Wow, two months. Call me a fast mover.
I recently bought the re-issued version of Exile on Main Street. Re-mastered and with a bonus disc of ten unreleased tracks.
It's awesome. The remaster sounds amazing and the bonus disc is superb.
Anyway it got me thinking about getting this bloody blog active again and instead of having lots of ideas about stuff but never actually getting it down, then forgetting it, I thought it would be better to just jot stuff down. Also to stop thinking "write the perfect blog entry". It's not like anybody's reading it !
So, the fact emerged that the classic Stones albums all begin with a killer one-two punch.
Sympathy For The Devil and No Expectations
"Beggars Banquet" (1968)
Coming back from the psychedelic wastelands, and with Brian Jones almost out for the count, these tracks are Keith showing his guitar skills and the band responding, in totally different styles.
Gimme Shelter and Love In Vain
"Let It Bleed" (1969)
The most evocative album opening ever? Has to be up there. Two of their best tunes, and again it's Keith leading the way. Apocalypse followed by authentic country blues of the most beautiful kind.
Brown Sugar and Sway
"Sticky Fingers" (1970)
Now these would be my favourite two-in-a-row, and when you think that they're followed by Wild Horses, that surely has to be the best start to a Stones album.
Rocks Off and Rip This Joint
"Exile On Main Street" (1972)
Well here's another killer start. This run of amazing songs is quite something when you think about it. Every album was full of great tracks, but in the days when album sequencing was an artform, to start four albums in a row with songs of this calibre is just exceptional. I love these two songs.
the next album, 1973's "Goats Head Soup", has a killer second track, 100 Years Ago, but opening number Dancing With Mr D, while a song I really enjoy listening to, is not up there with the previous lot.
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