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billwebster
I'm just listening to "You Got It Made" for the very first time, and I must say that this is one of Keith's best songs he sang for the Stones. Here's hoping the finished version (if there is one) gets an official release rather sooner than later because it's great.
VL was my introduction to this band, and I wouldn't change it.
Well, I have heard that some people like Exile On Main Street. 18 songs. But hey, whatever floats their (your?) boat.Quote
padre69
No rock’n’roll album should have more than ten songs on it. And that goes specially for VL, BTB and ABB. Five songs on two sides. The cd era with its 80 minute capacity spoiled many albums.
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GhostTown2021
Well, I have heard that some people like Exile On Main Street. 18 songs.
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GhostTown2021
Well, I have heard that some people like Exile On Main Street. 18 songs.
It's not the same problem :
in the 60's/70's making a double album (Zep, Dylan, Hendrix) was a conscious decision (you had to have enough good material) and symbolically it was the sign you were entering the club of important artists.
Padre69's right : with the CD age and its 80-minute duration every album became a double. Hence a few clunkers added to the tracklist to fill the medium.
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EddieByword
Quote: "I'm certainly not anti-groove, just anti-groove without substance, in the context of this album. They (The Stones) had a number of great grooves. But it was like, OK, what goes on top of it? Where does it go? I just felt that it's not what people were looking for from the Stones. I was looking for a sign that they can great real serious about this, still play better than anybody and write better than anybody".
- Don Was, May 1994
Quote: "It's very much a kind of time-and-place album. In that way I was quite pleased with the results. But there were a lot of things that we wrote for Voodoo Lounge that Don (Was) steered us away from: groove songs, African influences and things like that. And he steered us away very clear of all that. And I think it was a mistake... He tried to remake Exile on Main Street or something like that. Plus, the engineer (Don Smith) was also trying to do the same thing. Their mind-set about it was just too retro. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it inherently, but they went over the top; they'd gone too far... I didn't really fight it in the end. I gave up because there was no point in it. I think both Charlie and I didn't really like it, but we could see that that was the direction you could go, and it might be successful. I don't think it really was that successful, because I don't think there's any point in having these over-retro references. I think it was an opportunity missed to go in another direction, which would have been more unusual, a little more radical, although it's always going to sound like the Rolling Stones".
- Mick Jagger, 1995
So, Don was and Don smith wanted to re-create Exile......
It seems to me that if Don was and Don smith had gotten out of the way and just helped Mick Keith and Charlie do what they wanted instead of trying to 'play to the gallery' they would have got what they wanted - As per Exile, an experimental album that no one was 100% sure about when it was released........(Except maybe Mick & Keith who just put down what they liked.
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Single Malt
Yes, VL would've been so much better album if there was only 1 LP. As a double LP it was too long. 9-10 songs would've been enough.
1. Love Is Strong (3.48)
2. You Got Me Rocking (3.35)
3. Sparks Will Fly (3.15)
4. Moon Is Up (3.41)
5. Out Of Tears (5.27)
1. I Go Wild (4.23)
2. Suck On The Jugular (4.26)
3. Baby Break It Down (4.07)
4. Thru and Thru (6.00)
Running time: approx. 39 minutes
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DandelionPowderman
If that is allowed...
Side A:
1. Sweet Thing
2. Wicked As It Seems (Mick on vocals)
3. Love Is Strong
4. The Worst
5. Somebody Else Might (Mick on vocals)
Side B:
6. Wired All Night
7. Moon Is Up
8. Don't Tear Me Up
9. Evening Gown
10. Hate It When You Leave
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billwebster
I'm just listening to "You Got It Made" for the very first time, and I must say that this is one of Keith's best songs he sang for the Stones. Here's hoping the finished version (if there is one) gets an official release rather sooner than later because it's great.
VL was my introduction to this band, and I wouldn't change it.
I can't find it on YouTube but from VOODOO BREW or whatever there is a track maybe 8 minutes long with the infamous "It's a tall order for two queers" line by Keith of he and Ronnie attempting to do backing vocals for You Got It Made. It's awesome.
It's fantastic insight as to why the Stones take so damn long to make an album.
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billwebster
I'm just listening to "You Got It Made" for the very first time, and I must say that this is one of Keith's best songs he sang for the Stones. Here's hoping the finished version (if there is one) gets an official release rather sooner than later because it's great.
VL was my introduction to this band, and I wouldn't change it.
I can't find it on YouTube but from VOODOO BREW or whatever there is a track maybe 8 minutes long with the infamous "It's a tall order for two queers" line by Keith of he and Ronnie attempting to do backing vocals for You Got It Made. It's awesome.
It's fantastic insight as to why the Stones take so damn long to make an album.
Yes, it is. It is called "Studio Fun With Ron and Keith" on the boot I have.
Also, Ronnie says, "Where are we, Keith"
Keith: "At the corner of 'Walk' and 'Don't Walk'."