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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I always exempted Traffic. Horns in rock fall into the Bill Clinton-on-abortion analysis. They can be included, they are acceptable, but they should be rare.
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"All Down The Line" is pure, raw, rock and roll from one of the Stones' grimiest albums, Exile. Like a number of other Stones songs from this era, it uses horn lines throughout, but particularly starting at the 3:02 mark of the video. The horns do not sound like an add-on or a superfluous flourish by some producer who had too much time on his hands. Nor are they an attempt to soften the song, like putting in some strings to smooth down the rough edges. They hit as hard as the guitar riffs or the drum fills. This song, standing alone, is a complete, devastating, and dispositive rebuttal to your entire horns in rock argument, even as it has been amended from time to time. Also, the video this person put together is just hilarious. I really wish it was o.k. to dance like that still:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAsaDKB0eY
