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Thanks to Itunes for finally getting it together and offering this a a full album download, yo. Good mid seventies cocaine reggae groove stuff on this record. Summertime music. Oh how I wish it were June.
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The Rolling Stones
Black and Blue
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AMG Review of Black and Blue
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThe Rolling Stones recorded Black and Blue while auditioning Mick Taylor's replacement, so it's unfair to criticize it, really, for being longer on grooves and jams than songs, especially since that's what's good about it. Yes, the two songs that are undeniable highlights are "Memory Motel" and "Fool to Cry," the album's two allads and, therefore, the two that had to be written and arranged, not knocked out in the studio; they're also the ones that don't quite make as much sense, though they still work in the context of the record. No, this is all about groove and sound, as the Stones work Ron Wood into their fabric. And the remarkable thing is, apart from "Hand of Fate" and "Crazy Mama," there's little straight-ahead ock & roll here. They play with eggae extensively, funk and disco less so, making both sound like integral parts of the Stones' lifeblood. Apart from the allads, there might not be many memorable tunes, but there are times that you listen to the Stones just to hear them play, and this is one of them.
Jammin this too, between sandwiches, yo.
The Rolling Stones: Shine A Light
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--- - |- In 2008, it's easy to be snide about the Rolling Stones . "They're no longer relevant; they're only in it for the money; they're ancient; they're a joke." I read these criticisms often - usually immediately upon the Stones announcing a new album and/or tour. And after a few too many mediocre albums, sometimes I even utter similar criticisms myself. The last time I saw them, at Ma...
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Jammin this too, between sandwiches, yo.
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Thanks to Itunes for finally getting it together and offering this a a full album download, yo. Good mid seventies cocaine reggae groove stuff on this record. Summertime music. Oh how I wish it were June.
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Lunch Music
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So yesterday I went to the local Sports Bar - Rib House - Multimedia Dining Room Chain Place for lunch and to waste some time playing trivia games against a late afternoon crowd. Trivia wise, things went well. I'm back in the Top 10 for awhile. Lunch was good, even with my salad literally grilled before they brought it out to me. But strangest of all, I heard the background music machine pl...
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