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Thursday, June 2, 2005

More Stones Disquisition

Posted by on June 2 at 11:54 AM

Dave Segal weighs in on Goat’s Head Soup from Montreal:

GHS is really an overlooked gem; I don’t understand the critical hate/apathy toward it. The best songs on it are “Can You Hear the Music” and “Comin’ Down Again.” Totally inspirational and consoling songs, respectively. The former is a beautiful, trippy anomaly in the Stones catalog; the latter contains some of Keith’s best singing(okay, that’s not saying much, admittedly) and some truly bizarre lyrics. I find myself listening to GHS more than I do any other Stones LP from that period. I will also defend the merits of Black and Blue (half of it is really good) some other time. I’m on vacation, for christ’s sake.Dave