. Hey, I've made out to it too, the song really is timeless. The other Mick and Keith songs that I really like are "Blue Turns to Grey" and "Get off My Cloud." Brian's slide guitar on the live version of "I'm Moving On" is stupendous, in fact the whole record is stupendously fantastic.Free Music Review: Brian Jone's Stones
Hit: 5 Stars
I fell in love with the Stones' music listening to this LP at about 12 years of age. Brian's presence, his pose, and his panche added so much to this group before Mick and Keith took it to another level. But it's not Mick and Keith's fault Brian burned out. I love the ballads and the covers, Charlie's drums, Stu's piano, Bill's bass, Keith and Brian playing off each other, and of course, Mick's harp and heartfelt vocals. The songs reflect a young ansgst the Stones outgrew. The live recordings propel the collection forward. That I still listen to this LP 40 years later shows how strong my love is. 40 years! That's how strong my love is, 40 years later, still cruising on Route 66.Free Music Review: really excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't know about you, but I feel December's Children is without a doubt the album where the Stones magic was born. Starting here, the Rolling Stones became an unstoppable rock and roll monster that has remained that way for over 40 years. These were one of the most important rock bands in history, and the songwriting really turned it up a notch on this album with really interesting and melodic songs such as "The Singer Not the Song" and "As Tears Go By". Just listen to the album and you'll agree that something special was happening, and continued that way for quite a while.