The last installment (for this week anyway…………) of the Stones stash. This one’s dubbed “Lonely at the Top,” and unfortunately, as a collection, doesn’t come with as much (confirmed) info, but several tracks have been culled from the Place Pigalle breakdown, far as we can tell. We tried to cross reference everything but long division was never our strong suit (and send that through a 2 am, 4 vodka sodas ringer and we’re not into passing on misinformation).
As mentioned yesterday, “Drift Away,” with Nicky and Billy holding it up, is the inarguable highlight. The scratch of Sweet Home Chicago might get Gregor going, Keef fans will appreciate the mastered up version of We Had It All (previously seen on ParisV2), Living Is A Harder Love reveals an early (non-reggae-”ish”) “Luxury”, and while Gangster’s Maul is standard issue, well, we get a kick out of picturing Gregor coming home at 4am (circa 1997 mind you), spreading out every single CD he owns, and singing this well-soaked Tattoo You-spiked (if Memory Motel regurged) number: “Went downtown….I love that girl with all my heart *tosses his lobster claw* …. I seen it all… I seen the world….*lobster claw high five* shiny cars! Liz Phairs, they’re all the same…. I’m not the marrying kind…. SHINY carrrrrzzzzzzzzth”
Try it — it’s fun.
Again. A minor! Let’s repeat it! Again! Keep going!
TRACK LIST: LONELY AT THE TOP demos. YEAR : 1973 t/m 1979
1 Living in a harder world / 2 Drift away / 3 Sweet home Chicago / 4 Dancing girls / 5 Munich reggae /6 Lonely at the top / 7 Munich Hilton / 8 What’s the matter /9 Gangster’s maul/ 10 Hang fire / 11 Claudine / 12 We had it all /13 Let’s go steady.
Le fin.
The quicker picker upper.
