WHAT A DRAG IT IS GETTING POLLED – ILM Artist Poll #16 – The Rolling Stones (Extended deadline: April 1st)

^^ disagree on autopilot stones and expect it on my ballot. mick and mick really worked well together (cf. "Sway")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5lMad5NEB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRt3jJAT-NQ

damn youtube previews -- that's Lindsey Buckingham on "I Am Waiting" and it's quite lovely

xp well, by autopilot i mean it sorta seems like the band was like "wot, we need another ballad? alrightee." and then they knock it out of the park. seems effortless.

oh SHIT I left "Sway" off my ballot! ARrrgg!

winter's good, but it's the one goats head track i had under consideration that i did eventually cut. lot of stones ballads i like better.

i mean, sway's better, and i cut that too, no regrets

"Star Star" in contention for my ballot; "Stray Cat Blues" vying for my top spot with "I Am Waiting" (which I didn't realize had been featured in a popular film until a clip was posted recently; the song's been one of my favorites for a long time but I'm not much for films)

"Sway" will be high on mine too

we are in the groove now!

deep cuts!

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

okay, not a deep cut but come AWN:

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

I can play this game too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FhkS2r2dP4

going through the London years comp. man this band made a lot of shit. I mean there's tons of great stuff too but 50 years of shameless careerism results in a fair amount of detritus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M84FaMn6J9I

btw i'm not posting the KISS cover of 2000 man because it's a bit dire imo but if anyone can find the comsat angels cover of "citadel" plz post

are we really posting stones covers on you tube on the poll thread? people, please!

rogermexico must be reading my ballot by telepathy or else has tremendous taste

Am going to do proper homework for this one. Queued up Aftermath, Between The Buttons and Goat's Head for re-listen. I don't think I've heard Aftermath before. Treats abound!

i do congratulate cibbo matto for finding the song "why don't we sing this song all together" always wanted to be. only stones cover i can think of that significantly improves on the original.

except with one less bee

sort of bummed by all these cover versions, because "2000 light years from home" is COMPLETELY GREAT, and while that monster magnet cover is cool in its way, it's not really doing the song any favors

"why don't we sing this song all together"

lol brain damage

[it's not really all that funny]

Sleeper off of GHS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrciVFFw3iQ

i do congratulate cibbo matto for finding the song "why don't we sing this song all together" always wanted to be

pretty much. the original isn't bad at all, but CM's version is an improvement/refinement

Aftermath and Between the Buttons are my favorite albums (like, ever) but I just couldn't choose between all of those deep cuts. so only 2 songs from each made it (not even that since Ruby Tuesday is not on my favorite version of BTB).

Sleeper off of GHS

hell yes, highest-placing GHS track on my ballot

listen to "100 years ago" if you haven't yet

^^ after "Star Star" it's the only GHS track worth a damn imo.

listening to Dirty Work right now & think what's hard for me is Mick's voice; he's more shouty than I'd like.

This is why I love the record: a pissed-off, impatient Mick feeding off the aggression in the riffs and rhythms. I don't think he's ever sung a lyric like "I've been caught in this tree of promises for over forty years."

Angie

yes, and i love etc etc "heartbreaker" though ymmv

huh gonna have to listen to Dirty Work with that in mind, then.

dunno if I can bear to subject myself to anything post-Emotional Rescue

Tattoo You Jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VtlCDnD9E

^ hell yeah it is. only TY track to make my ballot, though i really had to agonize over cutting "no use in crying".

Townshend and Rollins, together at last!

xpost so slinky

"little t&a" hurt too

ripping version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr0yOcTVs88

ragh it's not on youtube but Australian band The Beasts of Bourbon has a great cover of "Dead Flowers" on their Live & Rare compilation.

goddamn I love "Summer Romance"

I've been noticing with their late 60's-early 70's songs that do a lot of interesting things with their songs in the outros...like they're not a 'repeat refrain/repeat chorus/fade out', it'll turn into a whole new jam and just as it fades out you're like 'hey whoa stop that was cool'

No need to rep for the song, but any excuse to post a Who clip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVkiW4_JyuM

What are ilxors feelings abt the really early stuff, covers and whatnot?

I really love stuff like "Not Fade Away", "Oh Carol", "I Wanna Be Your Man", even their "Route 66".

Without giving too much away, at least two of those are on my list.

What are ilxors feelings abt the really early stuff....?

xpost: Around and Around beats Chuck Berry; "I wanna be your man" betters the beatles, and i like the others you mentioned. only a couple times did they miss, imo (talkin' about "under the boardwalk" for example)

yeah Under the Boardwalk was not a good fit for them.

a lot of their early stuff is clumsy and or outright offensive in its brazen ripoff-ness but "Not Fade Away", you can't fuck with stuff like that. Phil Spector on maracas iirc.

says the guy who just listened to the entirety of the London Years box

it's also readily apparent that Keith was a startlingly good guitar player right from the get-go. he's often the best thing about those early singles.

Lennon seemed kinda pissy when he tried to play off "I Wanna Be Your Man" later on, like 'meh it wasn't a very good song anyway so who cares, we made Ringo sing it" but Stones played the HELL out of it. That opening guitar is just like WHOA undeniable

xpost lol Shakey I'm ploughing through London Years this afternoon :)