Neil Young Vs Rolling Stones

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and may the best win

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Neil Young 69
Rolling Stones 40


nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:58 (8 months ago) Permalink

Neil's been interesting for longer, that's for sure

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

stones less emo

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

Neil's been interesting for longer, that's for sure

― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think u mean innaresting

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

it feel like Young has recorded a series of "When The Whip Comes Down"s for the last thirty years while the Stones only a handful.

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:03 (8 months ago) Permalink

not even sure what that means. but OK!

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:07 (8 months ago) Permalink

i have 4 good albums by the stones, and 4 good albums by neil.

argghhh.

mark e, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:07 (8 months ago) Permalink

i wonder who has more good albums?

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:08 (8 months ago) Permalink

not even sure what that means. but OK!

hard, tense, bad taste rockers

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:08 (8 months ago) Permalink

ah.
anyway, i'm voting chuck berry

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:08 (8 months ago) Permalink

or maybe stevie nicks

tylerw, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

we have to see who's got what here and what's missing. Does Neil Young have a Paint It, Black?

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

good-to-great-to-unbelievably-awesome Neil albums:
s/t
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Time Fades Away
On the Beach
Tonight's the Night
Zuma
American Stars n Bars
Trans
Freedom
Ragged Glory
Unplugged

plus a variety of stray tracks strewn across Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Stills-Young, and other solo albums

good-to-great-to-unbelievably-awesome Stones albums:
Flowers
Beggars Banquet
Let it Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main Street
Some Girls

plus a TON of great singles

... kinda gotta give it Neil here

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

Did the Stones have a Trans?

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:19 (8 months ago) Permalink

not really...? I guess Emotional Rescue comes closest?

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

No.

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

Keith probably hates synthesizers or something

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

gotta give it to neil on albums, but for individual songs i think the stones has more undeniable works of genius.

saying this is as a huuuuuuuuuge neil young fan, but i don't think i like anything of his as much as "paint it black", "street fighting man", jumpin' jack flash", etc.

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

ER is Some Girls: The Sequel plus one disco-"influenced" track, hence awesome.

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

Martin Scorcese vs. Jim JArmusch

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

btw Shakey I can't believe you omitted most of the sixties albums.

I'd add:

Out of Our Heads
Aftermath
Between The Buttons

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

from another angle: which is worse? Landing On Water or Dirty Work?

nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:24 (8 months ago) Permalink

I know Street Fighting Man is supposed to be political and shit, but whenever I hear it, I just think about macho dudes with moustaches roughing each other up in an alley with pipes and chains.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

LOW

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

The Stones' eighties were more consistent than Young's, if consistency is your thing.

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

consistent for me to poop on

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

sorry

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

I can't believe you omitted most of the sixties albums

they were much better at singles than albums for most of the 60s. I find a lot of early Stones stuff fairly laughable tbh - next to their contemporaries (the Who, the Kinks, the Beatles, etc.) it's kind of ridiculous the amount of crap they got away with releasing.

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

the only stones thing from the 80s I was conscious of at the time:

probably why it took me a long time to get into the stones.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

The Srones were more consistent in general i guess, sometimes it was an advantage, sometimes not.

xxpost

nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

stones easy. by an extremely wide margin.

wk, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:30 (8 months ago) Permalink

did the Stones ever collab with anyone as awesome as Rick James?

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

Mick collaborated with the Jacksons!

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:33 (8 months ago) Permalink

oh shit, that;s right.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:33 (8 months ago) Permalink

did they ever collab?

nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'm sure if thought hard I suppose Tattoo You, Undercover, Dirty Work and Steel Wheels boast more good songs than all of Young's eighties but I don't wanna think about it

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

*if I

taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

lol

nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

Neil collaborations:
Buffalo Springfield
CSNY
Devo
Crazy Horse
Nils Lofgren
Linda Ronstadt
Pearl Jam
Jack Nitszche
... I'm probably forgetting a few

Rolling Stones collabs:
Dr. John
uh they had the Dust Brothers produce some tracks once?

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

crazy horse stretching it a little bit as far as collaborations go.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:38 (8 months ago) Permalink

Feel like this is more a poll about how you roll than what you like.

look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

Apart from the fact that the Stones recorded more great songs and great albums than Young, they were also snappier dressers. And did stuff like Performance, One Plus One, R&R Circus, Invocation of my Demon Brother, etc. Jagger even got dumped from Fitzcarraldo which is pretty cool. They helped fund Jodorowski I think right? Or was that just Klein? Sweet logo too.

In Neil Young's favor there's the Lionel train thing.

wk, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

I mean I like both, but I'm way more likely to throw on a Neil Young record than a Stones record. But that's because I'm more of a lonely-guy-thinking-baout-things type most of the time and I don't get all angsty very much anymore.

look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

Master Musicians of fucking Joujouka

wk, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

unusual number on their guitars:

5 string tele
vs
3 pickup les paul

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

film contest would be interesting but I think yr neglecting/underrating Neil's filmed work (particularly Human Highway but also his videos, some of which are hilarious and amazing)

xp

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

Stones did not bankroll Jodorowsky, that was Lennon and Klein

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

You're So Vain!

wk, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

both been covered by devo.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

We should do Young vs Dylan after this so I can make it up to Neil for voting for Mick'n'Keith

da croupier, Monday, 1 October 2012 16:25 (7 months ago) Permalink

it's hard to separate some of the stones songs from everything i've ever read about them as ppl

^watts always seemed like a decent guy.lost some respect for richards after the anecdote in his book where he went after a guy with a knife for stealing his chili recipe or something like that.

One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:26 (7 months ago) Permalink

Wyman's philandering is the stuff of legend.

Trip Maker, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:28 (7 months ago) Permalink

lol at watts' chili recipe. the end of richards' bio where he starts rattling off his recipes is kind of an amazing surreal thing.

tylerw, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:30 (7 months ago) Permalink

where did i say i was better than anyone?

i'm not better than anyone

― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 1, 2012 4:06 PM

if i'm not a more chill bro & gentlemen then brian jones i'm in real trouble.

― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 1, 2012 4:18 PM

lol. I didn't mean to direct my previous comment about being self-righteous at you, but I do think those two quotes (6 minutes apart) are funny in some way.

I'm just saying I would like to see examples or more of an explanation when people call stuff misogynist, or call people "bad" or "assholes."

To me "under my thumb" is about the changing dynamics of a relationship. It could just as well be sung by a lesbian, singing about her lover.
I don't see the hated of women in the song.

nicky lo-fi, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:44 (7 months ago) Permalink

i can't believe people are still talking about this when there are so many other things to talk about
neil young's breakfast is more interesting/innaresting than having the same conversation about under my thumb for the 400th time

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:52 (7 months ago) Permalink

is there a place you can go where you order "Neil Young Special" and they give you some fried eggs and country ham? there should be.

tylerw, Monday, 1 October 2012 17:57 (7 months ago) Permalink

neil young's breakfast is more interesting/innaresting than having the same conversation about under my thumb for the 400th time

too bad the same can't be said for his music.

wk, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

damnnnnn

tylerw, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

Shit sandwich

omar little, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:07 (7 months ago) Permalink

"nice zing"

alpha flighticles (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

"too bad the same can't be said for stale punchlines"

alpha flighticles (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:11 (7 months ago) Permalink

eh, I thought I put at least a neil young level effort into that

wk, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:15 (7 months ago) Permalink

hey at least everyone has stopped opining about misogyny. bring on the bad jokes.

neil young was on fresh air (again) today talking about his new book/record and of course terry gross asked him some stupid questions
my favorite was about how he was advised not to drop acid by his doctor, and she asked him if he followed his doctor's orders
he was like, "uh yeah, i did. i don't need to hallucinate any more than i already do" (i'm paraphrasing here)
then she asked him what he hallucinated about and he said that he freaks out in the grocery store from the overwhelming abundance of things and colors
again, a paraphrase, but he has this really amazing way in interviews of being totally frank and totally oblique at the same time that i think is really amusing when the questions are that dumb

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:36 (7 months ago) Permalink

I bet he would have taken the interview more seriously if the interviewer were a man. Pig.

wk, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:46 (7 months ago) Permalink

Yeah I guess so. I'd feel differently about this topic if I were a woman.

these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:48 (7 months ago) Permalink

man they need to get someone other than terry gross to interview him. the last one was kind of terrible too!

tylerw, Monday, 1 October 2012 18:49 (7 months ago) Permalink

terry gross is always terrible

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:55 (7 months ago) Permalink

I haven't listened to Terry Gross in a while, but the last interview I heard was with Smokey Robinson. She was dropping her g's in a really annoying way, and Smokey sounded like he was getting a little annoyed with it towards the end (a rare feat; dude is notoriously easygoing).

5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:00 (7 months ago) Permalink

smokey robinson might be in a bad mood because he frightens children these days, though

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:03 (7 months ago) Permalink

why is everyone running away

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:03 (7 months ago) Permalink

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:03 (7 months ago) Permalink

he was dropping her g's in a really annoying way, and Smokey sounded like he was getting a little annoyed with it towards the end

the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:05 (7 months ago) Permalink

didn't Neil deny knowing who the Sex Pistols were in his last interview with TG? she is so bad.

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:06 (7 months ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:01 (7 months ago) Permalink

0:30-0:40

neil young - george bush
rolling stones - al gore

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:11 (7 months ago) Permalink

Love Neil, one of my all-time faves, but voted Stones because Charlie Watts.

5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:15 (7 months ago) Permalink

thanks for reminding me how awful Al Gore was.

the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:22 (7 months ago) Permalink

yeah wow that clip is unreal, forgot about that....GWB actually has a pretty awesome moment there when gore steps up beside him and he's like "uh...hey"

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:27 (7 months ago) Permalink

just like that moment in this poll when the rolling stones were all up in neil young's face, but neil was like "hey, look out"

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:29 (7 months ago) Permalink

Look at that...I called 74-57 for the Rolling Stones, figuring they'd get most of the silent vote. So who would Neil lose to? Beatles and/or Dylan? (This is not meant as a poll suggestion.)

clemenza, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:32 (7 months ago) Permalink

beatles would beat neil

he might beat dylan on ilm

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:35 (7 months ago) Permalink

yeah probably would. which is why i'm hoping we don't get that poll.

jaz a make wardance (some dude), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:42 (7 months ago) Permalink

Neil would not lose to whoever on ilm imo, esp not The Beatles

nostormo, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:15 (7 months ago) Permalink

nah the beatles would bring out the lurkers like a mofo and british ppl

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:25 (7 months ago) Permalink

lurkers - maybe. british ppl - they should have been here already with the Stones, so..

nostormo, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:26 (7 months ago) Permalink

neil vs. radiohead amirite

mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:27 (7 months ago) Permalink

and people who think The Beatles made better music than Neil Young (aka sane people) xpost

jaz a make wardance (some dude), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:27 (7 months ago) Permalink

did we ever do steely dan vs neil young?

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:28 (7 months ago) Permalink

talk talk vs. quicksilver messenger service?

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:28 (7 months ago) Permalink

my dad rock can beat up your dad rock

jaz a make wardance (some dude), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:30 (7 months ago) Permalink

it's grandpa rock now i guess

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:31 (7 months ago) Permalink

"people who think The Beatles made better music than Neil Young (aka sane people)"

asking too much for ilm

nostormo, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:31 (7 months ago) Permalink

eh i would vote for neil just because i've spent a lot more time listening to him and it's more personal to me, like tonight's the night means a lot more to me than any beatles record

but the beatles are great i think they are one of the top bands on the scene

farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:33 (7 months ago) Permalink

i bet 'surfin bird' would beat neil young, also anything else

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:45 (7 months ago) Permalink

stones > neil > dylan > beatles, as far as polls go, though obv all deserve to be immortalized in statue form

da croupier, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 04:12 (7 months ago) Permalink

Only Steely Dan. And maybe Bohannon.

remtrollison (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 05:04 (7 months ago) Permalink

I like the stones and Neil more than Beatles but not sure how I stand re stones vs Neil

J0ni D. Franco (buzza), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 05:09 (7 months ago) Permalink

I am probably neil beatles stones dylan

I wonder how Neil would fare against Fleetwood Mac

remtrollison (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 05:25 (7 months ago) Permalink


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