I think when we got to Casino Boogie, Mick and I looked at each other and just couldn't think of another lyrical concept or idea for the song. I said to Mick, You know how Bill Burroughs did that cut-up thing - where he would randomly chop words out of a book or newspaper and then try to sort them up? That's how we did the lyrics for Casino Boogie, and that was Bill Burroughs' biggest influence on the Rolling Stones.
- Keith Richards, 2010
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 August 2019 02:39 (four years ago) link
“Judge and jury walked out hand in hand” is a pretty Burroughsian line tbh.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 19 August 2019 02:56 (four years ago) link
Memo From Turner has a more direct nod too - "You're the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine"
― whitehallunity, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
I fell in love with this album as a whole before a started making out individual songs. During my early listens, Tumbling Dice was a problem, simply because it was already familiar from the radio, so it sounded clearer and hookier and broke the soupy flow of riffs and Jagger sneer.
I can't really quibble about individual songs within the sprawl, any more than with Double Nickles or Trout Mask Replica or Tago Mago. The feel is the thing.
― bendy, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
I'm in a "vinyl"-themed bar for a work gathering; they're currently playing Exile in its entirety. I ain't complaining!
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Thursday, 12 September 2019 01:05 (four years ago) link
Perfect soundtrack for drinking, playing pool or planning your next heist.
― earlnash, Thursday, 12 September 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
all three at once the true ideal
― omar little, Thursday, 12 September 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
otm - Exile yahtzee
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 12 September 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
I’ve been stuck on this album lately. The guitar part in the final section of “Tumbling Dice” is A+++...& moving on from there — how do they get that vat-of-syrup feel on “Sweet Virginia”? It’s like you can literally hear the humidity weighing down their strings. (I know it sounds like I’m stoned, tho I’m not)
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Saturday, 14 September 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
Really obsessed w/this album. What's, like, the *second*-best Stones album to listen to (for fans of this one)?
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
my fav is exile, my second-fav is beggars' banquet
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
i would say sticky fingers is your next stop morrisp
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Thanks, y'all...
We only had the Stones' '80s albums at home when I was growing up, and I never really dug in later.
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
i keep trying to work 'turd on the run' into a techno mix. it's 120 bpm and the drums are straight up motor rhythm.
― cheese canopy (map), Monday, 21 October 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Nothing tops Exile imho but Sticky Fingers comes closest.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 October 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Yeah Sticky Fingers def. it’s like a condensed, tighter version of Exile imo & it comes closest to that same feel.like, except for maybe Brown Sugar or Wild Horses, almost everything else could slide on over pretty easily.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 October 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
Some Girls is so much fun, and "Just My Imagination" >>>> "Beast of Burden"
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
When I ranked'em two weeks ago, I came up with this:
Good to Great
Between the ButtonsBeggars BanquetLet it BleedExile on Main StSome GirlsSticky FingersOut of Our Heads (US)AftermathDecember’s ChildrenDirty WorkEmotional Rescue
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
hot take: the rolling stones are a band with a lot of great albums
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
alfred -- no ranking for their debut?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 21 October 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
hotter take: the rolling stones are a band with a lot of albums
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 October 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
(a bunch of which are totally shitty! some are great though)
They're no Jandek, though.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 October 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
So they are a bit like Brian Aldiss, Shakey?
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
you really want me to do that poll don't you
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 October 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
For what it's worth, Exile is my favorite Stones album and my second favorite is probably Let it Bleed, although it's a pretty close race between that and Sticky Fingers.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 21 October 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
Probably doesn’t fit the bill for the revive exactly but Some Girls is probably my second favorite (most days)
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
I love the dead beetle crunch of the guitar mix.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
I listened to Sticky Fingers, and now I'm listening to Tattoo You — per absolutely no one's recommendation — but will work my way back to the others.
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
no joek some days Tattoo You is my 3rd
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
ok maybe a little bit joking by it really is top tier for me. second side hits just right
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
but it
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
second side >>> first side
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
Yeah, this is one of the Stones LPs I would hear as a kid... some of these songs are great, and the "sound" is enormous (I'm apparently listening to the "Remastered" ed., whatever that's worth).
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
Second side of "Tattoo You" all day! "Worried About You" is one of the least mentioned yet absolutely outstanding Stones tunes. Plus the "Waiting on a Friend" 45 sleeve contains one of the funniest Mick & Keith photos ever. Glad to read others prefer the ballads more too.
― Wally P. Doyle, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
some girls over sticky fingers is a challop but i like it
/mick jagger's #16-ranked voice
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
dont agree mind you. but its fun
"Heaven" is my favorite on that TY side: Jagger playing phased shimmery guitar lines and finally willing himself to be a sound effect, Wyman on synth, Watts tapping away.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
^^Really needed a extended 12-inch chill out mix.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
proto-Balearic, that one
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
'Well I'm telling you they never got it right / Until they put out Undercover of the Night'
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
man, was blasting Exile on a highway drive home until I got pulled over by the police and cautioned for speeding. I was considering showing them the CD case as mitigation but decided not to.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:18 (four years ago) link
Highway trooper's eyes get wide, he breaks into a grin, gives you a little salute. "Ride on, brother"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:19 (four years ago) link
I’ll take you to the top
― brimstead, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
Really does feel like “All Down the Line” should be the natural closing track — the final three tracks don’t fit into any “flow” — but I guess you can see that overabundance as just another virtue. The album’s like, “It’s 2am, but I’m having one more drink... you go to bed if you want.”
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
« Shine a light » and « Soul Survivor » being two of my favourite tracks, I disagree !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
shine a light would be the perfect closer imo, the full-throated gospel exhortation at the end of an hour's worth of nihilism.
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
They're great songs! They just feel... "extra"
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link