the new Rolling Stones single is better than it has a right to be...

[WCiezak]

Anyone else think this sounds way too Pop and overproduced? And it's not as smooth-sounding as some modern stuff either. There's really nothing about it that seems like the Stones. It's like they took some producer's songs and threw Mick's voice on them.

[cowpins]

Can't disagree with you, however, another perspective is it's what The Stones would sound like w/ a modern day producer and auto-tune, which wasn't the case in their heyday.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Yeah cripes they're not going to go to Pathe Marconi or Montserrat in 2023...

[greengoblinrulz]

actually heard it on Sirius XM's Classic channel 25

[pieceofme]

Anyone else think this sounds way too Pop and overproduced? And it's not as smooth-sounding as some modern stuff either. There's really nothing about it that seems like the Stones. It's like they took some producer's songs and threw Mick's voice on them.

It is crap. If this has been released by a no name band you wouldn't be seeing the same universal praise around these parts.

[WCiezak]

Yeah this production really overdoes it on the hard tuning. Autotune can sound really natural. I was revising a project I did for a guy and it sounded so natural that I forgot I had even inserted it when I originally started mixing it. But it does make a vocal sound more compressed for sure. There's modern Pop songs/albums that have a much more tasteful production than this. Demi's Body Say, Foxes' All I Need, Zara Larsson's Never Forget You, Jason Derulo's Cheyenne, that Weeknd song from Cobra Kai, quite a few. I'd put Ghostown from Madonna in there but it has some horrible distortion caused by too much limiting. I'm sure the original mixes of this stuff all sounds way better than the finished masters. The rock and metal stuff seems to be where a lot of the bad ideas seep into. They're always seemingly trying to overcompensate in an attempt to appeal to people who listen to Pop music. A lot of these guys have had inferiority complexes going back to the original eras they existed in. I Was Made For Loving You, The Black Album, Risk, that nu-metal Machinehead album, Fight and Two, Axl wanting to industrialize Guns, Slang, we've seen this over and over again. And I like a lot of songs on these sellout attempts. The Stones don't need to go this route though. A lot of things are "cool" these days. People love all that 60s sounding stuff. Plugin and hardware companies make a lot of money recreating things used to make those albums like the Fairchild, 1176, Echo Chambers, spring reverbs, guitar amps, you name it. The Stones would probably have a lot more hype if they went back and used the same stuff they used in 1965. We'd see headlines like "Stones new album uses all vintage equipment from classic Aftermath album". Then give it a high dynamic range master for the full "retro" experience. Employing all this overblown modern production is the opposite of evolving and moving forward.

[Hellbound]

I was revising a blowjob I did for a guy and it sounded so natural that I forgot I had even inserted it when I originally started licking it. Then give it a high dynamic range master for the full "retro" experience.

[chungasrevenge]

Not a great start and not a track I would go back to often. Kind of dreading the next single with Lady Gaga as well. Her and Mick belting gospel crap sounds like hell. Some of the descriptions of the deeper cuts still gives me hope.

[EzyRider]

Stones showing the youngsters how it's done

Love the Sunset Strip theme and the rock chick is awesome. I thought I saw Tower Records at some point but maybe I was hallucinating?

I got an AC/DC vibe from the rhythm section and then imagined Brian Johnson singing it with some alternative lyrics like 'Babe Get Down On Your Knees'

[chungasrevenge]

I like this fan remix of last couple of minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-LQ64UYzj8&t=2s

[Ziggy Sawdust]

Jagger just said in an interview it’s not the last stones album, and they are two thirds of the way through another album, not sure if he was being serious.

[DiamondDog]

Jagger just said in an interview it’s not the last stones album, and they are two thirds of the way through another album, not sure if he was being serious.

I heard him mention in another interview that this one isn't actually all that "new", having been in the works for several years now, so I could see it.