GOT TO POLL ME! (KEEP ON POLLIN')
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
"our own private Cult of Sway"
As a fellow cult member, I will be very surprised/happy that "Sway" made it that high, but that's too good to be true?
It's hard to believe it doesn't make the top 60!?
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure how I justified cutting "Tumbling Dice", other than I knew that it needed no help from me. Undeniably great, and that opening figure of Keith's is just so cool.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
if memory serves there's a pretty strong cult of Sway on ILM, I think it'll still make a showing. Or else I'll throw a pretty loud and whiny tantrum, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Sway" will be super high I think, was my #2 iirc
― Euler, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
"Sway" won the "Sticky Fingers" poll in a landslide iirc
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
that opening figure of Keith's is just so cool
it really is. super-easy to play and deeply satisfying. he's always copped to just slowing down chuck berry's stuff, but what he does with those double-stop slides is magic.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
There's no way Sway doesn't make it. I think I finally know all the top six now; just one I'm not 100% sure of.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
"sway" is bound to place top 5, so many people talked it up on the balloting thread
i cut "tumbling dice" in favor of "rocks off", stand by that though i love 'em both
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
very cool reminiscence, rogerm
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Is this gonna wrap up by 5:00 p.m. U.S. east-coast time? Will be sad to miss the run-down, though obviously the world should not revolve around east-coast time.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
and thanks so much for posting that reminiscence, roger, loved reading that, esp the last couple lines.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, April 6, 2012 11:44 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
lol xp
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
totally identifying with a lot of that post too
while we're talking about cleveland...i remember going to the hall of fame (in cleveland) after a day of shopping at my favorite gigantic thrift store and seeing mick jagger's clothes and thinking now THAT's what i call an outfit. and they were in my size too! why can't i ever find clothes like THAT?!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Aren't knee pads one-size-fits-all?
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
it was a white suit iirc
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
xpost -- wrapping it by 5pm EST would mean savoring each track a little less but if folks don't mind i'm happy to speed it up
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
haha read that as "found Mick's clothes in a thrift store" xpost
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
if only!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
6. Paint It, Black – 813 points (35 votes, 3x #1)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/withsssoul/iorr/1966may27probably_ReadySteadyGo.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/Q9DDpmyPZZA
http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOPaintIt.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Great song all the way through, but the first 20-30 seconds especially is some of the greatest rock music ever recorded.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
once again, brian jones on sitar takes it next-level
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
You could make a case for Brian as their instrumental MVP for '66
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
fuckn killer, changed my teenage ears hearing this, I'd mostly grown up with the Beatles/Elvis...hearing this dark stuff when I was getting into my hella-mope phase was just, 'omg people got super-bummed back then too? awesome'
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
also every teenage cover band in every garage everywhere owes the Stones a vote of thanks for helping them with material
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
Bob Dylan said in a recent interview that he was one of the best musicians he ever saw.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
I know very little Stones history, was Jones a childhood friend of anyone in the band or a guy on the scene/in other bands that they recruited?
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
I always wondered how much of Mick & Keith's bitterness towards Brian was because Brian was actually a dick or because he was a dick with a sitar and brilliant ideas.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
of all the many many covers only the Feelies come close to doing it justice....
― theStalePrince, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Or classmate at school, that kinda thing?
from all the anecdotes I've heard I think he was straight-up dick....like, to the point of severe mental problems, from what I have been able to parse in the stuff that's been going around. I think they would have LIKED him if he was just talented.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Jones was an established musician with a band and if memory serves Mick & Keith answered an advertisment in the local paper or something
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
yep, according to Wiki it went thusly:
Jones left Cheltenham and moved to London where he became friends with fellow musicians Alexis Korner, future Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones, future Cream bassist Jack Bruce and others who made up the small London rhythm and blues and jazz scene there. He became a blues musician, for a brief time calling himself "Elmo Lewis", and playing slide guitar. Jones also started a group with Paul Jones called the Roosters and in January 1963, after both Brian and Paul left the group, Eric Clapton took over Brian's position as guitarist.[11] Jones placed an advertisement in Jazz News (a Soho club information sheet) of 2 May 1962 inviting musicians to audition for a new R&B group at the Bricklayer's Arms pub; pianist Ian "Stu" Stewart was the first to respond. Later singer Mick Jagger also joined this band; Jagger and his childhood friend Keith Richards had met Jones when he and Paul Jones were playing Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" with Korner's band at the Ealing Jazz Club.[12] Jagger brought guitarist Richards to rehearsals; Richards then joined the band. Jones's and Stewart's acceptance of Richards and the Chuck Berry songs he wanted to play coincided with the departure of blues purists Geoff Bradford and Brian Knight, who had no tolerance for Chuck Berry.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
the Stones were Jones' band, he's the founding member!
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I'm astonished to realise I know hardly anything about this
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
i think just a dick, tbh. if you've been in bands you probably know this guy. best musician in the room by far, brings a TON to the party. as a result, wants to do none of the hard work of actually writing songs, booking gigs, etc. just shows up, makes your stuff better, criticizes, wants full share of glory, groupies, and gold. Add to that can't handle his drugs and yeah, it would chafe.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
I can dimly recall some 7th grade writing assignment where I quoted from "Paint It Black" not going so well (teacher not digging the Stones? my own weak command of point of view?) probably these days the whole vast administrative machinery for disturbed youth would've lurched into motion....
― theStalePrince, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
jones was displaced once the emphasis shifted to creating original songs, rather than r&b/blues covers. did jones ever write anything?
― tylerw, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
From what I read, Brian Jones was closer to OJ Simpson than Syd Barrett. Not a nice guy, to put it mildly.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's funny the first time i ever heard paint it black was watching this (probably inappropriate for a 9-year-old) TV showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6fcd--354i guess it's a full metal jacket rip / reference.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh jeez. yeah, i wasn't even thinking about that stuff.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
funny we should save the Dark Side of Brian Jones discussion for Paint It, Black
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
My #1. I just never get tired of this one.
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Jones was pretty violent too, if you believe the stories, especially with women -- Keef's story is that it was Jones' violent outbursts with Pallenberg that eventually sealed the deal of them hooking up
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Jones tried writing a couple of songs, I read Mick or Keith saying once, but they were these horrendously complicated numbers with like a hundred jazz chords. It was never going to work.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
my #1 too!
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
That's all for my top 5 except for #2 left
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
brian jones - really?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Doesn't look good for my #1 and my #2 is definitely out, but I was never sure either would make the countdown.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link