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I'd probably vote for it, too - not that it's their best compositionally or that their playing is best on it, but I just like it best.

Tim Ellison, Sunday, 22 April 2007 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe my speakers are mussed, but the highs in the first tune were always too shrill for me to get past it.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 22 April 2007 01:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Exile, natch. Fatigue is THE great rock and roll subject.

Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 22 April 2007 01:38 (seventeen years ago) link

However flawed TSMR may be, it's a plenty honorable choice. They were hard to beat back then.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 22 April 2007 02:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh these threads keep disappearing!

Mark G, Monday, 23 April 2007 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link

The Rolling Stones have TOO MANY ALBUMS

I know, right?, Monday, 23 April 2007 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Geir, I always thought Satanic Majesties was regarded as a failed attempt at psych?

A nice enough attempt for my taste, although "Sgt. Pepper" was of course better. But even a failed psych album is better than a great rock'n'roll album, hence my vote.

Geir Hongro, Monday, 23 April 2007 08:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm pretty sure from memory that i voted for beggars banquet. at least i hope so. i just tried to vote, only to be informed that i'd already voted. if you'd caught me in a particular frame of mind i could have very well gone with sticky fingers

Charlie Howard, Monday, 23 April 2007 08:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Between The Buttons (UK version) (just beats Aftermath and Exile)

Dr.C, Monday, 23 April 2007 08:51 (seventeen years ago) link

. My vote for "Their Satanic Majesties...." is kind of original, although I know I have several ILM'ers with me in my pick. :)

-- Geir Hongro, Saturday, 21 April 2007 23:08 (Yesterday)


^^^ i agree with this racist...again(!)

600, Monday, 23 April 2007 08:54 (seventeen years ago) link

So, a week to go with this one?

Mark G, Monday, 23 April 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Let It Bleed by a country mile, although I'm starting to really appreciate Flowers and Between the Buttons.

darin, Monday, 23 April 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.nndb.com/people/765/000044633/promoshot85.jpg

(but not by much)

M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 23 April 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

ha, i voted for satanic majesties. sentimental favorite.

get bent, Monday, 23 April 2007 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Man, I just do not get the Satanic Majesties love at all. It just sounds to me like an interesting curio with a few good song ideas scattered about. Definitely at the very bottom of the '60s Stones album for me (the only one I would say I don't care much for).

sw00ds, Monday, 23 April 2007 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link

i agree w/swoods. love 10,000 light years though

M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link

Beggars has "Dear Doctor" and Let It Bleed has "Country Honk" - too close to call.

milo z, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link

b

Mark G, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Regarding "Their Majesties..." I guess it's a bit like "The Elder", "The White Album"/"Let It Be" and some other in that it isn't a typical choice that actual fans of the band would pick, as it is kind of stylistically "atypical".

But here, there are non-fans voting too.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Mmm, like the PFloyd poll then.

Mark G, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:12 (sixteen years ago) link

"Piper" was a very typical Pink Floyd album in 1967. :)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:12 (sixteen years ago) link

I fully expect to be the only person to vote for Black and Blue - but it's one of my favourite albums of all time, and I'm not even a massive Stones fan.

mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Regarding "Their Majesties..." I guess it's a bit like "The Elder", "The White Album"/"Let It Be" and some other in that it isn't a typical choice that actual fans of the band would pick, as it is kind of stylistically "atypical".

Right - thanks for letting me know I'm not an "actual fan" of my all-time favourite band. "The White Album"/"Let It Be" is such a dumb way-off comparison.

sw00ds, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link

But then, your love of Satanic Majesties makes sense (not speaking to other people here, only Geir) given that they more or less excised that terrible r&b noise for that album.

sw00ds, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link

Well, I love "Their Satanic Majesties..." for the fact that it sounds more like Beatles than Stones. :)

(Then, part of "Let It Be" and "The White Album" sound more like Stones than Beatles)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link

[i]:)[/]

Whatever.

sw00ds, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link

:)

Er, WHATEVER.

sw00ds, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link

I never liked their "ah let's crank up the blooze one more time" style, so OK I'm a "SatMaj" fan.

I'm on a bit of a Stones trawl at the moment, getting some jolly nice orig albums and/or the jap LP facsimiles.

Let It Bleed is a bit rub, but a bit fine too.

Mark G, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 10:55 (sixteen years ago) link

First, sorry as I made this poll due date way too long.

Since I do have time, however, I'm going to pull out three that I think deserve it and give them a spin. Exile on Main Street, unbelievably, didn't make that cut.

Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link

last day to vote

Bee OK, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link

i voted for exile then logged in under a different name and voted for sticky fingers

ghost rider, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link

Is that what I need to do in order to vote for Dirty Work multiple times?q

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 30 April 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link

not sure what time zone this thing is on but results will happen sometime today.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Not sure what time zone you're on but here, it says "Poll ends June 01"

Mark G, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link

it should read "May 1"

Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link

But it doesn't!

Satanic has some of my all time favorite Stones songs on it, but is too uneven... Between Beggars, Bleed and Exile for me... I'll probably just pick one at random.

I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link

damn can we fix that and close this poll today?

Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link

can we please close this poll? June 1 was a mistake and I want to know what wins, please!

Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Let's revive this one on odd occasions. Until June 1.

Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link

I would now change my vote to Beggars Banquet, which I've been listening to again and love every second of except maybe "Sympathy for the Devil" (which I don't not love, it's just...I don't know, kind of hard to take sometimes).

sw00ds, Thursday, 17 May 2007 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link

What does "rub" mean?

Why is "Get your Ya Yas...." on there but "Love You Live" isn't?

Bill Magill, Thursday, 17 May 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link

rub=rubbish, if it was me saying it.

Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link

Thanks.

Bill Magill, Thursday, 17 May 2007 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link

Let it bleed, because all of the tracks easily pass muster, and some go above and beyond the call of duty (let it bleed, rambler, you can't always get...)

whatever, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link

i just now saw this thread so i'm glad the poll was extra long. i went with my first instinct, which was aftermath. good to see other love for it. (and i prefer the us version too.)

tipsy mothra, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link

I've always been partial to the "outtakes" album of "Sticky Fingers"; is this crazy?

MC, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link

Christ, still one week to go!?

JN$OT, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 08:27 (sixteen years ago) link

Never saw this one (not that I vote on a lot of these polls). I'd like to give some props to December's Children and Out of Our Heads - both excellent energy boosters. Beggars is an all time fave but I think I love Sticky Fingers more.

willem, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link

sticky fingers, for 'moonlight mile' and more.

stevie, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 10:48 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm pretty sure the code just let me vote a second time in this poll. Exile a couple of weeks ago, The Rolling Stones Now! this time.

Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link

I think Stan maj is better than Let it bleed.

I could say it's because SMR is less cynical, more psyche and less crummy blues, but then it's MY FAVOURITE not necessarily about which one's the best.

Do a "best" poll, everyone'd vote "exile" probably.

Mark G, Friday, 1 June 2007 06:37 (sixteen years ago) link

I don't find "Let It Bleed" particularly good, but it's way better than "Exile". If there is one album in the traditional canon that is underrated in this poll, then I would say "Beggar's Banquet" is the one. I mean, it contains "Sympathy For The Devil", "Street Fighting Man" and "No Expectations". Nuff said.

Geir Hongro, Friday, 1 June 2007 07:52 (sixteen years ago) link

BB is seventh, that's hardly 'under-rated' considering how many there are here.

Mark G, Friday, 1 June 2007 08:27 (sixteen years ago) link

BB is obviously a lot better than "Goat's Head Soup". Plus I would say it is better than all of their "classic" 1969-72 albums too.

Geir Hongro, Friday, 1 June 2007 09:36 (sixteen years ago) link

isn't flowers technically a comp?

davedestroybox, Friday, 1 June 2007 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Fess up, Alfred, all those Dirty Work votes were from you, no?

Two, actually, and was quite prepared to accept bribes to vote some more.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 1 June 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link

xp: so what, it rules

sexyDancer, Friday, 1 June 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link

There's contrarian votes all over ILX, so why all the fuss on this thread?

Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 1 June 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link

i want people to explain why they voted Goats Head Soup. grated i love this album but it not even remotely close to their best. these poll results are strange even for ILM. how the hell does Bridges to Babylon or A Bigger Bang even get one vote? but than i love the fact that Some Girls got five votes.

Bee OK, Saturday, 2 June 2007 05:05 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah, the Goats Head Soup fiends should out/explain themselves.

JN$OT, Saturday, 2 June 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link

"A Bigger Bang" was considered sort of a "return to form", but granted I'd expect those who named it so to still vote for something from the late 60s or early 70s.

Geir Hongro, Saturday, 2 June 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link

I can see with some of the 60s psych fans on this board that Their Satanic Majesties Request would get some votes, but not that many and Beggars Banquet being that low is really surprising. I think "No Expectations" is the best song that Jagger and Richards ever wrote.

earlnash, Saturday, 2 June 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link

three years pass...

holy 1965

Brio, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Classic ILXOR poll - just the right mix of contrarianism and trendiness.

If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link

just the right mix of contrarianism and trendiness

Should be the new board description for ILM

The whine that winks back at you (KMS), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link

Yep.

ILX = "I love Pet Sounds AND 'Kokomo!' Too bad 'Good Vibrations' and 'Help me Rhonda' were such pieces of shit."

If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link

two years pass...

setlist from London 2012 show

I Wanna Be Your Man
Get Off of My Cloud
It's All Over Now
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
(with Mary J. Blige)
Wild Horses
All Down the Line
I'm Going Down
(with Jeff Beck) (Live Debut)
Out of Control
One More Shot
Doom and Gloom
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
(with Bill Wyman)
Honky Tonk Women
(with Grrregory)
Before They Make Me Run
Happy
Midnight Rambler
(with Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Start Me Up
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Sympathy for the Devil
Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want
(With choir)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Cherry oh Baby

Iago Galdston, Monday, 26 November 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link

Kind of an odd choice for Wyman to join them on; he didn't even play on the studio recording.

and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 November 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link

Bridges to Babylon and A Bigger Bang got a vote

!

Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 26 November 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, can't believe those two got votes and Tattoo You got none.

Nate Carson, Monday, 26 November 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link

would've voted for 'the rolling stones' (which isn't the same album as 'england's newest hitmakers'), which is the one i listen to most these days.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 26 November 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link

Dirty Work getting more votes than Some Girls or Flowers is one of those "only on ILM" things.

Room 227 (cryptosicko), Monday, 26 November 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link

soto got socks

buzza, Monday, 26 November 2012 05:22 (eleven years ago) link

Just noticing how many "BB" album titles they had: BB, BtheB, B&B, BtoB and aBB.

Too bad they were beaten to Blonde on Blonde, Back in Black or Beaucoups of Blues.

Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link

lol buzza

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link

Would have voted for Sticky Fingers

The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link

They ended their concert with Cherry Oh Baby? What an odd choice

Panaïs Pnin (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

that was my mistake, Yellow Kid. That was playing on the PA as people filed out!

Iago Galdston, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

I guess Street Fighting Man is a little too risky to play these days, lol

Iago Galdston, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

I dunno if this is the thread for it but I finally saw Crossfire Hurricane and while the interview content isn't necessarily anything new, goddamn I loved some of that footage (no not just naked mick bending over in front of the camera O_O). also cool to get more horse's mouth stuff from Taylor, even if it's stuff I already knew.

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 November 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link

six years pass...

How I'd rank their discography.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link

Well done. Interesting that Goat’s Head Soup escaped Meh status. I like it but I understand it has its share of detractors.

Three Borads and the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link

Ha!

Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:37 (four years ago) link

Just noticed that the title, like that of Finnegans Wake, contains no apostrophe, sorry.

Three Borads and the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:39 (four years ago) link

I disliked Goats Head Soupp for years thanks to that pustule called "Angie," but I saved it for the sake of "Winter," "Coming Round Again," and "100 Years Ago."

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link

Fair enough

Three Borads and the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link

eight months pass...

Trying to update the tracklist using only one letter substitutions, not quite there yet..

The Rolling Stones ‎– Sticky Gingers

A1 Blown Sugar
A2 Slay
A3 Wild Hordes (Part 1)
B1 Wild Hordes (Part 2)
B2 Can't You Hear Me Slocking
B3 You Gotta Love
C1 Botch
C2 I Got The Bliss
C3 Sister Morphing (Part 1)
D1 Sister Morphing (Part 2)
D2 Dear Flowers
D3 Moonlight Mule

willem, Friday, 3 July 2020 11:21 (three years ago) link


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