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Never understood all the love Plundered gets.
I was hooked the moment I heard Bill's taut but rubbery bass encircling the whole thing. It sounded like it belonged to the Exile era. I can see where the end product was a little too much like Tumbling Dice. To me it's the best song of all the bonus cuts. To each his own.
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Never understood all the love Plundered gets.
I was hooked the moment I heard Bill's taut but rubbery bass encircling the whole thing. It sounded like it belonged to the Exile era. I can see where the end product was a little too much like Tumbling Dice. To me it's the best song of all the bonus cuts. To each his own.
Me too. The first time I heard it, when Charlie's hi-hat and Nicky's piano came in almost cried. A new song, never heard before, from the greatest band in their prime. FTR is good but I can almost tell you the edits Don Was made, when MJ sing "calling out your name", he cut it and paste it for a repeat, and Nicky's beginning of the stanza too. He sure will have never played the same notes in similar places, he always have that magic sparkle. So the original take must be a one or two stanzas, and Don Was made the puzzle.
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***** Some Girls Deluxe
**** Goats Head Soup Deluxe
**** Tattoo You Deluxe
*** Exile Deluxe
*** Sticky Fingers Deluxe
The live concert/tracks on SF make it my favourite when I sum it up, though.
Yes, this is how I feel exactly. SF is my favorite because of full Leeds '71 and the killer extended 'Bitch', but as for "new" bonus tracks, 'Some Girls' by a country mile and 'Exile' a distant last.
It's all about the Roundhouse live tracks for me, Leeds never really did it for me.
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Never understood all the love Plundered gets.
I was hooked the moment I heard Bill's taut but rubbery bass encircling the whole thing. It sounded like it belonged to the Exile era. I can see where the end product was a little too much like Tumbling Dice. To me it's the best song of all the bonus cuts. To each his own.
Me too. The first time I heard it, when Charlie's hi-hat and Nicky's piano came in almost cried. A new song, never heard before, from the greatest band in their prime. FTR is good but I can almost tell you the edits Don Was made, when MJ sing "calling out your name", he cut it and paste it for a repeat, and Nicky's beginning of the stanza too. He sure will have never played the same notes in similar places, he always have that magic sparkle. So the original take must be a one or two stanzas, and Don Was made the puzzle.
Whether or not it's a "Frankenstones Song", it definitely has the feel of authenticity and even greatness. If that had been released 'in the day' I'm positive that's a top ten single.
Instead, 40+ years on we're treated to something that we had no right to expect. If you compare it to Free As A Bird, or Real Love...they are of really minor value and just a curio to get you to think, "hey, the Beatles could even sound good on a poor song."
Plundered by contrast, is sublime.
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Never understood all the love Plundered gets.
I was hooked the moment I heard Bill's taut but rubbery bass encircling the whole thing. It sounded like it belonged to the Exile era. I can see where the end product was a little too much like Tumbling Dice. To me it's the best song of all the bonus cuts. To each his own.
Me too. The first time I heard it, when Charlie's hi-hat and Nicky's piano came in almost cried. A new song, never heard before, from the greatest band in their prime. FTR is good but I can almost tell you the edits Don Was made, when MJ sing "calling out your name", he cut it and paste it for a repeat, and Nicky's beginning of the stanza too. He sure will have never played the same notes in similar places, he always have that magic sparkle. So the original take must be a one or two stanzas, and Don Was made the puzzle.
Whether or not it's a "Frankenstones Song", it definitely has the feel of authenticity and even greatness. If that had been released 'in the day' I'm positive that's a top ten single.
Instead, 40+ years on we're treated to something that we had no right to expect. If you compare it to Free As A Bird, or Real Love...they are of really minor value and just a curio to get you to think, "hey, the Beatles could even sound good on a poor song."
Plundered by contrast, is sublime.
I agree with PMS, and not with FAAB or RL. Those songs really "flow" and are very well edited from the original source. To my ears, FTR doesn't sound authentic, only a personal opinion. But, always a pleasure to have Nicky Hopkins on a Rolling Stones' song
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I was hooked the moment I heard Bill's taut but rubbery bass encircling the whole thing. It sounded like it belonged to the Exile era. I can see where the end product was a little too much like Tumbling Dice. To me it's the best song of all the bonus cuts. To each his own.
I think it is a magical track. Mick does a wonderful work but the true magic - or something he beautifully co-works with - is in the backing track. The way Charlie, Bill and Keith are keeping up the groove is just amazing. That laid-back feel.. Pure sex. I guess back in the early 70's it was business as usual, and yeah, too close to "Tumbling Dice" I guess, but after hearing that again after all these decades was simply mind-blowing... And also like hearing plain and clear what had been 'wrong' or missing with all the stuff for ages... I hadn't heard that great 'new' Stones song since, shit, TATTOO YOU days. And Taylor's melodic 'no bullshitting' lead guitar straight from the start ices the cake... And Jagger, how he sounds like one instrument more, with his accents and all breathing the rhythm like no other white singer does.
One of those moments when hearing why the Stones are above anyone else - no other band can make such a beautiful noise. The song is more like a groove than a song. And probably that's why listening it was like once EXILE. First figuring out 'what the hell is this?', but as listening it more and more, the more capturing and magical it just got. Giving more and more. Finally totally hooked...
- Doxa
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1. Tattoo, for me bonus disc amazing
2. GHS, again bonus disc is brilliant. Love instrumentals - parts of it remind me of Curtis Mayfield Superfly
3. Exile, is great and i personally love Keef singing Soul Survivor
4. SF, bonus disc is good and i like some of the alternative versions particularly CYHMK. Could have been better i think
5. SG, For some reason i just cant get into the bonus disc. I'm sure the light will turn on one day.....
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1. Tattoo, for me bonus disc amazing
2. GHS, again bonus disc is brilliant. Love instrumentals - parts of it remind me of Curtis Mayfield Superfly
3. Exile, is great and i personally love Keef singing Soul Survivor
4. SF, bonus disc is good and i like some of the alternative versions particularly CYHMK. Could have been better i think
5. SG, For some reason i just cant get into the bonus disc. I'm sure the light will turn on one day.....
Agree 100% with your ranking. I too just cannot appreciate SG bonus disc other than Claudine which I love.
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I'd love them to do a country album along the lines of B&L.
Wouldn't be everybody's cup of tea but...