MAD POLL, LOST YER WAY – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones RESULTS THREAD

This will scare you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czNBG4ppuRM&feature=related

however: Jagger playing keyboards live!

fwiw my 3 most hated ('you can't always get what you want' actually made my ballot - blame the big chill - so clearly no eye to eye here)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rrSc0-Tyw
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlMEehC0So8
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMb7Is96SwE

xpost oh jeez Alfred...I hung with it til he hit 'sweet things' and my brain shut down

oh I don't mind the harmonica interlude in "Might as Well Get Juiced." But, yes, there is the sense in which this is Grandpa programming keyboard sounds which sounded antique in 1997/

'might as well get juiced' might as well be babylon zoo.

and "Back to Zero" for years was the only song I skipped on DW. Then I warmed to the bridge ("I'm looking to the future/I keep on glancing back").

8. Their Satanic Majesties Request

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1. Sing This All Together"
2. Citadel
3. In Another Land
4. 2000 Man
5. Sing This All Together (See What Happens)

6. She's a Rainbow
7. The Lantern
8. Gomper
9. 2000 Light Years from Home
10. On with the Show

acid's a helluva drug

I really love Citadel though

still don't own this thing

me neither

oh dammit

Their Satanic Majesties Request - 31 points (6 votes, one #1 vote)

my #3

acid's a helluva drug

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, April 2

the vinyl slipcover is amaaaaaaazing

maaaaaaaaaaaan

mooooooooooooooooon, no wait, really? hahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahah

"2000 Man" is another winner that I hope, but doubt, we'll be able to talk about in the tracks part. Mick's vocal is lovely, & the guitar on the quiet parts is too.

seriously you know even before you drop the needle this will be no ordinary musical experience.

"Gomper" is an abomination, though.

are satanic majesties and emotional rescue the two stones lps to have the biggest reversal in reputation over the past whatever years?

they are among me, fwiw

lol "among me"

actually maybe steel wheels in the reverse direction? i'm not sure ppl remember just how well received and successful that album was at the time.

also goats head soup among me

I don't know if I love any hated albums as much as you weirdos

never dug Steel Wheels, always dug GHS

Gimme time though. Maybe I'll turn into a Bridges To Babylon stan

ugh Steel Wheels. bleh

satanic majesties definitely owns this category though. flopped and was critically savaged on release, seems to be hugely beloved these days by both critics & fans. i think it's half a mess but has definite high points.

"high points" lol

are satanic majesties and emotional rescue the two stones lps to have the biggest reversal in reputation over the past whatever years?

That's a very good question re ER. Christgau liked it for one. Not being there at the time, I can't see why SG outtakes would have been received so disparagingly.

Dirty Work has its partisans too. The only album that hasn't recovered is Undercover, which probably does deserve a good reevaluation. I know I'll never care for it.

satanic majesties is a great listen, imo. it didn't make my 5 but i really dig it. puts the lie to "the beatles invented everything" because: space rock!

ILM sez: Their Satanic Majesties Request

well, emotional rescue is a pretty draggy and uninspired album, overall. if it's been dramatically reevaluated, i'd guess that that reflects more on its few standout tracks than the album as a whole.

I always liked ER but that is probably because it coincided w/my formative years (although I came very close to putting "Indian Girl" on my most hated). I definitely had to ignore a lot of critical panning to explore Satanic - it was partially rehabilitated by a great Sky Cries Mary cover version of 2K Light Years in the early 90's.

Draggy? When it's got "Let Me Go," "Summer Romance," "Dance Pt. 1," "She's So Cold," and "Where The Boys Go"? Plus: "All About You"!

ER rose the highest in my estimation for this poll; I ended up voting for it.

I can see "draggy" but I dig "down in the hole" a ton. much love for "she's so cold" and "all about you" as well.

yeah i can remember satanic being a punchline even into the early 90s, maybe the cd era helped ppl to overlook 'in another land' and 'gomper', maybe prominent placement of '2000 man' and 'she's a rainbow' in wes anderson movies and apple ads helped. steel wheels rep now is probably comparable to dirty work or voodoo lounge, whereas at the time its reception (in the market and critically) was much better; probably due to ppl happy the stones were back together, sounded like the stones, were gonna tour, etc but still.

the Stones owed their Steel Wheels "comeback" (in reality it didn't sell much more than its predecessors) to inspired Keef-and-Mick-reconcile PR.

i keep waiting for someone somewhere to make the 'no really, you need to listen to it's only rock n roll again' cuz it's the only album i don't have thru tattoo you (which reminds me i should probably cave and finally get undercover). anyone here game?

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I like it, like it, yes I do... not the album, but the song is undeniable when the chorus kicks in.

Draggy? When it's got "Let Me Go," "Summer Romance," "Dance Pt. 1," "She's So Cold," and "Where The Boys Go"? Plus: "All About You"!

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, April 2, 2012 5:09 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i probably don't give emotional rescue enough credit. "dance pt. 1" is a killer groove, formless in a good way. while i voted for and will defend "summer romance", i prefer the punkier outtakes to the album version. "send it to me" is 80% badass, but the "chorus" (???) is kind of a trainwreck. "let me go" is a fun throwaway, and "indian girl" is both lovely and ghastly. side two is better. could do without "down in the hole" and "all about you", but the rest are good ("where the boys go") to great (title track and "she's so cold"). whole thing has a worn-down, broken quality that's similar to exile, but it less consistently falls perfectly into "accidental" place.

man now i'm imagining a sprawling double lp version of emotional rescue as the exile to some girls sticky fingers.

7. Between the Buttons - 59 points (12 votes, one #1 vote)

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1. Yesterday's Papers
2. My Obsession
3. Back Street Girl
4. Connection
5. She Smiled Sweetly
6. Cool, Calm & Collected

7. All Sold Out
8. Please Go Home
9. Who's Been Sleeping Here?
10. Complicated
11. Miss Amanda Jones
12. Something Happened to Me Yesterday

Always loved that cover photo -- that expression on Mick's face is pure evil. (He's probably just really cold.)

charlie looking dapper per usual