Disco de The Rolling Stones: “Flashpoint”

I had heard some of the Stones' songs on the radio and my dad had played them around me, but I never really thought them to be that great. I received 'Flashpoint' as a gift and thought I'd give it a whirl. It totally turned me on to the Stones and now I'm a die-hard fanatic. This album is essential to the CD collection of ANY and EVERY music fan. The energy is amazing, notably on 'Rock and a Hard Place.' This album contains excellent versions of such classics as 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'(my favorite song of all-time), 'Satisfaction,' and 'Paint it black.' 'Flashpoint' is undoubtedly the best live compilation the group has ever released, and definitely in the realm of their top five albums.

"Steel Wheels" was, almost certainly, one of the hardest rocking Stones' albums ever. Well, here it is live. Like a series of controlled nuclear explosions, these patron saints of all-things-good-about rock redefine live rock and shame every other concert band in the process.

Just assume that every cut from Steel Wheels is better live, which they are, and further assume that "Rock and a Hard Place" is now, in its Flash Point itteration, the new standard for what can be accomplished with a guitar...and consider how this all segues into the most chilling (and savage) version "Paint Black" ever recored (legally, at least.)

Long before anyone had ever heard of Reel Big Fish, the Stones were using brass sections as musical weapons, and that brutal application has never been more pronounced than on "Rock and a Hard Place," but is also nicely employed on a ripping "Sad, Sad, Sad."

It may be with this album that the Stones perfectly demonstrate that brilliant song writing can be combined with brutal execution with compellingly sophisticated but savagely explosive results.

Ignorant arguments about how old the Stones are ignore the fact that the Stone pretty much invented modern rock, and every day the Stones get older, they simply demonstrate that good rock is apparently ageless.

Why the first-line rockers like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley became irrelevent is something of a mystery, but we owe them a debt of gratitude for getting the ball rolling. Rock was a child's game in those days, and it must have seemed odd to see adults playing it. Rock has matured since then, and there is nothing strange at all about watching Keith Richards smoke through some of the most celebrate music of the last 50 years.

Rock isn't a childs game anymore, and on Flashpoint the Stones demonstrate, again, why they are rocks most celebrated vetrans.

Long live rock.

This album is a fatiguing experience, and a soothing trip to "Exlile on Main Street" may be a nice methadone-like come-down withdrawl aide.

This is one of the Stones' best CD's. It is all live, so it makes the CD more fun to listen to. Paint It Black and Satisfaction are AWESOME!

The Rolling Stones were promoting STEEL WHEELS when recording this album. It opens with an introductory excerpt of CONTINENTAL DRIFT from SW. Then there's START ME UP from 1981's TATTOO YOU. Then there's another SW track,SAD SAD SAD. MISS YOU is a "hot rock" from 1978's SOME GIRLS. It also became one of FORTY LICKS. Also from SW is ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. RUBY TUESDAY was a hit from 1965 and is also a "hot rock" and another of FORTY LICKS. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT is from 1969's LET IT BLEED,also a "hot rock" and a "lick". FACTORY GIRL is an old country tune that the Stones don't perform live very often. Frontman Mick Jagger asked bassist Bill Wyman what album it was from. Neither Jagger nor Wyman remembered. Then it hit Jagger. "It's from BEGGARS' BANQUET.",Jagger quipps. On another SW track,CAN'T BE SEEN,lead guitarist Keith Richards takes the lead. Willie Dixon's LITTLE RED ROOSTER is cool. PAINT IT BLACK is another oldie-but-goodie from 1966(another "hot rock" and "lick"). SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is pretty cool. From 1971's STICKY FINGERS is BROWN SUGAR,another "hot rock" and "lick",of course. JUMPING JACK FLASH is a "gas,gas,gas",as mentioned in the song. Peter Frampton recorded that one live on his FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! album. That was a cover hit for Aretha Franklin. (I CAN'T GET NO)SATISFACTION is another "hot rock" and "lick". Then there's two new studio tracks,HIGHWIRE and SEX DRIVE. U2's RATTLE AND HUM is both a studio and live album also. This album is a sequel to 1982's LOVE YOU LIVE which was recorded while promoting TATTOO YOU. Also it was originally released on Rolling Stones Records,a division of Sony,originally Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rolling Stones albums are on Virgin now. Several years ago,Virgin bought ownership rights to the Stones' albums.

this is the sound of the "corporate stones"....not the savage young stones bangin it out live,but nonetheless this is a great addition to anyone's RS collection.the sound is perfect......mick is in good form.....some different song selections...including a surprising factory girl......great for your next party.