Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
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Free Music Review: Would have been a 1968 #1 album if not for the cover
Hit: 5 Stars
While I disagree with those who think it better than the following year's "Let It Bleed"-that album having a few more epic songs and more relaxed confidence in producer Jimmy Miller's dynamics, "Beggars Banquet" deserved a spot at number one, and would have had it if not for a certain controversy. Ready to go in July, Decca Records objected to the filthy toilet cover photo, and held the release up for months. By the time it finally came out in Dec.'68, the Beatles' "White Album was already out in Nov., and would of course (despite its uneveness) hold the #1 spot for months. The Beatles and Stones
were usually very meticulous about not releasing albums around the same time to avoid hurting each other's sales, but this was
a rare instance of Mick's London School of Economics brain going out to lunch. Oh, well. Dig that "Sympathy," and Brian's last fading slide notes on "No Expectations..."
Free Music Review: The Strongest of the Strong
Hit: 5 Stars
I'd say that Sticky Fingers and Beggars Banquent are my two favorite Stones releases. But in all honesty BB is just a little stronger. I originally got this as a gift in May of 1981 and I've loved it since. Of course, I've updated to cd now.
The following classic song line up has never been matched by any band:
1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. No Expectations
3. Dear Doctor
4. Parachute Woman
5. Jigsaw Puzzle
6. Street Fighting Man
7. Prodigal Son
8. Stray Cat Blues
9. Factory Girl
10. Salt of the Earth
Free Music Review: Influenced by Dylan
Hit: 5 Stars
I think if you give a listen to "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Jig-Saw Puzzle" both songs with a story, both over six minutes long, you'll hear the influence of Bob Dylan and that's a good thing, I think, the way the Mick and the boys have melded Dylan with the blues. Music that rocks, lyrics that make a difference. I know there are folks out there who will say I'm an idiot for even mentioning the fact that Dylan influenced the song writing of Mick and Keith, but come on, "There's twenty-thousand grandmas, waving their hankies in the air, burning up their pensions saying it's not fair." That's a Dylan influenced line if ever I heard one and that's a good think. Dylan started rock with meaning, Mick and Keith took it to a whole `nother level and I only have one thing to say about that, "Bravo!"Free Music Review: Let's Drink to the Hard Working People
Hit: 5 Stars
"Sympathy for the Devil" is almost a warning. But is it the Devil who is responsible for the wars decried in the song, or is it mankind itself? Are we destined to do battle with each other till the end of time? "Devil" is such a chilling song, scary. That song sets up the record, leaving you with great expectations and they are met in song after song until the celebratory "Salt of the Earth," where Mick sings, "Let's drink to the hard working people, lets drink to the salt of the earth." That's who we are, all of us, the salt of the earth. Now if we could only look the other way when that evil stranger among us pops up and says, "Please allow me to introduce myself." Free Music Review: One of the Best Records Ever Made
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the first of five Rolling Stones records produced by Jimmy Miller. The full five are: "Beggars Banquet," "Let it Bleed," "Sticky Fingers," "Exile on Main Street" and "Goat's Head Soup." They are in my opinion five of the best records ever made, my favorite five Stones records, my favorite being "Banquet." This is simply an outstanding piece of Rock and Roll. It must have been hard for the group's fans to grasp, coming after the kind of disappointing "Satanic Majesties." The record starts out with "Sympathy for the Devil," a song about man's inhumanity to man -- at least that's the way I see it -- then segues right into "No Expectations" and never lets up from there. Every song on this record is stellar. This record belongs in every single person's music collection. It's rock and roll at its purest, at its finest.