Treasure--fits the album perfectly.

Rootsy sounding acoustic tune, great, very humorous lyrics. Excellent.

I do not see how anyone can not like this song.

Yeah by the mid to late 60's the Stones were
obviously pushing further back into the blues and
listening to pre-war country artists....these influences
seeped into the Stones music...most notibly from Beggars thru to Exile..

The comedy/hokum style is prevelent in nearly all country blues
perfomers black & white...Jimmie Rodgers...William Moore....Frank Stokes
....Carlisle Bros.....Frank Hutchison....Blind Black......just to touch on a few...

As for Dear Doctor...Treasure with an acoustic style and
dose of humour that the Stones/Jagger really should visit way more often....






ROCKMAN

Dear Doctor, same guy as Dr Robert...

2 1 2 0

Jaggers vocals put me off on Dear Doctor. I like the guitar playing though,

Quite so. And it's fun. A good and early example of the Stones tipping a tongue in cheek hat to their country influences.
I think they've always handled the country flavoured stuff very well. The playing is always authentic and valid and they've always managed to stay just on the right side of the line between homage and parody with the lyrics and vocals.
I love this material.
It was actually hearing the Stones do country flavoured stuff that made me first investagate and start listening to country. How much great music would I have missed out on if that hadn't happened ?



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I like it a lot.

Jelle

Treasure. The lyrics are about the funniest I have ever heard. I always think about that when yet another one of my friends tells me he's getting married (most often to bow-legged sows).

Treasure. Would love for the Stones to do more acoustic rootsy/country stuff. Unlikely, I suppose, apart from the odd outtake and the occasional gem dusted off for a lucky audience.

Great song! Cool vocal harmonies.

an absolute treasure from their most creative period...everything they did then seemed to work

The BB songs in this vein (Namely Dear Doctor, Prodigal Son and Factory Girl) are all true treasures.

JumpingKentFlash

Yeah, Beggars was a helluva rebound fron Satanic.

Absolutely love it;
gmanp [from Tennessee

Depends on my mood. I mean it's funny, etc.
Sometimes I sing along, sometimes I press 'skip'.

Love Sister Morphine A thriller song...Like dear doctor.

Always a crowd pleaser when I play it and sing it with a friend of mine at parties.
I sing the high-pitched vocals and the "honey, I'm sorry to hurt youuuuuu" part.
People crack up laughing in spasms.

The song is not much in itself but it is great within the album. I always regarded BEGGAR'S BANQUET as sort of a concept album where the record outshines the individual songs.

Salt, let me guess which one you like!

OK, guess!

Rockman Wrote:
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> As for Dear Doctor...Treasure with an acoustic
> style and
> dose of humour that the Stones/Jagger really
> should visit way more often....

absolutely--I think songs like "She Saw Me Coming" would be much more fun if they had gone for a style like this.

I really like SM - always have. I like the way it builds, with new sounds being layered on, reminiscent of Revel's Bolero. Love the slide. When the drums kick in about half way through, it really takes off. Micks vocals are perfect.

Holy shit. I just realized I frickin LOVE this song!

Oh, yeah. I dig Dear Doctor too, but not as much (today, anyways).

This track held Beggars Banquet back.Replace Dear Doctor with something stronger and this album would be flawless.

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> One of the weirder tunes in the Stones catalog.
>
> Great 30's country influenced song or pure filler
> by TWGRARB?
>
> I kinda dig it.


Treasure, mate. Comedy country, a precursor to Faraway Eyes.

Beggars banquet is one of those albums where I have to listen to the whole thing. I can't allow myself to press skip. I believe that it is perfection.



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Glad to know I'm not the only one who sings along!

I think dear doctor is great

Treasure, don't like Sister Morphine that much either
DD tells a funny ass story and Mick's falsetto is good.

Deffo a treasure - "Comb your long hair down"

I love SM, too...Sticky Fingers is MY perfect album......

First of all Beggar's is my favorite Stones album. I know that out of the 4 so called classic stones albums,this one would probably be the lowest rated among critics. Dear Doctor is a song that grows on you. Yes Jaggers vocal style is hard to take. What's really cool though is they kept up the country song aspect all the way up to Some Girls with FAE.