i agree

as the stones sound evolved though, ronnie's the right man for the job

Oh, come on. He was an integral part of their sound. He didn't derail their sound. He contributed to it. What the Stones sound like with Taylor is simply what the Stones sounded like during that era. They don't sound wrong because of him, or un-Stones-like. The Stones sound changed continually, so to say that he caused a problem is simply ridiculous. He was part of their evolution into the band they became circa 69 to 73. And I think the success of his part in the band is at least partly supported by how well, critically and commercially, those albums are received.

Ewww, yer a gettin my blood boiling!

i'm never going to agree with you. don't even try.

AH, piss on Goats Head. Mick Taylor can kiss my ass.

So you don't like Sticky Fingers and Exile, I take it?

i love all of their albums up to tattoo you but it's got nothing to do with who was playing guitar. the fact of the matter is while mick taylor is a phenomenal guitar player i don't think he was the right guitar player and i never will.

Well, as atari has said, I believe this is pretty far from the consensus of Stones fans like everywhere and throughout all future time... . I think you have to consider, too, that several of the albums you love simply would not be the albums you love without Taylor and his contributions, credited and otherwise... .

She likes them with jack-of-all-trades Brian best I guess (I love that stuff too) and then she likes when Ronnie came in as a guitarist.


I was being harsh with Ronnie earlier. I even like most of Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You.

Per the thread, "Tops" and "Waitin' on a Friend" (feat. saxophone collosus Sonny Rollins) from Tattoo You were recorded during the Goats Head Soup sessions and Taylor plays on those.

the albums i like best are actually the ones with mick taylor on them, followed by the ones with brian. studio and live are two different things.

Hey, yeah, that's right. I forgot Taylor's on that record.

Wiki is my friend; I had completely forgotten too. At one time, (just like you) I did know though...really. ha

Rob can arrive later today to remind us how much he digs "Waiting on a Friend."

Tank Girl, if you can get past some amount of Taylor's playing that you perceive (or so it sort of seems) as showing-off-for-showing-off's sake live, there's also plenty of zeniths.

Taylor is technically great, yes, but he's naturally such a wunderkind that he plays the songs live different all the time. I don't see your objection to it to the same degree, but then again, there's no use in splitting hairs. You like what you like.

I have a boot called Nasty Music, culled from the 72 and 73 tours, that just blow me away because of Taylor's playing. And in spite of whatever personal friction they had, you can hear Taylor and Richards click perfectly together as players, working off each other's parts, picking up subtle clues.

So now that I've thoroughly beat that dead horse of an argument to death (and won, I might add), how about that Goats Head Soup album?

Damn, how great would Goats be with "Waiting on a Friend?" Why would they not include it? It boggles the mind.

...Jus' sittin' here pickin' "Angie" thinkin' that I should go to bed...

you can't win an argument if no one even understands the opposition

as usual

i quit.

Yeah, seriously! In place of Starfucker or Can You Hear the Music, especially.

You know I'm just teasing. Jesus. Come back! We LOVE you. Even if you don't love Mick Taylor, we still love YOU! I'm sure Mick Taylor would love you, too, if he knew you. Please come back.

I was just bored when I called ya 'Tank Girl.'

Come back Glimmer Gal!

I really do need to retire, however. Tried to call a friend in Seattle to help keep me up, but they aren't answering.

no
i love both of those songs so much

I'm hitting the sack. Good night, atari. Sweet dreams, Cantankerous.