The Rolling Stones - Shine a Light: Original Soundtrack
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Free Music Review: Go and see the movie!
Hit: 4 Stars
Like many fans of the "good ole' days" of the Stones, I also thought they were past it...until seeing the movie over the weekend! Scorsese has redefined the rock concert video! Absolutely brilliant. Had the good fortune of seeing it in IMAX so maybe that's what gave it something extra. It was almost like being at the show. Just My Imagination is a revelation. To some they may be a bunch of old geezers, but they can still blow most youngsters off the stage. Went out and bought the CD...not quite the same experience but still worth a listen. But can't wait for the DVD to come out! Free Music Review: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Hit: 3 Stars
Much hype has surrounded this release, as being something special. Maybe Martin Scorscese can conjure up some magic and capture the energy of the show in his forthcoming docco of the Stones in concert, but there is no real spark in the CD version. There are some highlights and these involve the songs with Buddy Guy and Jack White as well as some songs not on the Stones concert playlists over the years. At other times, they appear to be overplaying and rushing, when a more laid back approach would have created a better 'groove' to the album. It's always a trap with live recordings in that being there is not always captured on disc. All in all, it is not a bad CD, and is typically 'Stonesy' but maybe they should have waited until later with a combined CD & DVD release. Have been a Stones fan for years but I suspect that this is the end of the road as it just seems like they are going through the motions now. Maybe there is a hint here of something else to come; songs with Buddy Guy, Jack White and Scorscese's previous Blues music doccos may just convince the Stones to do what many of us feel they have always done best, and return to the Blues. Free Music Review: Finally a stones album that is worth the money......
Hit: 5 Stars
Ever sinse Sticky Fingers a album that almost every song is good or better.This album has got it all,Jaggers raspy voice,Woods not drunk and he never played better,And finaly Richards on lead and you can actualy hear him playing his heart out,not even high. FreeFree Music Review: What a Treat!
Hit: 5 Stars
My husband and I went to see the movie as soon as it came to our area. The CD enables us to relive that experience time after time. The sound quality is excellant and with 2 CDs you get the full experience of all the songs. Free Music Review: Mediocre
Hit: 3 Stars
The first rock n roll record I ever bought was "Let It Bleed". I was 11 years old at the time. I still have the cassette tape. It's been played literally hundreds and hundreds of times...many of those times on a single speaker cassette player that I had back then. I'd put it on my pillow, and fell asleep many times before it turned itself off at the end of side 1 or side 2, as the case may have been.
Since then, I've probably bought a dozen Stones records, but to this day, only "Let It Bleed" and "Beggars Banquet" have really stood the test of time.
Much has been written about "Exile..", but, that, and the rest of the Stones catalogue, just don't hold up to those other two.
I've seen them more than a half dozen times since the 80s. Sometimes, they've really been "ON". Other times, they've put in a half ass performance.
This, for all the hype, sadly falls in the latter category. I saw two shows just a couple of months apart during the 2005-2006 world tour. The first was just so-so, but during the second show, they blew the roof off the arena.
There are some highlights here. "Sympathy" being at the very top. Keith lays down one of his legendary leads. Another highlight is "Champagne and reefer" with Buddy Guy, during which the boys showcase their blues roots full blast.
I've never been a fan of Keith's solo stuff, or most of his songs written for the band, but he does a great version of "You got the silver" here.
The rest of the show is just plain uninspired. I'll defend the Stones as one of the all time best rock n roll bands, but the half ass effort displayed during much of this show gives my buddies who say they're past their prime some fresh ammunition.
I don't think they'll ever be past their prime, but, as I said at the beginning of this review, sometimes they're "ON", other times they're not. They weren't at the Beacon.