The Devil's Derivatives by Nicholas Dunbar. How strange. One of the UKs most distinguished financial journalists is the son of singer, actress, Rolling Stone associate, serial drug abuser, and singer again Marianne Faithfull. How did that happen?
Recently I have been listening to the Rolling Stones Exile on Mainstreet. Many critics consider Exile to be their masterwork. Rolling Stone magazine named Exile the seventh greatest rock album ever. I have always been partial to Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, and Sticky Fingers - but I do agree Exile is a great album. What I find strange though is that great as the album is one could easily assemble a list of the 10 best songs of the Rolling Stones (possibly even top 20) and include nothing from Exile. That is pretty unique. With most artists their most acclaimed album also contains one or more of their best songs. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper has A Day in the Life. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds has Wouldn't It Be Nice. Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited has Like A Rolling Stone. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On has ...What's Going On.
How do the best songs off of Exile (Tumbling Dice, Happy, Sweet Virginia, or Shine A Light) stack up to say Satisfaction, Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Wild Horses? That's pretty tough competition. Ok would you rank any of the Exile tunes above Jumping Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Under My Thumb, Beast of Burden, Ruby Tuesday, Angie, Paint It Black, Street Fighting Man, She's a Rainbow, Bitch, or As Tears Go By (which was a hit for Nicholas Dunbar's mom).
Weird world.
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