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
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
24. Honky Tonk Women – 411 points (18 votes)
http://classmatesmemorylane.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/may-31-rolling-stones.jpg?w=640&h=511http://www.youtu.be/4Cxsgn2UzQ0
The guitar on this song is my favorite shit
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
the "blew my nose" line is so stupid
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
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 ...)
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Hence its brilliance.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
the Prince "Honky Tonk Women" is classic
― ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
impressed no one has made a cowbell crack yet
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
23. Under My Thumb – 423 points (18 votes)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/210/altamonthd6.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/7mZdvFSiWQI
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Best marimbas in rock.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
No way! I was expecting this at no.2.
I feel slightly guilty that I dig the Altamont version the most.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
funny you should say. the pic didn't work, but it was supposed to be this:
http://i44.tinypic.com/1492t6w.jpg
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
The guy gurning from 1:21 onwards is terrifying
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
god that pic just freezes my stomach
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
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
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
i'm surprised there aren't more "sexist!" charges just about now
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
oh right, sorry: what is sexist exactly about the rolling stones' under my thumb?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
"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
― ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
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
― ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Indian Girl is more offensive, right? If only from a quality POV!
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
if we're widening the net from sexist to offensive then "Thumb" wouldn't even make the top 10 Stones songs up for debate
― ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
POLLED IN THE MARKET DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
haha, so true some dude
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
it's OK, Rog, your first poll thread had the probably best poll title pun ever
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
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"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Exile is probably one of the first major rock records w/substantial profanity in the lyrics.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
damn, this is really low for Under My Thumb. does Heart of Stone even stand a chance anymore?
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
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
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
say whatnow
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
and yeah, boggled by the "no scrubs" comment
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
xpost we can discuss it in this thread if u like: what is sexist, exactly, about TLC's "No Scrubs"?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, voting "2000 Light Years ..." #2 for strategic reasons is pretty heavy. Interested to see just how gamed other people's ballots are.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
feel like i walked into /mra
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still trying to understand why I included "Who's Driving Your Plane?" on my ballot
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
I don't want no "No Scrubs" discussion itt
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
this is prob the wrong thread for it, but the willis test strikes me as nonsense. for one thing, i could see a woman singing "wild world" to her (young, naive and handsome toyboy) lover. make a good marianne faithful song, imo. for another, lots of not-sexist songs wouldn't work terribly well with the genders reversed: "street fighting man", for instance.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
^ more crap that doesn't belong itt
2000 light years was my #3 for the reason that it has always been one of my favorite stones songs
― buzza, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
see ppl this is why I didnt vote Under My Thumb
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
i did!
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
i could see a woman singing "wild world" to her (young, naive and handsome toyboy) lover
Concrete Blonde's "Joey" was not yet dreamt of in Ellen Willis' 1971 philosophy
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, rolling stones - great band!
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
anyway re frank's comment in the under my thumb thread basically saying it's all ironic/in character -- this might be true and i'm typically willing to believe it, but i'm so sick of it. feel like this is basically the defense used every single time an old rocker is accused of being shitty and there's no way it's always true. people really need to be able to fathom the possibility that their favorite decrepit rock stars were shitty people in the 70s.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
Did not mean to imply that "2000 Light Years ..." was not awesome! Just interested in the strategic poll phenomena. Pretty much all of these songs are great, probably why there isn't much hand-wringing going on with this poll compared to the others I've taken part in.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
not saying i don't love the song! i do love it, but considering there were like 40 songs i absolutely HAD to vote for and no way to for me to sensibly "rank" a lot of them, my whole ballot was essentially strategic.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link