R.I.P. Charlie Watts

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

He's passed away at 80.

https://news.sky.com/story/charlie-w...ed-80-12389662

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Oh, damn. Awful news. I knew he wasn't in great health but I didn't expect this. One of the greatest drummers of all time, he knew to keep it simple, yet did amazing things. RIP.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Sad, he seemed like a decent guy. Who'd have thought that the quiet one would go before Keith? He was my mum's favourite Stone.

[Gary Banks Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gary Banks]

Unexpected bad news indeed.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Not really a Stones fan outside of 2 albums that I think are phenomenal and a handful of great singles, but he always seemed like a pretty cool guy. RIP

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Not really a Stones fan outside of 2 albums that I think are phenomenal and a handful of great singles, but he always seemed like a pretty cool guy. RIP

Which 2 albums, Mark? I'm a huge fan of all the Brian Jones era albums and singles (some not on albums), particularly Aftermath. And I think the run of Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile...is quite possibly the greatest 4 album run in rock history. All masterpieces. I also like Some Girls a lot.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Which 2 albums, Mark? I'm a huge fan of all the Brian Jones era albums and singles (some not on albums), particularly Aftermath. And I think the run of Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile...is quite possibly the greatest 4 album run in rock history. All masterpieces. I also like Some Girls a lot.

Let It Bleed is not only a great Stones album, it's one of my favourite albums, period. Beggar's Banquet was the other one. I'm one of the weirdos that's lukewarm on EXILE.

I do really like a lot of the early singles with Jones on them.

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

"Factory Girl" on Beggar's is one of my all-timers. "No Expectations" is badass too, that slide guitar...I probably like Sticky Fingers more than Exile, there's a bunch of great songs on it but I think Sticky is tighter and "Dead Flowers" is another immortal for me. Mick Taylor upped their game by a huge margin.

Of the Brian Jones albums, Aftermath was the first one with all original songs. I also really dig Between The Buttons, I think "Connection" is one of the great lost Stones songs.

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

Ironic that the least wild member of the Stones is the first to go, aside from Brian.

[Spaghetti Monkey Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Spaghetti Monkey]

Which 2 albums, Mark? I'm a huge fan of all the Brian Jones era albums and singles (some not on albums), particularly Aftermath. And I think the run of Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile...is quite possibly the greatest 4 album run in rock history. All masterpieces. I also like Some Girls a lot.

Right there with you on all of this, and Dead Flowers is probably my all time favorite. Plus it was damn nice of them to put 'Walk Before I Run' on Some Girls, so The Supersuckers and Steve Earle could do their fantastic cover.