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

ha. point being, i ruled the above out on the basis of "too offensive"

it's easy to forget how "edgy" dudes were in their day. my gf grew up in a funk/soul/gospel household and is relatively new to the notion of enjoying music made by white people. she's coming round on the Stones based on a) stolen from black people and b) "winter," but remarked last night in re "sweet virginia" whoa they did swear a lot huh? and i'm like "and that's the lyrics you can make out." then put on "star star"

Exile is probably one of the first major rock records w/substantial profanity in the lyrics.

damn, this is really low for Under My Thumb. does Heart of Stone even stand a chance anymore?

I don't have much of a feeling on Under My Thumb except I don't really like it. I find it kinda, skeevy? Something. I hate the line about she's a siamese cat of a girl, it just gets in my head and blehhhh yuk.

The sexism? I mean, you could argue that they've had that same basic pose for their whole career, it's kind of stupid to just hone in on one song. You form a band with a bunch of oversexed horndogs, that's what happens.

I just heard "No Scrubs" again. Still far more sexist than "Under My Thumb."

― rogermexico., Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:33 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf

say whatnow

love "2000 light years from home", was my #2 (though largely for strategic reasons). one of the few genuinely psychedelic stones stones that actually works.

love "brown sugar", too, but didn't vote for it. exposure fatigue, i guess, cuz it's a hell of a lot of fun.

"under my thumb" is brilliant full stop & brilliantly nasty (those marimbas! "sweetest ... pet in the world"), but it's always irritated the shit out of me, so i cut it w prejudice.

and yeah, boggled by the "no scrubs" comment

xpost we can discuss it in this thread if u like: what is sexist, exactly, about TLC's "No Scrubs"?

Wow, voting "2000 Light Years ..." #2 for strategic reasons is pretty heavy. Interested to see just how gamed other people's ballots are.

feel like i walked into /mra

I'm still trying to understand why I included "Who's Driving Your Plane?" on my ballot

I don't want no "No Scrubs" discussion itt

although i'm kind of amazed that thread doesn't bring up Ellen Willis: http://jezebel.com/5797747/the-willis-test-is-the-new-bechdel-test

this is prob the wrong thread for it, but the willis test strikes me as nonsense. for one thing, i could see a woman singing "wild world" to her (young, naive and handsome toyboy) lover. make a good marianne faithful song, imo. for another, lots of not-sexist songs wouldn't work terribly well with the genders reversed: "street fighting man", for instance.

^ more crap that doesn't belong itt

2000 light years was my #3 for the reason that it has always been one of my favorite stones songs

see ppl this is why I didnt vote Under My Thumb

i did!

i could see a woman singing "wild world" to her (young, naive and handsome toyboy) lover

Concrete Blonde's "Joey" was not yet dreamt of in Ellen Willis' 1971 philosophy

anyway, rolling stones - great band!

anyway re frank's comment in the under my thumb thread basically saying it's all ironic/in character -- this might be true and i'm typically willing to believe it, but i'm so sick of it. feel like this is basically the defense used every single time an old rocker is accused of being shitty and there's no way it's always true. people really need to be able to fathom the possibility that their favorite decrepit rock stars were shitty people in the 70s.

Did not mean to imply that "2000 Light Years ..." was not awesome! Just interested in the strategic poll phenomena. Pretty much all of these songs are great, probably why there isn't much hand-wringing going on with this poll compared to the others I've taken part in.

Wow, voting "2000 Light Years ..." #2 for strategic reasons is pretty heavy. Interested to see just how gamed other people's ballots are.

not saying i don't love the song! i do love it, but considering there were like 40 songs i absolutely HAD to vote for and no way to for me to sensibly "rank" a lot of them, my whole ballot was essentially strategic.

Pretty much all of these songs are great, probably why there isn't much hand-wringing going on with this poll compared to the others I've taken part in.

yeah, i've been happy to see every song arrive, even stuff that i cut happily. except "i am waiting", i guess.

22. Let It Loose – 430 points (16 votes, 2x #1)

https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/DTMICKNELLCOTE.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/DyQ7YVXrCk4

Didn't vote for UMT but relistening to Aftermath this afternoon I'm thinking I should've. I've also realised I've really been underrating that album and Let It Bleed ('Midnight Rambler' is the key to the latter).

jeez every song from exile huh guys

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

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

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

#7 for me I think

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.

like, i'm truly astonished that it came in this high, and on the other hand it's way too low.

I love it towards the end when all the backup singers sort of split apart and start doing their own thing, it's glorious

arguably mick's finest hour as a vocal performer and lyricist.

I've been so out of it this week -- when "Let It Loose" popped up, my first thought was "damn, I wish I'd voted for that." Then I looked at my ballot and saw that I had it in my top 10. The backing vocals make this song for me.

Vanetta Fields was a backup singer for australian singer John Farnham when I was a kid & thought he was the bees knees - she's sung for everyone but she was one of the backup singers on Exile & I think she's pretty awesome

John Farnham! Pretty sure Whispering Jack was the first album I ever bought.

I laid it on the parcel shelf during the long journey home and the sun melted a big bump in it. But it still played, unlike the 7" of Jack Your Body that was beside it and got totally wrecked.

He was the best thing since sliced bread in like 5th Grade. I watched that bloody whispering jack live concert vhs so many times, lol

We should save this for the John Farnham poll

I still have a 7" of Jack Your Body which I could tape for you. If I still had a record player. And a cassette player. And a cassette.

Does it have the little 'jjjack' in the corner of the sleeve? I love that.

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 (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel the same, blows "shine a light" away, didn't vote for it. voted for "only" 3 exile tracks, the highest of which won't even place, i bet.

21. Let’s Spend The Night Together – 445 points (22 votes)

http://i42.tinypic.com/tagcwh.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/OqQ9FCVmPaI

oh yeah, that one

weird that i never even considered voting for it. dumb ol me...

BADABADA BA BA BADADA

that one and "Under My Thumb," i really sat down not thinking either had a strong possibility of making my ballot out of all the big canonical singles there wouldn't be room for, but both ultimately felt like they had to stay

Let's Spend The Night Together is one that I never think of as a favorite, but I always enjoy hearing it when it comes my way