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“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" - Aristotle
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Swayed1967
Sides 1 & 2 are perfection IMO while side 4 is fairly mediocre – they should’ve saved All Down The Line for Goat’s Head – it’s slightly less boring than Silver Train, but only slightly. A totally overrated tune IMO. Stop Breaking Down and Soul Survivor are weak efforts, period. Shine A Light deserved better but the released version is too sterile. That raw outtake with the raspy Jagger vocal is far superior. Side 3 has lots of goodies but I’m sorry – as much as I wanna buy the slightly pretentious argument that every song is integral to the album(in fact I myself have put forward the same argument on occasion because it sounds so cool), if I’m honest with myself I Just Wanna See His Face could’ve been a few minutes shorter or blotted out. I think that promo song Jagger did on piano could’ve been a better segue into Let It Loose.
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There are a couple of songs I'm not that fond of but I'd say Beggars is the only filler-free Stones album.
Beggars, Exile, Sticky, Gimme Shelter and the big singles (JJF & HTW, Miss You, Start Me Up) - that's the essential Stones. The rest is immature (the early stuff) or superfluous (thinK Dance Little Sister) or just plain crap (everything from Dirty Work onward). Three albums and some 45s - anyone who spends more than 50 bucks on this band's music is out of their head.
The album Gimme Shelter consists of lots of what you regard «immature songs» (For instance, the tracks from Got Live If You Want It). Surely you mean Let It Bleed?
No, I mean the song Gimme Shelter which was never released as a single (or am I wrong about that?). The rest of Let It Bleed is OK but mediocre by comparison - non-essential in my opinion but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to own LIB as well.
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No. It can be done very easily. Just leave out the supbar/superluous songs. There are a lot of them on Exile, almost as many as on VL.
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Sides 1 & 2 are perfection IMO while side 4 is fairly mediocre – they should’ve saved All Down The Line for Goat’s Head – it’s slightly less boring than Silver Train, but only slightly. A totally overrated tune IMO. Stop Breaking Down and Soul Survivor are weak efforts, period. Shine A Light deserved better but the released version is too sterile. That raw outtake with the raspy Jagger vocal is far superior. Side 3 has lots of goodies but I’m sorry – as much as I wanna buy the slightly pretentious argument that every song is integral to the album(in fact I myself have put forward the same argument on occasion because it sounds so cool), if I’m honest with myself I Just Wanna See His Face could’ve been a few minutes shorter or blotted out. I think that promo song Jagger did on piano could’ve been a better segue into Let It Loose.
Given your outlook on the Stones, presented in another thread, to consider your post here in the light of, I would like to ask: Which band/-s is / are really your favourite band/-s? Because there are more bands than one or two outside the Stones that I have a higher opinion of than you have of the Stones.
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You seem to want to provoke me but I shan’t take the bait because it will soon be Happy Hour here in Tokyo.
Cheers!
P.S. I meant to say ‘anyone who spends much more than 50 bucks on this band’s music is out of their head.’ I personally have spent a small fortune on the Stones but it’s madness, you see. We’re all @#$%& mad. Three albums and some 45s – that’s all ya need.
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<The rest of Let It Bleed is OK but mediocre by comparison - non-essential in my opinion>
I agree about GS being one of their best songs. However, I also place Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want in that category.
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<The rest of Let It Bleed is OK but mediocre by comparison - non-essential in my opinion>
I agree about GS being one of their best songs. However, I also place Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want in that category.
The whole of Let It Bleed is classic Stones - essential on every count!
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<The rest of Let It Bleed is OK but mediocre by comparison - non-essential in my opinion>
I agree about GS being one of their best songs. However, I also place Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want in that category.
The whole of Let It Bleed is classic Stones - essential on every count!
Indeed. Pound for pound Let It Bleed is the Stones greatest album. There's not a dud note or song on it. Basically it has more truly magnificent songs on it than any otyher Stones' album - Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Got The Silver, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want. That's five and I've left out Love In Vain which really should also be included but I've pruned to the list to the untouchables.
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Spud
Probably my favourite album in the whole world.
After listening too it regularly for nigh on 45 years ...I still don't think I've heard everything that lurks within that beautiful, evil & murky mix.
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Great article, thank you for posting. I particularly enjoyed reading Venetta Fields account.
One question, though. The photo with Keith sitting on the sofa says that the reflection of the billboard poster can be seen in the window. I have to say, I can't really make it out, but would the billboard posters be up if, as the caption says, they were still working on the album?
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Probably my favourite album in the whole world.
After listening too it regularly for nigh on 45 years ...I still don't think I've heard everything that lurks within that beautiful, evil & murky mix.
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peoplewitheyes
The photo with Keith sitting on the sofa says that the reflection of the billboard poster can be seen in the window. I have to say, I can't really make it out, but would the billboard posters be up if, as the caption says, they were still working on the album?
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Anyone think EOMS would not be as good if they had finished the songs that were from the France sessions that came out in 2010 - Pass The Wine, I'm Not Signifying, Plundered My Soul and Following The River?
I think Pass The Wine, Signifying and Plundered would've fit just fine.
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Swayed1967
Sides 1 & 2 are perfection IMO while side 4 is fairly mediocre – they should’ve saved All Down The Line for Goat’s Head – it’s slightly less boring than Silver Train, but only slightly. A totally overrated tune IMO. Stop Breaking Down and Soul Survivor are weak efforts, period. Shine A Light deserved better but the released version is too sterile. That raw outtake with the raspy Jagger vocal is far superior. Side 3 has lots of goodies but I’m sorry – as much as I wanna buy the slightly pretentious argument that every song is integral to the album(in fact I myself have put forward the same argument on occasion because it sounds so cool), if I’m honest with myself I Just Wanna See His Face could’ve been a few minutes shorter or blotted out. I think that promo song Jagger did on piano could’ve been a better segue into Let It Loose.