I regret not giving the deep cuts on the albums I own on vinyl more of a listen (I never wear headphones when listening to LPs so they can blur compared to what I've got on CD), but with the Stones its easy to find 20 classics even if you haven't dragged the well.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
for sure
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
OK I sent my ballot
ranking the 20 was surprisingly easy
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
ballot's nearing completion & I notice that evidently I'm quite a fan of the songs that get blasted as misogynist, which I think isn't an entirely fair description but I prefer Mick's more acidic & focused lyrics, & I think women bring that out best.
― Euler, Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I know I already linked up thread, but on that point there's some good discussion here: what is sexist exactly about the rolling stones' under my thumb?
no thread for "some girls" tho
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I love some girls #secretshame
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
some girls is great and hilarious!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
there's some good discussion here: what is sexist exactly about the rolling stones' under my thumb?
yeah, good thread, if short - esp like kog@n's long post before the break
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
and "some girls" is pretty damn funny, if o_0
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
sent!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
good man, wonder how many we've got so far?
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Saturday, 31 March 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
If anyone has lists longer than 1-20, when we get to posting our ballots please include your also-rans! I want any and all ILM deep cuts!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'm very proud of my iconoclastic ballot; I'm pretty sure that today they're my 20 favorite Stone ballads.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
er, songs. Ballads too!
haha. #1 on Alfred's ballot - "Out of Tears"
― tylerw, Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ forgot that one! It's not bad.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
i can kind of remember how it goes.
― tylerw, Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
"worried about you" is still the late-stones ballad champ, but "out of tears" ain't bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91KmtnsUtw8
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
"Out of Tears" is lovely. Alfred and I will have terse words if he voted for "Streets of Love" though
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
can neither confirm nor deny
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
btw can we just talk about michael philip jagger's hair circa 1986?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUy8Ydq-oUA
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
^ Page solo on that is astonishing.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
They should turn up the drums and background vocals on that track, christ
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
I appreciate the romantic appeal of Dirty Work to some, but I think the only "boomer legends trapped in gated drum-land" artifact I'm personally enamored of is Neil's Landing On Water.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
xpost yes. 13 seconds. sounds exactly like jimmy page. video handles this section poorly imo. "there's a guitar here so let's get some shots of keef and ronnie running around"
sorta agree with da croup on this one, though the the first 30 seconds are imo as powerful and ominous as anything they've done incl the intro to "gimme shelter."
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Oof. That one actually makes me angry, since it's the brilliant Steve Jordan being gated. Said gating ruins this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NulUOzBkjA
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mean Landing On Water is a genuine triumph, I just love how it sounds like an alternate reality where Crispin Glover played Crockett on Miami Vice.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
the Booming Gated Drums of Dirty Work don't sound like LAW or Never Let Me Down's or other purported period catastrophes, in part b/c Charlie isn't drumming for almost half the record (one of the Nevilles and Ronnie do the honors). It's what tiggers like Steve Lilywhite do best.
"One Hit" made my ballot.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Ballot sent!
― Kent Burt, Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
never forget:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsVJKAZsno&feature=relmfu
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
thought about putting that on my most hated
― Euler, Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
their last American top 40 hit!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
btw if you guys wanna get a sense of how much Charlie, Keef, and Mick loathed each other in the mid eighties, watch this rehearsal footage, especially the gobsmacked journalist's response to Charlie's boredom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kilQ1qzYNc&feature=related
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
oh jesus I had forgotten about Rock and a Hard Place. and I was so happy. Curse you Alfred
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
wait wait wait is the choreographer Bruno from Dancing With the Stars? LOLOLOL
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
I listened to Rock & a Hard Place today & didn't hate it as much as Gomper so it made the non-cut
― Euler, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
they won't defend Steel Wheels as a hidden masterpiece but croup and ship, a couple years younger than me, came of age when its singles were the last time MTV gave the Stones saturation play.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
it's likable enough
― Euler, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
I liked "Mixed Emotions" enough to ask for the cassingle as a kid (wound up getting "rock and a hard place" instead, wah wah) though when I heard it again recently it sounded pretty damn weak.
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
I just remember all those terrible music videos with Mick's pastel and primary color jackets
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
at this point any exploration of albums after Tattoo You would be done for case study
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait i like "She Was Hot"
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
xpost unless your name is a) Ismael or b) Alfred
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I couldn't go past Tattoo You, it hurt too much.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
I'm planning on voting one Steel Wheels song
― Euler, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
if I'm in the mood for variations on "Start Me Up" I put on this album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZB7QPOABEM
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha I don't listen to latter-day Stones albums often! But with a couple of exceptions the post-TY albums don't disgrace their legacy like IOR&R or GHS do. If you care about admittedly boring things like craftsmanship -- and what band but the Stones insists on evaluating them for craftsmanship? -- they were better at it in the eighties and nineties. Plus, like I've said repeatedly, Dirty Work is something of a last gasp for boomer rockers raging against the dying of VIP lounges.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, March 31, 2012 9:33 PM (
no offense but this is insane to me, especially since every song but two was recorded in the seventies
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait read you wrong -- sorry
GOATS HEAD SOUP IS NOT A DISGRACE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link