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Don Lane's avatar

Apologies for my EONS brethren. They approved a horrid Tesla album, rubber-stamped a limp Eric Clapton record, and dissed an indisputably great Stones live LP. Imagine having to endure our text chain.

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Mitch Blum's avatar

You are correct, it is indisputably a Stones album. A very bad one!

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evan saks's avatar

imho, it's a sloppy drunk stones album that's mostly a disservice to the original recordings

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

In about 30 years, someone will buy an iPhone at a flea market and start going through it. It'll turn out to have once belonged to that obnoxious person who held their phone up and recorded a whole show from like, the 8th row.

And it will sound like this record.

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Mitch Blum's avatar

Odds are that Mick & Keith will still be touring in 2055.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

True!

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John Taylor's avatar

Funny story. I was in high school, home alone (I thought) with my girlfriend. I had put GYYYO on the turntable. One thing led to another, and we occupied ourselves. Meanwhile, the album apparently had a scratch at the beginning of the big blues jam on Midnight Rambler. The same 2-second bit played for 30ish minutes until my sister finally yelled "TURN IT OFF!"

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Ken Warshaw's avatar

30 minutes. Impressive.

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John Taylor's avatar

Well, I was 18 at the time ...

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Dave Dugan's avatar

I love this blog and I love your opinions on music ( I am a huge Dead and ABB guy) but I love this stones album, I love the NY grittiness and dirtiness of it all, it ain’t close to perfect but I love Mick and Keith’s guitar play on this. The Hyde park show does not sound great either but I love it! I love that 69-71 sound of the dirty stones

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Don Lane's avatar

Well done, Dave. A true music aficionado.

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Dave Dugan's avatar

Thank you! Keep blogging you guys! Love listening to the different opinions of all of you! I tend to learn something every album review

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Bob Rogers's avatar

While I feel sorry for Don, the massive, cutthroat comments were valid. I'm a big Stones fan but never ever liked this album. Well done gentlemen (and Ken) Looking forward to The Kinks. Great album. "Hey...I wasn't that good!"

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CJ Kaplan's avatar

Ah, a man who knows his stage banter. I'm impressed.

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Bob Rogers's avatar

It was always confusing to me after he said that. Cause then he says...."Because...we're not gonna play that one tonight" The word "because" never made sense there.

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CJ Kaplan's avatar

I think he was just talking like a kid. And, so, like, because we're not gonna play that one tonight.

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Bob Rogers's avatar

That's an excellent response. Thanks CJ.

ALRIGHT...WE'LL DO IT! ONE CONDITION THOUGH...YOU GOTTA JOIN IN AND SING ALONG!

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CJ Kaplan's avatar

This is the disco version

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Bob Rogers's avatar

Well played sir.

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