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

the way i see it there's pretty much nothing but big hits from here on out. maybe one or two deep cuts and minor singles, if that. (xpost -- there's one)

just got to the part of the Wenner interview where Mick talks about how "Moonlight Mile" is one of those songs that Keith isn't really on at all

the way i see it there's pretty much nothing but big hits from here on out

nope

i.e., you are wrong, unless you count 'sway' as a big hit

hey i said one or two exceptions. we just saw one, that could be the other. are any more Exile non-singles a lock?

isn't sway another non-keith song?

sleeping under strange strange skies... <3

my almost-equal love for moonlight mile and sway should not be taken as any indication that I do not like Keith/have any great love for Mick Taylor beyond guitaring

but damn Moonlight Mile is just so beautiful and ethereal
I could hardly believe this song existed when i first heard it

Did not know "Moonlight Mile" was pretty much all Jagger + Taylor. Respect! My #3.

tbf keith is present on moonlight mile in spirit since his "japanese thing" contributed the bones

and he sings backups, doesn't he?

btw i am by no means a stones expert but i've really enjoyed reading y'all's take on things

so thanks to rm and u. sorry if i voted too much exile

• riff is obviously all-time
• made even more all-time by the innovative use of guitar fx (keef noticed that the gibson maestro fuzz, a relatively new invention, could make his guitar sound like a horn, and laid down "in a dream" more or less a motown horn part)
• bassline is all-time
• super-edgy subject matter for the time and for years after, genuinely frightening to parents
• super-sharp and still-otm observation of the relationship between conspicuous consumption and sexual frustration/fear of death
• somehow never really gets in my pants -- it's all strangely lifeless, which i suppose is appropriate to the subject matter: all looks no action (imo!)

otm all the way to the finish line, where it falls down flat, just short of the gold. it's a such vibrant, electrifying song, one of the most insistently physical combinations of groove and tone the early stones managed, the way the frustration and intensity build in the vocals. unaccompanied drumbeat as a hook, so badass. criminally underrated in this poll (not least by me! i had it to damn low in my own ballot).

xpost 'too much exile' does not compute and naysayers can git tae fuck :)

"moonlight mile" is sweet, but i don't feel it quite the way y'all do. nice song though.

nice face

:)

the high finish for moonlight mile was a big surprise to me, but a happy one

it's like a whole new song with that outro

12. Stray Cat Blues – 577 points (24 votes, 2x #1)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TF0TBqwB6-w/SyG66XlvXlI/AAAAAAAADZY/DrEOSKps1qI/s400/ANITA+%28163%29.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/hIpqiEK8wfw

http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOStratCat.html

wow, i'm a big Beggars Banquet head and did not see that coming at all

me either!

sleazy-ass stones fans b lurkin'

ya ya's version of this is possibly the grimiest thing they ever put on record

my #4......"I don't want your ID": no longer possible after, say, 1977 or so?

[& yeah, I was a sleazy lurker up til the results thread]

aaaaand there's my #3. Pretty sure my top 10 will be totally accounted for by the end, unless some serious challops are afoot.

Wow, in the Ya-Ya's version, Mick changes her age from 15 to 13.

I did not vote for it but I looooove this sleazy-ass song

any time i think it's too scuzzy, i remember how many songs I enjoy that celebrate capital crimes

but Mick swore it aint no capital crime

my point!

lol I'm slow

Presumably Polanski's favorite live Stones....

i'm starting to feel curmudgeonly. not a big "stray cat blues" fan either. sleazy cool, but kind of generic and overstated.

The first of many all-time-best Watts drum sounds achieved by Jimmy Miller. And the way Jagger sneer-drools through "matter" is probably illegal.

xpost i dunno seems pretty ballsy for 1968

how old was jerry hall in 1968?

roger, please tell me you feel *this* song in yr pants

(turning 12)

i always thought that mick changing 15 to 13 was more of a joke on his part, amping up the ridiculousness of it. but maybe i'm delusional! anyway, i voted for it because the guitars.

He wouldn't have been the first rock star to go full-sleazy with a 13 year old in song lyrics, though -- c.f. Zappa in 1967, "Brown Shoes Don't Make It." Frank even went a step further and imagined the 13-year-old as his daughter. (I wonder what Moon and Diva Zappa think of that song.)

roger, please tell me you feel *this* song in yr pants

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, April 5, 2012

my #8

:D

11. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – 585 points (23 votes, 4x #1)

https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/stage_rv_Web980px.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/CJ8MvnEVCqM

http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOCantYouHear.html

indeed i can

I love this whole song. I didn't end up voting for it but it really is something special. Everyone's just so ON it, and that jam is just killer.

okay, now this i can get with

the tape was still rolling and it sounded good

THE STORY THUS FAR

60. Sister Morphine - 123 points (6 votes)
59. Salt of the Earth - 125 points (6 votes)
58. Angie - 142 points TIE (7 votes)
58. Out of Time - 142 points TIE (9 votes)
57. It's All Over Now - 152 points (10 votes)
56. Mother's Little Helper - 164 points TIE (7 votes)
56. The Last Time - 164 points TIE (9 votes)
55. Shine A Light - 166 points (9 votes)
54. Undercover (Of The Night) - 167 points (8 votes)
53. Memo From Turner - 168 points (7 votes)
52. Back Street Girl - 169 points (7 votes)
51. Jig-Saw Puzzle - 183 points (9 votes)

50. Dandelion - 187 points (9 votes)
49. Start Me Up - 199 points (11 votes)
48. Winter - 205 points (9 votes)
47. You Got The Silver - 208 points (9 votes)
46. Emotional Rescue - 209 points (10 votes)
45. Live With Me - 217 points (10 votes)
44. I Am Waiting - 220 points (9 votes)
43. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - 221 points (11 votes)
42. We Love You - 232 points (13 votes)
41. Ventilator Blues - 242 points (12 votes)

40. Child of the Moon – 243 points (10 votes, 1x #1)
39. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? – 246 points (11 votes)
38. Midnight Rambler – 264 points (10 votes, 1x #1)
37. Play With Fire – 269 points (13 votes)
36. Happy – 274 points (13 votes)
35. Waiting on a Friend – 282 points (13 votes)
34. Shattered – 285 points (14 votes)
33. Let It Bleed – 299 points (11 votes, 3x #1)
32. Beast of Burden – 308 points TIE (14 votes)
32. Ruby Tuesday – 308 points (15 votes, 1x #1)
31. Loving Cup – 311 points (13 votes, 1x #1)

30. Bitch – 322 points (13 votes, 1x #1)
29. Get Off of My Cloud – 324 points (13 votes)
28. Sweet Virginia – 326 points (15 votes)
27. She’s A Rainbow – 344 points (16 votes)
26. Torn and Frayed – 350 points (15 votes)
25. 2000 Light Years From Home – 380 points (15 votes)
24. Honky Tonk Women – 411 points (18 votes)
23. Under My Thumb – 423 points (18 votes)
22. Let It Loose – 430 points (16 votes, 2x #1)
21. Let’s Spend The Night Together – 445 points (22 votes)
20. 19th Nervous Breakdown – 456 points (21 votes, 1x #1)
19. Wild Horses – 474 points (21 votes, 1x #1)
18. Dead Flowers – 502 points (25 votes)
17. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – 512 points (25 votes)
16. Monkey Man – 515 points (23 votes, 1x #1)
15. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – 544 points (23 votes)
14. Brown Sugar – 559 points (23 votes, 1x #1)
13. Moonlight Mile – 561 points (23 votes, 3x #1)
12. Stray Cat Blues – 577 points (24 votes, 2x #1)
11. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – 585 points (23 votes, 4x #1)

http://spoti.fi/HkKd6C

I'm going to be sad when this ends