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Come On
A typical filler! Nowadays it's up there with Beethovens 5th...
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marcovandereijk
In "According to the Rolling Stones" Charlie claims that Bobby Keys came up with the
rythm for the song. What made the Glimmer Twins give a writing credit to Mick Taylor
(for the first time)?
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Silver Dagger
This song is very much part of the fabric of Exile On Main Street and an essential lubricant in greasing the album's wheels.
Some fans criticise Exile for carrying passenger songs and usually cite the three tunes after Happy on side 3 as perfect examples of filler material.
I disagree and think that these songs, which all kind of gloriously merge into each other, widen the panoramic roadtrip Americana that the album so brilliantly depicts.
From the shotgun r'n'b of Turd On The Run, the New Orleans voodoo blues vibe of Ventilator Blues to the junked out gospel of Just Wanna See His Face, these songs act as a detour on that roadtrip and take the listener on a journey into the seamier underbelly of America.
More importantly they also help create the dynamic by which the album gains its fabulous momentum with Ventilator Blues the centrepiece. It's one of the blackest sounding songs the Stones ever recorded with Jagger sounding like a southern Baptist preacher or even an aspirant Martin Luther King - "we can't be browed by beating, we can't be cowed by words". This is strong, inspirational stuff from Mick that I could imagine Ray Charles or even James Brown might have covered.
And that hypnotic lead riff from Keith, so simple yet insistant just nails the listener and doesn't let go. Ventilator Blues is an underrated classic and I wish they'd unearth it for the next tour.
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Come On
A typical filler! Nowadays it's up there with Beethovens 5th...
Wh...wh..whaaaat?
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DandelionPowderman
It was a stand out track back when I first put on this album as a 12 year old in 1983. This one and Rocks Off.
It sounded so dark, almost scary a dangerous. When the horns kicked in it really took me places.
An absolutely magnificent album track!
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pmk251
Some time ago now, when I used to fool around and do stuff like this, I assembled a collection of songs that I generally called Exile Blues. I know it is not all blues, but like the sound from and the songs are representative of this era. The song list goes like this:
Stop Breaking Down
Shake Your Hips
Casino Boogie
Ventilator Blues
I Ain't Lying
Bluesberry Jam
Tumbling Dice
Hide Your Love
Still A Fool
Hillside Blues
Sweet Black Angel
Jiving Sister Fanny
Good Time Women
Silver Train
Travellin' Man
Turd On The Run
Torn & Frayed
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marcovandereijk
In "According to the Rolling Stones" Charlie claims that Bobby Keys came up with the
rythm for the song. What made the Glimmer Twins give a writing credit to Mick Taylor
(for the first time)?
Even Taylor doesn't know why he recieved the credit!
Mathijs
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marcovandereijk
In "According to the Rolling Stones" Charlie claims that Bobby Keys came up with the
rythm for the song. What made the Glimmer Twins give a writing credit to Mick Taylor
(for the first time)?
Even Taylor doesn't know why he recieved the credit!
Mathijs
Jagger/Richards are notorious for being overly generous with songwriting credits for the other band members...
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pmk251
Some time ago now, when I used to fool around and do stuff like this, I assembled a collection of songs that I generally called Exile Blues. I know it is not all blues, but like the sound from and the songs are representative of this era. The song list goes like this:
Stop Breaking Down
Shake Your Hips
Casino Boogie
Ventilator Blues
I Ain't Lying
Bluesberry Jam
Tumbling Dice
Hide Your Love
Still A Fool
Hillside Blues
Sweet Black Angel
Jiving Sister Fanny
Good Time Women
Silver Train
Travellin' Man
Turd On The Run
Torn & Frayed