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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 21, 2021 10:21:50 GMT
As well as the obvious 'Big Hitters' on Let It Bleed... this is a song that haunts the inner caverns of my mind... i think it's the delicate piano intro and top riffage from Keef One of me all time faves there Andy
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 21, 2021 10:22:36 GMT
Today's album of the day... The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
*The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969)*If you want to instantly evoke 1969 in a British film set in the era then Gimme Shelter is the go to track. The ferment, the radical politics, the uncertainty, the promise of change, the sense of impending darkness, it’s all there and more. Gimme Shelter (or possible Sympathy for the Devil) is their finest moment. And of course Let it Bleed is actually bookended by two super, stunning, sublime, Stones songs, as the album closes with the wonderful You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Does life get any better? Let It Bleed cemented the Stones reputation as irrevocably the “greatest rock and roll band in the world” (™). Previous long player, the equally magnificent, Beggars Banquet started the process when they finally transcended their blues, country & early rock and roll influences and the alchemy happened. So many subsequent artists have tried to cop their magic and attitude but few if any have managed it. The Stones were on top of the world for a run of four albums: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile On Main Street (with the wonderful live LP Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out stuck in the middle) and it’s this legacy which is the foundation of their unassailable reputation. Even the weaker tracks on Let It Bleed are fun. For example Country Honk, the white trash makeover of massive hit Honky Tonk Women complete with fiddle, slurred vocals and car horns. The absolute killer tunes though are Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, Live With Me, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man and You Can't Always Get What You Want. One of those classic LPs that delivers every single time 9/10
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Post by personunknown on Mar 21, 2021 12:06:50 GMT
I have a decent section of Stones books in the shop, even a Where's Wally type cartoon glossy paperback, can you locate Mick, Keef, Bill, Charlie and Ronnie? The individual bios (Richard's excepted) are a bit dull and the big coffee table tomes are just endless photo opps.
However, there is a small paperback called The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth. It only concerns itself with the Sixties and finishes with Altamont. Each chapter alternates with the life and death of Brian Jones and the preparation leading up to that ill fated Altamont gig.
Like The Beatles Revolution In The Head, it weaves the tale around the sixties upheavals and asks the questions, how much did the decade influence The Stones and how much did the Stones influence the decade?
A riveting read.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 21, 2021 13:20:16 GMT
I have a decent section of Stones books in the shop, even a Where's Wally type cartoon glossy paperback, can you locate Mick, Keef, Bill, Charlie and Ronnie? The individual bios (Richard's excepted) are a bit dull and the big coffee table tomes are just endless photo opps. However, there is a small paperback called The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth. It only concerns itself with the Sixties and finishes with Altamont. Each chapter alternates with the life and death of Brian Jones and the preparation leading up to that ill fated Altamont gig. Like The Beatles Revolution In The Head, it weaves the tale around the sixties upheavals and asks the questions, how much did the decade influence The Stones and how much did the Stones influence the decade? A riveting read. I've read that Stanley Booth book too Deserves to be in Doug's great books about music thread - as you suggest PU it's a corker As does the magnificent Revolution In The Head
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Post by jsm on Mar 21, 2021 22:49:25 GMT
They were rarely more groovy than on this EP
2120 South Michigan Avenue/Empty Heart
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2021 6:45:37 GMT
Yuh - groovy AF
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Post by johnnyoi on Mar 22, 2021 13:58:28 GMT
2120 South Michigan Avenue.One of their songs credited to Nanker/Phelge,a pseudonym used so the whole band (including Loog Oldham) could claim writing royalties.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 23, 2021 16:03:36 GMT
Just playing this beaut... The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968)
This is where the legend truly begins
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Post by doug61 on Mar 23, 2021 16:39:50 GMT
I find it rather odd that people are still happy to let themselves get utterly ripped off with seeing the Stones "live". They are greedy bastards charging an absolute arm and a leg when they could easily give something back to their fans considering the obscene wealth they have made off them. They pretty much seem their own tribute act and does Keith do much more than throw shapes these days given the arthritic hands? Do they have back up players covering for him? The fact they haven't made the black bassist (well featured in the recent documentary on side men) a full member is pretty shitty given how long he's been with them too. They did some good singles in the sixties and I own some of the albums, but no matter how many times I play it I struggle to work out the amount of praise heaped on "Exile", I wonder if it's got more to do with it being Keith's album and so praising it gives a kick in the teeth to the less cool Mick. Some Girls is about the only one I would play more than once in a blue moon.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 23, 2021 17:05:29 GMT
Yuh, the Stones in the modern era are a strange institution
I wouldn't pay £80 or whatever to see them
I did see them at Wembley Stadium in 1980 and, despite my reservations, had a wonderful time
I adore Exile - one of my all time faves
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Post by johnnyoi on Mar 23, 2021 20:45:37 GMT
The Stones of today are a totally different band to the 60's/70's version.Back then they were anti-establishment ,now they're part of it.Know what you mean about Keith,Doug.Spends too much time posing.Much prefer the 70's Keef who actually played the guitar,when he wasn't out of his head of course.And yes Darryl Jones should be a fully paid up member of the Stones by now.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 8, 2021 8:28:25 GMT
The Stones of today are a totally different band to the 60's/70's version. Back then they were anti-establishment, now they're part of it. Know what you mean about Keith, Doug. Spends too much time posing. Much prefer the 70's Keef who actually played the guitar,when he wasn't out of his head of course.And yes Darryl Jones should be a fully paid up member of the Stones by now. Still worth marvelling at Keith's legendary powers of survival - 77 years young He doesn't even seem to be remotely unhealthy despite his lifestyle choices
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Post by zeopold on Jun 8, 2021 8:32:22 GMT
...they could easily give something back to their fans considering the obscene wealth they have made off them. The closest they came to doing that (under extreme duress) was Altamont and we know how that turned out.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 8, 2021 8:45:38 GMT
...they could easily give something back to their fans considering the obscene wealth they have made off them. The closest they came to doing that (under extreme duress) was Altamont and we know how that turned out. You could say that about anyone with ludicrous levels of wealth Some get philanthropic (Bill Gates, George Soros etc) but not many I wonder if they ever wonder why they are acquiring so much money I think the Stones still do the odd free concert Didn't they do one in Brazil a few years back? I seem to remember over one million people turning up.
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Post by zeopold on Jun 8, 2021 9:07:22 GMT
The closest they came to doing that (under extreme duress) was Altamont and we know how that turned out. You could say that about anyone with ludicrous levels of wealth Especially if they are posing as icons of the counterculture at the zenith of 60's idealism
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