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

I was thinking abut this in the car on the way home from work, that sticky fingers/exile and other albums that I'm not thinking of show how good the Stones were at what NOT to include on a song, when to be big and brassy, when to be silent, you know everything is so well crafted even though it always *feels* loose and off the cuff. I dunno. They have a talent for arranging, I think. Is that mostly Keef, or Mick, or all of them?

From the Hail Hail documentary I got the impression that Keef is actually a pretty good band-wrangler

surprised its not at the top ten

Despite Mick's reputation (mostly Keith's cavils) for "modernizing," he's a damn good producer.

is that jimmy miller?

as producer Mick helmed the post-Jimmy Miller period from '74 to '80 -- as Keith himself has acknowledged several times.

due to its length, breadth and general go-for-broke ottness, "you can't always get what you want" is initially spectacular, but gets tiresome fast.

"dead flowers" is forever

that is indeed Mister Jimmy

This is another one I really came to love in the process of learning how to sing it. Would love it much, much more if it opened with the just the guitar and the horn. Don't mind the choir at the end but hate it at the beginning.

thanks Rog

i really don't understand how charlie couldn't play this beat so jimmy miller had to?

as someone else mentioned, the version on Brussels '73 boot with the extended sax solo is killer

i love the choir, smart ass puncture of the sentimentality and 'wisdom' before mick has sang a word but then at the end comes back in to make the whole thing the epic it had started out mocking. it's like in that wes anderson movie when gene hackman is telling a lie and halfway thru telling it realizes it's the truth. their 'hey jude' fwiw, but so much better imo. i had it at #20.

so we saving the top 15 for tomorrow, or just the top 10?

their 'hey jude' fwiw, but so much better imo.

don't think it's any better than "hey jude", but then i don't think it's any worse. both brilliant, timeless songs, both can be a little hard to take.

plus the best moment (tough task) in the big chill is jobeth williams playing this on the organ at kevin costner's funeral.

kind of dislike this, not sure why

It goes for to bloody long, iirc

*too

#1 on my most-hated list

so we saving the top 15 for tomorrow, or just the top 10?

― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, April 5, 2012

top 10

16. Monkey Man – 515 points (23 votes, 1x #1)

https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/StonesLeedsRettie059MHG.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/DMgyTUtdkpA

http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOMonkey.html

unexpected

great song, and i hate to say this, but WAY TOO HIGH! jeez louise.

FWIW, the 45 mix of "You Can't..." cuts the choir along with segments f the lyrics.

the results are all kinds o' weird

most popular Stones songs on youtube:
1. Angie
2. Satisfaction
3. Paint it black
4. Brown Sugar
5. Sympathy for the devil

wonder what ilx top 5 will be for comparison

wyman on the vibes!

hearing this song in goodfellas is what prompted me to deliberately listen to the rolling stones (ie buy an album - let it bleed). haven't looked back.

a trifle too satanic!

let's not start guessing what's left...

dig "Monkey Man" but it's interesting to see the kind of song that's consensus on ILM evidently: 68-72, solid meat & potatoes Stones, the earthy years. did we do a general 70s poll on this board? thinking there's more taste for classic rock here than I thought

monkey man is one of those songs where it's great and then if you break it down into its individual parts it is even more great

Pretty classic, on my ballot, though here it's above some songs I love a lot more. (Let it Loose was my #1.)

feel free to say a few words about "let it loose"!

Speaking of Satanic, anyone see Fallen (1998) with Denzel Washington? I think that's the one that put "Time Is On My Side" to effectively creepy use, where a serial killer is executed, but his spirit possesses different people to carry on the same kind of killings, and always whistles that song.

every time ABKCO gets paid like that a kitten ODs

on catnip, guys, on catnip

hey balls, it is real nice to see you posting more again

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it's interesting to see the kind of song that's consensus on ILM evidently: 68-72, solid meat & potatoes Stones

Nothing wrong with focusing on that 5 year period. It was a doozy. But with these polls, it seems the songs that win are usually the frontrunners, like When the Levee Breaks & Life On Mars. If Gimme Shelter wins by less than 100 points, I'd be surprised.

The intro to Monkey Man is exquisite and I cannot believe how much I always love it. My #6.

You Can't Always Get What You Want: My #3. Even after living through Classic Rock Radio and hearing this song way more times than necessary, I still am completely in love with everything about it, including the choir and the lyrics and the overplayedness.

hearing this song in goodfellas is what prompted me to deliberately listen to the rolling stones (ie buy an album - let it bleed). haven't looked back.

― balls, Friday, April 6, 2012 12:03 AM (33 minutes ago)

Hehe, same thing happened to me, except it was Nilsson! Didn't realize Monkey Man was even in Goodfellas, tho, but it makes sense, so sleazy and paranoid. My #2.

the slide and piano breakdown from approx 2:30 to 3:10 is awfully nice too imo

Ugh, remind me to switch my i and u keys around. self xp

15. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – 544 points (23 votes)

http://vedettesbritanniques.retrojeunesse60.com/TheRollingStones4.jpg
http://www.youtu.be/8_VbImuG71M

lol it's the same scene as the nilsson! maybe someone can pipe up w/ a 'i owe my george harrison fandom to goodfellas'.

15

felt like i *should* have voted for satisfaction, but didn't

monkey man is tremendous, my #4

xp currently at work, would love to say more later tho

hey balls, it is real nice to see you posting more again

― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Thursday, April 5, 2012 8:31 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

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