Rolling Stones – Silicon Spatula

May 3, 2015May 3, 2015

You Can’t Really Hear Me Knocking

As a die-hard Stones fan, I was thrilled to hear that the band had put out a previously unreleased version of their earbud-shaking “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’,” off of the band’s 1971 ‘Sticky Fingers” album. Stones re-releases and alternate versions can be a lot of fun – think of the newly-released acoustic “Wild Horses,” or the … Continue reading You Can’t Really Hear Me Knocking

October 12, 2012October 14, 2012

Doom, Gloom, and Just a Little Zoom

The Rolling Stones’ newly-released “Doom and Gloom” does not break musical ground, and, frankly, that’s a good thing. The song plays to the group’s strengths – dominating drumbeats, straightforward production values, and a catchy, ringtone-worthy opening riff – while simultaneously repackaging lyrics for a Millenial audience. The result is a somewhat unexceptional, but nonetheless catchy and enjoyable track that ranks among the Stones’s A- work.