I know I like this one and "She's So Cold." Should I bother with the rest of the album?
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Chuck Eddy to thread!
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
I was actually thinking about starting a thread called "Lines in songs that should get applause in concerts," because every time I hear the line "I was dreaming last night..." (the point where Mick reverts to his normal voice too), I have to resist the urge to put my hands together and applaud. It's a great moment.
― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Title track is funny, fun bit of meh
"She's So Cold" still kills. I first heard that bassline in 1980; it haunts me to this day.
"Send It To Me" and "Where The Boys Go" - rock solid, and either one would have helped Black and Blue tremendously.
"Indian Girl" - what to make of this, hm? Bizarre third-world fantasia prefiguring the worst conceits of Under Cover. And then the payoff, which if anyone shouldn't be able to get away with, it's Mick Jagger: "Lesson number one/That you learn while you're young:/Life just goes on and on, getting harder, and harder." And wouldnchaknowitfoax... he makes it sound like the truth of the world.
"Down In The Hole" - the sleeper. Ignore it at your peril.
"All About You" - The Keef ballad. Yay!
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh - and it's too late to check and see now, but I hope this thread's just about the SONG, not the LP.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Now that's just willfully stupid.
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
"Better than Some Girls" is all I needed to hear. I always felt that album was overrated. I'll grab this fast.
― miccio too lazy to call up password just now, Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
And, of course, to put it in perspective, it was THE STONES and naturally none of it touches the epic quality of something like "Street Fighting Man" or "Gimme Shelter."
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 June 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
As for 'Emotional Rescue,' has anyone mentioned "Let Me Go"? "Maybe I'll become a playboy, hang around in gay bars, and mooooove to the West Side of town."
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 2 June 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
http://stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1333
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
And dude, Alfred, while I understand most of that piece there are SO instrumental concessions to the marketplace on this album. Those drums? It's not that it wasn't calculated to win, it's that it didn't win.
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link
(then again, if you listen to "Undercover," Jagger's ideal of vulnerability is to make breakfast-table remarks about Latin Americans and to make us notice the hot cum dripping on the girl's thighs. The real Ying Yang Twin.)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Jagger's "Wandering Spirit" seems more, er, "authentic" (a word I use with caution around Mr D).
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Todd Hutlock, Friday, 3 June 2005 02:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Friday, 3 June 2005 12:44 (eighteen years ago) link
If for some reason you ever need to reference that year again, just use that photograph.
Example:Ronald Reagan was elected in http://www.sympathyforthedevils.com/studiopathe_mick79.JPG, defeating Jimmy Carter by 440 votes...
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, this song is all about Mick--I'm torn between his falsetto and his spoken word breakdown ("I will be your knight in shiiiining aaahhhhhhmooorrrrr") being the highlight of the song. Utterly fantastic.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
OVER YOU!!!
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 22 April 2006 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 22 April 2006 05:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 22 April 2006 06:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― honorary joy division roadie (Bimble...), Saturday, 22 April 2006 07:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 22 April 2006 08:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Taylor, Saturday, 22 April 2006 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Y'know, reading that Stylus piece on Dirty Work does make me want to check it out again but Alfred, do you really think the record has the "most venomous guitar sound of the Stones’ career"? Thems are some strong, strong words. I'm not sure it can be more venemous than "Stray Cat Blues" with that piercing ending.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Saturday, 22 April 2006 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
"Summer Romance," bitches.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 22 April 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Saturday, 22 April 2006 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 22 April 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 22 April 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 22 April 2006 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 22 April 2006 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
played the hell out of this album the past week, so great. jagger in esp great form.
― balls, Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
great record. i still think it's better than all that boring shit they did after Exile and before Some Girls
― rmde bob (will), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
there's so many bands that cops moves from the earlier peak stones periods - that initial run when they were brian's band and then beggars thru exile - i wish there were more bands that just blatantly ripped off that some girls thru tattoo you run. maybe you have to have been the stones for fifteen years to pull it off.
― balls, Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Dud. Their weakest '70s record, and a huge dip in quality in comparison to the albums immediately before and after.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
i wish there were more bands that just blatantly ripped off that some girls thru tattoo you run. maybe you have to have been the stones for fifteen years to pull it off.
love Rob Sheffield's name for this 1978-1983 period: the Mall Rat Years
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
i wish there were more bands that just blatantly ripped off that some girls thru tattoo you run
^cosign
― rmde bob (will), Thursday, 21 April 2016 17:49 (eight years ago) link
Knight in shining awmaw
― calstars, Saturday, 1 April 2017 01:49 (seven years ago) link
Uvilbemine
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link
I fucking love "Summer Romance."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:23 (seven years ago) link
love "send it to me" so much, especially the extended version on youtube. anyone know where that was released?
― new noise, Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:40 (seven years ago) link
ysi(to me)?
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
she can be ROO-MAY-NIAANN
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 April 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
Classique
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 April 2017 03:09 (seven years ago) link
I haven't listened to the album in forever but, the amazing title track aside, I remember being particularly amused by that one song that sounded like it belonged on the soundtrack to one of those Spring Break-style T&A comedies from the era.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 1 April 2017 04:06 (seven years ago) link
Probably "Summer Romance" or "Where The Boys Go"--both of which, incidentally, are titled like 80s T&A teen comedies.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 05:27 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, "Where The Boys Go" is the one.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 1 April 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Love the snare sound on the title track
― calstars, Saturday, 1 April 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
XP Seems like a blown opportunity for a movie...Mick as the head of the camp...Ronnie as the groundskeeper...Bill as the cook caught in a compromising position with a 17 year old...Charlie as the area constable...Keith as the guy who buys the kids beer...Randall Klieser directs.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 April 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
Haha
Or
Keith as lord of the manorCharlie as his irascible uncleBill the head butlerRonnie as the head cookMick as the Kato Kaelin
― calstars, Saturday, 1 April 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Christmas special is the house getting cut off from the outside world for a month by a snow storm, Kubrick directs
― calstars, Saturday, 1 April 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, skip directly from Some Girls to Tattoo You, folks. Nothing to hear here.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Saturday, 1 April 2017 23:17 (seven years ago) link
^^^ you're mad.
If you love "When the Wip Comes Down" and "Respectable" and the way Chris Kimsey mixed them, then this album is bliss.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 April 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
*Whip
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 April 2017 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Redd i Wip
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 April 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
tattoo you is boring
― j., Sunday, 2 April 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
It isn't horrible, but it is probably overrated.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 2 April 2017 02:25 (seven years ago) link
they should have done more disco
― j., Sunday, 2 April 2017 03:50 (seven years ago) link
^^^ agreed
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 2 April 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
'Down in a Hole' is a real good, raw and unique in subject matter.
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 April 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
he comes across as a super creep
^^^ you're mad.If you love "When the Wip Comes Down" and "Respectable" and the way Chris Kimsey mixed them, then this album is bliss.
SOLD
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 2 April 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
ha don't know where that super creep fragment came from. darn zing! how embarrassing
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 2 April 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
now i remember, i was starting to talk shit about jimmy page in another thread but changed my mind
― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 2 April 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
tattoo you is boring― j., Sunday, April 2, 2017 12:41 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkIt isn't horrible, but it is probably overrated.― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, April 2, 2017 2:25 AM (fourteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― j., Sunday, April 2, 2017 12:41 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, April 2, 2017 2:25 AM (fourteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Whoawhoawhoa!!
'Start Me Up'! 'Hang Fire'! 'Little T&A'! 'Slave'! 'Heaven'! 'Waiting on a Friend'!
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Sunday, 2 April 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
I like some of those songs, and I probably owe the album a fresh listen (it's been quite a few years), but I don't think it is good enough to justify its rep of the last good Stones record.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 2 April 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
The last good Stones albums were Dirty Work and A Bigger Bang, so don't worry!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 April 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the last good Stones album was A Bigger Bang!
(before that it was Tattoo You, though.)
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Sunday, 2 April 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
I've listened to five Stones albums today, and this is the first "bad" one, IMO
"All About You," "Dance (pt 1)," and the title track are OK (I'm not big on that disco bassline in rock songs, but that's my problem). But most of the others are.... not good
It's unexpected b/c the two albums that flank it in their discography are very strong
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
noooo i love this one
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
I can't get with anyone who doesn't love "Summer Romance," which should've been a top five single. The three-guitar attack, CHarlie's drumming, Jagger's insolent delivery -- man. "Let Me Go" and "Where the Boys Go" almost as good.
Sorry!
I'd classify ER as "good to great album with terrible lead single."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
honestly the only thing on here i don't care for is "Down in a Hole"
like "Indian Girl" is kind of terrible but damn it it hasn't grown on me over the years.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link
"Indian Girl," "Down in the Hole," and the title track are the duds, yeah.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:49 (four years ago) link
*damn if it hasn't
xpost
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
nah I fuck w the title track
"youwillbemineyouwillbemineyouwillmemineallmine"
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
ch-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah-ah-ah-ah-g-a-h-h-h-h-h
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
re Indian Girl if it wasn't for Jagge's smarm and the dumb lyrics this would sound great on Dylan's PG & BTK soundtrack (which i love too btw)
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
Played the title cut for my wife and she said, "Mick Jagger is one of the last people you should call if you need emotional rescue."
― Jimi Buffett (PBKR), Saturday, 16 January 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link
Lol
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:11 (three years ago) link
true also he probably charges an exorbitant fee
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:51 (three years ago) link
otm
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link