>> you know, for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> even brian felt it, he wasn't gonna be around that long. not everybody makes it, you know. >> they were fighting for like, where do we secure our foothold now? >> in 1971, the rolling stones leave their home, for tax purposes, to go live in france and record this record exile on main street in a very hot, uncomfortable, muddy sounding studio. >> that record is the embodiment of a band making masterpieces on a daily basis. and i remember reading a review saying that this was like a debauched album. it's like, i don't even know