As time / yrs go by, I Like Parachute woman more & more to point really like it. Prodigal son is alright too Just never hit me, or did it for me if you will. I think many quite love this one. Parachute B & Prodigal B- Parachute Woman Wins for me but, think Prodigal for most, wins this song battle???? What say you? MEZ



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Parachute Woman James me boy!

Parchute Woman beats the son

Well alright!! Your with me. Perhaps I was wrong assumming diehards would prefer Prodigal, but only the "early returns" are in gentleman. Mez

parachute 8.25 p. son 7.825

Both great songs from a fantastic album...I'll give the nod to 'Son'...gotta love Keith's "heyyy" towards the end

Prodigal Son

PRodigal Son

Prodigal son.

Gotta do some serious thinkin. Parachute Man is a great friend.
Let me come back & give my vote, ok?

PW is a traditional 12-bar blues, so a little more "ordinary", but the Stones lay a great Stones-stamp on it; it has a good end-of-60s, newly heavily amplified Stones sound to it, so its feel is kind of fresh and exciting.

While PS I think is more of a re-creation of a special style of singing and also more country-ish acoustic guit. accompaniment, which Keith excelled at (Aftermath). It also has a more intricate construction. I prefer PS.

Love 'em both (have people been questioning the greatness of "Beggar's" lately?) but it ain't no surprise:

"Prodigal Son," please.

Rev. Robert W. is right, nothing more to say ...

prodigal son

i urge folks to seek out the 9-minute version of Prodigal Son done by the author, Robert Wilkins, in the early sixties (his original version was done in the 20's). It's THIS version the Stones obviously were aping. But, here you get about 15 verses....very, very cool stuff. As much as I enjoy the Stones' version, it adds nothing to this version....

mttlacroix Wrote:
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> prodigal son

T&A Wrote:
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> i urge folks to seek out the 9-minute version of
> Prodigal Son done by the author, Robert Wilkins,
> in the early sixties (his original version was
> done in the 20's). It's THIS version the Stones
> obviously were aping. But, here you get about 15
> verses....very, very cool stuff. As much as I
> enjoy the Stones' version, it adds nothing to this
> version....


Calling Rockman!

Was this the version that you reccomended as well?

T&A: Is this available on CD or only on vinyl? (I'm no longer vinyl-ready) Can you tell us any more about where this version comes from?

Always had a little weakness for the Rev.'s work...

[www.amazon.com]


you'll even see a mini-review of the album from li'l ol' me....



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Sorry, guys, but I just cant decide.

Brown Sugar. Best of the best.

T&A:

Many thanks for the heads-up on the Wilkins performance and on the "Blues At Newport" disc generally. That looks very enticing.

Prodigal son Oshawa '''blind date''spend all his money on the''horse'''that aint no way for us to get allong''.1979 right.

that Newport disc is something of a companion piece to the three-disc set available. there's some overlap...worth having all four discs - some great historical performances contained.