FLOWERS tracklist
1. Ruby Tuesday2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?3. Let's Spend the Night Together4. Lady Jane5. Out of Time6. My Girl7. Back Street Girl8. Please Go Home9. Mother's Little Helper10. Take It or Leave It11. Ride On, Baby12. Sittin' on a Fence
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
side 2 is killer, as I hope we'll have time to discuss on the songs thread
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
side 1 pretty ace too except for "My Girl", which isn't a horror at least
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
uggghhh
fuck I am a moron, I didn't vote for an album!
bleh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Little Red Rooster was muzak in a shop I was in yesterday. Kind of an odd choice.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe I didn't vote for Flowers! but then, Beggars Banquet (or Exile?) was my number five. not much room in the top 5.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
42 ballots
number 10 has only 2 votes?
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Uh yeah, that sounds a bit wrong. That makes 210 votes if everyone did a full ballot - either there's massive consensus on the top five, or there's no consensus at all.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
what are the odds of Freejack placing in the comedy films poll?
A rarely appreciated element of Freejack is that Mick Jagger AND David Johansen are in the film.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Never heard Flowers but know most of the songs from the UK versions of Between the Buttons and Aftermath. So many Stones compilations...
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
That #10 ballot result doesn't sound too crazy to me. Led Zeppelin #10 was
10. How the West Was Won - 20 points (5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
and that was with only 13 albums to choose from.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
one of its best songs, "Ride On, Baby", wasn't on either, so Flowers is essential.
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers > Between The Buttons
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I was the other voter for Flowers, yay!
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Mick on Between the Buttons: "(That album) I never really liked. (Back Street Girl)'s the only decent song. The rest of it is more or less rubbish."
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Mick hates an awful lot of good Stones stuff
I'm not sure I trust his judgement, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I should probably work out which songs I'm missing and d/l them from somewhere. I just get confused by the early discography (xposts).
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
why are US grab bags like Flowers eligible for the albums poll?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
WWII
― buzza, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
The same reason The Pink Opaque will be (should be) eligible for the Cocteau Twins poll. It's a solid album that half of the electorate is really familiar with.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
I was gonna say Allen Klein's ghost, but I like buzza's explanation better.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Monday, April 2, 2012 1:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
because they are albums
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers also only got two votes, can't imagine we'll have a bunch of people going "YAY HOT ROCKS!"
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Now watch as "Midnight Rambler (Live)" fans prove me wrong.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Aftermath (US version)+ Between the Buttons (UK version) + Flowers = best music ever
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite, at least
I think there were higher highs before and (esp) after that period, but yeah, that's my favorite Stones era for consistency.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
multiple x-post: "Indian Girl" rhymes "larder" with "raped her". No defense is possible.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 2 April 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
hahah
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
At this rate we can stretch the results out until August ;)
I listened to Flowers again. Like it better than Between the Buttons for sure.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
One of the very first albums I ever pilfered from my parents' pile in our basement rec room. That copy is long gone, although I did replace it at some point.
― clemenza, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
hybrid of the UK and US versions of between the buttons is better than flowers sez i
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
9. Tattoo You - 11 points (5 votes, no #1 votes)
http://i40.tinypic.com/2a62luu.jpg
1. Start Me Up2. Hang Fire3. Slave4. Little T&A5. Black Limousine6. Neighbours
7. Worried About You8. Tops9. Heaven10. No Use in Crying11. Waiting on a Friend
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
:/
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
No shame! It's a solid fucking album.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
ya who! is my "2nd favorite". the sincerest form of trolling.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
trollery
and for the older contributors I can understand why it means more than, say, Aftermath.
"ya who" ?
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
I love "Hang Fire" & "Heaven", & enjoyed listening through the whole album for this poll, a lot more than I remember enjoying it. It's one of my better rediscoveries for this poll (I hope the other will place higher.)
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
you know what else is solid...
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying," but "Little T&A" is yet another example of how Keith redeems execrable sexism with courtly growls (and how their rhythm section can enliven anything with a slight tempo change).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
7 or 8 great songs on tattoo you. i mean, they were basically cherry-picking the best of their unreleased shit, had a clear vision and sympathetic production. much better than its rep suggests.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying,"
for shame, those are maybe the best songs on the album.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
to be a kid in the early eighties and digging albums as solid a Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You. Stronger than the previous three.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
damn near had 3 songs from it on my ballot, first stones album i can really remember in a contemporary sense.
― balls, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
alfred and balls otm
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GOAT'S HEAD SOUP, you terrible man
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
"balls otm"
^ can't stress this enough
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
xp: yeah, alfred notm abt goats head soup, but i feel i've made that point with sufficient vigor elsewhere
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link