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Stones single reaction

TAKE OF THE DAY: “Doom and Gloom,” the new Rolling Stones single, seems to be surprising people—or, as one iTunes customer review read, “Formulaic, but oh what a formula.” L.A. Times lead critic Randall Roberts went into more detail about the track’s virtues. “Starring Wood's and Richards' ringing interplay and that mystical guitar tone featured in such Stones classics as ‘Street Fighting Man,’ ‘Tumbling Dice’ and ‘Miss You,’ ‘Doom and Gloom’ is an uptempo dance number in the most rocking sense of the term,” he writes, approvingly and accurately. “As such, it's driven as much by Watts' metronomic rhythms as those guitars, and combined with hand claps it creates the kind of solid momentum that would drive a crowded dance floor. (That is, were 2012 dance floors looking for a new Stones single, which seems doubtful in the age of Afrojack and Deadmau5). It's not as disco-charged as "Miss You," but Watts channels a similar energy. And Mick Jagger? He sings of shooting zombies in a Louisiana swamp, fracking, dirt, kids picking through garbage, and hints at protesting the West's military involvement in the Middle East. His voice arrives as insistent as ever—this isn't the Jagger of ‘Wild Horses’ or ‘Angie,’ but of ‘Rocks Off’ and ‘Jumpin' Jack Flash.’ Not that the song is as good as any of those, even if that's primarily due to the passage of time, and pop and rock's affection for youthful exuberance over aged wisdom… What the band's best songs share is a similar vibe, a sense of rock 'n' roll release that typifies the Stones at their best.” But let’s not expect the world to hyperventilate at the mere appearance of a new Stones record, as it once did. At around noon yesterday PT, a few hours after it went on sale, “Doom and Gloom” was at #75 on the iTunes Top Songs chart, as of 5 a.m. this morning, it had rocketed to #73. (10/12a)

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