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

Okay, so with amateurist's ballot plus everyone's thoughtful reconsideration itt clearly "Sway" is #2

xpost I have been playing torn & frayed on ye olde acoustic since this poll ended and kinda want a Gibson Hummingbird now tbh

i really never would've guessed before this whole thing started that "Sway" was widely considered the best song on Sticky Fingers

ILM's had a pretty strong cult of Sway for a while now

*to coin rogermexico's turn of phrase

i really never would've guessed before this whole thing started that "Sway" was widely considered the best song on Sticky Fingers

― some dude, Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:46 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's not. strategic voting!

also, i'm kind of thinking black and blue > tattoo you. anyone with me?

btw is mick taylor playing slide on torn and frayed?

also, i'm kind of thinking black and blue > tattoo you. anyone with me?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:46 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

::raises hand::

O_o

no whey

*booing*

Crashing this thread to post the Charlie-cam version of "Monkey Man." This would have been my #1 pick (then "Paint It Black", then "Sway")

Anyway, here's Charlie. This is one of my most favorite things ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FUA0Hj7fI

Also, I've been listening to the Stones non-stop while reading this thread and had a great Thursday night!

This is cool.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/keep-bill-wyman-away-from-keith.html

Arthur Ashe?

I like to think that it's Bill Wyman making all the noise.

also, i'm kind of thinking black and blue > tattoo you. anyone with me?

well TY has two tracks from the B&B sessions so...

Arthur Ashe - weirdest assumed name ever

well TY has two tracks from the B&B sessions so...

which ones?

"worried about you" is said to have been a black and blue outtake. don't know of any others.

"worried about" you timing adds up given that it's Wayne Perkins on the solo, who also plays on "hand of fate"

will have to give b&b another try but on the face of it it's tattoo you in a walk

speaking of which, that fabled reggae version of "start me up" grooves pretty deeply

where do i find this version?

Charlie-cam is awesome. And Black and Blue is better than Tattoo You.

xpost obv there's no finished version out there but here's a rough one

http://www.youtu.be/bl1YZ6Bun3E

We can't be browed by beating
We can't be cowed by words

everybody walking round
everybody trying to step on their Creator

did "Long Long While" really not place? what a joke, ban everyone

lol delayed reaction much

been a long, long time

:)

destroying your notion of circular time

"Let It Loose" would top my ballot now.

there are days when it could top mine too, such a gorgeous song

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

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:52 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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 (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:53 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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.

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, April 5, 2012

Just been browsing this thread while on a bit of a '60s-'70s Stones kick, and came across this...

I know it from the London Years box & remain puzzled about why the cd case says it's "Child of the Moon (rmk)". Was there an original version?

― Euler, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:55 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Better a late response than no response, I guess, but I was confused about the same thing up until fairly recently thinking that "rmk" meant that the track was in some way a "re-make" and there was an original version out there. In actual fact, "RMK" is Allen Klein's daughters initials.

whoa cool thanks!

I can say with confidence that Voodoo Lounge is pretty good: lots of jams, and "Out of Tears" isn't embarrassing.

It's such a shame that the '60s Stones discography is still quite messy, with both US and UK versions still available... I would have thought they would have tidied that up like The Beatles did, by sticking with the UK versions and putting all the odds and ends on compilations, a la Past Masters.

never say never but the rights situation is v thorny

Ah, yeah... the '60s Stones catalogue is ABKCO owned isn't it? You can see why McCartney sued the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership in the early '70s.

Allen Klein, bitches

haunts the industry from beyond the grave, kinda like Bill Graham

Their best '70s albums. Fact.

I rank their American top forty hits during the sixties.

You're wrong about 'Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?', that's a great one IMO. I love how stuffed the production is, and the middle 8 ("Tell me a story about how you adore me" etc.) is one of their finest.

'As Tears Go By' also a beautiful tune. The Stones were always good at that kind of track.

Yeah, otm about the production of "have you seen your mother, baby" such a wonderful roaring din

I can support the production on "Have You Seen Your Mother..." over the awkward, too pretty Jagger vocal on "As Tears..."

I'll take the beautiful Jagger vocal on 'As Tears Go By' over his pisstakey vocal on 'Far Away Eyes' or when he lapses into comedy Jamaican accents.

"complicated!"