Sometimes, when I want to get to my blog, I type PopWars in Google and then click on the link it finds. There is a skate board company out there with the name but I got there first. Today I noticed a “Britpop” tag next to the return on the Google page. I think it has something to do with the StumbleUpon add on I use in Firefox. There is another Paul Dodd too. He’s England’s number one soccer hooligan. Not sure how I got labeled Britpop but I thought I would go with it.
“All sold out. Well I felt so free. It was just like that. I was put down flat.” I think the Stones may have reached their zenith with “Between The Buttons”. This album still sounds wildy adventurous to me and I am old enough to remember the Stones doing a song off this lp with cleaned up lyrics on the Ed Sullivan show. I love the cover photo and Charlie’s drawings on the sleeve. It’s more pop than blues and I think Brian Jones had a lot to do with it. And I love Charlie’s drawings on the sleeve.
Ruby Tuesday was ok but All Sold Out, My Obsession and She Smiled Sweetly should have all been hits. Can we go back and do it again?
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That WAS a great LP. “Connection” was the song that I got hooked on.
eMusic was offering the ABKCO-era LPs for a few weeks last spring and I took the opportunity to re-up with BtB, which I hadn’t listened to much in its entirety since high school. For me also it does rate at the top of the pre-canon Stones albums.
Didn’t we used to do Connection in Personal Effects?
let it bleed imho was the ultimate stones
Yes we did do Connection in Personal Effects. Did you see them do it in Shine A Light? It was great!
My comment is time stamped 7:14 but it is actually 4 hours later.