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

I love it towards the end when all the backup singers sort of split apart and start doing their own thing, it's glorious

arguably mick's finest hour as a vocal performer and lyricist.

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.

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

John Farnham! Pretty sure Whispering Jack was the first album I ever bought.

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.

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

We should save this for the John Farnham poll

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.

Does it have the little 'jjjack' in the corner of the sleeve? I love that.

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

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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.

21. Let’s Spend The Night Together – 445 points (22 votes)

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oh yeah, that one

weird that i never even considered voting for it. dumb ol me...

BADABADA BA BA BADADA

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

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

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 ...

i'm goin' red and my - tonguegettintied - TONGUETTINTIED!

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.

Is it Keith on piano?

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.

Well, our friend Wikipedia credits both Jack Nitzsche AND Keith Richards with piano, so not sure how to pick out who is playing what.

Wyman credited with nothing btw

It would be hilarious if the credit actually read:

Bill Wyman - nothing

You can edit it, right?

kinda think there's too much Exile here cos I like breadth & the Stones have a lotta songs, but no biggie

Bill Wyman - sulking, brooding, handclaps

Not sure he was even invited to the studio that day. Wonder how often that happened.

Jagger's remarks about Wyman in the '95 Wenner interview are not flattering ("There's a guy who doesn't do anything")

didn't wyman write the riff for jumpin jack flash? deserves his place in r&r history for that alone.

According to biographies, Wyman was also the one who helped himself to the most groupies, by far. It was almost a compulsion, apparently.

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.

20. 19th Nervous Breakdown – 456 points (21 votes, 1x #1)

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Man, love "19th Nervous Breakdown". My #18.

damn, if i hadn't cut it from my ballot at the last minute it might've actually come in 19th place

Don't know that joke Alfred, do I want to?

kinda think there's too much Exile here cos I like breadth & the Stones have a lotta songs, but no biggie

yeah, but it's an alltime great album with few standout hits, so it was inevitable

here comes your 19th nervous mackeral

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

is Wyman hidden inside the mountain of cocaine or something

What, Manassas wouldn't have him?

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.

Keef's observations on Wyman in his book are pretty funny, where he basically says the only thing that Wyman was doing with all those women on his list was drinking cups of tea

"19th nervous breakdown" is amazing and a great wyman showcase, but the unsympathetic viciousness bothers me, not a favorite

tyler beating me to the wyman defense

where he basically says the only thing that Wyman was doing with all those women on his list was drinking cups of tea

jealous

I ended up taking 19th Nervous Breakdown off, but I love it.

Guitar break after the pause...you gotta STOP...look around DANANANAAAAAAAAAA *AIR GUITAR* so good.

xpost you'd think so but the way he describes Wyman as being uptight and kinda prudish, it's more that he can't really comprehend Wyman doing anything at all with a woman, lol

like he kind of categorises Wymans as an obsessive listmaker rather than lover of women