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After the last May I listen to EOMS all the time. I don't know how come, but Stop Breaking Down is my favorite now

goodness this is a grand and powerful wonderful track. wow.><



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I understand Bill's philosophy of playing bass, and not treating it as another lead guitar. His playing is very subtle and supportive on Stop Breaking Down. The next cut is Mick Taylor on bass on Shine A Light. He shows off a little bit and doesn't hold the bottom down, just like Keith on bass on the next cut, Soul Survivor.

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Where does it say that Keith doesn't play on "Stop Breaking Down"? I thought for years that he DIDN'T play on that track, then I read somewhere that he DID, so I'm not sure myself.

Jagger played the nasty (great!) open G rhythm, and Taylor played slide. There are only two guitars on the track. Jagger overdubbed his harmonica.

Is there a version of RJs songs released with the correct speed (the one I have, complete recordings, is obviously not)

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I understand Bill's philosophy of playing bass, and not treating it as another lead guitar. His playing is very subtle and supportive on Stop Breaking Down. The next cut is Mick Taylor on bass on Shine A Light. He shows off a little bit and doesn't hold the bottom down, just like Keith on bass on the next cut, Soul Survivor.

BW is the best for sure. I like MT's bass on SAL though... it has a slight reggae feel to it.

I was blown away when I found out that it wasn't Keith on rhythm. "Jagger? Really? I can't be reading that right'" I said to myself.
Great track. Love the way the vocals are done. All of the ad libs and what not.

-R

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I was blown away when I found out that it wasn't Keith on rhythm. "Jagger? Really? I can't be reading that right'" I said to myself.
Great track. Love the way the vocals are done. All of the ad libs and what not.

-R

Jagger's guitar playing on this track is a big part of my Grand Theory that he is actually the best all-around musician in the band.

one of america's best bar bands of the 70's - The Nighthawks (yeah, I know they still exist, but without Thackery, it ain't the same) - did a fine stones-like version of this on their '74 debut - along with a cover of Memo from Turner. worth seeking out....

Tele, I totally agree. Stop Breaking Down is a blues guitar tour de force featuring the two Micks. A hightlight of Exile - and of their careers. Never could understand how anyone could consider it filler.

I think it would have been better without the slide, it just gets in the way of Jaggers hot harmonica playing.

It's not filler, like Ventilator Blues, or Turd On The Run, but it's not up there with the better songs either. It sounds like the material could have used a little Keith.

Totally disagree. In this one instance, Keith wasn't necessary.

I don't care whether Keith is on it or not (and don't know whether he is or not, for that matter), it's always been one of my favorite Stones tracks. A missed opportunity that this arrangement was not played at Joe Robbie Stadium in 1994. There's nothing wrong with a respectful blues cover, but not performing their brilliant transformation of the song was unthinkable.

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I don't care whether Keith is on it or not (and don't know whether he is or not, for that matter), it's always been one of my favorite Stones tracks. A missed opportunity that this arrangement was not played at Joe Robbie Stadium in 1994. There's nothing wrong with a respectful blues cover, but not performing their brilliant transformation of the song was unthinkable.

seems pretty clear to me, as told in another thread : taylor on tele , jagger on les paul.

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I think it would have been better without the slide, it just gets in the way of Jaggers hot harmonica playing.

un-be-lievable

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un-be-lievable

Not really, the slide isn't anything special.

taylor's slide is what makes this song special

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taylor's slide is what makes this song special

For me it's the song and the delivery by Mr Jagger that makes it special, the slide is kinda boring.



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seems pretty clear to me, as told in another thread : taylor on tele , jagger on les paul.

Wem copycat on top of Taylors Twin?

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taylor's slide is what makes this song special

For me it's the song and the delivery by Mr Jagger that makes it special, the slide is rather normal and boring.

+1

Taylor has a rather anonymous sound on this one, and the playing is pretty straight, going thru the motions, except for a couple of brief moments. Jagger, however, has a fantastic guitar (and harp) sound, and the vocals are stellar.

Same thing with Turd On The Run, imo, except this time it's Keith that's on fire.

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taylor's slide is what makes this song special

For me it's the song and the delivery by Mr Jagger that makes it special, the slide is kinda boring.

i'll let that comment slide

Fantastic slide? That's All Down The Line, not Stop Breaking Down, imo.

I'm not insisting Keith's on the track. Either way, it's a favorite. Photos from the EXILE sessions don't honestly mean much to me unless I hear the audio with video footage and can say definitively that's who played on it. I can believe it is only the two Mick's, but I see no point in declaring it when I don't know for a fact. The photos could be them playing anything.

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I'm not insisting Keith's on the track. Either way, it's a favorite. Photos from the EXILE sessions don't honestly mean much to me unless I hear the audio with video footage and can say definitively that's who played on it. I can believe it is only the two Mick's, but I see no point in declaring it when I don't know for a fact. The photos could be them playing anything.

Well, if you combine the credits (which say Jagger on guitar) with the fact that you can only hear two guitars on it, and that it has to be Taylor on slide, it's fairly obvious who played what on this track.

That's reasonable. The only slight issue would be credits sometimes refer to something played on an earlier take or something buried in the mix. I agree the slide is definitely Taylor. I can believe the opening riff is Jagger, but I wouldn't be shocked to learn it is Keith. Not an important point to me, I love the track.

I don't want to stirr things up,but the best slide player the stones ever had was Taylor. No matter who played what.

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Originally written by Robert Johnson but not copyrighted

Technically that is incorrect. One it's written, it's copyrighted. If it's not hand written but just in your head and you record it, it's copyrighted. Why the Stones would credit themselves for a song they didn't write is beyond me.



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I think it's more a publisher's concern. Traditional Arrangements (Trad. Arr.) usually means either author unknown or the track is not covered under a publishing agreement. Someone has to get the royalties and the publisher is the necessary conduit. The Stones didn't claim they wrote it. They listed it as traditional and credited the entire band with the arrangement and correctly listed ABKCO as publisher rather than Promopub since it was started (if not completed) in 1970. It was true in 1972. ABKCO has since begun paying royalties to Johnson's Estate.

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I don't want to stirr things up,but the best slide player the stones ever had was Taylor. No matter who played what.

Nobody doubts that, but why do you say that in this thread?