Sweet Sounds Of Heaven.


This was kind of prompted by the Now and Then thread. Didn't want to hijack that one.
This seems like kind of a departure for the Stones. Some of their past music has had some satanic references. Not that I think they lean either way.
Probably more about what will sell the most music. But I'm not cynical.

But this is also quite good. Lady Gaga doesn't hurt the effort any.

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Thanks for that. In Church I get tired of singing hymns from the dusty old hymnal of which is chosen by the flavor of the church denomination you practice.

I liked that song. I never was a fan of Lady Gaza although I recognized her talent. This is the first time I have seen her with no mask.

That performance is featured on the Rolling Stones new album, Hackney Diamonds. Which also includes duet collaberation with Elton John and Paul M_cCartney.

Thanks Steve.

I have been a Rolling Stones fan from the beginning and got to see them live back in 1969, only a few months after Brian Jones died and a few weeks before Altamont. I am amazed that they are still going strong. Think about this: Mick Jagger is only eight months younger than Joe Biden!

I usually don’t give a damn about the private lives of celebrities, but when Charlie Watts died and I learned that he had been married to the same lady since 1964, I had to rethink my impressions of the whole band. I know they participated in some “risky behavior” back in the early days, but I figure a lot of their image was just theater. They had to be the “Anti-Beatles”.



Many are surprised to learn what kind of guy Alice Cooper really is.

I knew Mick Jagger did but I didn't know McCartney smoked.....

quote Originally posted by williegoat: I have been a Rolling Stones fan from the beginning and got to see them live back in 1969 ...

I saw them live at their farewell tour, in 1979. I wish I still had that T shirt.

quote Originally posted by cliffw: I saw them live at their farewell tour, in 1979. I wish I still had that T shirt.

evidently, they lied....

quote Originally posted by maryjane: evidently, they lied....

Or, changed their mind.
Though, I believe PT Barnum was right. There is a sucker born every minute.

The Rolling Stone's were the lead band at the Texas Jam. AKA Woodstock Texas style. Three day Woodstock.



Texxas Jam was the informal nickname of an annual summer rock concert called the Texxas World Music Festival (1978–1988). It was held in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl, and in Houston, at either the Astrodome or the Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University.

The first one featured ...

1978 (July 1) – Texxas Music Festival, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas (General Admission – $12.50)

Blackstone (Winner of the State-Wide "Battle of the Bands" for opening slot on the 1978 Texxas Jam)
Walter Egan
Van Halen (second appearance in Texas)[3]
Eddie Money
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Head East
Journey
Heart
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
Cheech & Chong

$12.50 to see all those artists ?


The Texas Jam only had a three year yearly run of concert sessions, late summer.

Texxas Jam

Click the link.

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Someone just sent me an email linking to the following video of Blind Faith at Hyde Park June 1969.



Here is why it is relevant: https://americansongwriter....oncert-in-hyde-park/

quote When they held the free gig at London’s Hyde Park, it was a pivotal time for the group. This was their first performance in two years and the first to ever feature Mick Taylor on guitar, founding member Brian Jones’ replacement following his departure from the Stones. The show also acted as a tribute to Jones, who died suddenly only two days earlier. Before a crowd estimated to be between 250,000 and 500,000 spectators, frontman Mick Jagger opened the show eulogizing the former member with two stanzas from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem, Adonaïs. Watch Jagger pay tribute below.

Hyde Park and Altamont were the bookends for what would eventually be known, both literally and figuratively, as "the end of the sixties".

You know the story, you just might not know that you know the story:

"So come on, Jack, be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
‘Cause fire is the devils only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell
And as flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died" ~ Don McLean



Now, to finish the story.

The first two lines in the quote above from Don McLean's "American Pie" are a reference to a song by The Rolling Stones. All shows in that 1969 "Rolling Stones" tour opened with "Jumpin' Jack Flash", the first line of which will be familiar to many, but some (much to my surprise) were unfamiliar with the origin of the phrase which was used by the FBI as the codename for their investigation of "Trump/Russia collusion".



This was the Hat Mick Jagger wore while singing that song 54 years ago.

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The new 'Stones song "Angry" isn't bad. How an 80 year old can still sing like that is really pretty unusual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyBFnzYj4xg