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The Rolling Stones – Ventilator Blues
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The only song in the Rolling Stones' backcatallogue on which Mick Taylor had a writing credit; the rest of the Exile on Main St. was credited to solely Jagger/Richards.
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Ft. Larry McCray) – Ventilator Blues
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When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake / Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break / Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream / You feel like murder in the
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Gnola Blues Band – Ventilator Blues
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When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake / Heart is bursting and you butt's going to break / Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream / You feel like murder in
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Southlands – I'm Free
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[Chorus] / I'm free to do what I want any old time / I'm free to do what I want any old time / So love me, hold me, love me, hold me / I'm free any old time to get what I want / [
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Terlingo-Sacchi Blues Quintet – You Got the Silver
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[Verse 1] / Hey babe, what's in your eyes? / I saw them flashing like airplane lights / You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure / I must come back for a little more / [Verse 2
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57 – In another land
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In another land where the breeze and the / Trees and flowers were blue / I stood and held your hand / And the grass grew high and the feathers floated by / I stood and held your
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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
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“Sweet Virginia”, is a sweetly clamoring acoustic number reflects both the country music influence Gram Parson imparted upon Keith at the time and the drug-induced atmosphere at
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The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose
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“Let it Loose” is Exile on Main St.’s longest song, at 5:18. A gospel blues ballad that has never been played live by the band, some of the lyrics were ‘lifted’ from A Man of
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La Debole Cura – Wild Horses
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Childhood living is easy to do / The things you wanted I bought them for you / Graceless lady you know who I am / You know I can't let you slide through my hands / Wild horses
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Rita Tekeyan – Paint It Black
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I see a red door and I want it painted black / No colors anymore, I want them to turn black / I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes / I have to turn my head
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The Rolling Stones – Shine a Light
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“Shine a Light” is featured on The Rolling Stones' tenth British and 13th American studio album, Exile on Main St., released in May of 1972.
Lead singer, Mick Jagger, began
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Fungus – She's a Rainbow
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{Instrumental Hook} / [Chorus] / She comes in colours everywhere; / She combs her hair / She's like a rainbow / Coming colors in the air / Oh, everywhere / She comes in colours
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The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
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“Tumbling Dice” was the only major hit on Exile on Main St. peaking at number 5 in the UK and number 7 on the US charts in April 1972.
The song is about a promiscuous gambler:
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The Rolling Stones – Rocks Off
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“Rocks Off” is the opening track from Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stone’s seminal 1972 album.
The song has diverse lyrics, including allusions to heroin use and inability
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Francis McFly – Rain Fall Down
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It was a filthy block of flats / Trash was on the floor / A stink was in my nose / Hinges off the doors / She took me in her room / All was spic and span / Fixed me up a drink
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The Rolling Stones – Stop Breaking Down
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“Stop Breaking Down” is the second of two cover songs on Exile on Main Street originally recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937, the other being Shake Your Hips.
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Johnny Copeland – Tumblin' Dice
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Wo Yeah! (Wo, wo) / Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me / And make me burn the candle right down / But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown / '
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The Rolling Stones – Soul Survivor
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[Verse 1] / When the waters is rough / The sailing is tough / I'll get drowned in your love / You've got a cutthroat crew, yeah / I'm going to sink under you, oh / I got the bell
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The Rolling Stones – Casino Boogie
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With seemingly abstract lyrics, “Casino Boogie” is a difficult song to interpret, however in an interview with Uncut Magazine in April 2010, Jagger gave some insight:
That song
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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Black Angel
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This song from The Stones' iconic 1972 album, Exile on Main Street, is about Angela Davis, a political activist, scholar and author from Alabama. Jagger and Richards' lyrics, in a
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Alvin Youngblood Hart – Moonlight Mile
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When the wind blows and the rain feels cold / With a head full of snow / With a head full of snow / In the window there's a face you know / Don't the night pass slow? / Don't the
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Mandolin Brothers – Sweet Virginia
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[Verse 1] / Wading through the waste stormy winter / And there's not a friend to help you through / Tryin' to stop the waves behind your eyeballs / Drop your reds, drop your greens
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The Rolling Stones – Loving Cup
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From the 1972 work of art, Exile on Mainstreet, “Loving Cup” was originally conceived and attempted in London’s Olympic Studios during the Let it Bleed recordings, but found it’s
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The Rolling Stones – Shake Your Hips
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One of two songs on Exile on Main Street that was a cover version, “Shake Your Hips” was originally written by blues harmonica player Slim Harpo, so named because of his mastery of
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The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint
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The most fast-paced song in the Stones' repertoire, “Rip This Joint” rocks along a list of southern U.S. cities where the band had previously performed while describing the zeal of
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The Rolling Stones – All Down the Line
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Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “All Down the Line” is a straight ahead electric rock song which opens side four of Exile on Main St..
It was the first song to be
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