Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
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Free Music Review: One of the Best from the Greatest Group on Earth
Hit: 5 Stars
From the first drum beat on "Sympathy for the Devil" to the last guitar strum on "Salt of the Earth" you are treated to a rock and roll experience with this record. The music is outstanding, the lyrics are meaningful. In my opinion this record marks a turning point for the Greatest Group on Earth. It's with "Beggars Banquet" that they join the ranks of the Beatles and Dylan as poets of a generation. Heck, more than a generation, they're still at it, still writing songs that matter. But this record -- from the wake up call of "Sympathy," to the kind of folksy, bluesy "Parachute Woman, to the mournful violin in "Factory Girl" -- tells you and shows you, or rather showed the boomer generation, that the Stones were a band to be reckoned with, a band that was going to be around for awhile and anybody back then who didn't see it just didn't have her rock and roll head screwed on straight.Free Music Review: Let's Drink To The Hard Working People
Hit: 5 Stars
"Beggars Banquet" is the first and best of the Stones' holy trilogy which also includes "Let It Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers". The writing on this album is incredibly concise- the lyrics are bursting with working-class hero observations and every single one of the melodies is strong and to-the-point. It's hard to believe these guys were doing so many drugs! The outright rockers on this disc are the very clever "Sympathy for the Devil", a snapshot of the boys that is "Jigsaw Puzzle", the quintessential revolution anthem "Street Fighting Man" and the sexy, leering "Stray Cat Blues" and "Parachute Woman". The other astonishing tracks are the bluesy "No Expectations" (love the steel guitar on this!), "Prodigal Son"; the country flavored "Factory Girl" and the humorous "Dear Doctor". The album ends with the gospel-flavored "Salt of the Earth", the Stones' ode to the working class. Now that this album has been remastered you really owe it to yourself to pick up this essential album of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Get Down!Free Music Review: One of the Greatest
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is almost like mostly acoustic hard rock. The feeling, the lyrics, the driving rhthym, this album hits hard, and without an excess of electric guitar. The songs are just masterfully written; the guitar is gritty and nasty; the lyrics are bold and perfect; the vocals... need i say anything, it's freaking Mick Jagger- the ultimate lead singer!!! EVERY SINGLE TRACK IS CLASSIC!!! This was my first Stone's album and is certainly one of the greatest. It starts the unparalled four album run of BB, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile. Not that the preceding albums weren't great, but this was truly the first astronomical Stones album; it was to be followed by the fabulous Let it Bleed, the indescribably sublime Sticky Fingers, and the deity of all rock albums Exile on Main Street.Free Music Review: pleased to meet you!
Hit: 5 Stars
Marking a major change in direction for the Stones, leaving psychedelia (well, not totally) and "goin' back to the basics," SON, Beggar's Banquet is a watershed album in the Stones catalogue. It starts out with the absolutely GREAT Sympathy for the Devil. Which is my personal favorite song of all time.... so yeah, I'm not subjective at all whenever I refer to this album :). It's such a great song, with such a cool idea, Jagger introducing himself as Satan, then taking us through some of the most infamous events in human history... events he's implying, he took an important role in. It's got great bonjo craziness, nuts pianos, and one INSANE guitar solo... well, it's not that great but that's of little importance. I've heard a lot of re-makes of this song, but no one has given it life Jagger, easily one of the best frontmen ever, David Lee Roth at a close second. The rest of the record? Dang good, not as great of Sympathy for the Devil, but that's true of every other record ever made, that's a fact, proven by me... somehow. The blues on here is great, the Stones are the only group that seem (to me) retain the creepy aura of the old bluesmen they love so much. You know who I'm talking about, guys like Rober Johnson, who(supposedly, I guess) sold their souls to the devil in return for their remarkable compositional skillz. Now I'm getting off track, so I'm gonna end this crapptastic review soon. the only clunker on here is the last track, it's a little too fake-sounding, it comes off as pretty goofy but the rest of the record is entirely adequate. Beggar's Banquet is arguably not as good(if that can be measured) as Let it Bleed, but it's my personal favorite in the Stones' extensive catalogue. Free Music Review: Brian Jones' Swan Song
Hit: 5 Stars
The cover art speaks volumes. The tense, suffocating threat of violence in every corner of the world, the political climate in Britain and America, the gradual implosion of important bands of the day (The Beatles & Cream among others) and the slow, sad decline of the Stones' resident genius Brian Jones all inform the dense, weary and uneasy atmosphere of these 10 terrific tracks. Ardent lovers of this band have long debated which of the Stones late 60's LP's is the best, well this would be my pick ("Let It Bleed" is brilliant but song for song "...Banquet" is a stronger collection) and the main reason is the sound and performances. While "...Bleed" has an almost tossed off, jam session feel, this LP features tighter song structures and better band interplay and the overt blues influence doesn't sound as forced. "Parachute Woman" and "Street Fighting Man" are two of Mick Jaggers best vocals and Jones' gorgeous slide guitar on "No Expectations" is pure bliss. "Beggars Banquet" sounds as urgent today as it did in '68. Timeless.