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LET IT BLEED — Rolling Stones — London NPS4 There’s nothing mysterious about the new Stones album and that’s as it should be. Like the Stones themselves, it’s all right there, readily accessible to all of Us (if not to Them). And, exactly because it’s so accessible, it doesn’t tell us anything new about the Stones; it merely reaffirms our knowledge and suspicions about what is probably the best rock and roll band in the world.
Records
LET IT BLEED — Rolling Stones — London NPS4
There’s nothing mysterious about the new Stones album and that’s as it should be. Like the Stones themselves, it’s all right there, readily accessible to all of Us (if not to Them). And, exactly because it’s so accessible, it doesn’t tell us anything new about the Stones; it merely reaffirms our knowledge and suspicions about what is probably the best rock and roll band in the world. If the Beatles are the master brain-surgeons of rock, the Stones are its genius general practitioners.
There are three songs on this record that stand out enough to be worthy of lengthy comment. Since we’ll save Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You Can’t Always Get What You Want for last; they also seem to have a few common elements. All I can hope to do for you, anyway, is to suggest some ways to look at things; the Stones (on record at least) are above criticism, but not reflection.