During the mid-'70s, the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from Jagger's fascination with celebrity and Keith's worsening drug habit. By 1978, both punk and disco had swept the group off the front pages, and Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Opening with the disco-lues thump of "Miss You," Some Girls is a tough, focused, and exciting record, full of more hooks and energy than any Stones record since Exile on Main St. Even though the Stones make disco their own, they never quite take punk on their own ground. Instead, their rockers sound harder and nastier than they have in years. Using "Star Star" as a template, the Stones run through the seedy homosexual imagery of "When the Whip Comes Down," the bizarre, borderline-misogynistic vitriol of the title track, Keith's ultimate outlaw anthem, "Before They Make Me Run," and the decadent closer, "Shattered." In between, they deconstruct the Temptations' "(Just My) Imagination," unleash the devastatingly snide country parody "Far Away Eyes," and contribute "Beast of Burden," one of their very best allads. Some Girls may not have the back-street aggression of their '60s records, or the majestic, drugged-out murk of their early-'70s work, but its brand of glitzy, decadent hard rock still makes it a definitive Stones album.
The blues-howling behemoth gives the globe a good tongue-lashingThe title says it all, really. In the 21st century the Stones seem more concerned with gracing the pages of the Guinness Book Of Records, rather than the same publishers' long-running compendium of hit singles. Having last troubled the UK Top Ten in 1981 with Start Me Up, Mick Jagger - one of music's most fertile business brains - ...
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When "Some Girls" came out in 1978, it completely took over the airwaves, with black radio and disco stations playing "Miss You", rock playing "Shattered", pop radio playing "Beast Of Burden". Some Girls was clearly the best thing the Stones had done since Mick Tayor left the band, the album covering so many genres, even the punks had to give it up for songs like "Respectable" and "Lies". But t...
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I was driving back from Christmas shopping with my four year old daughter, _Some Girls_ playing on the stereo and about halfway through _Imagination_ she asked: "Daddy, is this The Stones?"...Absolutely floored me - my frequent discourses on popular music hadn't fallen on deaf ears!! There is hope for our youth...Of course now I'm left to struggle with whether or not the subtle (and sometimes ...
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Both of these rock the hizzie, yo.
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Do you _really_ think Keith had all his blood switched out at that secret clinic in the seventies?
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(M. Jagger/K. Richards) Lies, dripping off your mouth like dirt Lies, lies in every step you walk Lies, whispered sweetly in my ear Lies, how do I get out of here? Why, why you have to be so cruel? Lies, lies, lies I ain't such a fool! Lies, lies in my papa's looks Lies, lies in my history books Lies, lies like they teach in class Lies, lies, lies I catch on way too fast Fire, fire...
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Both of these rock the hizzie, yo.
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Do you _really_ think Keith had all his blood switched out at that secret clinic in the seventies?
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The blues-howling behemoth gives the globe a good tongue-lashingThe title says it all, really. In the 21st century the Stones seem more concerned with gracing the pages of the Guinness Book Of Records, rather than the same publishers' long-running compendium of hit singles. Having last troubled the UK Top Ten in 1981 with Start Me Up, Mick Jagger - one of music's most fertile business brains - ...
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When "Some Girls" came out in 1978, it completely took over the airwaves, with black radio and disco stations playing "Miss You", rock playing "Shattered", pop radio playing "Beast Of Burden". Some Girls was clearly the best thing the Stones had done since Mick Tayor left the band, the album covering so many genres, even the punks had to give it up for songs like "Respectable" and "Lies". But t...
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I was driving back from Christmas shopping with my four year old daughter, _Some Girls_ playing on the stereo and about halfway through _Imagination_ she asked: "Daddy, is this The Stones?"...Absolutely floored me - my frequent discourses on popular music hadn't fallen on deaf ears!! There is hope for our youth...Of course now I'm left to struggle with whether or not the subtle (and sometimes ...
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With apologies to Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs lyrics...You can blame Revup64's previous post regarding the question "Stones or Beatles?" Obvious I prefer the former. But Rev64 is right. Some Girls is hands down one of the best albums, and probably the best one of from the 70's on.The album art alone is enough to win accolades.
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What is one to do when they don't even follow their own rules? As most people do when something aweful slaps them in the face I am re-thinking my entire being, ha.
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I wrote a blog post about this amazing record yesterday at AVC.Check it out at http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/04/some_girls.html
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| 1 Miss You |
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| 2 When the Whip Comes Down |
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| 3 Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) |
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| 4 Some Girls |
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| 5 Lies |
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| 6 Far Away Eyes |
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| 7 Respectable |
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| 8 Before They Make Me Run |
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| 9 Beast of Burden |
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| 10 Shattered |
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