Song of the day: Plundered My Soul

As previously reported here, the Stones have finally made public the first of several previously never-before-heard tracks recorded during the Exile On Main Street sessions, albeit with a little modern day extra help. Listen to this track and it may be tough to tell what’s been added, but this is definitely a great song.

Song(s) of the Day: Mashups

Mashups. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. But take a listen to these three. They’re interesting to say the least. I’m particularly fond of the last one, Rolling Confusion. Virgin O’Riley: Supreme Evil: Rolling Confusion:

Hankering For Some New Old Stones? Come and Get ‘em May 18th

While the world waits for any brand new Stones music and the tour that is surely to follow, the band have announced they’ve gone back into the vaults and have uneartherd 10 never-before heard tracks to be included with the re-release of one the great rock albums of all time, Exile on Main Street. The [...]

Sidetwo’s Decade Ending List, Part 1

Hey, if Rolling Stone can do it, why can’t I? Actually, while Rolling Stone asked a number of journalists and musicians to submit their own picks of the decade (both whole albums and songs) and then come up with a Top 100 list of each, I’m keeping it simple. 50 songs from some of my [...]

The Who to play 2010 Super Bowl?

In 2005, it was Paul McCartney. Then came the Stones, followed by Prince (in the rain, natch) Tom Petty and last year’s great performance by Bruce Springsteen. I have to admit, I’m not a big football fan (I prefer hockey and basketball), but like millions of others I usually jump on the Super Bowl bandwagon [...]

The “I’m taking tomorrow off–woo hoo!” shuffle report

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Nothing like the thoughts of a four-day weekend to put a spring in my step. Do you have any plans for [...]

One Hit Wonder Wednesday: Smiling Faces Sometimes

It’s one of those songs you’ve heard before, but probably never knew who sang it, right? This cut from 1971 was by a group with one of the best monikers of the era, The Undisputed Truth. Originally released by The Temptations in an 11-minute version, it’s a great example of the “psychedelic soul” period of [...]

1989: The Steel Wheels Tour. 2011: The Steel Wheelchairs Tour?

When The Rolling Stones hit the road in 1989 in support of their album Steel Wheels, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were both in their mid-forties. At the time, critics dubbed the tour the Steel Wheelchairs tour. By today’s standards, rock stars launching world tours in their mid-forties doesn’t even raise an eyebrow, considering that [...]

The “Hey, it’s warm out. Time for some ice cream!” shuffle report

Since it was warm out, decided to take a stroll up to the neighbourhood B&R for some ice cream. Had something called Nutcracker Sweet–”Nut ice cream swirled with a sweet caramel ribbon and packed with macadamias, pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds.” Suffice it to say, it was goooooooood. And of course, what’s a [...]

Rockin’ All Over The World (July 13, 1985)

What an event it was. A globally televised concert to raise money for famine relief. Concerts were held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, and broadcast to countries around the world. I can remember watching from my parent’s basement and making sure I had enough Beta(!) tapes to record the [...]