Boo! Thought it'd be the ghastly Ruby Tuesday.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised at that. It's got Kenney Jones on drums!
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
It's only rockn roll always sounded like a bored T-Rex song to me
I don't hate it as much as Ruby though
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
I like It's Only Rock'n'Roll though, especially the dirty scuzzy sounding line before the chorus. It sounds so flat though, the whole album, even though half the songs are good. I wonder how far it could be polished, properly remastered?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Why isn't Charlie on drums?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
specifically bang a gong, yes? this is the only "hate" vote i cast in anger. just always seemed perfunctory + pandering
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
and yes, i'm on break using courthouse wifi
the poor sucker doesn't stand a chance now
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Reasonable choice--playing catch-up at that point.
― clemenza, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost: yes Bang A Gong, exactly. That alone gets a lot of ire from me, because they don't NEED to rip it off.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Hated poll is incorrect. Here is my number one, and it should have been yours too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA4jv6PhSAQ&feature=related
― Three Word Username, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
fyi we're also talking overplayed, as well as hated
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno, but the only then-Stones on it are Mick & Keith. Ronnie Wood plays guitar, Bowie sings backup, and Willie Weeks plays bass. Watts was always pretty easygoing about other drummers on Stones records, though. iirc, he said to Jimmy Miller something like, "I don't care, it sounds like me anyway" after Miller played on "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
but yeah Indian Girl is yeeeeeeeeeeeesh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Aside from just being kinda wtf, Indian Girl sounds so thin!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
and it's like Spanish Harlem being overlaid with Far Away Eyes and something else I can't place, it's like PICK A STYLE jesus
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
comes off kinda condescending but given that it was released prior to The Clash's SANDINISTA it's surely an interesting choice for a major act
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
okay i won't lie i find the verses weak but the refrain quite powerful.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
ROLLING STONES POLL RESULTS PART TWO: THE ALBUMS
• 42 ballots• 23 albums receiving votes
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
23 albums! nice spread
― some dude, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
"Indian Girl" is one of my least played ER songs but the lyrics only look condescending, and you cant separate them from Jagger's vocals. Plus, it boasts a great, mysterious bass part.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
10. Flowers - 11 points (2 votes, one #1 vote)
http://i41.tinypic.com/2iscbc4.jpg
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
Have any of y'all ever spent any time Dancing With Mr. D?
― kornrulez6969, Monday, April 2, 2012 6:38 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kornrulez with the tough questions. lotta stones songs worse than the bottom 6 finalists. then again, i would have cast a stone at "little red rooster", so what i know?
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers is the best, my #1 with a paisley bullet
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
glad that flowers is so beloved. not one of my top 5, but great and not well known among non-fans.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
FLOWERS tracklist
1. Ruby Tuesday2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?3. Let's Spend the Night Together4. Lady Jane5. Out of Time6. My Girl7. Back Street Girl8. Please Go Home9. Mother's Little Helper10. Take It or Leave It11. Ride On, Baby12. Sittin' on a Fence
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
side 2 is killer, as I hope we'll have time to discuss on the songs thread
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
side 1 pretty ace too except for "My Girl", which isn't a horror at least
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
uggghhh
fuck I am a moron, I didn't vote for an album!
bleh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Little Red Rooster was muzak in a shop I was in yesterday. Kind of an odd choice.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe I didn't vote for Flowers! but then, Beggars Banquet (or Exile?) was my number five. not much room in the top 5.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
42 ballots
number 10 has only 2 votes?
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Uh yeah, that sounds a bit wrong. That makes 210 votes if everyone did a full ballot - either there's massive consensus on the top five, or there's no consensus at all.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
what are the odds of Freejack placing in the comedy films poll?
A rarely appreciated element of Freejack is that Mick Jagger AND David Johansen are in the film.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Never heard Flowers but know most of the songs from the UK versions of Between the Buttons and Aftermath. So many Stones compilations...
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
That #10 ballot result doesn't sound too crazy to me. Led Zeppelin #10 was
10. How the West Was Won - 20 points (5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
and that was with only 13 albums to choose from.
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
one of its best songs, "Ride On, Baby", wasn't on either, so Flowers is essential.
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers > Between The Buttons
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I was the other voter for Flowers, yay!
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Mick on Between the Buttons: "(That album) I never really liked. (Back Street Girl)'s the only decent song. The rest of it is more or less rubbish."
― Euler, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Mick hates an awful lot of good Stones stuff
I'm not sure I trust his judgement, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I should probably work out which songs I'm missing and d/l them from somewhere. I just get confused by the early discography (xposts).
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
why are US grab bags like Flowers eligible for the albums poll?
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
WWII
― buzza, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
The same reason The Pink Opaque will be (should be) eligible for the Cocteau Twins poll. It's a solid album that half of the electorate is really familiar with.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
I was gonna say Allen Klein's ghost, but I like buzza's explanation better.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Monday, April 2, 2012 1:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
because they are albums
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Monday, 2 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Flowers also only got two votes, can't imagine we'll have a bunch of people going "YAY HOT ROCKS!"
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Now watch as "Midnight Rambler (Live)" fans prove me wrong.
― da croupier, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Aftermath (US version)+ Between the Buttons (UK version) + Flowers = best music ever
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 2 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link