tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post6930453284629061510..comments2024-02-15T02:46:48.670-05:00Comments on Erin O'Brien: A ray of sun, torn and frayed, on Boxing DayErin O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-21554637070133460272009-02-01T02:58:00.000-05:002009-02-01T02:58:00.000-05:00I love this album and used to listen to it constan...I love this album and used to listen to it constantly as a teenager. I've never tried heroin but those songs always put me in a kind of pleasant narcotic reverie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-48011351593811548802008-12-31T11:03:00.000-05:002008-12-31T11:03:00.000-05:00R.I.P. GP.RJR.I.P. GP.<BR/><BR/>RJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-19084460622505042912008-12-28T14:35:00.000-05:002008-12-28T14:35:00.000-05:00Exile on Main Street is my fave Stones. So under ...Exile on Main Street is my fave Stones. So under rated. It prompted me to explore the Open G tuning Keith relies on for so much of his work (also known as "slackstring" - it's something he learned frm Ry Cooder). I always kee one guitar in that tuning. Keith even discards the top string as unnecessary (I duct tape mine to the fretboard). As he describes it: "it's five strings, three notes, two fingers, and one asshole." It's a lovely little tuning...and simple to play...it's no wonder he can get away with doing so much heroin. Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>;The Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962641109795032438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-90891347194343957812008-12-27T15:29:00.000-05:002008-12-27T15:29:00.000-05:00Definitely treatment.And definitely charm after ch...Definitely treatment.<BR/><BR/>And definitely charm after charm and then charm again for the hell of it.<BR/><BR/>I don't get hot leather push sweat whiskey sex hard smoke from <I>Exile on Main Street.</I> I get a great band in the cellar being a great band.Harry Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617724467017868532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-63206707751354944942008-12-27T14:49:00.000-05:002008-12-27T14:49:00.000-05:00HF: Do not say "treatment." And saying that you sh...HF: Do not say "treatment." And saying that you shouldn't use "charm" after you already used charm isn't right either.<BR/><BR/>Say <I>hot leather push sweat whiskey sex hard smoke</I> and maybe you're getting a little closer.<BR/><BR/>Christ awmighty. Do I have to do everything around here?Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-52842404182798422702008-12-27T14:04:00.000-05:002008-12-27T14:04:00.000-05:00In 1972 I tried very hard to love Exile but I coul...In 1972 I tried very hard to love <I>Exile</I> but I couldn't get there. So I let it rest for 36 years. It was amazing how much it had improved. There are still some songs I do not love, but I don't have to love a thing in order to admire it. <I>Let It Loose</I> is the stand-out track for me.<BR/><BR/>The sound is a touch muddy, which, I suppose, is part of the charm (although I don't think you can properly employ the word <I>charm</I> when discussing the Stones). I get the point of it, though I think there are several <I>Exile</I> arrangements that deserve better treatment.Harry Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04617724467017868532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-63997318669320144282008-12-27T13:50:00.000-05:002008-12-27T13:50:00.000-05:00My favorite Stones song is "Sympathy for the Devil...My favorite Stones song is "Sympathy for the Devil"<BR/><BR/>God knows why.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-41532412304182847182008-12-27T12:21:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:21:00.000-05:00Just gotta say "Paint it Black" is my favourite St...Just gotta say "Paint it Black" is my favourite Stones song.JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114099569340719115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-29749268367639071732008-12-27T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-27T09:16:00.000-05:00Love Happy, Sweet Virginia and Rocks Off as well. ...Love Happy, Sweet Virginia and Rocks Off as well. But what about Sweet Black Angel?<BR/><BR/>woot!Erin O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-70530492794006650492008-12-27T02:44:00.000-05:002008-12-27T02:44:00.000-05:00Erin - the vid is not unlike a scene out of Leavin...Erin - the vid is not unlike a scene out of Leaving Las Vegas, but instead of your bro outta control, it's GP..<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/9gztow<BR/><BR/>Rod in Detroit<BR/>> Burritos ForeverLoDoKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548551719956479577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-21710387945010779032008-12-26T22:34:00.000-05:002008-12-26T22:34:00.000-05:00That's definitely a good one off Exile.Here's a fe...That's definitely a good one off Exile.<BR/>Here's a few more:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-Qzze9iGk<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS3U-62UlT4<BR/><BR/>Can't really beat the trilogy of Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-24671161066541092652008-12-26T21:06:00.000-05:002008-12-26T21:06:00.000-05:00So right. SO RIGHT. It's great to see that many ot...So right. SO RIGHT. It's great to see that many others here feel the same. <BR/><BR/>Although I'll wrestle you for the right to say that "Happy" is the best song on that album. Ok, well, it's my favorite. <BR/><BR/>Wrestle anyway. With inappropriate groping.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547335123551743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-86413427974148189392008-12-26T16:39:00.000-05:002008-12-26T16:39:00.000-05:00I don't have to tell you that I love me some Stone...I don't have to tell you that I love me some Stones. 'Exile' is one of my faves. One of the three essential Stones albums.<BR/><BR/>So many good tunes on that album. How many bands produced a double album with no weak material on it?deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410064795682939760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-58382764605128405932008-12-26T15:35:00.000-05:002008-12-26T15:35:00.000-05:00Very cool. I have a fascination with public washr...Very cool. I have a fascination with public washrooms (they appear a lot in some early stuff on the site, some have gloryholes in the stories, some don't); the one you shot looks inviting, as you urge in your caption.<BR/><BR/>Merry...whatsit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-85943004095259885922008-12-26T14:19:00.000-05:002008-12-26T14:19:00.000-05:00I've never been to Geneva-on-the-Lake, but it look...I've never been to Geneva-on-the-Lake, but it looks like what the great cartoonist Robert Crumb once described as the "old, weird America." He meant that as a compliment, and so do I.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-66732747744807792922008-12-26T12:43:00.000-05:002008-12-26T12:43:00.000-05:00Erin O'Brien already rules the world, and yes, I'l...Erin O'Brien already rules the world, and yes, I'll take that corndog.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this, Erin.<BR/><BR/>To the words, and the music, and the images -- to creativity, all of it.Geoff Schutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625861676022619006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-84139111065490928982008-12-26T11:52:00.000-05:002008-12-26T11:52:00.000-05:00You are so right, Erin! Exile on Main Street is ge...You are so right, Erin! Exile on Main Street is genius. 'Course to this huge Stones fan, Mick and Co. can do no wrong (least musically :-).<BR/>As I go through your blog, I'm beginning to think we were separted at birth - Stones, Temptations, Hippie chick, writer...<BR/>Did your mom dress you in plaid, too??? (And pleaded skirts?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com