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tomk
Phair's record was rather interesting, but the whole "song-by song response to Exile on Main Street" was total BS by Phair and media nonsense. I don't even know what the hell that means "a song-by-song respnse." How is the first song a reponse to Rocks Off? Any takers?
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tomk
Phair's record was rather interesting, but the whole "song-by song response to Exile on Main Street" was total BS by Phair and media nonsense. I don't even know what the hell that means "a song-by-song respnse." How is the first song a reponse to Rocks Off? Any takers?
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tomk
Phair's record was rather interesting, but the whole "song-by song response to Exile on Main Street" was total BS by Phair and media nonsense. I don't even know what the hell that means "a song-by-song respnse." How is the first song a reponse to Rocks Off? Any takers?
I would call it a brilliant record. But other than having the same number of songs and sone Stonesy guitar (and the title) there is no relationship with Exile On Main Street. It did make clever marketing at the time, however.
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Silver Dagger
One of the defining songs off Exile On Main Street. Looking at Rene's line up of musicians I'm staggered that the two Micks are the only Rolling Stones on this track. I never knew that. Does that make it the Stones' song with the least members ever on it? I guess so.
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stonehearted
One thing that always begs the question about this is, Why isn't Keith playing on this? If they only needed one guitar, then surely Keith could have played bass, as he was often wont to do in those days. Perhaps it was out of guilt, since the song was obviously a tribute by Mick to Brian, the same reason Keith didn't attend Brian's funeral, that of a guilty conscience.
Come to think of it, where are the other Stones? No Bill or Charlie either? This is really, like the Performance soundtrack, one of Mick's earlier solo outings.
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kowalski
Great live version from Stripped :
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tomk
Phair's record was rather interesting, but the whole "song-by song response to Exile on Main Street" was total BS by Phair and media nonsense. I don't even know what the hell that means "a song-by-song respnse." How is the first song a reponse to Rocks Off? Any takers?
I would call it a brilliant record. But other than having the same number of songs and sone Stonesy guitar (and the title) there is no relationship with Exile On Main Street. It did make clever marketing at the time, however.
Like I said, it's a good record, very over-rated, but nothing to do with Exile. I've got a bunch of original tunes, and one is a country tune. So if I position that the sixth song out of ten, then I have a song-by-song response to Some Girls. Even Robert Hilburn would buy that nonsense, so would the Village Voice.
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Come On
Hmmm....the few bass-tunes I can notice from the Exile-recording is very basic...have to be Bill...
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Do we know for sure that the final bass take was Taylor's? Some sources credit Bill on bass.
I know that Taylor said he played bass on it.
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bitusa2012
Charlie's just brilliant drumming - his timing in this is simply incomparable.
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Charlie's just brilliant drumming - his timing in this is simply incomparable.
Sounds like Charlie but it's Jimmy Miller. He had me fooled on "Happy" ... I thought that was Charlie too!
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DandelionPowderman
Do we know for sure that the final bass take was Taylor's? Some sources credit Bill on bass.
I know that Taylor said he played bass on it.
Of course it's Taylor. Easy to hear as well. Yeah, the credits of the last rerelease of EOMS are a joke, not the original ones on the album inner sleeve.
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DandelionPowderman
Do we know for sure that the final bass take was Taylor's? Some sources credit Bill on bass.
I know that Taylor said he played bass on it.
Of course it's Taylor. Easy to hear as well. Yeah, the credits of the last rerelease of EOMS are a joke, not the original ones on the album inner sleeve.
I'm not thinking of that one.
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tomk
Phair's record was rather interesting, but the whole "song-by song response to Exile on Main Street" was total BS by Phair and media nonsense. I don't even know what the hell that means "a song-by-song respnse." How is the first song a reponse to Rocks Off? Any takers?
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DandelionPowderman
I'm kleerly aware of the latter.