I heard this in one of my favorite Scharpling & Wurster bits, namely "Kid eBay."
(Kid eBay is a bit where Wurster plays a cocky guy who uses nefarious means to profit on eBay. The bit is great because of the bizarre twist it takes when Kid eBay falls down some stairs, and then while fatally injured and in horrible pain, he proceeds to have an incredibly nuanced discussion with Scharpling about music. I loved this the minute I heard it, but I love it even more after hearing their interview on A Special Thing and learning that everything after Kid eBay's fall was pretty much improvised. I hate improv comedy as a rule. But this was great.)
Anyway, one of the things they mention in their discussion of rockdom is a Harp article about Exile on Main Street, and how it is a "Desert Island Dud."
So I looked it up. Exile is about my favorite album of all time, so I figured if some writer has a beef with it I'd like to hear it. I read it last night, and I have to say, it gave me pause. Apparantly, the Rolling Stones are sort of dicks! And they did a lot of DRUGS! And sometimes, Keith Richards would call the engineer guy and make him come to the studio in the middle of the night because he had an idea about something, but maybe then he would fall asleep again, probably because he was on DRUGS!
What a fucking tool this Harp guy is. His other complaint is that NOT ALL OF THE STONES PLAYED ON EVERY SINGLE TRACK!
Well, I for one would like my money back.
I have always said that the Rolling Stones are not at their best as a live act. I don't care how much some idiots pay to see them. Jagger's vocals when he's on the road are atrocious. And their best songs all revel in the little things that are added in studio. They are a studio band, and whatever it takes to get them through each track is fine with me. How much do I care that Bill Wyman didn't play bass on that last track? Uh, not at all. If the song has Jagger and/or Richards in it, I'm OK with that.
Anyway, this guy made me a little mad. And I listened to Exile again just to make sure it was as great as I remembered it. (It was.)
EVERYTHING about this record is great. I don't care if Sweet Black Angel offends the Harp guy. He's an idiot. This is a fantastic record. It is my favorite record. The Harp guy is stupid. Whatever his desert island pick is, I can guarantee you I would rather have Exile.
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