Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 The first original Rolling Stone to pass away since Brian Jones in 1969. RIP! https://variety.com/2021/music/news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-dies-1235047778/ Holko, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Chewy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Hard week for Rock'n'Roll music fans... Don Everly, then him. It's a whole lot of music history that is touched by these deaths, from the last pioneers of Rock'n'Roll to the founders of counterculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I'm sad about this one. The more intimately familiar you get with the Stones' catalog, the more you realize Charlie's importance - which is otherwise less obvious from his stoic presence on stage. It was amazing to have so much of the core of the group intact for this long. Bespin and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted August 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2021 I've just heard, on the BBC. Fucking hell, this is deep. He was the beating heart of the Stones, and, possibly, the greatest - and most modest - straight ahead backbeat man. Not an inovator like Ringo, not a star like Moon, not florid like Peart, and not aggressive like Bonzo, he was the solid rock, upon which the Stones built their entire catalogue. He will be missed...very, very much. Smeltington, Bespin, Chewy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted August 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2021 Oh shit. What good is it to have Keith Richards living forever when the rest of them can die? It was the Stones who slowly re-introduced me to rock music a few years after Williams had turned me orchestral music exclusively. I was fortunate to catch them last two times they came to Austria, in 2014 and 2017. My father was a big Stones fan and used to put on their concert DVDs late at night at the end of family gatherings. Once the neighbours asked him the next day if he had been him playing them last night. When he apologised, they told him not to apologise but turn it up more next time. Smeltington, Naïve Old Fart and Chewy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2021 I vividly remember the first time I consciously listened to the Stones (I'm sure I'd heard them in commercials or whatever before). My older brother was never much of an influence on my music listening, but one time in the car, when I was probably 11 or 12, he said "You'll love this song" and he put on "Paint it Black." That booming relentless drum beat made such a huge impression on me. Naïve Old Fart, Nick1Ø66, Marian Schedenig and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,382 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 So sad about this, this is the end of an era. Hopefully they don't cancel their upcoming tour, especially since it was already planned to replace Charlie temporarily. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I was probably 11 or 12, he said "You'll love this song" and he put on "Paint it Black." That booming relentless drum beat made such a huge impression on me. That amazing song was written years before I was born, so I can safely say without the lens of nostalgia that they don't write 'em like that anymore. RIP, Charlie Watts. You had to be dragged by Wild Horses to the next life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I didn't know he was a jazz drummer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, AC1 said: I didn't know he was a jazz drummer too. Yeah. Check out THE CHARLIE WATTS JIM KELTNER PROJECT and FROM ONE CHARLIE TO ANOTHER (A Tribute To Bird) CDs. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Yeah, I was just about to ask about recommendations for his jazz stuff. I know he did it, but haven't really heard any. Sad news, this. Been a Rolling Stones fan for as long as I can remember (also saw them live once), and always found Watts the most "mysterious" of the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 "...mysterious" as in, didn't play the rock star game? He always hated that. He was a normal guy in a an exceptional circumstance, a gentleman who drummed, and, he did it very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 When I was young I thought they didn't play tight but later I understood that was the unique Stones groove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: "...mysterious" as in, didn't play the rock star game? Yes. Like an accountant at a rave party. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,343 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Damn! I thought, at least the Stones would live forever. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 R.I.P. to Mr Watts ... shunning all the 'rock star' trappings probably made him the most effortlessly cool of the Stones. Love that story about Charlie being wakened in his hotel room by a drunk Jagger phoning from his, asking was 'my drummer' there. Charlie got up, put on a suit (naturally), went to Jagger's room and when he answered the door punched him, saying 'Don't EVER call me 'your drummer' again! You're MY fucking singer!' Naïve Old Fart and Nick1Ø66 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Damn! I thought, at least the Stones would live forever. R.I.P. I think we all did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 The Québécois always loved The Rolling Stones, here are some of their first hits that charted here between 1963 and 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 10:04 AM, AC1 said: When I was young I thought they didn't play tight but later I understood that was the unique Stones groove. Thank you, Stewart. Marian Schedenig and Smeltington 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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