Defend the indefensible: Mick Jagger Solo

lets work, in all its cheesy glory.

to repeat what keith richards once said, "mick likes a lot of shit."

Good lord, David Fricke gives it four and a half stars on Rolling Stone site:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16496251/review/16682334/the_very_best_of_mick_jagger_wbonus_tracks

so it fails to live up to the glory of Goddess Of The Doorway, then

or Goddess In, wtfever

Yeah, the five star coup is reserved for the new Springsteen alone, apparently.

Interesting. I thought ALL "contractually obligated" reviews were 5 stars in RS. Maybe Mick didn't return Jann's latest email and was docked a half? Obviously, Bruce knows how to IM a friend.

Could "Chrome Dreams II" be the next five star album? It is Neil, after all.

Could Radiohead? They're "Cutting Edge" enough. Or do we have to wait for the new REM?

has Mick ever listened to "Let's Work"?

probably -- that's why he was running like a girl in the song's video.

i just heard "Charmed Life" on a dell commercial last night. what a GREAT song. newish. produced by Rick Rubin. dubby. i thought this was some old stones track from their disco/reggae phase at first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhflDA2WtU
stupid video though.

^^^^

Yeah, I heard the Solitare mix on the radio last month (before it was on the Superbowl commercial) and and had the exact same thought.

hmmm
Guess Who’s In Mick Jagger’s New Supergroup?

A crazy lineup of people! Namely: the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, and A.R. Rahman (of Slumdog Millionaire fame in America, and just regular all-around fame in India). They're called Super Heavy; they've been together for eighteen months; and they're planning on dropping their debut in September. Wow! So: Either these people have the most scintillating conversations ever heard, or they just sit around after practice avoiding eye contact.

say what?

lol

I read about it in Rolling Stone this weekend.

Can't believe Will.i.am was busy.

i like to think the lineup was picked by Mick going through his google contacts w/a blindfold on

The Not Ready For Gorillaz Players

I'll defend the cover art of Primitive Cool, which I think is awesome, and also I had She's The Boss on LP when I was a kid and I can still sing the chorus to "Lucky in Love," having not heard it in like 25 years.

I love "Throwaway" - I've put it on a few CD-R's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_MhgIFDGM&feature=player_embedded#at=58

this sounds really good, guys

jk it sucks

I was going to say.

in before 5 star review

in which my slow internet connection acts as a defence mechanism

if anyone has the capacity to take screengrabs from youtube, we could poll the facial-expressions-denoting-pleasure-in-the-mess-they-are-making amongst the players

i always wanted all of these people to work in all of these genres

if the organ guy had a swivel chair you could probably use him to generate electricity like a dynamo

it is funny how stubborn jagger is -- i bet if he hired t-bone burnett or someone and made a straightforward blues/folk/rock record he'd have grammys galore. but he sticks with the idea of being a current pop star for some reason. it's almost admirable.

admirably terrible.

What the fuck is going on?

What The Fuck Is Going On, the debut album from SUPERHEAVY

he could follow the Robert Plant example but nooooo – he wants to be Peter Pan.

Wow, that is awful.

it is funny how stubborn jagger is -- i bet if he hired t-bone burnett or someone and made a straightforward blues/folk/rock record he'd have grammys galore. but he sticks with the idea of being a current pop star for some reason. it's almost admirable.

I've read some stuff from Rick Rubin re:Wandering Spirit, and that's basically what he wanted to do for him on that album. They went as far as cutting a bunch of still-unreleased blues songs w/The Red Devils backing him up, but Jagger vetoed them in favor of stuff he was more "into".

That SuperHeavy vid is exceptionally poor.

and Wandering Spirit is his best solo record cuz it sounds the most Stonesy.

here are some of those red devils sessions: http://unheard78.blogspot.com/2009/08/mick-jagger-red-devils-famous-blues.html

I hope they tour the shit out of that.

TS: Superheavy vs. Satellite Party

"this cultural one-stop shop"

why is dave stewart in such high demand? has he done anything cool since the eurythmics? he seems to have this weird poor man's rick rubin reputation for no apparent reason.

i hear he has a killer wine cellar.

lol at wikipedia
Initially conceived to help promote the launch of a new platform being developed by Nokia for entertainment media on their smartphones,[citation needed] the band was originally composed of The Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, former Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart, Devon singer Joss Stone, and Bob Marley's youngest son Damian. Jagger and Stewart then called in Indian musician A.  R. Rahman[2]
Eventually the Nokia deal collapsed.[citation needed] They decided to continue, presenting themselves as having formed completely on their own, and not as a somewhat prefabricated unit, put together mainly for a communications corporation.[citation needed] The group began the works of their self-titled debut album in early 2009 when Jagger, Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian and Rahman experimented at a studio in Los Angeles, trying to "write songs which had meaning". They recorded about 35 hours of music with some songs originally lasting "an hour and 10 minutes" before they were whittled down.[3] The album was previewed at Jim Henson Studios, Los Angeles, on 30 June 2011. The band played eight of the recorded songs at the event.[4] Their debut single, "Miracle Worker", released on 6 July received mostly positive reviews.[5][6]

he seems to have this weird poor man's rick rubin reputation for no apparent reason.

A good way of putting it. Maybe his guitar squiggles and beard signify sincerity. He's done decent yeoman's work for Bryan Ferry.

experimented at a studio in Los Angeles, trying to "write songs which had meaning"

like robots

http://cdn5.davestewart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Super-Heavy-crop3.jpg
everyone looking pretty uncertain here

ok listened to this twice god knows why...

but...like how could this be 10X worse than it sounds on paper? yet, it does! how is that even possible?

which one is Dave Stewart?

the hat/glasses/beardo

my joke didn't work this time :/