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exilestones
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Rocky Dijon
There's nothing like pretending we live in an eternal present when it comes to evaluating the correctness of art of earlier decades or centuries.
Was the bondage ad considered shocking in 1976? Yes, it was supposed to press people's buttons to generate controversy.
Was the idea to promote hurting women? Of course not, the word balloon makes it clear "some girls" enjoy bondage. At no point does it say all women will or suggest the woman is a victim of anything but consensual sex.
Yes, I know the band have all done bad things and should regret them in their dotage. They never suggested victimizing anyone. Ever.
Imagine their surprise when they released "Tie You Up" and the sleeves for UNDERCOVER or the "She Was Hot" 12" single and no one cared.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Wow! What a sentence. That's the kind of statement you can use to deal with almost all this over-the-top PC crap.
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35love
I always wondered if the female model in the pictures was Jerry Hall’s twin sister (who sadly passed away from cancer some years back)
Hopefully Jerry will get some gorgeous twin grand babies soon :-)
great photos
thanks Exile
Of course the timing’s off for a Hall gal, right?
Anyway, bravo for a Rockin and Rollin ad campaign
Black n Blue is one of my favorite albums of all time—-
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Palace Revolution 2000
Wow! What a sentence. That's the kind of statement you can use to deal with almost all this over-the-top PC crap.
I'd like to take credit, but a friend said something similar in a recent book review he did and it resonated with me. I just stated it more succinctly:
"I'm probably being a little unfair as my modern eyes and modern sensibilities aren't the target audience. It's important to remember the times in which something was written, and the audience it was intended for, when reading older works. We don't live in an eternal present. And while the exaggerated exoticism that goes on in these tales may seem cheap and offensive to many readers today, at the time this was exciting and novel to many readers."
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lem motlow
It’s funny to me to see a 5 page thread (and counting)on the cover of Black and Blue.
I’m gonna consider this thread my answer to those who kept asking me “why do you care so much about the damn cover art” when I complained nonstop about the completely unimaginative and lame cover of Blue and Lonesome.
The package means a lot,whether it’s a small icon next to a click for a download,a cd cover or a vinyl album.
Exile wouldn’t be the same without that cover art nor would Some Girls,Let it Bleed and all the others.
The Stones are getting lazy..
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Palace Revolution 2000
It's poetry. Its not so much what is being said (that is fine too) but how; with a lot of style.
The writer William Gibson; great pioneer, I love his books, but what I love most about him, I think, is that I will at times grab any paragraph, and just read it for the music. His writing will make one feel good; the words alone.
Anyway - always a pleasure talking to you.
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lem motlow
It’s funny to me to see a 5 page thread (and counting)on the cover of Black and Blue.
I’m gonna consider this thread my answer to those who kept asking me “why do you care so much about the damn cover art” when I complained nonstop about the completely unimaginative and lame cover of Blue and Lonesome.
The package means a lot,whether it’s a small icon next to a click for a download,a cd cover or a vinyl album.
Exile wouldn’t be the same without that cover art nor would Some Girls,Let it Bleed and all the others.