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Jan Richards
I even think that A Bigger Bang is better than Exile. Exile is just.... a lot of noice... in my ears. I did wash them today yes
eehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. WHAT??? you should not only wash your ears again, but also your mouth after that blasphemic insult! ;-)
but i must admit that you're a brave man......;-)
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skipstone
So let me attempt to understand this - just because Tom Waits likes I Just Wanna See His Face means...it's a great song?
Ha ha.
Right.
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skipstone
So let me attempt to understand this - just because Tom Waits likes I Just Wanna See His Face means...it's a great song?
Ha ha.
Right.
No , its a great song anyway. Tom Waits just has good taste. Shame you don't "get it". There is nothing about Exile that could be changed. It is the most wonderful musical journey ever. A total adventure. I feel sad for those who don't appreciate it. And you call yourselves Stones fans - ha ha right
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Fan Since 1964
Exile is the greatest album ever!
Not onlu smusically but then again production wise!
I listened thru the album today again!
It strikes me!
With a minimum of resources and with only analog technology
it's the best produced album ever!
Guess the circumstances made this production available at this high rate!
Not even George Martin would have made it better!
ONE HELL OF AN ALBUM ANY CATEGORY COMPARISON!
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letitloose
No , its a great song anyway. Tom Waits just has good taste. Shame you don't "get it".
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letitloose
There is nothing about Exile that could be changed. It is the most wonderful musical journey ever. A total adventure. I feel sad for those who don't appreciate it. And you call yourselves Stones fans - ha ha right
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letitloose
No , its a great song anyway. Tom Waits just has good taste. Shame you don't "get it".
Oh I get it - that it's not a great song anyway - literally. It's just some vibe they recorded and blended in to the album. There's nothing substantial about the song. So in that context, yeah, I don't get it - because there's nothing to get.Quote
letitloose
There is nothing about Exile that could be changed. It is the most wonderful musical journey ever. A total adventure. I feel sad for those who don't appreciate it. And you call yourselves Stones fans - ha ha right
Whatever dude. I'm not arguing, it's just an opinion that I have stated. And it really means nothing, any opinion for or against Exile. I've actually made a shortened version of it to listen to, which made Sticky Fingers longer, and it's amazingly even better (including the removal of Just Wanna See His Face). That kind of opinion "the most wonderful musical journey ever. A total adventure." is just that. Nothing else. It's good that people feel that way about Exile. If someone said Led Zep's Physical Graffiti is the best double album in rock history I would indeed laugh. Or whoever.
It's obvious that some Stones fans think it's their greatest album or best album but it seems, in general, that Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed are actually considered to be even higher in terms of the quality of the albums ie better than Exile. Like Keith said, D for down, for double. Had they treated is like any other usual release, would you feel any different about it? What if it wasn't a double album? What if it was just 9 or 10 songs? Just Wanna See His Face may have very well been a B-side. Along with Stop Breaking Down.
Is Exile the best double album ever? Certainly. Is it the best Rolling Stones album? No. Not to me anyway. Is it one of my favourite Stones albums? Yes. Is it my favourite Stones album? No.
Oh but I guess that doesn't make me a Stones fan. Or are you a...collector? What was that rant a while back? That was hilarious.
And this bit here, "With a minimum of resources and with only analog technologyit's the best produced album ever!" - were Sticky Fingers and Goats Head Soup done any better or worse in any other medium? Was recording "only" on analog a drag back then?
I've always loved Exile On Main Street. Just because I think there are a few songs that could have been left off doesn't lessen that. For me anyway. And that's all that counts.
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whiskey
I play Dirty Work more often than Exile. But Exile would be best if it was on 78RPM
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Havo
i Know, somebody will disagree! Its a great album --for sure. but---where is a song like "Midnight Rambler" Or "Sympathie"?.. Casino boogie--"turd on the run--i just seen his face---soul survivour--are "fillers" --I mentioned "Beggars" and "Bleed"-but what i like most is "Aftermath" and "out of our heads".
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Havo
i Know, somebody will disagree! Its a great album --for sure. but---where is a song like "Midnight Rambler" Or "Sympathie"?.. Casino boogie--"turd on the run--i just seen his face---soul survivour--are "fillers" --I mentioned "Beggars" and "Bleed"-but what i like most is "Aftermath" and "out of our heads".
One point that must be made is that Exile is very unlike most other albums - including what the Stones had done up to then. Most albums are collections of songs. And we all like great songs. Exile, however, must be consumed in it's entirety to really "get it." It's more than the individual songs, although I love many of them. When listened to as a whole there is a certain vibe that one misses when cherry picking songs. It's it's entirety there's something very unique and special that draws people back once it has slipped into focus. It's hard to describe but I'm betting a lot of people will know what I'm getting at.
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treaclefingers
Are the individual songs on Exile 'better' than the individual songs on Let it Bleed or Sticky Fingers? Probably not.
Are the individual members of the Rolling Stones 'better' than the Rolling Stones? Probably Not.
The beauty of this album, the magic, is of it's wholeness, its "RollingStonesishness"....as is the beauty of the Rolling Stones, the band. The sum of their individual parts is far greater than their individual contributions taken in isolation.
That is the value of Exile, and that is the value of the Rolling Stones, that magic.
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whitem8
Exactly, EOMS is one of those serendipitous events flows with perfection. Every song on it helps create a mood of rock and roll exiles exploring the depths of Americana. Perfect and if anything UNDERRATED!