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comet

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9/29/2006 4:57 PM
no ifs, buts, maybes, no lists of 20 bands you love, gotta be just One, it's a tough call but right now at this moment who do you go for. I'm with Super Furry Animals

aidan

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9/29/2006 4:57 PM
suede

Una

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9/29/2006 5:00 PM
Hole

benni

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9/29/2006 5:00 PM
JOY DIVISION

Punchbowl

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9/29/2006 5:00 PM
A House... (Say nothing!)

Padre Cruz

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9/29/2006 5:03 PM
Velvet Underground. accept no substitute.

Gar

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9/29/2006 5:07 PM
The Beatles

Antistar

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9/29/2006 5:18 PM
Mogwai

roadhousemag

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9/29/2006 5:21 PM
the stones

Una

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9/29/2006 5:24 PM
Gar V Roadhousemag - fight fight fight!

nerraw

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9/29/2006 5:43 PM
At this moment in time The Prodigy

dudley

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9/29/2006 5:45 PM
Drive Like Jehu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_Like_Jehu

dera

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9/29/2006 5:53 PM
The Wedding Present

Daragh

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9/29/2006 5:54 PM
Fela Kuti at the moment.

Antistar

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9/29/2006 6:05 PM
No 'at the moment': has to be all-time fave band. My brain melted trying to pick just one.

nerraw

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9/29/2006 6:10 PM
But but but he said 'at this moment.' All time then, Pearl Jam

elmo95

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9/29/2006 6:20 PM
Manic Street Preachers. I get a lot of stick for it

Antistar

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9/29/2006 6:27 PM
quote: Originally posted by elmo95 Manic Street Preachers. I get a lot of stick for it You idiot, what's wrong with you? Manic Street Preachers!!!! Jesus wept!!

elmo95

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9/29/2006 6:28 PM
Yeah stick like that.

Antistar

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9/29/2006 6:30 PM
I'm only joking. Great band.

blacksheep

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9/29/2006 7:00 PM
Steely Dan

Daragh

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9/29/2006 7:10 PM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar No 'at the moment': has to be all-time fave band. My brain melted trying to pick just one. aye but he said at the moment who do you go for in the original post! f**k it, ill change it to the doors. and im sticking to that. my all time favourite band. ever.

Garret

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9/29/2006 7:39 PM
quote: Originally posted by elmo95 Manic Street Preachers. I get a lot of stick for it i know all about it man havent listened to them much in recent times but they still get the title, no band could ever mean as much to me as they did a couple of years ago

stroller

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9/29/2006 8:22 PM
I'm thinking either De La Soul or the Pixies. As for all time favourite artist, I'd have to go for James Brown.

Binokular

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9/29/2006 11:03 PM
Adult.

Pool Cleaning Guy

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9/29/2006 11:15 PM
American Music Club.

Vandal_with_Handle

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9/30/2006 12:19 AM
THE BAND!!!

El Duderino

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9/30/2006 12:47 AM
Since obtaining an MP3 player (i'm woefully behind the times) I've started to listen more to alot of the older albums I have and I had forgotten how good the first 2 bluetones albums were so my at the moment band is The Bluetones. All time would have to be Supper Furry Animals though, I think...

Eoin

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9/30/2006 1:00 AM
Wilco

markyedison

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9/30/2006 1:11 AM
R.A.M.O.N.E.S....ramones!!

Rev Jules

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9/30/2006 2:01 AM
AC/DC

amawaster

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9/30/2006 2:26 AM
have to say the band as well, three great singers and amazing tunes

Dirke Dirke

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9/30/2006 5:00 AM
Rage Against The Machine, To record even 1 album with that amount of anger captured on record is an incredible achievment. Never mind 4 of them. Absolute legends!!

stephen

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9/30/2006 5:35 AM
The Eels. Sustained brilliance for a decade or so.

Helmet

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9/30/2006 9:28 AM
quote: Originally posted by stephen The Eels. Sustained brilliance for a decade or so. Damn it you took my one!!! Love the Eels, fantastic live act as well.......finding it tough to pick a favourite album/song, they're all so damned good! Plus I hope some day to have a big unfettered beard like E.

Unicron

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9/30/2006 11:38 AM
Radiohead. The Wrens may be pushing them as a current favourite but no band will ever mean as much to me as Radiohead did when I was 17.

stephen

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9/30/2006 11:51 AM
Daisies in the Galaxy is probably my favourite of theirs... I've seen them live three times. And every time it's been like seeing a different band - chamber pop, acoustic and the last time a few months ago, they were a punk band. Fabulous stuff.

klootfan

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9/30/2006 12:27 PM
Hard one to pick but id go with Deus

caff.l

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9/30/2006 1:05 PM
Radiohead, no contest

Jairzinho

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9/30/2006 2:07 PM
REM

Pol

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9/30/2006 3:18 PM
Weezer . perfect .

raoul

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9/30/2006 5:39 PM
The Cure.

kavobaggins

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9/30/2006 7:31 PM
Gonna hafta go with Radiohead too.

alameda

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9/30/2006 7:43 PM
Orbital

vandala

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9/30/2006 10:18 PM
Velvet Underground...after several days' deliberation.

Mully

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10/2/2006 9:51 AM
Therapy?

palace

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10/2/2006 10:09 AM
new order... if i could erase the fact they've existed since 1990... but if i can add in joy division as well, then definitely so... joy division / new order

spurtacus

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10/2/2006 10:16 AM
Primal Scream

mixtapepublicity

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10/2/2006 11:23 AM
Such a difficult task to pick one, but its gotta be Wilco. For consistantly blowing me away through the ages.

Vent My Spleen

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10/2/2006 11:52 AM
When I feeling good about the world : Trashcan Sinatras When I'm feeling bad about the world : Afghan Whigs When I'm feeling at a tangent to the world : Wilco

themire

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10/2/2006 11:53 AM
Radiohead

Unicron

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10/2/2006 12:25 PM
quote: Originally posted by Mully Therapy? Is that a questionm Mully? There's no right answer.

Protein biscuit

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10/2/2006 1:55 PM
Hmmm. If there was a gun put to my head i'd say Pavement.

Protein biscuit

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10/2/2006 1:56 PM
No. Wait. Silver Jews

Protein biscuit

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10/2/2006 1:58 PM
No, The Beatles. Definitely The Beatles this time.

THE DARK ONE

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10/2/2006 1:58 PM
i would say that my favourite band of all time is definitly the velvet underground. my favourite album of all time is neutral milk hotels in an aeroplane over the sea, it is perfection.

Mully

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10/2/2006 2:18 PM
quote: Originally posted by Unicron quote: Originally posted by Mully Therapy? Is that a question Mully? There's no right answer. Just another 'The' band.

The Teacher

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10/2/2006 4:01 PM
I'll add another vote for Super Furry Animals. (who incidentally provided the inspiration for my user name )

PeterQuaife

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10/2/2006 4:24 PM
wilco

Man in a can

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10/2/2006 4:37 PM
Butthole Surfers Again a teenage thing, blew my mind so many times.

mixtapepublicity

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10/2/2006 4:44 PM
Anyone bored enough to count em up and see who wins? fingers crossed for Wilco

Peejay

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10/2/2006 5:07 PM
Its the boring, dated and clichéd choice, but The Beatles have affected me like no other band, so of course it has to be them. A lot of love for Wilco on this thread, I'm surprised. You hardly ever mention them.

Furious George

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10/2/2006 6:55 PM
quote: Originally posted by mixtapepublicity Anyone bored enough to count em up and see who wins? fingers crossed for Wilco May I suggest the use of a fancy pie chart? Dr Binokular may be just the man for the job! Radiohead for me btw...a few others come close, but I'd be lying if I said that I preferred anyone else.

saulc

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10/2/2006 8:29 PM
My Morning Jacket are definatly mine. Yet to see em live, as far as I know they played like cork, dublin and belfast in 04' but I was in chicago. Thought they were gona play EP this year but no, the ba*tards! They better come back next year!!!

MarkO

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10/3/2006 6:01 AM
No one is really cheating and listing multiple artists. Damn it. All time : U2 Recently : Mercury Rev

roxy

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10/3/2006 8:11 AM
Obviously, like everyone else I have a ton of bands that I hold very very dear. But two bands that I've been consistently in love with since I was about 14.... Blur and the Beach Boys.

dummyrun

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10/3/2006 8:59 AM
Manic Street Preachers

Protein biscuit

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10/3/2006 11:10 AM
quote: Originally posted by saulc My Morning Jacket are definatly mine. Yet to see em live, as far as I know they played like cork, dublin and belfast in 04' but I was in chicago. Thought they were gona play EP this year but no, the ba*tards! They better come back next year!!! Oh yes! A brilliant live band. Saw them once in the TBMC and it was one of the best gigs i've been too. Did you hear about the new live album released last week? http://www.amazon.com/Okonokos-My-Morning-Jacket/dp/B000GRUSRM

seanluke69

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10/3/2006 12:19 PM
THE MONKS OR THE MUMMIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3bMVcuiv6Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3f3dmA2JQU

spurtacus

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10/3/2006 12:32 PM
Haha, "noice legs, shame about the boat race!", classic Monks lyric!

ctrlaltdelete

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10/3/2006 1:28 PM
Love the Monks. Playing their last few gigs ever about Europe at the minute, hitting london around the end on the month.

Avery

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10/3/2006 6:31 PM
Super Furry Animals

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10/3/2006 6:38 PM
quote: Originally posted by stephen Daisies in the Galaxy is probably my favourite of theirs... I've seen them live three times. And every time it's been like seeing a different band - chamber pop, acoustic and the last time a few months ago, they were a punk band. Fabulous stuff. I thought they were the best act that I saw at Oxegyn. Mark E is king.

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10/3/2006 6:41 PM
Has to be Echo and the Bunnymen.

saulc

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10/4/2006 6:39 PM
quote: Originally posted by Protein biscuit quote: Originally posted by saulc My Morning Jacket are definatly mine. Yet to see em live, as far as I know they played like cork, dublin and belfast in 04' but I was in chicago. Thought they were gona play EP this year but no, the ba*tards! They better come back next year!!! Oh yes! A brilliant live band. Saw them once in the TBMC and it was one of the best gigs i've been too. Did you hear about the new live album released last week? http://www.amazon.com/Okonokos-My-Morning-Jacket/dp/B000GRUSRM Ya saw that, cheers!. Pitchfork gave it a mixed review but definatley still buying it! I may wait for the DVD though.

kevin gallen

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10/5/2006 9:53 AM
boring but its gotta be The Beach Boys

crucifixio

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10/5/2006 1:24 PM
It has to be another vote for Eels (E is the King) but Electroshock Blues is their best! Just for the college years and the memories I have to throw in Turn!

crucifixio

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10/5/2006 1:26 PM
On another related topic - I saw My morning Jacket supporting the Foo Fighters in Canada - I didn't know of them then but I thought they were great - Loving Z right now. I can't buy their album Tenesse Fire anywhere - can anybody help me.

The_Thin_Man

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10/5/2006 1:47 PM
The Pogues (All-Time Booziest too)

rowan_morrisson

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10/5/2006 2:05 PM
quote: Originally posted by klootfan Hard one to pick but id go with Deus Instant street is one of my favorite songs ever, its such an upper. Fave band of all time though, The Kinks.

Peaches

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10/5/2006 2:35 PM
Depeche Mode

Peaches

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10/5/2006 2:38 PM
and The Cure of course!

astroboy

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10/6/2006 12:31 PM
Ray joe head

Goat Boy

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10/6/2006 12:41 PM
Wow, 6 pages and I'm the first to plump for . . . . . . . The Smiths.

kavobaggins

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10/6/2006 1:54 PM
quote: Originally posted by Goat Boy Wow, 6 pages and I'm the first to plump for . . . . . . . The Smiths. no one has said Led Zeppelin yet either have they? thats not my choice by the way, Im sticking with Radiohead

Unicron

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10/6/2006 4:55 PM
quote: Originally posted by kavobaggins quote: Originally posted by Goat Boy Wow, 6 pages and I'm the first to plump for . . . . . . . The Smiths. no one has said Led Zeppelin yet either have they? thats not my choice by the way, Im sticking with Radiohead That's cause zepplin are s**t.

Trix

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7/18/2007 7:46 AM
Oh hard decision, The Kinks or Kings of Leon. Both amazing bands. Can I have 2 favourites???

PARTON

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7/18/2007 9:27 AM
"That's cause zepplin are s**t." get a grip, Zep are excellent..4 incredible rock n roll masterpieces released over 24 months...brilliant band.. Stones for me..best rock n roll band that ever drew breath...

Peejay

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7/18/2007 11:24 AM
Posted By PARTON on 18 Jul 2007 9:27 AM Stones for me..best rock n roll band that ever drew breath... Absolutely. It's so hard to defend the Rolling Stones these days because they've become such a parody of themselves. But their output from '68-'72 alone is just peerless. The fact that they released some great stuff before and after those classic years is all the more impressive. Great, great band. They had a fantastic rhythm section and they understood American music like almost no other band of the time. If it wasn't for 'The Band' I would say Exile On Main St. is the finest album of American music ever. No mean feat for a bunch of art school types from Dartford. (Sorry, I get a little over-excited when someone mentions the S word)

Carlsberg

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7/18/2007 2:00 PM
Have been out of loop or would have got my spoke in ages ago. Manic Street Preachers.

PARTON

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7/18/2007 3:08 PM
See man, thats just it, the seventies stuff is savage too..some girls, goats head soup and its only rock n roll are all stellar....mix of funk, reggae, disco and rock n roll... tattoo you aint that great, emotional rescue was ok... dont go near dirty work, they werent even in the same cities as each other when it was recorded.... i think the fact that they have stuck together (barring a death, and a line up change her and there) is a testament to them.. every single front man of a white rock n roll band this side of Rio has copied Jagger in some way shape or form... Radiohead being the most popular choice so far? no surprises (no pun intended)

crucifixio

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7/19/2007 2:14 AM
This is very hard because taste changes but for body's of work it would have to be Eels or Elliot Smith.

floodzer

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7/19/2007 3:39 AM
Yes very had, impossible even... Ill have to go with Elliott Smith aswell... for now

Peejay

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7/19/2007 7:55 AM
Posted By PARTON on 18 Jul 2007 3:08 PM See man, thats just it, the seventies stuff is savage too.. There's some good stuff, but album-wise there's a drop in quality after 'Exile on Main Street'

PARTON

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7/19/2007 8:01 AM
Suppose, but the thing is, exile was kind of a concept album, keith was actually wanted in the us..hence they recorded in jamaica with jimmy miller..see jimmy miller is THE all time greatest rock n roll producer..he was a hopeless heroin addict though.....alot of the songs on exile are actually rejigged blues standards......i personally think that Sticky Fingers is their best album and that was actually made up of tunes that were shelved..it only got released cos mick wrote brown sugar on the set of ned kelly in '70 and thought it could be a hit...

Peejay

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7/19/2007 8:37 AM
Posted By PARTON on 19 Jul 2007 8:01 AM Suppose, but the thing is, exile was kind of a concept album, keith was actually wanted in the us..hence they recorded in jamaica with jimmy miller..see jimmy miller is THE all time greatest rock n roll producer..he was a hopeless heroin addict though.....alot of the songs on exile are actually rejigged blues standards......i personally think that Sticky Fingers is their best album and that was actually made up of tunes that were shelved..it only got released cos mick wrote brown sugar on the set of ned kelly in '70 and thought it could be a hit... Sort of. Exile was recorded in the south of France, the band having left England rather than being hammered by the tax man. Goats Head Soup was recorded in Jamaica, simply because Keith and the band liked the place. I think Keith bought a house there and hung out with guys like Peter Tosh. Jimmy Miller did produce Exile and you're dead on about him being a great producer for them. In fact the Jimmy Miller period, starting with Jumping Jack Flash in 1968, sort of signifies the start of their hot-streak, and Jimmy leaving in the mid-70's signifies the end of it. As you say, Keith was too much of a heroin addict by the time of Goats Head Soup to show any leadership, so Mick stepped in and started hopping on bandwagons. Which is why they became much more dated from then on (disco, slick production, cod-raggae). I don't see much of a concept running through Exile, apart from the trials and tribulations of a rock & roll band in 1971, but thats sort of a given, right? I love Sticky Fingers too, its certainly a more concise album but the murkiness of Exile can't be beat. One of my favourite albums and THE classic double-LP along with the Beatles White Album. There's only one or two blues covers on Exile too, its not a filler album.

PARTON

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7/19/2007 9:01 AM
What i mean by the concept album, is not in the dark side of the moon sense, but more that the songs and elements that made up the tunes on exile were things as a band that had to come out all at once,hence so many tracks... keith was out of it for much of the recording of the album and they probably could have split up only for mick....mick gets a hard time sometimes but he was the one that came up with the concept of a world tour of shows as opposed to travelling around in a van gigging....it saved the band... what i would not give to have been at even one date on the famous north american tour of 72/74....... ye know rory gallagher actually got offered a guitarist spot to replace mick taylor but keith objected cos Brian Jones was his hero! apparently ....its only rock n roll was performed roughly by mick and rory in an ammsterdamn studio...read that in a book about rory years ago...imagine the fusion though between rory and keith with mick on vox...ronnie wood on bass but then ronnie kept keith sane.... still charlie watts is the all time coolest man in rock n roll for me..there was a story that on a tour in teh 1980s....mick was partying in a hotel during the night and began yelling "wheres my drummer!!" and charlie simply got up went down and dropped mick like a bad habit and went back to bed..... gonna go home and have a listen to exile now......

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7/19/2007 9:21 AM
Posted By PARTON on 19 Jul 2007 9:01 AM What i mean by the concept album, is not in the dark side of the moon sense, but more that the songs and elements that made up the tunes on exile were things as a band that had to come out all at once,hence so many tracks... They were writing alot of tracks at the time. Keith, despite being on the heroin, was still very much at the helm during the Exile period. The fact that the album was recorded in the basement of his house in France says it all really. He was addicted, but still in control. Posted By PARTON on 19 Jul 2007 9:01 AM ye know rory gallagher actually got offered a guitarist spot to replace mick taylor but keith objected cos Brian Jones was his hero! Yeah, I heard this. I actually read that he was offered the role by Keith but Rory turned it down due to touring commitments. I don't know what the real story is though. It's a nice little footnote to Rorys career, but he was too talented to take a backseat. Mick Taylor was smothered in the band and left because he wasn't given much of a chance to contribute other than guitar solos. He couldn't handle the lifestyle anymore either. As far as I can recall, he co-wrote Moonlight Mile with Mick Jagger and wasn't given a credit. If thats true its shocking as its one of the Stones' finest moments. Had Rory been in the band he surely would have been too head-strong to tow their line, whereas Ronnie was happy to go along for the ride, too drunk to give a f**k. It's probably just as well he stayed solo.

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7/19/2007 9:23 AM
impossible is correct... '85 to '87: U2 '87 to '89: Joy Division / New Order '90: Pixies '91: Ride '99 to '02: The Frames when you get old like me, this is too difficult to answer unless you're an obsessed geek-fan... will oldham and smog would be current contenders

PARTON

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7/19/2007 10:04 AM
agreed on Taylor, he got screwed royally.....my dad saw the stones in eupope with mick taylor and reckons he's the finest guitarist they have had bar brian jones........but yer right the lifestyle was not for him..... "I think Exile was a hangover from the end of the '60s" mick said this some years ago..i think he's wrong ,have to agree with you peejay...exile is fookin great..dirty, thrown together mesh of blues, honk, and dirty rock n roll...... i think exile is widely regarded as the stones best album because it appeals to so many folks.... point is stones are and always will be my fave of all time...have been listening to them since i was 8..honestly the old man loved them too....

Peejay

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7/19/2007 10:47 AM
Your Dad saw the Stones in early 70's ? Thats cool. I've heard a few bootlegs from that big European tour, they were absolutely cracking. Lucky man. Will he (and you) be going to Slane this year? "I think Exile was a hangover from the end of the '60s" mick said this some years ago..i think he's wrong , He sort of has a point, in a way. There's a jaded feel to Exile that could be said to symbolise the big 60's come-down. The failure of Altamont, the Manson killings, heroin etc. The murky underbelly of the flower-power era. Mick Jagger has never been a big fan of Exile on Main St anyway. He's made that clear in alot of interviews. I think maybe he resents Keith for coming up with one of their best efforts. It's very much a guitar album, most of Micks vocals are buried in the mix, so he probably doesn't look back fondly on that album. I'm going to stick it on tonight too ....do the hip-shake Thang!!

PARTON

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7/20/2007 9:15 AM
Yeah he saw em twice in the seventies, and at slane in 78..defo going this year.. i saw them for the first time 4 years ago......absolutely brilliant show.. have you listened to get yer ya yas out? good live record..... ur right about the jealousy thing on exile...se mick was away with his missus alot cos she was preggers so keith decided to sit in hios dungeon get high and play great music.......tracks like rocks off and rip this joint are nothin without the jagger treatment though.....

Peejay

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7/20/2007 9:26 AM
Ya's Ya's is great alright. I listen to Let It Bleed more but the live stuff does get the odd airing. I got the Gimme Shelter film aswell. Its got some great performances from that same US tour, obviously comes to a gloomy conclusion with Altamont though. Well worth seeing.

muzak

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7/20/2007 9:28 AM
Talking Heads

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