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

let's prove it this band sux with the Rolling Stones' WORST, MOST HATED, MOST OVERPLAYED TRACKS

• 24 category ballots
• 42 tracks voted for
• distribution's broad but we've got enough for a Bottom 5

6. Sympathy For The Devil - 11 points (3 votes, one #1 vote)

http://i43.tinypic.com/dw5cv5.jpg

^^ sheer lunacy

I missed 'overplayed' but that puts their worst in the same list as their best...

yeah, feh on a "worst" list. i am in it for the love.

i editorialized a bit with the "overplayed" but it's really the only way to explain this ;-)

5. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 12 points (4 votes, two #1 votes)

"overplayed" is the worst excuse to dislike a song. Change the station, get new friends, grow the fuck up.

i cut "you can't always get what you want" from my ballot cuz it's overplayed (and crazy long besides), but calling it one of their worst songs seems the sad kind of insane

4/3 - 2 way tie for third place
Far Away Eyes - 12 points (4 votes, one #1 vote)
Harlem Shuffle - 12 points (4 votes, one #1 vote)

http://i41.tinypic.com/34ox1xv.jpg

yeah, see, now that's some hate i can share

far away eyes is awesome fuk u guys

...ah, that's more like it. Voted for "Shuffle", but understand "Eyes". Cartoony Stones not lovable after 1968.

I voted You Can't Always Get What You Want because:

• too long
• the line he said one word to me, and that was "dead" is ur clunky
• Ride copied the arrangement on one of their dud singles and exposed it as unbearably feeble

laughed:

• distribution's broad but we've got enough for a Bottom 5

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 07:01 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's me!

My 'worst' ballot was one track and it wasn't any of these but I can get behind hating 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', it's kind of cloying and horrible. 'Far Away Eyes' is the worst thing on Some Girls but it isn't terrible, just throwaway.

far away eyes is essential, wtf is wrong with you people

(i don't know: it's certainly grating, on occasion, but jagger's urge to occasionally prove he's Too Smart For This Shit is key to the band, i think) (and 'some girls' is a big fat mess w/ no cohesion, so the gearshift is less of a problem than it would be in another record) (the expanded edition is awesome mind)

I didn't bother with a worst tracks because I have yet to explore the post-Tattoo You six in all their glory, but I'm glad to see "Far Away Eyes" on it.

It was cruel of Roger to leave us on this cliffhanger.

Shouldve made a worst ballot; everything except Faraway Eyes wouldve made ir

I've never thought of "Faraway Eyes" as overplayed. I doubt that I've heard it on the radio once in the past 10 or 15 years.

I love all of these songs (the original Harlem Shuffle is one of the best songs ever!)

^this is true, but the Stones cover is k-lame

i had a hard time thinking of songs for my 'most hated' ballot, ended up just challopping and putting 3 non-"Tumbling Dice" songs from Exile on there because that album's gonna be overrated as fuck in this poll

I forgot to submit a most hated but eff you guys, Far Away Eyes is BOTH hilar & great!!!!.

Harlem Shuffle can eat a dick though.

Charlie and Bill hold the beat real well though.

"Far Away Eyes" was my #1, such a stinker, with its awful spoken word opening, dumb vocals, & lazy lyric. Mick thinks the joke is on us but the joke is on him, & yes I have an opinion about that.

yeah I am proud to have put Far Away Eyes on this list of shame

I'm glad I didn't submit a most hated ballot, because "Winning Ugly" would've been on it, and I've come around to digging that song. But "Rock and a Hard Place" can eat my poo. "Far Away Eyes" is kinda like the Flying Burrito Bros "Hippie Boy" to me; I don't out-and-out hate it, but I prefer the album without it.

"Far Away Eyes" was my #1, such a stinker, with its awful spoken word opening, dumb vocals, & lazy lyric. Mick thinks the joke is on us but the joke is on him, & yes I have an opinion about that

no do go on

Geez people. Sympathy for the Devil and You Can't Always Get What You Want? Have any of y'all ever spent any time Dancing With Mr. D?

I can't even stand Bryan Ferry's version.

2. Cherry Oh Baby - 15 points (5 votes, two #1 votes)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2a62kax.jpg

I don't care for ^^^ it either but it's at worst inoffensive.

I was hoping the haters convention would be over by now and we'd be rolling out the positive votes. Gotta go home at this point though, so just wanted to say it's great that these results just happen to fall in the month of the Stones' 50th anniversary (if Wikipedia is correct).

Also, if you're at a loose end, check out this week's Project Moonbase podcast, which is marking the anniversary in its usual, tongue-in-cheek style:
http://www.projectmoonbase.com/?p=5121

Yeah, a shame this is moving so slow. :(

(No offense, roger. Dunno what your schedule's like.)

he said in the first or second post itt that he's on jury duty so it would be kinda patchy.

but that makes it last longer :D

yeah i'm in no rush, especially since the comedy poll is still rolling out on ILE today and tomorrow. whenever you're ready we'll be here!

besides I think we still need time to put together our best horrible jagger outfits in preparation for the festivities.

anyone want to volunteer for this?

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9158/82061301rollingstonebyp4.jpg

most horrible use of Jagger package

I'm wearing blue tights like those right now as a matter of fact.

I'm trying to find a good pic of the yellow spandex with knee pads. they're almost as good.

not quite what I was after, but still

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WzrDBWcU85s/SDR1lBGJy0I/AAAAAAAAAXw/EnDYochDNNc/s1600/mick_jagger.jpg

STONES

sorry, I just gotta pop in once in a while to say that

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RCt_QtJTl-0/Ti1dasglfoI/AAAAAAAAB90/hiETl51UpMs/s1600/rolling-stones-tattoo-3.jpg

http://www.mytattooshot.com/files/photos/photos/rolling_stones_tattoo_L.jpg

almost hear you sigh

I'm getting the Janice-from-Sopranos Stones-boob-tatt especially for the poll results, fyi

You should get that tattoo'ed over your actual mouth

also, i'm kind of thinking black and blue > tattoo you. anyone with me?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:46 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

::raises hand::

O_o

no whey

*booing*

Crashing this thread to post the Charlie-cam version of "Monkey Man." This would have been my #1 pick (then "Paint It Black", then "Sway")

Anyway, here's Charlie. This is one of my most favorite things ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FUA0Hj7fI

Also, I've been listening to the Stones non-stop while reading this thread and had a great Thursday night!

This is cool.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/keep-bill-wyman-away-from-keith.html

Arthur Ashe?

I like to think that it's Bill Wyman making all the noise.

also, i'm kind of thinking black and blue > tattoo you. anyone with me?

well TY has two tracks from the B&B sessions so...

Arthur Ashe - weirdest assumed name ever

well TY has two tracks from the B&B sessions so...

which ones?

"worried about you" is said to have been a black and blue outtake. don't know of any others.

"worried about" you timing adds up given that it's Wayne Perkins on the solo, who also plays on "hand of fate"

will have to give b&b another try but on the face of it it's tattoo you in a walk

speaking of which, that fabled reggae version of "start me up" grooves pretty deeply

where do i find this version?

Charlie-cam is awesome. And Black and Blue is better than Tattoo You.

xpost obv there's no finished version out there but here's a rough one

http://www.youtu.be/bl1YZ6Bun3E

We can't be browed by beating
We can't be cowed by words

everybody walking round
everybody trying to step on their Creator

did "Long Long While" really not place? what a joke, ban everyone

lol delayed reaction much

been a long, long time

:)

destroying your notion of circular time

"Let It Loose" would top my ballot now.

there are days when it could top mine too, such a gorgeous song

Is this the best song on Exile? I think it probably is.

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:52 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh yes, there was no way i was leaving this off my ballot--glad it's above shine a light, which this is superior to

― Iago Galdston, Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:52 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I subbed in Let It Loose for every other song on Exile that I wanted to vote for.

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:53 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my #3. this is one of those tracks that, like, i thought i was the only one, and i am so happy to find out i'm not alone. with exile the whole is obv greater than sum of parts but i think ismael is otm. it's perfect.

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, April 5, 2012

Just been browsing this thread while on a bit of a '60s-'70s Stones kick, and came across this...

I know it from the London Years box & remain puzzled about why the cd case says it's "Child of the Moon (rmk)". Was there an original version?

― Euler, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:55 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Better a late response than no response, I guess, but I was confused about the same thing up until fairly recently thinking that "rmk" meant that the track was in some way a "re-make" and there was an original version out there. In actual fact, "RMK" is Allen Klein's daughters initials.

whoa cool thanks!

I can say with confidence that Voodoo Lounge is pretty good: lots of jams, and "Out of Tears" isn't embarrassing.

It's such a shame that the '60s Stones discography is still quite messy, with both US and UK versions still available... I would have thought they would have tidied that up like The Beatles did, by sticking with the UK versions and putting all the odds and ends on compilations, a la Past Masters.

never say never but the rights situation is v thorny

Ah, yeah... the '60s Stones catalogue is ABKCO owned isn't it? You can see why McCartney sued the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership in the early '70s.

Allen Klein, bitches

haunts the industry from beyond the grave, kinda like Bill Graham

Their best '70s albums. Fact.

I rank their American top forty hits during the sixties.

You're wrong about 'Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?', that's a great one IMO. I love how stuffed the production is, and the middle 8 ("Tell me a story about how you adore me" etc.) is one of their finest.

'As Tears Go By' also a beautiful tune. The Stones were always good at that kind of track.

Yeah, otm about the production of "have you seen your mother, baby" such a wonderful roaring din

I can support the production on "Have You Seen Your Mother..." over the awkward, too pretty Jagger vocal on "As Tears..."

I'll take the beautiful Jagger vocal on 'As Tears Go By' over his pisstakey vocal on 'Far Away Eyes' or when he lapses into comedy Jamaican accents.

"complicated!"

where is "complicated"?!

listen to those instrumental choruses, which are nods to Let's Spend the Night Together, punctuated by mick going "YEAH!" in a different spot each time through. what happened here? something terrible happened

and even better, those choruses are only 6 bars, so every time it launches into a new verse it seems urgent