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Amsterdamned
Mee eens,maar ik word er vanaf geflikkerd als ik de "Beatrix" scene erop zet .

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whitem8
Um Zack you did...so you want a prize? Recognition? I agree with you. Your post was great! Feel better?

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drewmaster
Casino Boogie is a fine track, although not one of my top 5 from Exile. It's got a cool swagger to it and fits the album very well. A great, loose, rollicking boogie. Just doesn't qualify as a masterpiece, in my book.

Drew

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drewmaster
Casino Boogie is a fine track, although not one of my top 5 from Exile. It's got a cool swagger to it and fits the album very well. A great, loose, rollicking boogie. Just doesn't qualify as a masterpiece, in my book.

Drew

I think what makes 'Exile On Main Street' so great, drewmaster, is that in a sense the Stones don't give any impression of being constrained in any way. The 'Beggars Banquet' - 'Sticky Fingers' albums are brilliant, and as brilliant as 'Exile' in many ways, but they are very tidy albums, where one gets the impression the Stones had one eye in crafting great individual songs, to ultimately result in creating a wonderfully impressive whole - commercial aspirations always being a central part. There is a self consciousness to be found on those albums which is pretty much lacking on 'Exile', which i believe in some ways represents their rock 'n' roll, blues, soul and country roots that much more authentically. The Stones just seems so utterly relaxed and masterful on everything they touch on 'Exile', whatever their primary influence may be, and it marks perhaps the clearest division between what their main rivals the Beatles primary assets always were (great songcraft, and experimentation) and what have been the Stones (the rawness and essence found in the roots of popular music). 'Casino Boogie' may not be the greatest Stones song in its construction, but it's a great representation of what they do best - it's their true forte, and in that regard it does rank with their best.

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Loudei
Probably the greatest Stones groove on record... the outro is unmatched. Sorry they havent played this live.

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71Tele

This track is the very essence of Exile, and what made that record so great.

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Edward Twining
drewmaster, my point really is just specific to the Stones. They do craft great songs of course, but a lot of the things that make the Stones so great is the fact that they work very much on feel, as much as anything. There is a rawness or funkiness within much of the best of the Stones music, that is very much aside from the quality of the songs, which is captured magnificently on 'Exile On Main Street'. The Beatles musical contributions were always to underline the actual quality of songs, whereas much of the Stones music is to do with capturing the feel, or the emotion, inherent within a performance of a song. The Beatles forte is very much songcraft, but with the Stones, a greater emphasis is placed on performance. With 'Exile On Main Street' the Stones very much deliver their most emotional offering, where their studio performance very much reaches a zenith, without them thinking too much about delivering a tidy offering, like 'Let It Bleed' or 'Sticky Fingers'.

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liddas
One of my all time favorites! It's perfect. It's a loose, sexy, stomp your feet kind of groove. One could play it for ages.

True gems are: Keith's back up vocals, Keith's guitar work on the intro, Taylor's monster solo (I consider it one of his best on record!).

C