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

I thought people hated Get Off My Cloud

I adore it -- more than "Satisfaction." THIS is what I want from early Stones: it's dangerous and sexy.

and the lyrics are a muddle, of course.

sometimes i LOVE it - such a racket! sometimes it sounds slight. more often i lean to the former but i did leave it off my ballot. never prefer it to 'satisfaction' though - you can make all the racket you want, 'satisfaction' has that riff and that orbison beat.

get off my cloud WAY too low (but great to see it anyway)! such an awesome kiss-off song, something the stones did better than just about anyone, ever.

with "paint it black" and "satisfaction" one of three early classics that i felt i couldn't deny. should have saved space for "play with fire" though.

I love the beat on Get Off of My Cloud, very of its time but it's a sock hop tune with malice

popular entry on 'get off of my cloud' - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/04/ken-dodd-tears/

This was one of the few "classics" I voted for.

Loving Cup is far too low. The bridge is quite possibly my favorite bit of music, ever.

so true, korn-and yes, that is one insanely great bridge

love that hammering on the drums in Get Off My Cloud, doo doo, doo-doo, doo doo BADABADABADABADA

speaking of drums, let's not ignore the drums in "bitch" just bc the horns are loud. the turnaround is tiiiight.

Alfred otm; cloud >>> satisfaction. You could say this was the last song I cut from my ballot intentionally...

28. Sweet Virginia – 326 points (15 votes)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljzoi4OYW51qcwhbgo1_500.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/sa3uNiUCrp0

hell yeah

my #2.....TOO LOW! Should've gone all the way. Fuck the canon.

My fave hometown street musician's 2 AM weekend special: conjures up bitterly cold damp nights in front of the library and a random crowd of variously disheveled souls passing by, stopping, joining in--THE great Stones chorus for drunkenly passionate wailing....

Another of my votes! This song is so rad!

my #3

Mick's harmonica is a thing of beauty...the muddy vocals, the handclaps, the languid guitar, the way it turns into an awesome raucous singalong...this is my idea of a perfect Stones song. Just hanging out playing the music they were born to play.

A friend of mine told me once that this song reminds him of me and it was about the biggest compliment anyone's ever paid me. (Though I didn't think too hard about WHY it reminded him of me, lol)

I saw a live clip from '94 in which Jagger's harmonica part was as piercing as ever.

27. She’s A Rainbow – 344 points (16 votes)

http://musicdef.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Shes-a-rainbow-.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/8sZLzfm0GZU

loving all these 7" picture sleeves

you would

hell yeah "sweet virginia"! that's some singalong country stones i can hang with. wanna say "too low" or some such, but i had it too low on my ballot, so i can't complain. "got to scrape that shit right off your shoes" kills me every time.

She's a Rainbow! Another one of mine!

otoh, have never liked "she's a rainbow". too treacly by half.

(lol, sorry llb)

I'm not a fan of she's a rainbow either

when i was like 9 i loved this record and this song so much. so joyful!

26. Torn and Frayed – 350 points (15 votes)

http://cdn.umg3.net/rollingstones/files/imagecache/thickbox_popup/photos/DT_KeithChairGuitar_003.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/khRFhrhcJrs

Even though I voted Sweet Virginia as my #3, Torn and Frayed is my abiding personal favorite on Exile...when I heard Exile for the first time it was the first song that really hit me hard, and I think it was that song that really, truly made me fall in love with these guys.

I couldn't put it on my ballot because it felt too personal, I felt weird even ranking it...but I'm so glad it's got love here because it's a fucking great song.

Just as long as the guitar plays...

<3 that photo Rog, you're doing a bangup job here

Wow, I had no idea She's A Rainbow was so popular. I never thought it would be here, although I like it a lot (though it didn't make my ballot)

wow, sort of boggled that you'd love a song so much you couldn't vote for it, VG, but if you had to pick one to feel so strongly about, "torn & frayed" ain't a bad way to go...

yeah it sounds kind dumb when I say it out loud but I sort of separated it out and thought, well just because it's my FAVORITE song doesn't mean it's the BEST song. And I tried to have a good reason for putting each song in my ballot and "I just fucking love this song" didn't carry enough water, lol

lol, it oughtta carry a lot of water, imo, but i guess i understand. you have to be careful with the things you love.

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)

http://spoti.fi/HkKd6C

9 of my 20 have placed so far, including my #1 & #2
no expectations, no worries

Pretty sure my #2 won't place (not even sure it had a chance). Several others have. I approve of these results and await the inevitable Gimme Shelter victory.

five of mine so far, including my #1 (first - and thus the loneliest - #1 vote to show), but i have high hopes for the top 25

I've given up hope of '100 Years Ago' placing now, reckon we're done with the GHS tracks.

I SAY NO! "star star" is a lock, and i'm still holding out hope for "100 years ago"

Torn and Frayed = my #2. A beguiling song. VegemiteGrrl otm.

8 of mine have shown up, including my #2 and #4. Sure plenty of the others will place but I'm unsure about my #1 & #3 - not sure my fave deep cuts from the Obvious Four are the same as everybody else's.

My nos. 3 (Undercover of the Night) and 13 (Waiting on a Friend) have shown, which is twice as many as I'd expected frankly. I've got one other could appear, but I suspect I'm just a wellwisher from here on in.

Thanks yawl for Winter btw - I'd never really got it before, but I'm running through the playlist just now and it blew me away.

I count nine of mine so far; "Sweet Virginia" and "Get Off My Cloud" were right on the fence. Glad to see "She's a Rainbow"--the Rolling Stones seem so temperamentally ill-suited to psychedelicizing (I made up that word with some help from the Chambers Brothers), but they pull it off beautifully there.

Only four of mine have placed so far. There was never any question that "Torn and Frayed" would make my ballot, though. What VG said upthread about feeling weird ranking it otm.

Can't really believe I cut "Got Off Of My Cloud", "Loving Cup", and "Sweet Virginia" from my ballot. With "Sweet Virginia" I figured that, since I live in Virginia, it was kinda too sentimental and obvious to include it. "... Cloud" just seemed like it has been in my life so long I should let it go, but "Loving Cup" shoulda made it somehow. Great song, worth it for the piano alone.

Also, though I don't want to encourage guessing at what #1 will be, I can think of at least one strong contender other than "Gimme Shelter".

i feel like i could have made a ballot based on any number of adjectives, but went mostly with "sleazy" and "major jams" to help me decide
hence, "bitch" is my personal favorite sleazy stones jam. (i was the #1 vote for that song, haven't been keeping up but you guys are doing a splendid job so far)
also thanks for the spotify playlist

is that Spotify playlist working for anyone else?

great thread/results so far.

there were only 7 subscribers, but it looks fine to me