Another one of those weird 'stop it' posts. But it is kind of a weird thread. If they had waited even longer than we could have had Memory Motel on there too.
"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."
Yeah, I think every song on GHS is great, and while Exile is also a great album, it is all over the place and spotty and not every song needed to be included. Would have made a helluva great single album. I know I will get major sh** for this. I also prefer IORR over exile, so I guess there is no accounting for taste.
There is no account for taste, but IMO Exile is perfect. And I can not think of any other situation in life where I even use that word. Not a second on Exile is superfluous. Every single cut is tops IMO. But I think it is really interesting to tlak to someone who sees GHS as the better album. TommyQ, which cuts would you eliminate from Exile? And what makes GHS such an excellent album? And btw GHS is indeed excellent. Don't need to re-iterate it, but 'Bad-Stones is better than Good-Rest-of the-World'.
"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."
On the other hand it could have turned out like this:
Dancing With Mr D Hide Your Love Can You Hear The Music 100 Years Ago Till The Next Goodbye Dance Little Sister If You Really Want To Be My Friend Short & Curlies
I grew up with GHS, it was my first Stones album and I wore out the grooves listening to it, every lick is engrained in my mind. I now realize looking at the track list for Exile that I have not listened to it in it's entirety in ages. For some reason I had a semi-negative opinion of it, maybe it was what i was going through at the time of my life when i was listening to it. Now I am going to go out and buy it and really give it another chance, millions of Stones fans can't be wrong.!!! (I only have it on vinyl and my turntable is broken). So maybe I have never had the true Exile experience...thanks, ChelseaDrugstore, now I have a project for the weekend..:-)BTW, as you say, I never thought it was bad, just didn't get this "classic" "best ever" "masterpiece" stuff. Cool, I feel like I am getting a new Stones album this week
Tops Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If they waited a couple of Months...it could > have been a killer album.... > ...... > > Side A: > If You Can't Rock Me > Aint Too Proud To Beg > 100 Years Ago > Coming Down Again > Angie > Heartbreaker > > > Side B: > It's Only Rock'n Roll > Hide Your Love > Winter > Time Waits For No One > Star Star > > > .....but I like Goats the way it is....
"IF".....Like the old saying goes.."IF" My Aunt had balls ,she'd be my uncle.
Beelyboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 1. dance little sister > 2. dance little sister > 3. dance little sister > 4. dance little sister > 5. dance little sister > 6. rip this joint > 7. dance little sister > 8. dance little sister > 9. rip this joint > 10. dance little sister
Or it could be like this: 1. Dance Little Sister 2. Dance Little Sister 3. Dance Little Sister 4. Dance Little Sister 5. Dance Little Sister 6. Dance Little Sister 7. Dance Little Sister 8. Dance Little Sister 9. Dance Little Sister 10. Dance Little Sister Bonus tracks on CD: 11. Dance Little Sister 12. Dance Little Sister Bonus DVD: 1. The making of Dance Little Sister 2. Dance Little Sister (promo-video) 3. Dance Little Sister (demo-version)
Tops Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This post wasn't supposed to upset anyone > > AS I said I love Goats Head Soup.......
The period 73 to 76 is in my opinion awesome. They were so funky and and decadent in that period. Why don't they play more songs from this period in concerts. Crazy mama, hey Negrita, hand of faith and coming down again are just some of the songs I dream of being heard in a concert today
Aren't there some good songs (heard on boots) that were left off of GHS? I think "Criss Cross" (Save Me) was meant for GHS. That song ROCKS IMO. How about any others on boot only? "Through the Lonely Nights" could have fit- has that WAh WAh sound. "Silver Train" needed to be re-recorded to sound a bit more powerful and raw (like the Johnny Winters version). A bit more work would have put GHS in that classic group (Banquet to Exile).Plus a dif. cover would have helped. Close but no cigar....