 Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 5-1)By
JBev
For all of the band’s celebrated guest performances, “Start Me Up” really benefits from the absence of any guests. It’s just the four instrumentalists bumping and grinding off one another for a truly explosive recording. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 10-6)By
JBev
Something about those opening electric piano chords, played by the late, great Billy Preston, lets us know that we’re in for a classic Stones’ weeper. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 15-11)By
JBev
Dusted off after nearly 9 years on the shelf, “Tops” found its way onto Tattoo You and left fans wondering just what took the Stones so long to unveil it. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 20-16)By
JBev
You can see how this old soul chestnut would appeal to the Stones as cover material. You’ve got a sumptuous groove and lyrics which lay on the sexual innuendo thick. I’m sure most casual fans assumed upon hearing it in 1986 that it was a Jagger/Richards original. At age 14, I know I did. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 25-21)By
JBev
It blazes along at breakneck speed propelled by Charlie Watts’ unerringly brilliant drumming and the twin-guitar attack of Ronnie and Keith, and then “Summer Romance” is gone in a flash, much like a fleeting summer affair. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 30-26)By
JBev
Although it was released on Tattoo You, “Slave” is more like the lost track from 1975’s Black And Blue. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 35-31)By
JBev
It has to have one of the oddest lineups in Stones history: No Richards or Wood, just Jagger on guitar and vocals, Wyman on synthesizer and bass, Watts on drums, and co-producer Chris Kimsey on piano. Hang Fire: Ranking the Stones ’80s Output (Songs 40-36)By
JBev
Not the best melody to speak of here, but some muscular guitars help to compensate on this grinder off Undercover. Mick gets in the ring for “twenty rounds” against a man-eating female, and promises to do the outlasting. |
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