THE FRIDAY FLASH

OK, it's gotta be one of the coolest videos ever ...

And 60+ years in, The Rolling Stones are still making their mark!

Even after only hearing the 6-second teaser they posted a week ago, I already thought "Angry" was probably their catchiest hook since "Start Me Up" back in 1981!  (The fact that it's been 18 YEARS since The Stones have released an album of all new, original material speaks volume in and of itself!)

 

Clark Besch weighs in on their interview with Jimmy Fallon, broadcast live around the world yesterday morning ...   

I hope any Stones fans got to view this live interview because it was AWESOME!  

 

For promoting their new song "Angry," it sure was a hilarious interview!  The boys were on their quick witted best and made you wish John and Paul could have been this happy beside each other. 

They spoke of their new LP and about recording two tracks with Charlie Watts before his passing ... and one of those has Bill Wyman!  

[We're talking about a full-blown, official reunion of four of the original Rolling Stones, recorded in 2019 - kk]

 

Of course, over the top Fallon had to get them to sing Off the Hook with Fallon singing the lead.  The only ego NOT in check here was Jimmy.

They had all kinds of great comments and it was great to see them all seemingly in great spirits and health!  They said they recorded 23 songs (of which half are on the new LP I guess), making me think this should have been the 2-LP "Stones White Album."  The Beatles gave us "Misery" and now the Stones gave us "Angry."

IF you watched and waited, you heard what I would have called "Another Stone in the Wall" type music for five minutes when they premiered the song "Angry" video.  It resembled some crap Pink Floyd-like 40 year old boring dreck.  The comments were saying stuff like "I'm outta here" and "THIS makes me angry."  It was horrible for five minutes and I was thinking "This cannot be the first single from this LP can it?"  Then, after many had tuned out, the actual song and video started, making me think "They wanted us to get Angry BEFORE they played the song!"  BRILLIANT!!!

The song itself is straight ahead rock n roll and not bad at all.  The best was the interview.  Just a blast of great fun for 20 minutes.

Clark Besch 

Incredibly, on Monday when the Fallon teaser was first released, announcing that he would be hosting their official launch party, we posted that promo clip of The Stones calling Jimmy Fallon on his official, secret Rolling Stones Hotline to ask him to help them launch the blitz for their brand new album, "Hackney Diamonds," now officially out October 20th ... 

It was actually a pretty funny and clever three minute clip ... and definitely worth seeing.

But before we even knew it, that clip was then automatically replaced with the then live broadcast of a very entertaining interview about the new LP.  So the Rolling Stones / Jimmy Fallon interview was immediately posted on Forgotten Hits without me even knowing it!!!  (lol)  VERY cool!!!  

(Scroll back to yesterday's post and view the whole thing ... as Clark says, it really is quite a bit of fun.)

As for the new album, we can't wait to hear the whole thing ... and pre-ordered it immediately!  

The Rolling Stones ... still blowing us away, some 60 years on!  (kk)

And leave it to Chuck Buell to crack us up at the end of what proved to be a VERY long day ...

A day late and a dollar short ... the story of my life!  (kk)

 

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