Joe Satriani performs with Sammy Hagar at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Aug 17, 2024. Seam Liming/STAFF. The other day I was listening to Dua Lipa, like you do, when I realized something that really should have occurred to me years ago: I’ve heard that song before. Rappers…

Eminem First, as a follow-up to last week’s column of “Eurovision” favorites, an update: The final isn’t until noon on May 11, but of our top 10, only eight countries are still in it. Iceland and San Marino won’t be there. San Marino was easily my second-favorite, but its…

The Rolling Stones, “Live at the Wiltern.” In February 2023, the Rolling Stones released Grrr Live, an album they billed as their “definitive greatest hits live” collection. And that it was, with at least 18 of its 23 songs either huge hits or beloved favorites. The latest live Stones…

Mick Jagger performs during the Rolling Stones’ Forty Licks Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2003. Photo by KMazur/WireImage. Photo by James Keivom/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. In 2018 I completed a quest to list my top five (or so) songs for every…

Rolling Stones, “Hackney Diamonds.” It is a wonderful feeling to know that your heroes are still who they claim to be. Especially these days. Hackney Diamonds by the Rolling Stones is proof that the band still has that essential spark that made it the world’s greatest rock band. Hackney Diamonds Rolling…

Insert Foot is still grateful for the Rolling Stones. All these older rockers are dying off. Jimmy Buffett, Tina Turner, Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Tim Bachman, Christine McVie … on and on. It happens, especially with the lifestyle that goes with being a rock star. Touring is difficult enough…

The Rolling Stones, “Grrr Live!” When it comes to the Rolling Stones, there’s not much new under the sun to say about them, absent discovery of a heretofore unknown chord or when one of the longtime mainstays dies. The latter indeed happened about 18 months ago, and it was…

Charlie Watts performs with The Rolling Stones during the band’s 50th anniversary tour at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Dec. 12, 2013. Modified photo courtesy Babette Ross. While I’m sure my fellow columnist Tony Hicks is probably writing about this same subject and doing a much…

Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones with performs with his other band, The ABC & D of Boogie Woogie, at the Casino in Herisau, Switzerland on Jan. 13, 2010. Photo: Poiseon Bild & TextWikicommons. Much has been said about the magic that was Charlie Watts’ drumming—his combination of a…

Insert Foot ignoring reality by doing some light reading. You want hope that 2020 will work itself out anytime soon? Sorry. This is where your dreams come to die today. Here’s how optimistic I am the virus-soaked coast will clear to emerge from our dark corner/mother’s basement/fire shelter made…