jeez every song from exile huh guys
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
Is this the best song on Exile? I think it probably is.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
oh yes, there was no way i was leaving this off my ballot--glad it's above shine a light, which this is superior to
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I subbed in Let It Loose for every other song on Exile that I wanted to vote for.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
#7 for me I think
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
my #3. this is one of those tracks that, like, i thought i was the only one, and i am so happy to find out i'm not alone. with exile the whole is obv greater than sum of parts but i think ismael is otm. it's perfect.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
like, i'm truly astonished that it came in this high, and on the other hand it's way too low.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
I love it towards the end when all the backup singers sort of split apart and start doing their own thing, it's glorious
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
arguably mick's finest hour as a vocal performer and lyricist.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
I've been so out of it this week -- when "Let It Loose" popped up, my first thought was "damn, I wish I'd voted for that." Then I looked at my ballot and saw that I had it in my top 10. The backing vocals make this song for me.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Vanetta Fields was a backup singer for australian singer John Farnham when I was a kid & thought he was the bees knees - she's sung for everyone but she was one of the backup singers on Exile & I think she's pretty awesome
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
John Farnham! Pretty sure Whispering Jack was the first album I ever bought.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
I laid it on the parcel shelf during the long journey home and the sun melted a big bump in it. But it still played, unlike the 7" of Jack Your Body that was beside it and got totally wrecked.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
He was the best thing since sliced bread in like 5th Grade. I watched that bloody whispering jack live concert vhs so many times, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
We should save this for the John Farnham poll
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
I still have a 7" of Jack Your Body which I could tape for you. If I still had a record player. And a cassette player. And a cassette.
― Let's Talk About Socks (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Does it have the little 'jjjack' in the corner of the sleeve? I love that.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:52 AM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
feel the same, blows "shine a light" away, didn't vote for it. voted for "only" 3 exile tracks, the highest of which won't even place, i bet.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
21. Let’s Spend The Night Together – 445 points (22 votes)
http://i42.tinypic.com/tagcwh.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/OqQ9FCVmPaI
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah, that one
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
weird that i never even considered voting for it. dumb ol me...
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
BADABADA BA BA BADADA
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
that one and "Under My Thumb," i really sat down not thinking either had a strong possibility of making my ballot out of all the big canonical singles there wouldn't be room for, but both ultimately felt like they had to stay
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Let's Spend The Night Together is one that I never think of as a favorite, but I always enjoy hearing it when it comes my way
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
My highest to place so far, though I am not sure why I placed it quite so high? I mean, I love it, but this ballot sure turned me around. Would move it down a bit today ...
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i'm goin' red and my - tonguegettintied - TONGUETTINTIED!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't vote for this, but it's great and per my note upthread it's really hard to get just how edgy it was at the time.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Is it Keith on piano?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy how little guitar there is on it, but it is a steamroller of a song (due to the chugging piano). Like how the vocals get a little more insistent as the song moves on. An obvious ploy, but effective nonetheless.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
Well, our friend Wikipedia credits both Jack Nitzsche AND Keith Richards with piano, so not sure how to pick out who is playing what.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wyman credited with nothing btw
It would be hilarious if the credit actually read:
Bill Wyman - nothing
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
You can edit it, right?
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
kinda think there's too much Exile here cos I like breadth & the Stones have a lotta songs, but no biggie
― Euler, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Wyman - sulking, brooding, handclaps
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure he was even invited to the studio that day. Wonder how often that happened.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Jagger's remarks about Wyman in the '95 Wenner interview are not flattering ("There's a guy who doesn't do anything")
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
didn't wyman write the riff for jumpin jack flash? deserves his place in r&r history for that alone.
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
According to biographies, Wyman was also the one who helped himself to the most groupies, by far. It was almost a compulsion, apparently.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
every time I hear the story of Wyman and groupies I think of the joke about the man who fucked a four-day-old mackerel.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
20. 19th Nervous Breakdown – 456 points (21 votes, 1x #1)
http://i44.tinypic.com/j9njw5.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/1pQqYG9YQW4
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Man, love "19th Nervous Breakdown". My #18.
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
damn, if i hadn't cut it from my ballot at the last minute it might've actually come in 19th place
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Don't know that joke Alfred, do I want to?
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, but it's an alltime great album with few standout hits, so it was inevitable
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
here comes your 19th nervous mackeral
― some dude, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones plays bass on and co-authored "The Love Gangster" and is reported to have said that he would have left the Stones to join Manassas.
i like the idea of jagger and stills negotiating a deal whereby the stones get rid of wyman by sending manassas a mountain of cocaine
― buzza, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
is Wyman hidden inside the mountain of cocaine or something
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
What, Manassas wouldn't have him?
― grandavis, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Had 19th Nervous Breakdown up high, in my top 5 I think. One of the great 60s rock singles imo. and another great Wyman moment -- the dive bomb bass at the end! so rad.
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link