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Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Date: May 25, 2010 11:45

Here's HEILOOBAAS's review on exile

Rocks Off Good drums, bass, vocals go nowhere & say nothing. Nothing more than a
below standard opener to an important album. Best live version 2/26/73 Perth

Rip This Joint The band's onstage and it's one of those nights. Mick sounds like
he's screaming & running & Keith is just barely able to keep up w/him. The guitars
chug away like the Altamont Commuter Express. One of Charlie's best drum
performances in studio, punching in fills & then running back to the beat. This
should have been the single for Exile.

Hip Shake This "phoned in" track entirely annihilates the momentum of the spirit of
the first two tracks. It's like aborting take off on a fully loaded KLM 747-400 at
SXM! Was "Criss Cross Mind" composed at this time? It would have added to a
scintillating first lp side for years to come!

Casino Boogie follows. This track always provides me w/a clear view from Nellcotte's
front steps to the harbour of Villefranche. The track's tempo gives the listener an
idea of the langourness lazy days & starry nights of summer on the French Riviera.

Tumbling Dice is the other side of le Cote D'Azur. The excitement of brightly lit
casino nights, fast moving, beautifully bronzed couples & their entourages, ancient,
exiled royalties ready to be offered the odd line, the odd Magnum of vintage
champagne, the front seats at the best tables.... Exuberant vocals all around &
including Keith's best solo on the album.

Sweet Virginia, whilst rec'd enthusiastically, is just not the masterpiece off the
Monday Morning Masturbators claim it is. Compared to anything on "Beggar's Banquet"
or "Let It Bleed", this track takes the piss & nothing more. Compare "Satanic
Majesties" "2000 Man" 's verve & drive & focus & tension w/Sweet Virginia's
luded-out sidewalk busking & I think you'll see how far Mick & Keith's standard for
really hard, blood coursing music had fallen by 1972.

Torn & Frayed is a minor Stones masterpiece. The mix is ne plus ultra, the guitars
weave & interaction brilliantly. Listening to it is like taking a hit of calming &
gentle acid & studying a beautifully worked medival tapestry.

Sweet Black Angel
A missed masterpiece. The mix is perfect, the marimba is just perfect there in the
background, the vocal is perfect, the lyric is absolutely Mick at his best. Best
live performance 6/24/72

Loving Cup
An absolutely hit. A tune kept away in a cupboard, Mick & Keith dusted this one off
& kicked the shit out of it for Exile. Nicky's piano keeps it going, Mick & Keith's
vocals wash the underdraft.

Happy
A tailor made single that shows what Mick & Keith could get up to when they put
their minds to it. Snappy vocals, searing guitar, backing vocals to die for. This
song was a big hit on the 1972 Summer Tour.

Turd On the Run
Bootleg shite; not even worth dignifying with a comment.

Ventilator Blues
Something the Stones would have worked on and/or discarded but would never have put
onto LP in this unfinished stage. Once again, an example of Mick & Keith "churning
it out" & letting the side down.

Just Want to See His Face
An abortion. They should be ashamed to have released this just to fill up a side.

Let It Loose
A wonderful example of the band moving into a new form of music and doing it
perfectly.

All Down the Line
Formula, an acoustic track from 1970 that they morphed into a power blues
rocker. Not all that & a bag of crisps.

Stop Breaking Down
Ho hum... a harp/blues slide practice track. Not for release on a major Stones album.

Shine a Light
Another brilliant track that shows Mick was
capable of creating Beatles-like soul music.

Soul Survivor
A wonderfully vibrant song, full of hope & exhiliration & searing guitars. Lovely
Stones in their 70's incarnation.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Rockman ()
Date: May 25, 2010 12:01

WOW!!!!!!!....Rocks Off ... Shake Your Hips...Stop Breeeakin' Down...

Geeeeeeeez I can't go on....can't read no more...



ROCKMAN

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: LieB ()
Date: May 25, 2010 12:45

"Rocks Off Good drums, bass, vocals go nowhere & say nothing. Nothing more than a
below standard opener to an important album."

Yikes!
I'd rather name this review "Exile for Non-Purchasers" ...



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-05-25 14:28 by LieB.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Greg ()
Date: May 25, 2010 12:46

Take note... exile for beginners...

----------------------------
"Music is the frozen tapioca in the ice chest of history."

"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: liddas ()
Date: May 25, 2010 13:04

Reviewer should quit sniffing glue!

C

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: sweet neo con ()
Date: May 25, 2010 14:19

you know what they say...opinions are like a-holes...everybody's got one.
and that's not a bad thing. winking smiley


IORR............but I like it!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-05-30 18:20 by sweet neo con.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: ghostryder13 ()
Date: May 25, 2010 14:29

didn't know it came with a manual

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: audun-eg ()
Date: May 25, 2010 14:42

It's not possible to consider Rocks Off as "Nothing more than a
below standard opener".
If one are to grade it, it's closer to the best.

[www.reverbnation.com]

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: stones_serb ()
Date: May 25, 2010 15:02

I just can't hear any flaws with Exile.It's been constantly on my listening rotation for quite a long time and it still sounds fresh to my ears.Those lesser tunes which are considered filler by many are nothing less than spectacular.Tracks like Turd on the Run and Ventilator blues are prime examples of why The Stones are considered to be among the greatest bands of all time.I can hardly find any tracks that rock that hard and with so much authority and authenticity.Maybe some of The Stooges' songs.I cab grasp how somebody could have some gripes with Just wanna see his face but it's a great piece of music that adds a lot to the overall atmosphere of the album, that of decadence and despair.It sounds like an unfinished tune but it should be simply treated as a piece of music that blends in well with the whole.
I used to think that Beggars,Bleed and Sticky fingers were superior records.I am not so sure about it anymore.Anyway not once did I have any doubts about Exile being a masterpiece



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-07-04 02:53 by stones_serb.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Anonymous User ()
Date: May 25, 2010 15:06

Quote
Schuine Hondsbossche
Here's HEILOOBAAS's review on exile

Rocks Off Good drums, bass, vocals go nowhere & say nothing. Nothing more than a
below standard opener to an important album. Best live version 2/26/73 Perth

Rip This Joint The band's onstage and it's one of those nights. Mick sounds like
he's screaming & running & Keith is just barely able to keep up w/him. The guitars
chug away like the Altamont Commuter Express. One of Charlie's best drum
performances in studio, punching in fills & then running back to the beat. This
should have been the single for Exile.

Hip Shake This "phoned in" track entirely annihilates the momentum of the spirit of
the first two tracks. It's like aborting take off on a fully loaded KLM 747-400 at
SXM! Was "Criss Cross Mind" composed at this time? It would have added to a
scintillating first lp side for years to come!

Casino Boogie follows. This track always provides me w/a clear view from Nellcotte's
front steps to the harbour of Villefranche. The track's tempo gives the listener an
idea of the langourness lazy days & starry nights of summer on the French Riviera.

Tumbling Dice is the other side of le Cote D'Azur. The excitement of brightly lit
casino nights, fast moving, beautifully bronzed couples & their entourages, ancient,
exiled royalties ready to be offered the odd line, the odd Magnum of vintage
champagne, the front seats at the best tables.... Exuberant vocals all around &
including Keith's best solo on the album.

Sweet Virginia, whilst rec'd enthusiastically, is just not the masterpiece off the
Monday Morning Masturbators claim it is. Compared to anything on "Beggar's Banquet"
or "Let It Bleed", this track takes the piss & nothing more. Compare "Satanic
Majesties" "2000 Man" 's verve & drive & focus & tension w/Sweet Virginia's
luded-out sidewalk busking & I think you'll see how far Mick & Keith's standard for
really hard, blood coursing music had fallen by 1972.

Torn & Frayed is a minor Stones masterpiece. The mix is ne plus ultra, the guitars
weave & interaction brilliantly. Listening to it is like taking a hit of calming &
gentle acid & studying a beautifully worked medival tapestry.

Sweet Black Angel
A missed masterpiece. The mix is perfect, the marimba is just perfect there in the
background, the vocal is perfect, the lyric is absolutely Mick at his best. Best
live performance 6/24/72

Loving Cup
An absolutely hit. A tune kept away in a cupboard, Mick & Keith dusted this one off
& kicked the shit out of it for Exile. Nicky's piano keeps it going, Mick & Keith's
vocals wash the underdraft.

Happy
A tailor made single that shows what Mick & Keith could get up to when they put
their minds to it. Snappy vocals, searing guitar, backing vocals to die for. This
song was a big hit on the 1972 Summer Tour.

Turd On the Run
Bootleg shite; not even worth dignifying with a comment.

Ventilator Blues
Something the Stones would have worked on and/or discarded but would never have put
onto LP in this unfinished stage. Once again, an example of Mick & Keith "churning
it out" & letting the side down.

Just Want to See His Face
An abortion. They should be ashamed to have released this just to fill up a side.

Let It Loose
A wonderful example of the band moving into a new form of music and doing it
perfectly.

All Down the Line
Formula, an acoustic track from 1970 that they morphed into a power blues
rocker. Not all that & a bag of crisps.

Stop Breaking Down
Ho hum... a harp/blues slide practice track. Not for release on a major Stones album.

Shine a Light
Another brilliant track that shows Mick was
capable of creating Beatles-like soul music.

Soul Survivor
A wonderfully vibrant song, full of hope & exhiliration & searing guitars. Lovely
Stones in their 70's incarnation.

Exile was(and still is) great when I bought it,(12 years old).
PMS is the only new release that can stand the Exile test.
You forgot to mention that song.winking smiley

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: TooTough ()
Date: May 26, 2010 00:00

Turd On the Run
Bootleg shite; not even worth dignifying with a comment.


Haha. You ainĀ“t dignifying?

Just heard Turd on The Run at full speeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
and it blows my balls as it did at the first listen in
1983, when I was 15.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: whitem8 ()
Date: May 26, 2010 08:36

My goodness a very terrible review. Terribly written, no passion and just hackneyed opionion... Crapolla!

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: jamesjagger ()
Date: May 26, 2010 10:22

the review is as worse as the "new" songs except PMS.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: VoodooLounge13 ()
Date: May 26, 2010 16:32

I have to admit that I don't think Exile is for Beginners. It was a LONG time after I had gotten into the Stones before I picked up this album, and even at that point, it took me a looooooooooong time to get into this album and realize it was the treasure that it is. I tend to think that if a fan started there, that they might be turned off from the Stones, as it is a very difficult and dense album. It is art in its purest sense, and to try and turn someone new onto the Stones, I would never start with EOMS, but that's just me.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: HEILOOBAAS ()
Date: July 4, 2010 01:18

You miss the point,those of you who think I hate the album & it's a bad review. I love the album, except I find that several tracks fall far below their standard up until the time of release. Please read it again & see what yer think. Hackneyed? I don't even wanna dignigy it w/a reply!

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: msw2525 ()
Date: July 4, 2010 01:26

everyone gets their own opinion and mine is that the OP's review is terrible. no point in elaborating.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: tatters ()
Date: July 4, 2010 02:50

The reviewer is right about many things, but VERY wrong in thinking that there are ANY bad tracks on Exile.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: stones77 ()
Date: July 4, 2010 03:17

that review was, well, just wrong

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Hairball ()
Date: July 4, 2010 07:16

Quote
Schuine Hondsbossche
Torn & Frayed is a minor Stones masterpiece. The mix is ne plus ultra, the guitars
weave & interaction brilliantly. Listening to it is like taking a hit of calming &
gentle acid & studying a beautifully worked medival tapestry.

smoking smiley

_____________________________________________________________
Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: NedKelly ()
Date: July 4, 2010 12:25

Rocks off is my favorite opener of a record EVER! THE BEST!

Oh yeah.....

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: baxlap ()
Date: July 5, 2010 03:48

I agree with some of it, disagree with most of it, and otherwise applaud the author for having the nerve to wind people up by articulating a contrarian viewpoint.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Lynd8 ()
Date: July 5, 2010 06:09

What a total load of sh*t!
Rocks off is just great and Hip Shake is pretty damn fine in my opinion.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: slew ()
Date: July 5, 2010 16:23

Rocks Off is the best song on the album!!!!!

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: HEILOOBAAS ()
Date: July 5, 2010 23:36

Awww... I love the band & I love Exile. But it's OK once in a while to really deconstruct an album. But thanks for all the comments, I enjoy it when people break out of their politesse & actually react to something! BTW, I love Rocks Off, it's just that in the scheme of the their brilliant material it ain't much. They were just too loaded on drugs for this one and it shows.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: treaclefingers ()
Date: July 6, 2010 06:33

Quote
HEILOOBAAS
Awww... I love the band & I love Exile. But it's OK once in a while to really deconstruct an album. But thanks for all the comments, I enjoy it when people break out of their politesse & actually react to something! BTW, I love Rocks Off, it's just that in the scheme of the their brilliant material it ain't much. They were just too loaded on drugs for this one and it shows.

Your opinion is noted, and disagreed with. Great that you don't have the final say!

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: HEILOOBAAS ()
Date: July 6, 2010 18:42

Your opinion is noted, and disagreed with. Great that you don't have the final say![/quote]

Treakee, why don't you write your own review of Exiles? I'd love it if others told us what they personally think about the album. I don't want to have the "final say," I just am glad I was able to gonzo my little blurb out whilst sitting in a hotel in Concord, CA, higher than Hades on Ataivan, Oxycodone & good vodka!

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: 71Tele ()
Date: July 6, 2010 19:43

Quote
HEILOOBAAS
Your opinion is noted, and disagreed with. Great that you don't have the final say!

Treakee, why don't you write your own review of Exiles? I'd love it if others told us what they personally think about the album. I don't want to have the "final say," I just am glad I was able to gonzo my little blurb out whilst sitting in a hotel in Concord, CA, higher than Hades on Ataivan, Oxycodone & good vodka![/quote]

Wouldn't it be "lower than Hades"? Maybe it's the Oxycodone and vodka talking...

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: treaclefingers ()
Date: July 6, 2010 21:09

Quote
HEILOOBAAS
Your opinion is noted, and disagreed with. Great that you don't have the final say!

Treakee, why don't you write your own review of Exiles? I'd love it if others told us what they personally think about the album. I don't want to have the "final say," I just am glad I was able to gonzo my little blurb out whilst sitting in a hotel in Concord, CA, higher than Hades on Ataivan, Oxycodone & good vodka![/quote]

Well thank you for the invitation and sorry if I seemed a little harsh. Might have been the cabernet speaking.
Anyhoo...I don't think I would really have anything earth shattering to add to the EXILE reviews, that hasn't already been said thousands of times before.

While the songs individually vary in their degree of 'goodness' (I do take exception to your belittling of ROCKS OFF though....I think along with most other people, the reaction has been...HUH?!?), the album - as most people say - needs to be viewed as a whole...a 'suite' of songs if you will.

Together these songs convey a vibe that is not easily replicated, hell, the Stones can't even replicate that magic.

I'm not sure if it is even my favourite album, but as a vibe, it is the most consistent and consistently high, throughout 4 sides of vinyl.

Quite unique.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: andrewm ()
Date: July 6, 2010 22:22

Heiloobaas, I wish you'd have spent some of that time deconstructing the complete recorded works of the Black Crowes. I've been dying to know what you think of them.

Re: Exile for Beginners, Old Timers & Repurchasers
Posted by: Beelyboy ()
Date: July 6, 2010 23:05

i just wanna see his face is sublime. good writing tho; i enjoyed it;
you're way off on rocks off too imo.

oh and all down the line just about one of the best most proud vibrant incredible rooted downhome blistering genius triumph of rock and roll i ever heard.
but man, i like your tude...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-07-06 23:07 by Beelyboy.

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