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

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

ah yeah working now cheers!

Five of mine have placed so far, the highest my #10 ("Play with Fire"). I'm still suffering PTSD from cutting tracks like "Sweet Virginia" and "Torn and Frayed" from my ballot.

25. 2000 Light Years From Home – 380 points (15 votes)

http://www.iconic-culture.com/catalog/2000a.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/c_f_tkpFxv4

surprise!

Too low or too high? Figured it would make it (though I didn't vote for it).

seems right

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.

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, April 5, 2012

<3

"winter" was my #5

24. Honky Tonk Women – 411 points (18 votes)

http://classmatesmemorylane.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/may-31-rolling-stones.jpg?w=640&h=511
http://www.youtu.be/4Cxsgn2UzQ0

The guitar on this song is my favorite shit

Like the guitar, get distracted by the rest. For some reason this always just comes off as too hokey for me. Maybe I have heard it so many times that it's charms are just utterly telegraphed to death, and thus not charming any more.

never cared about it much past the intro until my cover band of shame days. turns out it is super super fun and people like it a lot.

the "blew my nose" line is so stupid

There are a lot of songs that are fun to cover, it really can redeem them when it comes to listening to them after the fact (spoken from my own cover band experience, though with no shame, it was always just for fun/parties ...)

the "blew my nose" line is so stupid

Hence its brilliance.

the Prince "Honky Tonk Women" is classic

impressed no one has made a cowbell crack yet

23. Under My Thumb – 423 points (18 votes)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/210/altamonthd6.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/7mZdvFSiWQI

Best marimbas in rock.

No way! I was expecting this at no.2.

I feel slightly guilty that I dig the Altamont version the most.

funny you should say. the pic didn't work, but it was supposed to be this:

http://i44.tinypic.com/1492t6w.jpg

The guy gurning from 1:21 onwards is terrifying

god that pic just freezes my stomach

Thought this would be higher for some reason as well (though it was a late cut from my ballot). The marimba hook is classic in itself, I agree.

that so-mental-it-works-and-goes-next-level ornamentation is really what was lost with jones. the ruby tuesday recorder, the (as yet unheard-from) mad sitar that takes "paint it, black" over the edge

i'm surprised there aren't more "sexist!" charges just about now

oh right, sorry: what is sexist exactly about the rolling stones' under my thumb?

"Under My Thumb" has had a lot more not-actually-sexist defenses than a lot of other Stones songs (many of which are plainly indefensible on that front), don't really see the need for that convo in this thread and least of all about that song

xpost

although i'm kind of amazed that thread doesn't bring up Ellen Willis: http://jezebel.com/5797747/the-willis-test-is-the-new-bechdel-test

Indian Girl is more offensive, right? If only from a quality POV!

if we're widening the net from sexist to offensive then "Thumb" wouldn't even make the top 10 Stones songs up for debate

POLLED IN THE MARKET DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS

haha, so true some dude

it's OK, Rog, your first poll thread had the probably best poll title pun ever

ha. point being, i ruled the above out on the basis of "too offensive"

it's easy to forget how "edgy" dudes were in their day. my gf grew up in a funk/soul/gospel household and is relatively new to the notion of enjoying music made by white people. she's coming round on the Stones based on a) stolen from black people and b) "winter," but remarked last night in re "sweet virginia" whoa they did swear a lot huh? and i'm like "and that's the lyrics you can make out." then put on "star star"

Exile is probably one of the first major rock records w/substantial profanity in the lyrics.

damn, this is really low for Under My Thumb. does Heart of Stone even stand a chance anymore?

I don't have much of a feeling on Under My Thumb except I don't really like it. I find it kinda, skeevy? Something. I hate the line about she's a siamese cat of a girl, it just gets in my head and blehhhh yuk.

The sexism? I mean, you could argue that they've had that same basic pose for their whole career, it's kind of stupid to just hone in on one song. You form a band with a bunch of oversexed horndogs, that's what happens.

I just heard "No Scrubs" again. Still far more sexist than "Under My Thumb."

― rogermexico., Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:33 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf

say whatnow

love "2000 light years from home", was my #2 (though largely for strategic reasons). one of the few genuinely psychedelic stones stones that actually works.

love "brown sugar", too, but didn't vote for it. exposure fatigue, i guess, cuz it's a hell of a lot of fun.

"under my thumb" is brilliant full stop & brilliantly nasty (those marimbas! "sweetest ... pet in the world"), but it's always irritated the shit out of me, so i cut it w prejudice.

and yeah, boggled by the "no scrubs" comment

xpost we can discuss it in this thread if u like: what is sexist, exactly, about TLC's "No Scrubs"?

Wow, voting "2000 Light Years ..." #2 for strategic reasons is pretty heavy. Interested to see just how gamed other people's ballots are.