fair question, but i like the weird, wanky bass playing for some reason (and i almost never like wanky bass). maybe it's that it suits the song's taped-together, off-the-cuff vibe. the drums carry the beat regardless, and the bass somehow manages to imply what it's supposed to be doing even when ron's just blooping around.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
suppose i should say "charlie carries the groove regardless..."
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, she could, I suppose, be his.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
Love the Mellotron on "Jig-Saw Puzzle"
Heh, I never knew what this sound was, it makes the song for me though.
Good to see 'Winter' and 'Heartbreaker' place - there are four songs on GHS I really love but I only voted for one of them and it wasn't either of these.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
I guess the 'Spotify' playlist is impossible..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 09:06 (twelve years ago) link
Pleased that Live With Me made it. The last song I cut from my ballot.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
okay now I am wishing I had included "We Lve You" as the mysteriously missing track from my ballot
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
nm I just realized that I forgot to vote for Jigsaw Puzzle; that song is waaaaaaay too low
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
I guess the 'Spotify' playlist is impossible..I was going to ask about this but nm :( Still, good job so far, folks!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
i have been listening to every song on the poll on US spotify as it placed, afaict pretty much all the Stones essentials are on there if someone wanted to make a playlist (and i could).
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, dunno how it is in the UK, but having pretty much everything available on Spotify in the US really helped when I was putting together my ballot.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
Everything is available here too afaict, not sure what the problem is...
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Let's see if this works: http://spoti.fi/HkKd6C
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
worked for me!
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
And it's an okay in the UK too. Thanks!
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
40. Child of the Moon – 243 points (10 votes, 1x #1)
http://www.rollingstonesnet.com/images/ChildoftheMoon_PS.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/Xt37Fj1U5iM
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
Hey! My first song!
:D
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
good song but it's weird to me that it's rated so highly here
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, 4 April 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp Memo From Turner and Jigsaw Puzzle aren't showing for me (UK) - any chance you could add a duplicate from a different album to see if that works better?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'd never really paid any attention to 'Child of the Moon' until recently (I think I found mention of it on one of the other Stones threads) but it's a great song, would maybe make my 21-30.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
"Child Of The Moon" is awesome, but I am really predisposed to droney rock/music, so I know why it works for me I guess.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Starting to feel like most of my reasons for digging the Stones different than a lot of others. Very little blooze in my ballot ...
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
xpost replaced those with others, but for jigsaw in particular there aren't a lot of options.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Also, guitar at the end of "We Love You" sounds a lot like a slowed-down Robert Fripp! Cool song for sure.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
I almost voted for "Jigsaw Puzzle", very late cut. I think I decided that I could only keep one: either "Children ..." or "Jigsaw ..."! Was how I got through my ballot, did that kind of thing quite a bit.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
39. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? – 246 points (11 votes)
http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/stones_in_drag_b.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/zJCu3R1Mqk0
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
YES!
was worried about this one
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
The flower psych stones don't convince me; dirty nasty strung-out psych stones do, every time. Love this one, glad many of you agree.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Some of my favorite guitar sounds on this, Stones or otherwise.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely my favorite of their psychedelic songs.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, I also voted this one quite high. See what I mean?
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
They were great songwriters, hooks galore whether in blooze or flower/psych mode.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
38. Midnight Rambler – 264 points (10 votes, 1x #1)
http://leglessscotsman.blogit.fi/files/2009/11/1969detroitbill.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/IM-XXW6FJbw
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
You cannot gainsay the Midnight Rambler
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
that poor disembodied head, caught in bill wyman's crotchal area
― buzza, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
so great.
everyone needs to watch that youtube roger linked as well, the Marquee Club version KILLS so hard.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Not a great song, but one the Stones have done some fantastic mind-blowing performances of.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
I first heard "Child Of The Moon" on Yung Wu's (Feelies side project) Shore Leave (1987). Even better is Band Of Susan's version on Love Agenda (1989). It wasn't until I picked up the London Years discs in the 90s that I finally heard the original. That may be why I wished the Stones version had a bit more oomf to it.
"Midnight Rambler" might . . . ramble some, but how can you say it's not a great song??
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Midnight Rambler not a good song? Pshaw, it's a great song...
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
possibly the Stones' 38th-finest hour
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there's such an embarrassment of riches that MR inevitably winds up being 2nd tier....is it just me (don't choose that) or is this one of the more poll-arizing polls thus far? I guess the catalogue is varied enough to have different stones for different folks
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
Hah! It's an ok song, but surely the #1 vote was for the live potential of the song, not the song itself. If not speak up #1 Rambler fan.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
I can say it's not a great song because I don't see the lyrics as anything special, and there's nothing else left to distinguish it from any other 16-bar blues. That's not a problem for me, mind you, when they play the hell out of it.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
keef's guitar playing on midnight rambler is scary.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
^ this. The little figures he plays in the minute or so before "You heard about the Boston..." are so quietly terrifying.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I guess the catalogue is varied enough to have different stones for different folks
I've always felt like this would be an important element of the really good polls, and it has been present in e.g. Bowie, but the Stones is the first where I can feel like fans of one era might hate other eras.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler? He'll leave his footprints up and down your hall Did you hear about the Midnight Rambler? Did you see me make my midnight call
And if you catch the Midnight Rambler I'll steal your mistress from under your nose Well, go easy with your cold fandango I'll stick my knife right down your throat Baby, and it hurts!
It's more chilling and effective than say, The Doors' "The End." Less pretentious maybe?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
always found that song deeply silly
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
x-post re: Doors A McDonald's hamburger is preferable to a piece of shit. What's your point?
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
I think I have a problem with any time Mick Jagger attempts being dark/threatening. dude is a clown, you can't do the rooster in yellow hotpants and then expect me to take you seriously as the prince of darkness or whatever.
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link