Exile+On+Main+Street

Exile On Main Street: The Rolling Stones

==== SWEET VIRGINIA  (M. Jagger/K. Richards)  ====

 Got to scrape that shit right off you shoes.
==== TORN AND FRAYED  (M. Jagger/K. Richards)  ====

 Let it steal your heart away.
====VENTILATOR BLUES (M. Jagger/K. Richards/M. Taylor) ====

 Gonna fight it, gonna fight it?
====JUST WANT TO SEE HIS FACE (M. Jagger/K. Richards) ====

 You just want to see his face.
SYLLABUS: Focus Question: What are the Rolling Stones saying through this album?
 * 1) Opening Activity: Everyone's impression and initial thoughts about the album.
 * 2) Discussion:
 * Favorites? Least Favorites? Why?
 * Commonalities between songs?
 * Album as a whole?
 * How is this album similar to or different than "Sgt. Pepper's" by the Beatles?
 * What are they saying about their lives? Music? Society?
 * Some say this is a masterpiece. Would you agree? Why or why not?
 * What common themes did you see throughout the album?
 * Are these themes still present/relevant today?
 * 1) Closing: Any closing thoughts, particularly regarding the focus question.

NOTES:
 * Ventilator Blues:
 * Pace of life, not slowing down
 * Defying authority
 * Fight temptation to explode or fight the reasons?
 * "Gonna fight it" like a challenge? can't fight it.
 * Torn and Frayed:
 * Hobo addicted to prescription drugs. Doctors and drug stores=dealers
 * Music as escape
 * Dark side of fame?
 * Mick writing about Kieth's addiction to heroin
 * Just Want to See His Face:
 * "You want somebody to love" similar to Beatles. Beatles-> Stones -> Queen
 * Relying on music
 * Proof
 * Religion is deteriorated
 * About religion. Has called on Jesus but wants to see His face in his hard times
 * Gospel feeling
 * Death?
 * Sweet Virgina:
 * Girl named Virgina
 * Moving on and coming home
 * Begging
 * Shoes, toenail etc. Shows where you've been and what you've been through
 * About a girl who has been through struggles
 * "Drop your reds, drop your greens and blues" talking about technology? Light? Silicon Valley?
 * Song about drugs. "Scraping shit off your shoes" is coming down off the drugs that have gone bad after taking too many
 * About not only the drugs but the secrets and life style that comes along with them
 * Album released same year as led zepplin 4
 * Number 7 on top 500