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Under the Influence: Keith Richards
They're featuring this documentary on Netflix at the moment. It's a Netflix original - love the stuff that company is doing, whether documentaries or quality dramas (btw, don't miss Sense8 if you like the action genre).
I really didn't expect Mr. Richards to actually be an interesting guy. In most of the interviews I've seen in the past he was barely coherent. In this film, he's sober, honest and reflective. Lots of good music in it, even if they're only brief snippits.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/25 16:07:09
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I agree completely and was surprised to see Keith had such depth as a musician. I didn't realize the Stones brought back the American blues genre. Who knew? And when it's Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters giving you the props, you can't do much better.
Netflix and a digital antennae gives me all I want for $8 per month.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/25 16:36:02
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Watched it last night, really enjoyed it. Never been a Stones fan, but I warmed to Keef, he's steeped in music history and loves what he does, that shines through.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/25 18:23:38
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What??! Keith was under the influence before? Shocked, I say, shocked!  Rumor has it he died about 20 years ago but nobody told him. 
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/26 08:55:56
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Take away all the music in this documentary and you still have a great show 
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/26 08:58:49
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Favorite line from Keith: "I'm not a pop star anymore, and that's the way I like it." Meaning, he paid his dues and now he gets to do whatever he wants. Except that most retirees take up woodworking or something, not continue doing the same thing they did all their working lives. ampfixer
Netflix and a digital antennae gives me all I want for $8 per month.
Same here. I cancelled my cable TV earlier this year, bought a $30 antenna for the local news and ran some Cat 5 to the bedroom TV for Netflix. I save a hundred bucks a month and never want for entertainment. The only downside is I can't participate in water-cooler conversation about last night's episode of Game of Thrones, as I won't see it for another year.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/26 09:20:15
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The movie 'Shine A Light' is also well worth seeing too. I was pretty impressed with Keith in that too. He played great as they all did.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/26 12:37:01
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I have been watching this over a few nights. It is a little slow for me so I only watch about 15 minutes at a time. I am still not done watching it :-)
I agree with what everyone is saying here. The documentary is well done and I am learning a lot about Keith Richards that I never expected.
BTW I also dropped cable a couple of years ago too.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/27 09:04:11
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Loved the old Stones footage.
Was a little surprised when my wife asked "Who's that?" at a closeup of of Brian Jones.
"That's Brian honey"
But I think John surprised me more with;
"surprised to see Keith had such depth as a musician"
What?
Look at the body of his work. This ain't Marc Bolan of TRex,
this is Keith Richards of The (bloody) Rolling Stones!
(arguably the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time, and really there is not argument)
Loved his confrontation with Chuck, there's more of that in "Hail, Hail, Rock n Roll".
Keith plays that ****e like Clapton plays Albert King or Carl Perkins
(Carls's double take in the live show; PRICELESS!): better than the original!
But, how does he play at all, the man's hands are a mess?
It took me a while to get through the book, he credits the drugs with his success (what?).
But the film, "a little slow for me"???; evidently you didn't learn all Chuck's riffs from Keef...
LOVED IT (two snaps up)!
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/27 09:59:41
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DeeringAmps
Look at the body of his work. This ain't Marc Bolan of TRex,
this is Keith Richards of The (bloody) Rolling Stones!
Well, to be fair to Bolan, Keith did have a distinct advantage when it came to amassing a body of work. He didn't die in a car crash when he was 30.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/27 12:34:34
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My surprise with "Keith s depth as a musician" was his piano playing and all the stuff he did on a guitar with 6 strings instead of his usual 5. I had always assumed that the more complicated guitar stuff was Ronnie Wood or another side-man. I was clearly wrong about that.
Did anyone notice the index finger on his left hand? It looks like a flesh covered capo from decades of playing in open tunings.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/27 16:51:26
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I'm surprised by how surprised you guys are.
Richards has written so many great songs it's hard to count. Even at 70+ the Stones are still a great band. Mick is a freak of nature.
I hear they are about to make a new album. I hope it's better than 'A Bigger Bang'.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/27 23:16:21
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No surprises for me. It was Keef. Loved all the old footage.
Now if only they'd do one on Waddy too.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 08:38:21
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clintmartin
I'm surprised by how surprised you guys are.
The only thing that surprised me (in a very good way) was his respect and admiration of traditional country music and his visit to the Ryman. Everything else was stuff I already knew, or would have expected. This was a great documentary... A closer look at a man that has seen it all, done it all and been it all - yet still managed to land on his feet.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 08:43:38
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you mean Keith Richards did something besides play Jack Sparrow's father? 
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 12:14:13
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Another one* I can recommend is "The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir" http://www.netflix.com/watch/80011852 *See what I did there? Though many might be turned off due to their lack of interest in the Grateful Dead, it actually touches on a lot of things with Bob speaking quite frankly about not just music and the band, but also (among other things) drugs, groupies, fans, fame, Jerry's problems, why he doesn't currently drive the way legendary beatnik (and former roommate) Neal Cassady taught him and how a flock of bats once saved the band (and no it wasn't a hallucination). He is lucid and candid and I suspect that some might really enjoy it even if Dead music isn't for them.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 12:18:21
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I ran across this video of Keith on bass, playing all kinda Jack Bruce-y behind John Lennon and Eric Clapton (Mitch Mitchel on drums). The audio is surprisingly good given the age of the tape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuy-10Ejck4
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 12:38:36
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In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 19:56:59
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I am watching this too and enjoying it. One of the things I am liking a lot about it is all the very early Amercian blues music they are playing. Sort of explains where Keith is very much coming from.
post edited by Jeff Evans - 2015/09/28 20:22:46
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/28 22:39:16
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"yet still managed to land on his feet. "
Read the book, he doesn't ALWAYS land on his feet.
But for some unknown reason manages not only to survive, but thrive!
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Re: Under the Influence: Keith Richards
2015/09/29 09:46:58
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Hi,
Reminds me of a David Bowie quote about his longevity ... when asked what is the secret, and he laughed ... "...good doctors ... " and laughed again! It was on Behind the Music.
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