see ppl this is why I didnt vote Under My Thumb
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
i did!
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, rolling stones - great band!
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
22. Let It Loose – 430 points (16 votes, 2x #1)
https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/DTMICKNELLCOTE.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/DyQ7YVXrCk4
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
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).
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
jeez every song from exile huh guys
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Is this the best song on Exile? I think it probably is.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
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, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I subbed in Let It Loose for every other song on Exile that I wanted to vote for.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
#7 for me I think
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
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, 5 April 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
like, i'm truly astonished that it came in this high, and on the other hand it's way too low.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
I love it towards the end when all the backup singers sort of split apart and start doing their own thing, it's glorious
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
arguably mick's finest hour as a vocal performer and lyricist.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
John Farnham! Pretty sure Whispering Jack was the first album I ever bought.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
We should save this for the John Farnham poll
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Let's Talk About Socks (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Does it have the little 'jjjack' in the corner of the sleeve? I love that.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
― 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.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
21. Let’s Spend The Night Together – 445 points (22 votes)
http://i42.tinypic.com/tagcwh.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/OqQ9FCVmPaI
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, that one
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
weird that i never even considered voting for it. dumb ol me...
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
BADABADA BA BA BADADA
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
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
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
My highest to place so far, though I am not sure why I placed it quite so high? I mean, I love it, but this ballot sure turned me around. Would move it down a bit today ...
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i'm goin' red and my - tonguegettintied - TONGUETTINTIED!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't vote for this, but it's great and per my note upthread it's really hard to get just how edgy it was at the time.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Is it Keith on piano?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy how little guitar there is on it, but it is a steamroller of a song (due to the chugging piano). Like how the vocals get a little more insistent as the song moves on. An obvious ploy, but effective nonetheless.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Well, our friend Wikipedia credits both Jack Nitzsche AND Keith Richards with piano, so not sure how to pick out who is playing what.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wyman credited with nothing btw
It would be hilarious if the credit actually read:
Bill Wyman - nothing
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
You can edit it, right?
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
kinda think there's too much Exile here cos I like breadth & the Stones have a lotta songs, but no biggie
― Euler, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Wyman - sulking, brooding, handclaps
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure he was even invited to the studio that day. Wonder how often that happened.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Jagger's remarks about Wyman in the '95 Wenner interview are not flattering ("There's a guy who doesn't do anything")
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
didn't wyman write the riff for jumpin jack flash? deserves his place in r&r history for that alone.
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
According to biographies, Wyman was also the one who helped himself to the most groupies, by far. It was almost a compulsion, apparently.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
every time I hear the story of Wyman and groupies I think of the joke about the man who fucked a four-day-old mackerel.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link