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.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 April 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
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.)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
roger, please tell me you feel *this* song in yr pants
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, April 5, 2012
my #8
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
11. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – 585 points (23 votes, 4x #1)
https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/stage_rv_Web980px.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/CJ8MvnEVCqM
http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOCantYouHear.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
indeed i can
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 April 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
okay, now this i can get with
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
the tape was still rolling and it sounded good
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
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
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to be sad when this ends
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
and yr doing an awesome job btw, rogermexico
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah man, thanks, best poll evar
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
srsly
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 April 2012 06:20 (twelve years ago) link
One of the best side-benefits is how much Stones stuff I've been listening to since I started creating my ballot. I don't think a day's gone by where I haven't blown through Beggars or Exile once or twice just because the thread discussion puts a few songs in my head, or digging around the youtubes for live stuff, or heck getting my hands on the Brussels Affair live stuff for the first time.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
^ yeah no shit, have not had such thorough bath in them stones since i "discovered" exile 20-some years ago
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 06:34 (twelve years ago) link
Stones bath: lotsa bodily fluids in that tub...
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 06:37 (twelve years ago) link
eeuagh, thank you for that mental image
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm not even a massive fan or anything but it's been great listening to those remastered(?) singles comps on Spotify. also hadn't heard Live With Me for years; how good is THAT?
― piscesx, Friday, 6 April 2012 07:15 (twelve years ago) link
Live With Me sax A++
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Friday, 6 April 2012 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
very happy with how "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" placed, after all the snark and criticism about the song's outro on ilm i thought i'd be its only #1 voter
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
mark me down in the snark corner on this one
― da croupier, Friday, 6 April 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Even snark is relative though - It's Only Rock n Roll would be a pretty great song for most bands.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
For anyone who's interested, hunt down the Honolulu 1966 bootleg--radio broadcast so the quality is excellent, and better than "Got Live" iirc
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
stuff I voted for: 19th Nervous Breakdown, Monkey Man, Moonlight Mile, Can't You Hear Me Knocking (my #1)
Satisfaction probably shoulda been #1 but I figured it would get the Space Odditty treatment
There's one 80s song that I voted for: it'll be interesting to see if its in top 10; I'm thinking no but who knows?
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
Totally digging this poll, rogermexico. Wonderful job.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
OK, there are 9 songs that are pretty much guaranteed to show up in the top ten. But 1 mystery. Hmmmmm.
the Space Odditty treatment
That must be a UK thing because Bowie has plenty of bigger songs in the USA.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, missed a whole lot. How do all of you stay online for this? You are magicians all of you.
I somehow thought "Moonlight Mile" was going to be a sleeper top 5 pick, maybe even #1. Going to be really interesting to me to see what ends up there, though getting easier to suss out.
"Stray Cat Blues" remains one of the more convincing blues workouts for me, just so much personality in it yet somehow it seems a little less forced (and more fun) to me. Maybe it's just the guitars. I turn up the radio/stereo EVERY TIME "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" comes on (unless my wife is in the vicinity ...) Please tell me the Mick did not write that riff too, I am not sure I could take that.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
this has been the best poll I've participated in--i.e. completely mysterious and maddening from stem to stern.
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
agreed ... the Zep and Bowie polls were very engaging and led to a lot of highly enjoyable listening, but this one has been way more crazy-making and way more fun
― Brad C., Friday, 6 April 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's really satisfying to see CYHMK rate so highly (although I wouldn't have personally!) after all the kvetching over it
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
don't understand the Can't You Hear Me Knocking love.
think I know which 9 kornrulez is talking about
longshots from my ballot that I hope could take the one remaining spot: Heart of Stone, Tell Me and Cocksucker Blues
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
i'm going to repeat what I said about Can't You Hear on the voting thread because i was otm: "so many big Stones radio staples are these tight 3-minute singles that it's nice to occasionally hear that one big sprawling AOR noodlefest imo"
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the big 7 minute FM epic is not their thing, at least compared to bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Prefer "Memory Motel" and even "Slave" as sprawling AOR noodlefest.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Looking at what's left on my ballot, the longest shot is probably "The Spider and the Fly."
― Brad C., Friday, 6 April 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, me either. the song at the beginning is a nice & sleazy blues rocker exile-style. it's great but not far & away the best thing they ever did in this vein. unfortunately undercut by the tepid jamband workout that follows. alfred otm re: the relative merits.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
of 23 #1 votes cast so far, only three have been pre-let it bleed: one each for "19th nervous breakdown", "ruby tuesday" and "child of the moon". all the rest in the late 60s/early 70s country-blooze sweet spot.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
10 of my top 20 yet to appear, and it seems like 9 will......I am consensus boomer Serious Rock Critic dude!should've gone with my alternative ballot which was 50% "Exile"...
― theStalePrince, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
will be shocked if Gimme Shelter is not #1
― broom air, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
me too, although if it's not i can think of a couple plausible spoilers
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
Really thought "Moonlight Mile" had a shot there for some reason
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
listening to the Spotify playlist...damn i forgot how much i love "Jigsaw Puzzle," which i'd voted for it and bumped it up a few spots
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
gosh, "Winter" is lovely. Goats Head Soup is definitely the album this poll is giving me the greatest appetite to get more acquainted with.
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
the slide guitar on Jigsaw Puzzle is the nuts
― broom air, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like "Winter" more if the piano line were eliminated; it's a crowded mix.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
aw you guys... just trying to give the board the best stones poll i can. thanks for 67 rad ballots and an awesome conversation. all credit to WmC for managing this massive undertaking, finefinemusic for the spreadsheet, and everyone who's done on of these already. Ismael's U2 poll and WmC's Zep poll really set the bar imo.
now let's do this
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
::sits up, leans forward::
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
TOP 10!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
Mr Watts, a drull-roll if you please
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link