Exile on Main St.
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| - | '''''Cocksucker Blues''''' is an unreleased documentary film directed by [[Robert Frank]] chronicling [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[North America]]n tour in [[1972 in music|1972]] in support of their album ''[[Exile on Main Street]]''. | + | '''''Exile on Main St.''''' is the tenth British and 12th American [[studio album]] by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[The Rolling Stones]]. Released as a [[double album|double LP]] in May 1972, it draws on many genres including [[rock and roll]], [[blues]], [[soul music|soul]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[gospel music|gospel]] and [[country music|country]]. |
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| - | There was much anticipation for the band's arrival, with them having not visited the [[United States]] since the [[1969 in music|1969]] disaster at [[Altamont Free Concert]], in which a fan, [[Meredith Hunter]], was stabbed and beaten to death by [[Hells Angels]]. The tour fulfilled its promise of tremendous rock and roll performances on stage. Behind the scenes, the tour embodied debauchery, lewdness and [[hedonism]]. | + | |
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| - | The film was shot [[cinéma vérité]], with several cameras with plenty of film left lying around for anyone in the entourage to pick up and start shooting. This allowed the film's audience to witness backstage parties, drug use, [[roadie]] antics, [[gay slang|fey]] artists and the Stones with their defenses down. | + | |
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| - | "Cocksucker Blues" was the title of a song [[Mick Jagger]] wrote to be the Stones' final single for [[Decca Records]], as per their contract. Its context and language was chosen specifically to anger Decca executives. The track was refused by Decca and only released later on a West German compilation in 1983, although the compilation was discontinued and re-released without the song. | + | |
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Exile on Main St. is the tenth British and 12th American studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones. Released as a double LP in May 1972, it draws on many genres including rock and roll, blues, soul, R&B, gospel and country.
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