by the subway philosopher™
On occasion, celebrating the midweek hump with a head-banging selection of the most eclectic, impolite, disgraceful, disturbing, badass, depraved, rebellious, decadent, kick-butt, disrespectful or just plain enjoyable rock n roll of its time feels like a perfectly responsible thing to do, for some reason. Or no reason at all. Crank it up!
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts moves on.
The glory years of rock n roll. The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The blues live on. Clutch – Electric Worry
Unsung vocalist. The Winery Dogs – Oblivion
Cross-cultural. Shepherds Reign – Le Manu
You wouldn’t know crazy. Suicidal Tendencies – You Can’t Bring Me Down
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i was about to post about charlie watts & you had already done so–
the stones worked that bad boy image but they were actually a very stable group of guys–
https://nypost.com/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-longtime-drummer-for-rolling-stones-dead-at-80/
Nice.
Tasty selection.
This was before Mick started getting into his gay “interpretive dance” stage stylings (and Keef swaggered like a gas stati0n killer) and six years before another Texas concert memorialized on the DVD “Some Girls Live in Texas ’78.” (Starfucker is the standout in that show).
It was the last year, IMO, that really showed the Stones rocking with something close to wild abandon.
Everything after that was all stage fog, lights, 30-foot blowup penises, etc.
I saw them live in the ’90s – looked like a TV show.
Saw them at RFK Stadium in ’72. Good memories. A different America.
RIP Charlie Watts. You were a class act.
“One of the hard things, to play with great intensity, very quietly.”
True for any form of music performed at the highest level, not just jazz.
Absolutely, Karalan