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Originally Posted by tabs
...The period of the RS's career that I like was the Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed into the Sticky Fingers epoch. Much of the music reflects the disintegration and accompanying chaos of Brian Jones life. Thats where Gimme Shelter, Jumpin Jack Flash, Sympathy, Midnight Rambler, Stray Cat, Honky Tonk, Monkey Man and Can't Always Get, Loving Cup, Memo From Turner come from....
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Interesting perspective. That era is also my favorite, with Exile being my all time fav, but BB and LIB are way up there on the list too. However, imo Brian's contributions were greatly diminished by BB and virtually negligable by LIB (Keith's finest hour) and then he was gone. I actually liked the Mick Taylor era best of all...love the guitar interplay between him and Keith (who imo has ALWAYS been the driver of the band with his rythm guitar), but he has always needed someone to "play off of" (Brian, Mick, and then Ronnie). All of them are technically better guitarists than KR, but imo he is a "musician's musician", and defines the core sound...(well, except when he totally "junkied out" and Mick had more input into the music (re "Miss You", "Emotional Rescue", etc.). "Some Girls" (another top five Stones album for me) marked Keith's return imo, "Tattoo You" (another good one), and '94s "Voodoo Lounge" is actually very good (no hits, but who cares) too...it reminds me very much of the early 70s stuff with the guitar interplay. OK, lemme have it...whatcha think?