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

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lol this band sux

first response hall of shame

Also, awes.

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)

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^^ 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)

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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)

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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?

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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

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STONES

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

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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

YOU SHOULD

When is RogerMexico supposed to roll out the results? (No pressure! He was a mensch for stepping in on short notice and I know he's got jury duty)

WHEN HE'S GOOD AND READY

:)

no idea

but like I said, plenty of time to work on your results ensemble

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Pretty fetching eyemakeup, you gotta admit

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Nilsson!

ahahahah

he looks like Teen Wolf's dad

aroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

what are the odds of Freejack placing in the comedy films poll?

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what's happening on his feet

JAGGER'S FEET MUST NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND. HE WALKS ON PILLOWS.

"those were different times" #69: when they fillmed Freejack in Atlanta it was a big deal because it meant national exposure for the ATL, & maybe actual celebrity sightings!

Roger's probably agonising over sending some guy to the chair right now, I can't believe he's getting grief over these results.

fry him, post more results

otm

HANG THE SONOFABTICH, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD, MEXICO

1. It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) - 17 points (5 votes, three #1 votes)

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Boo! Thought it'd be the ghastly Ruby Tuesday.

Surprised at that. It's got Kenney Jones on drums!

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

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?

Why isn't Charlie on drums?

It's only rockn roll always sounded like a bored T-Rex song to me

specifically bang a gong, yes? this is the only "hate" vote i cast in anger. just always seemed perfunctory + pandering

and yes, i'm on break using courthouse wifi

the poor sucker doesn't stand a chance now

Reasonable choice--playing catch-up at that point.

xxpost: yes Bang A Gong, exactly. That alone gets a lot of ire from me, because they don't NEED to rip it off.

Hated poll is incorrect. Here is my number one, and it should have been yours too.

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fyi we're also talking overplayed, as well as hated

Why isn't Charlie on drums?

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."

but yeah Indian Girl is yeeeeeeeeeeeesh

Aside from just being kinda wtf, Indian Girl sounds so thin!

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

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

okay i won't lie i find the verses weak but the refrain quite powerful.

ROLLING STONES POLL RESULTS PART TWO: THE ALBUMS

• 42 ballots
• 23 albums receiving votes

23 albums! nice spread

"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.

10. Flowers - 11 points (2 votes, one #1 vote)

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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?

Flowers is the best, my #1 with a paisley bullet

glad that flowers is so beloved. not one of my top 5, but great and not well known among non-fans.

FLOWERS tracklist

1. Ruby Tuesday
2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
3. Let's Spend the Night Together
4. Lady Jane
5. Out of Time
6. My Girl
7. Back Street Girl
8. Please Go Home
9. Mother's Little Helper
10. Take It or Leave It
11. Ride On, Baby
12. Sittin' on a Fence

side 2 is killer, as I hope we'll have time to discuss on the songs thread

side 1 pretty ace too except for "My Girl", which isn't a horror at least

uggghhh

fuck I am a moron, I didn't vote for an album!

bleh

Little Red Rooster was muzak in a shop I was in yesterday. Kind of an odd choice.

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.

42 ballots

number 10 has only 2 votes?

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.

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.

Never heard Flowers but know most of the songs from the UK versions of Between the Buttons and Aftermath. So many Stones compilations...

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.

one of its best songs, "Ride On, Baby", wasn't on either, so Flowers is essential.

Flowers > Between The Buttons

Also, I was the other voter for Flowers, yay!

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."

Mick hates an awful lot of good Stones stuff

I'm not sure I trust his judgement, lol

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).

why are US grab bags like Flowers eligible for the albums poll?

WWII

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.

I was gonna say Allen Klein's ghost, but I like buzza's explanation better.

why are US grab bags like Flowers eligible for the albums poll?

― Iago Galdston, Monday, April 2, 2012 1:27 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

because they are albums

Flowers also only got two votes, can't imagine we'll have a bunch of people going "YAY HOT ROCKS!"

Now watch as "Midnight Rambler (Live)" fans prove me wrong.

Aftermath (US version)+ Between the Buttons (UK version) + Flowers = best music ever

my favorite, at least

I think there were higher highs before and (esp) after that period, but yeah, that's my favorite Stones era for consistency.

multiple x-post: "Indian Girl" rhymes "larder" with "raped her". No defense is possible.

hahah

At this rate we can stretch the results out until August ;)

I listened to Flowers again. Like it better than Between the Buttons for sure.

One of the very first albums I ever pilfered from my parents' pile in our basement rec room. That copy is long gone, although I did replace it at some point.

I listened to Flowers again. Like it better than Between the Buttons for sure.

hybrid of the UK and US versions of between the buttons is better than flowers sez i

9. Tattoo You - 11 points (5 votes, no #1 votes)

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1. Start Me Up
2. Hang Fire
3. Slave
4. Little T&A
5. Black Limousine
6. Neighbours

7. Worried About You
8. Tops
9. Heaven
10. No Use in Crying
11. Waiting on a Friend

:/

No shame! It's a solid fucking album.

ya who! is my "2nd favorite". the sincerest form of trolling.

trollery

and for the older contributors I can understand why it means more than, say, Aftermath.

"ya who" ?

I love "Hang Fire" & "Heaven", & enjoyed listening through the whole album for this poll, a lot more than I remember enjoying it. It's one of my better rediscoveries for this poll (I hope the other will place higher.)

you know what else is solid...

Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying," but "Little T&A" is yet another example of how Keith redeems execrable sexism with courtly growls (and how their rhythm section can enliven anything with a slight tempo change).

7 or 8 great songs on tattoo you. i mean, they were basically cherry-picking the best of their unreleased shit, had a clear vision and sympathetic production. much better than its rep suggests.

Still don't care for "Slave" or "No Use in Crying,"

for shame, those are maybe the best songs on the album.

to be a kid in the early eighties and digging albums as solid a Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You. Stronger than the previous three.

damn near had 3 songs from it on my ballot, first stones album i can really remember in a contemporary sense.

alfred and balls otm

xxpost THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GOAT'S HEAD SOUP, you terrible man

"balls otm"

^ can't stress this enough

xp: yeah, alfred notm abt goats head soup, but i feel i've made that point with sufficient vigor elsewhere

he will laugh on the other side of his 80's face when Winter and Star Star poll highly in the results.

s'all good. We can listen to "100 Years Ago" over a scotch.

done

listening to "Worried About You," I wonder how anyone can fuck with that Wayne Perkins solo.

yuss to 100-year-old scotch

slighted "heaven" in my earlier praise of tattoo you, so

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2nd half of Worried About You is better than the first half...I can't get with the falsetto/keyboard thing

This will scare you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czNBG4ppuRM&feature=related

however: Jagger playing keyboards live!

fwiw my 3 most hated ('you can't always get what you want' actually made my ballot - blame the big chill - so clearly no eye to eye here)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-rrSc0-Tyw
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlMEehC0So8
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMb7Is96SwE

xpost oh jeez Alfred...I hung with it til he hit 'sweet things' and my brain shut down

oh I don't mind the harmonica interlude in "Might as Well Get Juiced." But, yes, there is the sense in which this is Grandpa programming keyboard sounds which sounded antique in 1997/

'might as well get juiced' might as well be babylon zoo.

and "Back to Zero" for years was the only song I skipped on DW. Then I warmed to the bridge ("I'm looking to the future/I keep on glancing back").

8. Their Satanic Majesties Request

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1. Sing This All Together"
2. Citadel
3. In Another Land
4. 2000 Man
5. Sing This All Together (See What Happens)

6. She's a Rainbow
7. The Lantern
8. Gomper
9. 2000 Light Years from Home
10. On with the Show

acid's a helluva drug

I really love Citadel though

still don't own this thing

me neither

oh dammit

Their Satanic Majesties Request - 31 points (6 votes, one #1 vote)

my #3

acid's a helluva drug

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, April 2

the vinyl slipcover is amaaaaaaazing

maaaaaaaaaaaan

mooooooooooooooooon, no wait, really? hahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahah

"2000 Man" is another winner that I hope, but doubt, we'll be able to talk about in the tracks part. Mick's vocal is lovely, & the guitar on the quiet parts is too.

seriously you know even before you drop the needle this will be no ordinary musical experience.

"Gomper" is an abomination, though.

are satanic majesties and emotional rescue the two stones lps to have the biggest reversal in reputation over the past whatever years?

they are among me, fwiw

lol "among me"

actually maybe steel wheels in the reverse direction? i'm not sure ppl remember just how well received and successful that album was at the time.

also goats head soup among me

I don't know if I love any hated albums as much as you weirdos

never dug Steel Wheels, always dug GHS

Gimme time though. Maybe I'll turn into a Bridges To Babylon stan

ugh Steel Wheels. bleh

satanic majesties definitely owns this category though. flopped and was critically savaged on release, seems to be hugely beloved these days by both critics & fans. i think it's half a mess but has definite high points.

"high points" lol

are satanic majesties and emotional rescue the two stones lps to have the biggest reversal in reputation over the past whatever years?

That's a very good question re ER. Christgau liked it for one. Not being there at the time, I can't see why SG outtakes would have been received so disparagingly.

Dirty Work has its partisans too. The only album that hasn't recovered is Undercover, which probably does deserve a good reevaluation. I know I'll never care for it.

satanic majesties is a great listen, imo. it didn't make my 5 but i really dig it. puts the lie to "the beatles invented everything" because: space rock!

ILM sez: Their Satanic Majesties Request

well, emotional rescue is a pretty draggy and uninspired album, overall. if it's been dramatically reevaluated, i'd guess that that reflects more on its few standout tracks than the album as a whole.

I always liked ER but that is probably because it coincided w/my formative years (although I came very close to putting "Indian Girl" on my most hated). I definitely had to ignore a lot of critical panning to explore Satanic - it was partially rehabilitated by a great Sky Cries Mary cover version of 2K Light Years in the early 90's.

Draggy? When it's got "Let Me Go," "Summer Romance," "Dance Pt. 1," "She's So Cold," and "Where The Boys Go"? Plus: "All About You"!

ER rose the highest in my estimation for this poll; I ended up voting for it.

I can see "draggy" but I dig "down in the hole" a ton. much love for "she's so cold" and "all about you" as well.

yeah i can remember satanic being a punchline even into the early 90s, maybe the cd era helped ppl to overlook 'in another land' and 'gomper', maybe prominent placement of '2000 man' and 'she's a rainbow' in wes anderson movies and apple ads helped. steel wheels rep now is probably comparable to dirty work or voodoo lounge, whereas at the time its reception (in the market and critically) was much better; probably due to ppl happy the stones were back together, sounded like the stones, were gonna tour, etc but still.

the Stones owed their Steel Wheels "comeback" (in reality it didn't sell much more than its predecessors) to inspired Keef-and-Mick-reconcile PR.

i keep waiting for someone somewhere to make the 'no really, you need to listen to it's only rock n roll again' cuz it's the only album i don't have thru tattoo you (which reminds me i should probably cave and finally get undercover). anyone here game?

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I like it, like it, yes I do... not the album, but the song is undeniable when the chorus kicks in.

Draggy? When it's got "Let Me Go," "Summer Romance," "Dance Pt. 1," "She's So Cold," and "Where The Boys Go"? Plus: "All About You"!

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, April 2, 2012 5:09 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i probably don't give emotional rescue enough credit. "dance pt. 1" is a killer groove, formless in a good way. while i voted for and will defend "summer romance", i prefer the punkier outtakes to the album version. "send it to me" is 80% badass, but the "chorus" (???) is kind of a trainwreck. "let me go" is a fun throwaway, and "indian girl" is both lovely and ghastly. side two is better. could do without "down in the hole" and "all about you", but the rest are good ("where the boys go") to great (title track and "she's so cold"). whole thing has a worn-down, broken quality that's similar to exile, but it less consistently falls perfectly into "accidental" place.

man now i'm imagining a sprawling double lp version of emotional rescue as the exile to some girls sticky fingers.

7. Between the Buttons - 59 points (12 votes, one #1 vote)

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1. Yesterday's Papers
2. My Obsession
3. Back Street Girl
4. Connection
5. She Smiled Sweetly
6. Cool, Calm & Collected

7. All Sold Out
8. Please Go Home
9. Who's Been Sleeping Here?
10. Complicated
11. Miss Amanda Jones
12. Something Happened to Me Yesterday

Always loved that cover photo -- that expression on Mick's face is pure evil. (He's probably just really cold.)

charlie looking dapper per usual

US version adds "let's spend the night together" and "ruby tuesday", but sadly loses "back street girl"

voted for BtB BtW

btw, we reached a verdict so I am back. my own assumption going in was that the the only mystery around the top 4 albums would be which order they'd fall in.

without giving anything away, since it's already after midnight GMT I'm thinking we'll let today's Big Reveal be which album came in at #5. tomorrow we can wrap the albums and get get caught up on tracks 40-31 and then we should be back in business for a big finish on Friday.

i had btb at #5, at least one of my top four almost definitely isn't making it.

i couldn't vote in this poll. trying to list in preference BtB, Aftermath, Exile, Bleed, Flowers or 12X5 (or beggars and SF) was too daunting a task; let alone trying to decifer a list for trax....i suck and hate lists i guess

6. Some Girls - 61 points (15 votes, two #1 votes)

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1. Miss You
2. When the Whip Comes Down
3. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
4. Some Girls
5. Lies

6. Far Away Eyes
7. Respectable
8. Before They Make Me Run
9. Beast of Burden
10. Shattered

these results are weird

how so?

YES SOME GIRLS SOME GIRLS

Maybe my 3rd favorite album behind Exile and Sticky Fingers

Just my Imagination is <3 <3 <3

i just heard their "Imagination" last week while working on my ballot and was really blown away, so great

yeah album seems pretty predictable for better or worse to me right now - tattoo you maybe too low (probably not), satanic too high (almost definitely since seems pretty likely 12X5 and december's children won't be ranked). guessing top five: #5 aftermath #432 beggars-let it bleed-sticky fingers (no idea what order) #1 exile

Also "Beast of Burden" - guitar work on that is just straight-up beautiful to me, always kind of sends me, in that Sam Cooke way :)

and Far Away Eyes is one of my favorite songs, humorless haters be damned

can I just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBjL4tDeufM

please do

5. Aftermath - 70 points (17 votes, three #1 votes)

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UK
1. Mother's Little Helper
2. Stupid Girl
3. Lady Jane
4. Under My Thumb
5. Doncha Bother Me
6. Goin’ Home

7. Flight 505
8. High And Dry
9. Out Of Time
10. It's Not Easy
11. I Am Waiting
12. Take It Or Leave It
13. Think
14. What To Do

US
1. Paint It, Black
2. Stupid Girl
3. Lady Jane
4. Under My Thumb
5. Doncha Bother Me
6. Think

7. Flight 505
8. High and Dry
9. It's Not Easy
10. I Am Waiting
11. Going Home

Mother's Little Helper has gotta be up there with GOAT opening tracks

xpost the phase tone on "just my imagination" is to die for if you like chewy MXR Phase 100 type shit

well maybe I do

really all of some girls is like an ad for the Phase 100... listening again tonight i kinda regret not voting for it.

...

but then tonight "no use in crying" is coming off achingly beautiful and i'm also regretting not voting for tattoo you so.

I had the US version of Aftermath in mind when I voted it #1, but really either one would still be my favorite Stones album.

The Stones really do have a fair few good-but-slightly-patchy 7/10 type albums - Satanic Majesties, Aftermath, Between the Buttons and Tattoo You are all in this category for me.

I like Emotional Rescue a lot, that and Some Girls feel like two halves of the same album.

i just heard their "Imagination" last week while working on my ballot and was really blown away, so great

can I say again that I love the guitar sound Chris Kimsey wrung from Mick, Ronnie, and Keith?

^^ absolutely. many guitar-playing type folks would agree.

4. Beggars Banquet - 163 points (33 votes, two #1 votes)

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1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. No Expectations
3. Dear Doctor
4. Parachute Woman
5. Jig-Saw Puzzle

6. Street Fighting Man
7. Prodigal Son
8. Stray Cat Blues
9. Factory Girl
10. Salt of the Earth

BB is so fucking great. look at that tracklist right there.

Yeah, too low for Beggars Banquet. It should be 2

BB definitely has the edge over Sticky Fingers, i'll say that much.

Let It Bleed too, imho

I never could totally get onboard the country-folk-blues tunes on that album. It should have kicked off with "Jumpin' Jack Flash". No way is it better than Let It Bleed.

Jumpin' Jack Flash would make any album far better. But you can also say that Let It Bleed should have had Honky Tonk Women instead of Country Honk.

Yeah, but I only recently discovered that "Country Honk" was the original version.

3. Let It Bleed - 169 points (19 votes, eight #1 votes)

http://i44.tinypic.com/98f4lw.jpg

1. Gimme Shelter
2. Love In Vain
3. Country Honk
4. Live With Me
5. Let It Bleed

6. Midnight Rambler
7. You Got The Silver
8. Monkey Man
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want

for those of you gnashing your teeth over the low finish for Beggars Banquet, take a look at the point differential.

two #1s vs. eight #1s though! i didn't realize LIB would have sucha lead on it

I'm feeling okay about BB and Let It Bleed, i love them both, I love Let It Bleed slightly more, but I don't love either album more than the 2 that are yet to place.

really love the country-blues material that inhabits BB and find it to be really well executed and stripped-back with all kinds of swagger and poise. never found it to be insincere of too much of a stretch. thinking about it now, i'm reminded how i haven't thought much about "prodigal son" recently. damn that track smokes.

otm

BB is a really satisfying album, it hangs together so well.

it was probably the first one i fell in love with.

side note: there's been a very mild Rolling Stones sub-plot in the first 2 episodes of Mad Men this season :D

I always had 'Sticky Fingers' 4th. The other 3 could be in any order for me, although 'Exile' has the advantage of being longer. Sort of the same way I feel about placing 'Evol' 'Sister' and 'Daydream Nation' in order.

I don't understand Sticky Fingers anywhere else other than 2nd place

i do!

Rank these albums: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street

Taking Sides: Let It Bleed VS. Sticky Fingers

2. Sticky Fingers - 176 points (30 votes, eight #1 votes)

http://i43.tinypic.com/de8k11.jpg

1. Brown Sugar
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses
4. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
5. You Gotta Move

6. Bitch
7. I Got The Blues
8. Sister Morphine
9. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile

for those of you gnashing your teeth over the low finish for Let It Blled, take a look at the point differential.

YAAAAAAY

imo it is now Proven By Science that it's a three-way tie for second place

dunno, there was a lot of challopsy bashing of Sticky Fingers on that Can't Your Hear Me Knocking poll, but look at that tracklisting. So good! I know some people prefer the Marianne version of Sister Morphine (I might too), but i looooooove the sequencing of "Dead Flowers immediately following it. like, taking you to the darkest corners of addiction, and then saying lol nevermind, where's my needle and spoon?

I didn't vote for any albums, but ILX OTM with this top two.

Exile is going to have more than 300 pts right?

I do think the first 6 songs of Sticky are perfect. Maybe it does get a bit dark for me after that. 'sway' and 'wild horses' are among my all-timers.

Also, they never had a string arrangement (before or since) to compare with "Moonlight Mile."

i may be the only person who didn't vote for Exile

Sway, Moonlight Mile, Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, I Got The Blues...I mean, fuck. So great.

and BITCH! and Dead Flowers!

I just saw the "Stones In Exile" doc, the making of the album, for the first time. It wasn't bad. Lots of cool photos from the villa.
Looks they worked their asses off until the drugs finally spent them.
I can't believe I haven't heard the 11 additional tracks released from the sessions.
I am one sorry ass Stones fan.

The extra tracks aren't all great. But there's a couple of good ones.
Plundered my Soul is pretty good, and the alternate take of Loving Cup is cool.

one thing that the big relisten has really driven home for me is the Lost Art of Making An Album. pacing matters, and during this period the Stones were masters.

otm

Oh my God. I can't believe It's Only Rock n' Roll is going to come in first.

Pretty sure it's Steel Wheels dude.

Plundered my Soul is pretty good, and the alternate take of Loving Cup is cool.

Yes. The rest of the Exile bonus tracks are kinda dull, and in the case of Pass The Wine, downright awful. That song made my most hated list.

I just don't think I'll ever understand the logic of, 'we found some unfinished pieces of music, of course everyone will love it if old man me puts some half-ass lyrics to it'

worked for Tattoo You!

touche

Typical, none of mine are gonna place. (did Let It Bleed get 29 votes btw?)

I actually had to double-check if I placed Let It Bleed over Beggars as my #1 or not (I did). Both are just so great.

Let It Bleed is badass. My first Stones album.

er... yes, sorry. 29 votes for Let It Bleed.

i only voted for two albums, which may have skewed expected results slightly

which 2 did you vote for, Mookie?

1. Exile on Main St. - 269 points (39 votes, fourteen #1 votes)

http://i43.tinypic.com/4g2jqa.jpg

1. Rocks Off
2. Rip This Joint
3. Shake Your Hips
4. Casino Boogie
5. Tumbling Dice

6. Sweet Virginia
7. Torn and Frayed
8. Sweet Black Angel
9. Loving Cup

10. Happy
11. Turd on the Run
12. Ventilator Blues
13. I Just Want To See His Face
14. Let It Loose

15. All Down the Lin
16. Stop Breaking Down
17. Shine a Light
18. Soul Survivor

i'm with Mick on Exile, i still can barely hum any song on that album besides "Tumbling Dice"

the top two, in that order

that would have been my 2 as well.

I always liked that guy with the three billiard balls in his mouth

The resounding endorsement of Exile for me is that I cannot hear a single song off that album without automatically singing the next track immediately afterwards in my head.

I love that there's no 'singles' in the classic Stones sense...even having Tumbling Dice as a single sort of seems an afterthought decision. It's not a commercial album at all, I get that's probably why Mick doesn't really get down with it, there's nothing super hooky or super meaty...but UGH GOD SO GOOD.

and I really love 'Happy' as Keith's little mini bio song. It's great.

Loving Cup is maybe my favorite track. But there are days when it's Let It Loose and there are days when it's Torn and Frayed.

It's been my favorite album of all time since the day I heard it. I'd love for something to dislodge it, but nothing will.

another recent poll won by Exile: best big iconic classic rock studio double LP of the 1960s and 1970s

btw roger how many tracks are you counting down? top 50 or what?

Good discussion here: Exile on Main St.

xpost yup based on ballot volume we've got enough for a solid top 50

my first full stones album; still tremendous

rocks off, ventilator blues, let it loose, loving cup <3

ventilator blues. YES.

let's take a moment with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oski4SN18OU

72 Rehearsals

I kinda love this

(btw no harm no foul but let's keep youtubes to a minimum so that folks can load the thread -- we're nowhere near the danger zone yet but we've got 50 tracks to go)

oops sorry

yeah, folks need to be posting the unembedded youtu.be versions imo

xp

please don't apologize! i just remembered getting effectively locked out of the Jacksons thread...

Well, regardless...I will be on my best behaviour from now on. Youtube-wise, anyway.

I didn't vote for albums, but hearty approval of the top four.

Sticky FIngers is the first great Stones album that I don't LOVE. I think the lyrics got weaker(?!) and it's simply not as interestingas Aftermath, Between the Buttons or LET IT FUCKING BLEED. on the other hand, songs that can compare with Brown Sugar and Moonlight Mile are rare indeed.

BJM is definitely more of a comedy than The Time Traveler's Wife Eternal Sunshine

oh christ wrong thread

Let It Bleed is definitely the weak link out of the big four Stones albums for me - I've tried and tried but I can't get into it beyond maybe four songs. It seems missing some spark that the others have.

Final album rundown, with two small corrections (thank you Ismael K!):

10. (tie) Voodoo Lounge (11 points, 2 votes, one #1)
10. (tie) Flowers (11 points, 2 votes, one #1)
9. Tattoo You (11 points, 5 votes)
8. Their Satanic Majesties Request (31 points, 6 votes, one #1)
7. Between The Buttons (59 points, 12 votes, one #1)
6. Some Girls (61 points, 15 votes, two #1)
5. Aftermath (70 points, 17 votes, three #1)
4. Beggars Banquet (163 points, 33 votes, two #1)
3. Let It Bleed (169 points, 29 votes, eight #1)
2. Sticky Fingers (176 points, 30 votes, eight #1)
1. Exile on Main St. (269 points, 39 votes, fourteen #1)

and yes, i'm going to let ties share the slot in track results as well -- more/merrier plus avoids "wait where's number 34?" type concerns

haha my vote for voodoo lounge made a difference after all!!!

I have never understood Dr. Morbius as well as I do in this moment.

Your love is strong, Some Dude

i voted for that song, too!

u make me weep

your love is bitter

seems a little weird to go the full Morbz given that the top 4 are exactly as expected. the weird results can be mostly attributed to massive agreement on 1-4, and a point system that weights #1 votes heavily and #5 votes very lightly. add to that, the early stuff gets slighted because the album catalog is a mess prior to Satanic Majesties and voila.

some dude, smdh

Arrg. I voted Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! as my #1, and it got beat by...Voodoo Lounge? Yeesh.

Not fully Morbsing. 4 of my 5 made the list -- I was zinging some dude for Voodoo Lounge, but the top 8, at least, make sense to me.

tbf i put Voodoo Lounge as my #5 mainly as a gesture towards the kind of chronological variety that this poll will undoubtedly be lacking in, however justifiably

it is by far their best-sounding later record, thoguh

you're so weird

what sounds better? Steel Wheels?

depends on what you mean by "better"

you and Alfred and Ismael will have a lot to talk about

i'm talking about the production, the way the sound of the band is captured on tape

like, the songs on Voodoo Lounge might not be classics but compared to the horrid-sounding Bridges To Babylon it's pretty pleasing to the ears

without making any claims wrt artistic merit, voodoo lounge has like double the sales of ya ya's

Sure, but it also likely has vastly more sales than Satanic, Buttons, or Aftermath.

i think a lot of people just didn't think to include a live LP in their ballots

Yeah, I'll totally grant that live albums may not be in the forefront of peoples' minds when thinking of "the best Stones albums," but I see it as just as crucial to the Golden Era as BB or LiB.

Ya-Yas would be my #1 if we did a best album cover poll though

maybe when we do the frampton poll

tbf i put Voodoo Lounge as my #5 mainly as a gesture towards the kind of chronological variety

i'm making a different gesture towards your kind of chronological variety

I'll join you in that gesture

are people actually mad at me for being one of two people that helped an album tie for #10? jeez guys

i mean should it have placed ahead of Goats Head Soup? probably not, no, but ain't that your fault?

i made Aftermath my #5 for the same reason and have nothing but love for all ballots.

speaking of which

mad at you for voting for an album based on sonics

xpost

ROLLING STONES POLL RESULTS PART THREE: THE TRACKS

• 67 ballots
• 169 tracks receiving votes

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Ya-Yas would be my #1 if we did a best album cover poll though

― some dude, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1:24 PM (2 minutes ago)

That would be a fun side poll. I don't know whether Some Girls would rank really high or really low on that scale.

tbf i put Voodoo Lounge as my #5 mainly as a gesture towards the kind of chronological variety - mike daisey explains his stones ballot

mad at you for voting for an album based on sonics

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:30 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not PURELY based on sonics, i was just saying for an old fogey album made in 1994 it has held up surprisingly well from a production standpoint

balls going over my head

how many songs can you hum off it?

Being irritable at anyone else for liking what they like is o_O to me. I'm not setting foot in that comedy films thread because of exactly that.

some dude you are the challopiest challop to ever challop and don't even try to deny it

not irritable! just amused and I like poking some dude cause it's fun and he pokes back :D

i don't think anyone's ~mad~ at some dude

we're just disappointed because we'd thought better of him *sighs*

getting excited here rogermexico, muchas gracias for the poll!

we think some dude is mad, but we are not mad AT him

hey all i really said was it's my favorite post-Tattoo You album. unless there's another you'd like to stump for i don't see how that can be controversial.

Alfred and Ismael can make excellent cases for why they would vote for it, beyond that it 'sounds better' than the others.
You just need to work on your material.

i have to admit i don't mind voodoo lounge up there cuz man have i known some HARDCORE stones dorks that will ride hard for that album (and dirty work go figure). mind you these guys also inevitably will let you know that the new york dolls were faggots and will regale you with how much they hated seeing prince or living colour open for the stones for reasons that will get very uncomfortable very quickly but still, nice to see the myth of voodoo lounge represented.

VG i like several individual songs on the album and voted for a couple, but i didn't get into particulars because if you're going to be a dick about oh my god how dare someone talk about how something SOUNDS then why bother

wait what happened

some dude have you heard 'might as well get juiced'?

dude you made it sound like the sound of the album was the only reason you voted for it, which made me lol, so if I'm upsetting you by calling you out then I'm sorry but for all the world I thought you were challopsing, for real

cripes sorry

I kinda feel bad for all the albums before Aftermath

lol

Maybe we can do a radio button poll of those, so they can get some love

vg wasn't really being a dick, just pointing out that when soto for example defends dirty work he actually makes an argument whereas you're just offering up a tautology. as it's a few ppl shooting the shit about post-she's the boss stones albums on a messageboard i'm not sure it's really worth anyone getting their dander up over.

Kinda wish I'd put in a vote for The Rolling Stones Now!

I extend a hug and an olive branch to u, some dude... we should make peace before the awesome results begin

i am never gonna put as much effort into my posts as soto, that's for sure

it's all good though, no hard feelings

:D

or maybe that should be

:P for stones

Ironically, if we had submitted ballots for the Top 5 Stones Albums Not Released 1968-1972, I'm not sure Voodoo would have made the top ten.

i dunno "i like what don was did there" seemed like a pretty good esplanation to me but whatev

anyhoo

60. Sister Morphine - 123 points (6 votes)

http://i41.tinypic.com/25s789h.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/gtz8qZz6s8s

Shoutout to sweet cousin cocaine

aftermath seemed to consolidate early stones album vote, the way vertigo has really become the default hitchcock on the last couple of sight and sound polls.

great picture, rog! (not a fan of the song, but an auspicious debut to see such a deep cut place right at the start)

I cut Sister Morphine, but it was one of the last cuts - glad to see it place.

I kinda love this song, specially the weird guitar DOINGs

i still haven't figured out how to make my guitar do that tbh

i dig the piano sound on sister morphine. do we think that mick had heard sister ray before writing this song? not that they sound similar, just the "sister" thang.

also this song really does nail "downers"

at least in my experience with the sizzurp

i still haven't figured out how to make my guitar do that tbh

Keef was using a syringe as a slide.

This was top ten for me -- Charlie's drums, the Ry Cooder slide, the bizarro Jack Nitzsche piano playing -- a close relative of mine who spent months in the hospital after a near fatal car accident said that this song was onomatopoeic.

your close relative otm

59. Salt of the Earth - 125 points (6 votes)

http://www.youtu.be/wOnQ1Qyfw3M

GODDAMMIT WITH THE BOLD FACE TAGS

59. Salt of the Earth - 125 points (6 votes)

http://www.youtu.be/wOnQ1Qyfw3M

http://www.musicnotes.com/images/productimages/mtd/MN0054383.gif

phew something stinks in here...I mean, "Hey! Salt of the Earth!"

hmm, probably my least favorite song on BB

i voted for "Salt," have very warm feelings toward it from the Rock And Roll Circus performance

but back to sister morphine -- ry cooder *is* really great on that isn't he. wonder if the stones ever tried to just hire ry as their new lead guitarist?

Salt of the Earth is funny and cruel. Sister Morphine is pretty and cruel until the "sweet cousin cocaine" part. then it's funny.

TIE
58. Angie - 142 points (7 votes)
http://www.youtu.be/usEcJwrNHAg

58. Out Of Time - 142 points (9 votes)
www.youtu.be/8BVRKG37-WE

I love Salt of the Earth, I voted it pretty high

i remember one week when as teenagers i would taunt my brother by singing "Angie" in a really absurdly over the top Mick voice. good times.

Hey, how many total ballots were there? I assume the 42 was just the amount of album ballots, but that tracks are coming from a bigger pool, correct?

It always weirds me out how Hotel California's intro sounds sorta like Angie

it kinda pisses me off tbqh

noted upthread but since it's moving pretty fast:
• 67 ballots
• 169 tracks receiving votes

tbh, I first became aware of "Angie" via Tori Amos's cover of it on one of her singles or an ep or something. But I got around to the Stones original and really fell for it.

xxxxp yeah, I used to sing Angie like this all the time. in fact, I still do

shouldn't the number of votes decide the ties?

voted for Out of Time! is it too low?

Thanks! Sorry, I looked for the total but somehow couldn't find it.

"angie" was one of the staple "slow dance" numbers when i was in junior high

haaaa, such a raw song for 13 year olds to be dancing to.

it's weird to think that "Angie" is one of only 8 or so Stones songs that topped the charts in the states. it sure doesn't feel like one of their 8 biggest songs.

shouldn't the number of votes decide the ties?

it could, but since there are very few ties and they're all at the tail end of the list I went with more/merrier. rest assured there's no impact once things get serious.

xp yeah in terms of classic rock radio ubiquity there are a bunch of stones songs ahead of "angie." not that i don't hear it pretty often.

"angie" is a genuinely great song, top 20 for me, and the only one of these i really care about. damn glad i voted for it, as it wouldn't have made the cut otherwise.

LISTEN TO GOATS HEAD SOUP

incidentally for shits and giggles, here are the most played Stones songs (in descending order) on U.S. classic rock as of 2011: Miss You, Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, Gimme Shelter, Sympathy For The Devil, Satisfaction, You Can't Always Get What You Want, It's Only Rock N Roll, Honky Tonk Woman, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Brown Sugar, Paint It Black, Angie, Shattered, Heartbreaker

interesting. maybe it's just the one i listen to out here, but it seems like i can't go a half hour w/o hearing beast of burden.

57. It's All Over Now - 152 points (10 votes)

http://www.mclub.com.ua/images/alb/cover499_181596.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/ok3HV-d8814

Beast Of Burden being third most played seems to square with that! (xpost)

I'm pretty drunk now so yeah I'll drink to the common foot soldier

Miss You, Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, Gimme Shelter, Sympathy For The Devil, Satisfaction

I have heard ALL of these w/in the past week blaring from the speakers outside the Hard Rock Cafe across the street from where I work.

"Ir's All Over Now" was the last one I cut from my list. Something kinda perfect about it.

Actually, pretty much every week. xp

yeah, meant to say it makes sense (which i did not express well durr) xxp.

Aw damn, I went to a party and missed Voodoo Lounge's moment in the sun. I was the no.1 obviously. It's such a striking album to me, part of it is the sound, which is properly fresh and urgent, like they've got their mojo back and stopped, I dunno, following the times or something. You can imagine them kicking back and making the record they felt comfortable making - for a lot of acts that'd be a recipe for lame, but this is The Stones.

They've probably got better sets of songs, though these are damn good in their own right; it's just that I don't think they ever put out a better, truer set.

(150 xps, and don't get me started on A Bigger Bang)

out of curiosity, where did you find that radio play info?

i love the way Mick's vocal comes in on "Out of Time", so.......? "mannered," sure, but that's half their discography--ah, fuck adjectives

i know a guy who occasionally pulls airplay info from a database for me

i feel like i've heard 'mother's little helper' an awful lot lately considering how little classic rock radio i listen to -- weird

Really? I just keep hearing Guns n Roses songs...

p. sure you mean chili peppers

izzat to me?

Heh, just noticed Goat's Head Soup missing out entirely - that's some consensus, ilm.

wouldn't you rather listen to Voodoo Lounge?

who do? you do! remind me of the lounge

think I cut Out of Time in the end but hs me woulda put it really high, I mean the version on the London Years: such a cheery dis

TIE
56. Mother's Little Helper - 164 points (7 votes)
http://www.youtu.be/13olfeD026g

56. The Last Time - 164 points (8 votes)
http://www.youtu.be/27ouOE4RvUc

yay Staples

Mother's Little Helper boldly showing low

more bands should steal the "The Last Time" riff

omitting these two from my ballot was painful

will It's All Over Now be the highest placing cover? Not Fade Away, maybe? Love In Vain? surely not Shake Your Hips?

Not Fade Away will be there--the others, nah

There's some weird effect on the bass right after the chorus in "Mother's Little Helper" that's I've never read an explanation of -- sounds like it's being doubles by an electronic organ or some early synth thing. Anybody know the story there?

i hope Not Fade Away and Ain't Too Proud and Just My Imagination place but i only voted for originals

i think it would be crazy for 'time is on my side' to place over 'mother little helper' but it could happen

esp if any heinz ppl voted

55. Shine a Light - 166 points (9 votes)

http://i43.tinypic.com/5wy2yw.jpg
www.youtu.be/thZ__Ak8PyA

only voted one Exile track but if I'd voted two, that'd been it.

GREAT pic

btw my pilgrimage to the Exile villa last summer was fab

Fabulous photo. Beautiful song and pristine solo.

Wait, you can go there? Inside?

x...p forgot about time is on my side. yeah, that could happen

pristine solo

OTM and TOO LOW >:[

if i'd known you people were going to overlook this one i would have voted for it myself ;_;

considered a lot of exile, but not "shine a light". not to say i don't love it, just that i love a bunch of others so much more.

if i'd known you people were going to overlook this one i would have voted for it myself ;_;

Real problem with this poll, so many good songs, stuff just had to go ... probably going to be a common theme

Exile was my number 2 album and I didn't vote for a single song off of it -- it's an album that I can't break into its constituent parts that easily.

I wasn't invited into the villa, no, just stood outside its gates & enjoyed the odor of money

Yup, not sure I can think of another album that is so obviously most perfect whole.

don't hate me, but while i lovvvvve the slow beginning of shine a light, i'm not crazy about it when it gets a-rockin'.

never liked "mother's little helper", the combination of condescension and (what strikes me as feigned) sympathy sticks in my craw. reminds me of the ballot thread conversation about "salt of the earth". this is something jagger does frequently, especially when addressing women.

MLH = Stones doing the Kinks

xxpost no hatin' here. i love both tbh but totally get that.

54. Undercover (Of The Night) - 167 points (8 votes)

http://i39.tinypic.com/352pzrl.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/GHEVPoIsMhs

I booted Shine a Light in favor of another track from Exile...but goddamn it hurt me to do it. Piano on that kinda gets me.

love the background singers going 'yeah, you . . . ' on it

when I was in college I was morbidly obsessed by songs that I would have people play at my funeral
this one topped my list pretty regularly, lol

'this one' - shine a light, not undercover, lol

'Well I'm telling you they never got it right / Until they put out Undercover of the Night'
In Praise of The Genius That Was The Videos for The Rolling Stones Undercover LP

I'll admit I didn't really give Undercover a fair shake when I was making out my ballot, and probably still wouldn't have voted for Undercover of the Night, but that's a pretty nice track.

desparOOOOOOOOOOs

53. Memo From Turner - 168 points (7 votes)

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/T3qgmVb4-kU/hqdefault.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/T3qgmVb4-kU

i didn't vote for it either cuz i'll be goddamned i'm gonna have as much from undercover as i do from sticky fingers but it's still pretty great. one of their last attempts at 'contemporizing' their sound that worked.

didn't make my ballot Ry's slide on "memo" is just wicked

BUT Ry's slide

52. Back Street Girl - 169 points (7 votes)
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/rolling_stones-gal-park.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/bkm1efUhGJ4

lol at keith's frippery

jeez was Keef sharing Brian's wardrobe? Crikey.

I love the look on Charlie's face

Backstreet Girl is so outstanding, voted it super high

I love the look on Charlie's face

applies to pretty much any Stones group shot iirc

otm

he has a wonderful catalog of 'Oh sod off' expressions

Charlie has made a career out of rolling his eyes in outrage in videos.

I appreciate his grumpiness.

"back street girl" is one of those tracks that i love without reservation but that if this were the band that the stones were i wouldn't love them like i do. does that make sense? love the darkness hiding in twee stones but based on this there would have been no way to predict Sticky Fingers ever.

I can see that. and I think I agree.

btw it's worth checking out the point differential between 56 and 52

51. Jig-Saw Puzzle - 183 points (9 votes)

http://bootlegdownloads.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rolling-stones-f2zs_o_tn.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/rWFxBqiZya0

50. Dandelion - 187 points (9 votes)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldx1mwfnO21qzezj5o1_500.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/8i5-amaQGfo

that's a hell of a 45 imo

Each side has a reprise of the other side

they really were butt ugly though.

who, the Stones, or the 45s?

xp

Love the Mellotron on "Jig-Saw Puzzle"

the Stones!

the hell you say

Brian scares me, I've never understood why anyone found him the least bit attractive. Bill is def creepy.

But Mick, Keef and Charlie all have a certain handsomeness to me. Especially in their young years.

young mick is like a notch below elvis pretty

Mick got better looking in the late seventies -- dunno if anyone agrees.

Bill Wyman's face looks like poached salmon.

and I don't AT ALL get Brian Jones' charisma.

49. Start Me Up

http://www.trouveztout.org/images/rolling-stones-star-me-up.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/BG2b3VhSCC4

oh dammit

49. Start Me Up - 199 points (11 votes)

xxpost Alfred I feel you on 70's Mick...I might be inclined to agree. There is nothing about Bill Wyman that I like. I just find him to be a total knob. I even hate it when I notice a good bassline and think wow that's cool and then immediately after I'm like, ugh Wyman

"Dandelion" was first of mine to place! Made a strong push with me for some reason, was off my ballot for a while then it jumped up a bunch.

ok in the "Start Me Up" I will admit Mick Jagger looks like the seamstress who used to hem my pants twelve years.

*ago

the "start me up" video is must-watch