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stewedandkeefed
Ventilator Blues careens along in a totally different sense of time
than any other Stones cut. For that reason alone, it is brilliant.
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35love
I hate the word 'filler' give me filler in my face that I can't afford,
Vent Blues may be filler for my soul backed up against the wall, pist off pushing thru obstacles and craziness all around. I'm familiar.
Can't add to the rich comments made here already,
this songs a '10' for me, and it rolling into 'I Just Want To See His Face'
sublime genius.
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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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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!
Once again, i fully Agree Dandelion. When the stones will give a gig in holland, this or next year, i will buy you some drinks.
Jeroen
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HMS
This song always kind of bored me.
It is less enjoyable than, say, Mixed Emotions, Dont Stop, Keys To Your Love, Highwire, Had It With You and oh so many others. Songs like VB prevent Exile from being a real masterpiece. VB is subpar. On most Stones-albums VB would be the less satisfying song. Not on Exile, since on Exile you can find even more hard to listen to so-so´s, fillers and superfluous tracks. How I wish they´d had released Exile as a single album.
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HMS
This song always kind of bored me.
It is less enjoyable than, say, Mixed Emotions, Dont Stop, Keys To Your Love, Highwire, Had It With You and oh so many others. Songs like VB prevent Exile from being a real masterpiece. VB is subpar. On most Stones-albums VB would be the less satisfying song. Not on Exile, since on Exile you can find even more hard to listen to so-so´s, fillers and superfluous tracks. How I wish they´d had released Exile as a single album.
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HMS
This song always kind of bored me.
It is less enjoyable than, say, Mixed Emotions, Dont Stop, Keys To Your Love, Highwire, Had It With You and oh so many others. Songs like VB prevent Exile from being a real masterpiece. VB is subpar. On most Stones-albums VB would be the less satisfying song. Not on Exile, since on Exile you can find even more hard to listen to so-so´s, fillers and superfluous tracks. How I wish they´d had released Exile as a single album.
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HMS
This song always kind of bored me.
It is less enjoyable than, say, Mixed Emotions, Dont Stop, Keys To Your Love, Highwire, Had It With You and oh so many others. Songs like VB prevent Exile from being a real masterpiece. VB is subpar. On most Stones-albums VB would be the less satisfying song. Not on Exile, since on Exile you can find even more hard to listen to so-so´s, fillers and superfluous tracks. How I wish they´d had released Exile as a single album.
Seriously???!!!
Ok, to each their own!
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treaclefingers
Brilliant performance of an average song that fits perfectly on the album. What the stones do best, lemonade from lemons.
Love this, and I agree with some of the other observations, probably couldn't pull it off near as nice live.
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Swayed1967
...It could've been one of their iconic tunes.
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Rev. Robert W.
It's a beast of a track--so much sweat and tension.
And Nicky Hopkins plays like a madman...
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Rev. Robert W.
It's a beast of a track--so much sweat and tension.
And Nicky Hopkins plays like a madman...
Yep! You said it.
Its building like crazy though what must have been the hazy summer madness.
I`ve loved it for soooo many years but it still reveals itself to me.
Such a marvellous, marvellous piece of emotionally driven, authentic music.
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matxil
Maybe part of the magic of EOMS, in general, is the amount of layers to each song. (Although I don't think its magic can ever be completely explained.)
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treaclefingers
Brilliant performance of an average song that fits perfectly on the album. What the stones do best, lemonade from lemons.
Love this, and I agree with some of the other observations, probably couldn't pull it off near as nice live.
Noooooo! Listen to the rehearsals of this song and I'm positive you'll agree with me that that Ventilator could've surpassed even Midnight Rambler as the best live warhorse. Many people dismiss this song as 'average' or 'filler' and not without reason - the album version is jerky & robotic. But the rehearsals prove that the Stones committed an enormous goof by not re-working it. It could've been one of their iconic tunes.
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treaclefingers
Brilliant performance of an average song that fits perfectly on the album. What the stones do best, lemonade from lemons.
Love this, and I agree with some of the other observations, probably couldn't pull it off near as nice live.
Noooooo! Listen to the rehearsals of this song and I'm positive you'll agree with me that that Ventilator could've surpassed even Midnight Rambler as the best live warhorse. Many people dismiss this song as 'average' or 'filler' and not without reason - the album version is jerky & robotic. But the rehearsals prove that the Stones committed an enormous goof by not re-working it. It could've been one of their iconic tunes.
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treaclefingers
Brilliant performance of an average song that fits perfectly on the album. What the stones do best, lemonade from lemons.
Love this, and I agree with some of the other observations, probably couldn't pull it off near as nice live.
It's probably been previously discussed, but is everything ok with Rene? Noticed he hasn't posted in 6 months, I hope all is alright.
Thanks NICOS for carrying the torch.
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HMS
This song always kind of bored me.
It is less enjoyable than, say, Mixed Emotions, Dont Stop, Keys To Your Love, Highwire, Had It With You and oh so many others. Songs like VB prevent Exile from being a real masterpiece. VB is subpar. On most Stones-albums VB would be the less satisfying song. Not on Exile, since on Exile you can find even more hard to listen to so-so´s, fillers and superfluous tracks. How I wish they´d had released Exile as a single album.
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marcovandereijk
Played on stage in Vancouver 1972.
After that heard in a couple of rehearsals (Toronto 1994, Amsterdam 1999, London 2012)
but never done in concert by the Stones.
One of those songs that have an atmosphere on the album that can never be replicated
on stage, I guess.