{"id":15152,"date":"2017-12-13T09:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15152"},"modified":"2017-12-14T10:05:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T18:05:55","slug":"new-music-revue-the-rolling-stones-hop-in-time-machine-with-new-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/12\/13\/new-music-revue-the-rolling-stones-hop-in-time-machine-with-new-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: The Rolling Stones hop in time machine with new collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Rolling Stones
\nOn Air
\n<\/em>(Interscope Records)
\n3.5\/5<\/p>\n

There are very few bands that I hold to such ridiculously high standards as I do The Rolling Stones. Their music has changed the lives of three generations; I\u2019m hard pressed to think of another band that\u2019s done that in the way the Stones have.<\/p>\n

Their latest collection, On Air<\/em>, is a compilation of songs recorded live from the BBC between 1963 and 1965; this album takes listeners right back to smoke-filled, intimate London pubs of the time. Mick Jagger\u2019s astonishing vocal range is present in \u201cMercy, Mercy,\u201d however, this particular recording of that song is not as good as Don Covay\u2019s original. But \u201cRoute 66\u201d is a fresh tune with far more heart than Bobby Troup\u2019s original. Sometimes the covers work on this collection; other times, the scratchy, live, distant \u201960s drawl drowns the heart out of Jagger\u2019s voice and Keith Richards\u2019 war-like riffs.<\/p>\n

Timeless Stones classics such as \u201c(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u201d and \u201cThe Last Time\u201d are unique, one-of-a-kind interpretations of the songs that represent what the band was feeling creatively back in the early \u201960s.<\/p>\n

At times, this feels like one of the best albums ever; at other times, it feels as though it just isn\u2019t working. A prime example of this is \u201cDown the Road Apiece.\u201d The \u201960s equipment makes it sound as though the British rockers are 50 feet away from the microphone, but the combination of blues riffs and pure, utterly fearless, old-time soul hides these flaws well.<\/p>\n

These recordings are truly rewarding, raw, retro endeavours, and after many late-night listens of this album, I feel that the imperfections are actually what gives it its spine: what you hear is what you get, regardless of if it\u2019s perfect. That\u2019s a refreshing reality in a world plagued by shitty pitch-corrected pop music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rolling Stones On Air (Interscope Records) 3.5\/5 There are very few bands that I hold to such ridiculously high standards as I do The Rolling Stones. Their music has changed the lives of three generations; I\u2019m hard pressed to think of another band that\u2019s done that in the way the Stones have. Their latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15154,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15152\/revisions\/15154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}