Thursday, September 30, 2021

Great Lost Singles of the '80s (An Occasional Series): Special "Wishin' and Hopin'" Edition

From his 1988 debut solo album Talk is Cheap, please enjoy Keith Richards (and his X-Pensive Winos) and the sublimely Stones-esque "How I Wish."

The song speaks for itself, obviously, but I feel obligated to mention that drummer Steve Jordan covers himself in glory on that track. Which is one of the reasons that I was somewhat annoyed last week when purist assholes were saying it was no longer the Stones now that Jordan has replaced the late great Charlie Watts in the band.

I mean gimme a break.

6 comments:

Billy B said...

Superb album. Much better than Mick's solo albums...

Sal Nunziato said...

"Purists assholes" also think the Stones' last good record was Sticky Fingers, so so much for purist assholes.

Anonymous said...

I think Keith's solo albums while really good are somewhat overrated (but not great).

Mick's solo albums are underrated. "Goddess" and "Wandering Spirit" are pretty damn good. Mick's single 'b' side Blue is off the charts great!

I think we Stones fans are often pissed at both of them for sometimes spending more energy on their solo releases over the official Stones albums.

By the way I thought "Bigger Bang" was a really good (not great but really good) album. If they had put a little more effort into it, it could have been great.

Captain Al

mainuh said...

Steve Jordan, now the new Stone's new drummer. As much asI read I missed this when was this released?
OTH - Always a Waddy fan - saw him with Linda way,way, way back in the day

daudder said...

Keith's solo albums are just fantastic, Main Offender is a classic IMO going from stellar track to stellar track. Talk is cheap is also outstanding, and gets the "deluxe" reissue treatment. Well worth it, IMO

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