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| rollingstoned58 |
Hey rocks offers I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me with an essay for a college class? Its on Let It Bleed (the album not song) and it's affects on society and what it reflects from society etc. etc. Just wondering if anybody had any first hand information I could use... If anybody has any memories of it coming out, any stories about it in the paper, or if you just want to review it for me, anything can help.
Thanks guys rock on |
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| glencar |
Most stuff should be on line these days. Have you checked out rollingstone.com? I'm a bit young to remember when it actually came out but obviously it's one of the group's best works. Wish I could help more, sorry. |
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| rollingstoned58 |
thanks anyway... I have a decent amount of online information but I am not allowed to use online sources, so I was looking for some first hand ones.. |
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| Bloozehound |
easy essay, I looked throught my files and found this one I wrote when I was in college, here you can copy it:
Let it Bleed Rocks!
YEAHHHH!
The End
and if that college prof starts talkin smack about F's, 5 pages in length, double spaced yada yada yada just bitchslap his pointy head off for not being a Stones fan |
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| telecaster |
Not sure about the effect on society but some things to consider would be
1. Stonesian reponse to "Let It Be"
2. Midnight Rambler
3. First major release that had "breasts" in the lyrics
Racy stuff back then |
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| Mel Belli |
quote:
rollingstoned58 wrote:
Hey rocks offers I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me with an essay for a college class? Its on Let It Bleed (the album not song) and it's affects on society and what it reflects from society etc. etc. Just wondering if anybody had any first hand information I could use... If anybody has any memories of it coming out, any stories about it in the paper, or if you just want to review it for me, anything can help.
Thanks guys rock on
Didn't sell that many copies -- Soldatti? -- so I'm not sure it had any kind of "meta" effect on society. And before you turn in this paper, remember that "it's" is a contraction for "it is" and "its" is a possessive pronoun!  |
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| mac_daddy |
watch out - the grammar police are on your trail...
you can also talk about altamont - watch gimme shelter (criterion) for more infor about that...
as for tele's point about the racey lyrics - breasts are tame compared to some of the other stuff mentioned ("you can come all over me" comes instantly to mind)...
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| Mel Belli |
All right. Here's a few (possibly) constructive ideas: What about exploring the connection of an apocalyptic song like "Gimme Shelter" with the Vietnam war? Or the raw, violence-laden sexuality of "Midnight Rambler" with the dark side of "free love"?
'Fraid I'm not old enough to give you a first-hand account of the album or the era... |
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| mac_daddy |
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Mel Belli wrote:
All right. Here's a few (possibly) constructive ideas: What about exploring the connection of an apocalyptic song like "Gimme Shelter" with the Vietnam war? Or the raw, violence-laden sexuality of "Midnight Rambler" with the dark side of "free love"?
nicely done. |
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| telecaster |
Also, at the time the album cover, when there was a thing called album covers, was considered "shocking"
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| mac_daddy |
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telecaster wrote:
Also, at the time the album cover, when there was a thing called album covers, was considered "shocking"
i forgot about that - i think it was the messy side (back) that pissed people off, and i have no idea why..? |
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| Bloozehound |
here's another cheat sheet
Rip This Joint: the Stories Behind Every Song by S. Appleford gives a great in depth review of the album & songs, and the inspirations and themes behind them ~ good stuff |
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| telecaster |
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i forgot about that - i think it was the messy side (back) that pissed people off, and i have no idea why..?
Macdaddy I don't remember either why it was considered so bad, now it is funny
Wasn't it like a wedding cake/pizza/turntable and something else?
Gansta' Rap has nothing on us
Great album BTW |
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| rollingstoned58 |
Thanks for the help so far guys.... more is welcome
and Ill try to fix my grammar in the paper (not likely) |
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| glencar |
Use spelchik! |
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| kath |
i'm not sure what you want to hear. i am certainly old enough, and i rmember that album coming out very well. and i remember the "orgasmic" midnight rambler being very "shocking [read "stimulating"]". i remember the concern about "you've got the silver" being a keith solo. he wouldn't dare do more, would he? and i remember it being played everywhere i went, everybody was playing on their home steros when you dropped by for a smoke....and parties...it was the number one album at parties....
terrific album, and won a lot of people over to them who had sort of been on the fence prior to its release.... |
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| Soldatti |
It knocked Abbey Road at #1 in UK for a week (Abbey Road spent 17 wks at #1, Let It Bleed only one)
UK Date: 20/12/1969 - Run: *1*-2-2-4-3-4-4-7-8-15-14-11-12-24-22-37-34-11-13-19-19-35-20-0-42-52-63-61-41-0-0-0-73 (29-23c/9/1 wks)
In US reached #3, here the Billboard's Top 3 albums for the last week of the 60's in US:
1. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
2. Abbey Road, Beatles
3. Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones
and the US Top 3 for the first week of the 70's was:
1. Abbey Road, Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
3. Let It Bleed, Rolling Stones
US Date: 06/12/1969 - Run: 199-29- 5-*3*- (4 wsf)
03/01/1970: 3-4-5-5-4-5-6-6-18-17-17-20-21-26-28-33-47-47-44-65-65-67-78-81-93-97-120-122-147-158-153-149-168-165-190 (39/10 wks)
Re #01: 27/09/1980 184-182-182-177-186 (5 wks)
Total # of weeks: 44-39c (Top 10: 10, Top 20: 14 Top 40: 19)
[Edited by Soldatti] |
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| HomerJRichards |
There's also 'The Rolling Stones It's Only Rock n Roll - the story behind every song' by Steve Appleford. That's pretty good too. I didn't know until i read the chapter on Let it Bleed that the Boston Strangler referred to in Midnight Rambler was a real person - a nutter by the name of Albert DeSalvo. |
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| rollingstoned58 |
Thanks for all your help everyone. |
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| Joey |
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rollingstoned58 wrote:
Hey rocks offers I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me with an essay for a college class?
No !!!!
NINE !!!!!
NINEA !!!!!!!!!!
NYET ( sic ) !!!!!! |
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| Nasty Habits |
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telecaster wrote:
Macdaddy I don't remember either why it was considered so bad, now it is funny
Wasn't it like a wedding cake/pizza/turntable and something else?
Gansta' Rap has nothing on us
Great album BTW
There's also a tire. I wasn't aware that the cover was all that controversial. Would love to hear more about this.
Have you seen if your college library has Rolling Stone magazine on Microfiche? The Greil Marcus review of Let It Bleed is a pretty first hand snapshot of how at least one peer felt about the record and is one of Marcus's better reviews. Unfortunately I don't have a date on the issue, but it is definitely October or November, 1969 . . . perhaps someone around here knows the exact date.
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| Zeeta |
...and for novelty value and this won't get you anymarks for your essay, but the cake on the cover was actually made by celebrity chef and chairman of Norich City Football Club, Delia Smith - www.deliaonline.com/
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