{"id":752,"date":"2010-07-26T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2010-07-26T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T15:43:17","slug":"exile-on-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Exile on Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are at the end of the day two kinds of music people. (by this I mean popular music of the rock and roll variety) You either prefer the Beatles or the Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n

This really plays to a way you might answer a hundred other questions \u2013 but for the next couple of paragraphs were are going to stay with the Beatles and the Stones. You might know that the Rolling Stones best record \u201cExile on Main Street\u201d has been re-released on it\u2019s 30th birthday and points to a number of things \u2013 but to me, most importantly it shows me how much Keith Richards is overlooked as the true genius behind the stones after the death of Brian Jones.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been listening to the 72 pressing of \u201cExile\u201d off and on for the last few weeks and the thing that I constantly come back to is the dangerous nature of the underlying themes and sounds that come from this record. It\u2019s big and sprawling, it\u2019s intimate and sensuous. It\u2019s a big fucking mess of a record that feels like America in that \u201cBeat\u201d sense. Robert Frank having done the photography for the release doesn\u2019t hurt too much either.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, it really does feel like a record that your parents would rather you not listen to. I\u2019m not overly concerned about the scene that the music was made in or the whole tax exile thing \u2013 since the immediate scene is lost on me all I have is the music. Really that seems to be enough for me. \u201cExile\u2026\u201d has become a record for me that \u2013 only recently \u2013 gave me any reason to listen to reconsider the Stones in any other context than a historical one.<\/p>\n

The party is obvious, the casualties are inevitable<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Lester Bangs in his initial review of the Rolling Stones \u201cExile on Main Street\u201d<\/p>\n

Extended Play:<\/h4>\n

Probably the main reason to write this post was to do this list \u2013 I find some of these questions to be really interesting ways to understand someone\u2019s thought process when it comes to certain cultural awareness and peccadilloes.<\/p>\n

Beatles Vs. The Rolling Stones
\nMatisse Vs. Picasso
\nThe Clash Vs. the Sex Pistols
\nEarly Frank Stella Vs. Later Frank Stella
\nThin Elvis Vs. Fat Elvis
\nManchester Vs. London (as far as music goes)
\nBatman Vs. Superman (comics not movies)
\nGretch Vs. Gibson
\nEno Vs. Bryan Ferry
\nBakersfield sound Vs. Nashville sound (in country music)
\nJulie Newmar as Catwoman Vs. Eartha Kitt as Catwoman<\/p>\n

Any thoughts \u2013 I\u2019d love to hear some of yours\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are at the end of the day two kinds of music people. (by this I mean popular music of the rock and roll variety) You either prefer the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. This really plays to a way you might answer a hundred other questions \u2013 but for the next couple of paragraphs were are going to stay with the Beatles and the Stones. You might know that the Rolling Stones best record \u201cExile on Main Street\u201d has been re-released on it\u2019s 30th birthday and points to a number of things \u2013 but to me, most importantly it…<\/p>\n

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