It was less than two years ago when the Rolling Stones with “Hackney Diamonds” released their latest studio album with new songs. Of course there is hope that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will add again. Her “Hackney Diamonds” producer Andrew Watt now spoke to the US colleagues from Rolling Stone.
In conversation, Watt initially defends the recent Grammy win of the Stones against complaints on the net that younger rock bands were disadvantaged.
“They are in their eighties,” says Watt. “You are 82 and 83 years old. Name me another band in the story, which made such a good album in its eighties, with this level of songwriting and this performance. Fuck production. I press on recording. Do you know what I mean? And I make sure that it sounds good. They play, sing, write, give everything. You can’t tell me any other band that has ever made such a good album in your 80s. And the reason why they can’t tell me that is that Rock ‘N’ Roll is not that old yet! There is confidence in humanity in which what a person could be capable of. “
Then Andrew Watt talks about the “Hackney Diamonds” sessions. There are still songs. The question is whether the songs that have not been used are simply not good enough for publication. Watt says so much about the future:
Even more songs from “Hackney Diamonds”
There are still many remaining songs from the Hackney Diamonds Sessions, and Watt wants the Stones to finish them. “It was a productive time for the band. They had accumulated material from 18 years in these sessions, ”says Watt. “There was so much to search through. And at first there was so much that you could choose from. And then new songs were added because everyone was on the move and somehow in intoxication. So we recorded more than fit the album. There is more material. I can’t say whether it will happen or not. It is up to them, but it would be great. Why not finish the material, do you know? “