What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

Actually Beggars Banquet is a long time favorite of mine !

THE ROLLING STONES "beggars banquet" cd,1968.

i cant get no satisfaction from these guys no matter how hard i try....
i have probably 30 of their singles on 7" vinyl, approx eight or nine studio albums and a couple of best of sets on vinyl and cd but i feel as though i am walking the dog everytime i hear the Stones..ie: like picking up a piece of old dog crap!
just cant get into them at all, i admit, i love numerous songs, Angie would almost certainly be in my top 20 favourite singles of all time, and the opening track from this album, Sympathy For The Devil would have to be in my favourite list of album tracks of all time along with Wild Horses, but as an album band these guys just dont cut it for me.
this is their album from 1968....now compare it to The Beatles "white album"...even the few dud tracks on that double album are as good as the good ones on here!

overall, this album is made up of songs with no melody,tune or impassioned vocals and guitar work...its pretty dull, lifeless and boring IMO,like most of the Stones output for the last six decades, just exactly how they became so big is a mystery to me as the talent for writing 'great' songs was few and far between, unlike UK counterparts Small Faces,Who,Kinks,Manfred Mann and obviously The Beatles.

below is a brief description of what i think of the individual tracks on this album....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM(but only just!)

worst track: street fighting man
best track: sympathy for the devil

tracks:

1. sympathy for the devil ***
one of rock music's greatest ever tracks IMO
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for The Devil ( Live 1969 Altamont - YouTube live
2. no expectations **
only the Brian Jones slide guitar work gives this a passing grade IMO
3. dear doctor *
a crappy psuedo-novelty track and album filler!
4. parachute man **
not great but better than most on here IMO
5. jigsaw puzzle *
no tune/melody, no substance in the lyrics neither...absolutely no nothing here at all!
6. street fighting man *
possibly the Stones worst single up until 1984's Undercover Of The Night
7. prodigal son **
reasonable effort in their attempt to cover an old Gospel song
8. stray cat blues *
another album filler IMO,even the guitar solo at the end cant save this one!
9. factory girl **
sort of blues cum folk track,very good effort,works for me.
10.salt of the earth **
half decent "peace" song...their attempt at trying to outdo "all you need is love" IMO

3s=1
2s=5
1s=4

rating: 1.7