i didn't do the Timbaland poll on a spreadsheet but i think i'll definitely use it for the Jay-Z one, looks very helpful
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Lady Jane is just too precious-sounding in every possible way. for me it's like nails on a chalkboard-Stones.
get this, cuz it's what "i am waiting" does to me. can't stand that one. but lady jane is just so fucking weird, so incredibly stilted and wrong that it becomes charming in some inexplicable way.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
and you get these terrible crass people knocking on your door
Haha...when Mick was in New York around this time, he tried to pay a visit to Miles Davis. Miles refused to come to the door.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
the Dre remix is awesome, it's one of the only ones I've heard that that I've loved
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
god, that "miss you" rmx is horrid
(lol, VG. can't win em all)
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
could rly go for 'a case of wine' right about now.
― piscesx, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, love "miss you", love disco stones, glad to see it finish so high
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Miss You wasn't coming together at all, then Billy said, Try playing octave riffs on the bass.
- Bill Wyman, 2011
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
you're horrid, contenderizer
whatEVER at you :)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.undercover.fm/medias/xmedium/5392.jpg?1288063283
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
ha amazing; Stones wine!
― piscesx, Friday, 6 April 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
free headscarf with every case
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
rolling stones merch through the years could be its own amazing thread tbh. poster art too.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
9. Street Fighting Man – 685 points (27 votes, 4x #1)
http://991.com/NewGallery/Rolling-Stones-Street-Fighting-M-294456.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/qUO8ScYVeDo
http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOStreetFighting.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
great one but i'm a little surprised it got this high
― some dude, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
all-time great riff to open, secret weapon brian jones on sitar takes this one over the top
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't think we'd see that. I've never cared for it.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
also mick's turn on "dancing in the street" - not a lot of acts do this any more, use pop as a conversation
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
(hip hop does this all the time of course, but i'm thinking pop/rock)
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
think this was like 11 or 12 for me; this song is bad to the bone
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
I love the drums in this, and the jangly guitar, it *feels* like fighting music
and the kinda weird timing/phrasing
I didn't think I liked this until I started putting my ballot together, then I coudln't stop listening to it. It's just really unique-sounding to me, I love it. And it's definitely one of those great time and place songs, historically/culturally speaking
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
this is rock sitar done right imo - no orientalist decoration, just finding a way to take a "new" instrument and make your shit more badass
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
like basically every song in this countdown, "it's great", but yeah, i'm also surprised to see it this high. verses are thrilling, seem to seethe with imminent chaos and violence (like "gimme shelter", the sound of the ground giving way beneath your feet), which makes the relatively staid chorus a bit of a disappointment. great arrangement though.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Love the collision of sounds on street fighting man: piano, guitars, sitar, some kind of horn? Mick's shouts. Get Down!
― BrianB, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
i think this song did as much as "angie" to spark my interest in phonology
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Street Fighting Man is my favorite song of all time.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I think the staid chorus is part of why I like it so much; lot of the big-hit Stones songs have a lot of release in the chorus, and that doesn't happen here. None of the tension from the verse (which are kind of askew) ever gets released and the whole thing seems kind of tangled & gnarled. It's great to hear these guys try to work songs like this, that doesn't quite offer the easy immediate payoff, into their blooze-country-rawk formula
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
this will sound kinda corny but I find this a really 'energizing' song, like a blast of caffeine or something
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
I was adding "Moonlight Mile" to playlist and noticed Lee Fields covers it on his latest album. Not bad!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
This song is badass, my #3. Have always loved it, always will. Can't understand what there is to not like about it. Especially cool the way the piano kinda lays out and then, when the chorus kicks in, does this kinda frantic pounding (that is still pretty mind you) while the big sitar drone hangs in the background. And then the (what sounds like) bowed sitar playing over the outro ... super cool. Love the odd vocal phrasing as well.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Cool favorite song, kornrulez!
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
sidenote: loving the spotify playlist, guys! thanks to whoever's maintaining that (I lost that detail somewhere in the murk of this thread, lol)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
xpost: Thanks. And my #2 song of all time is another Stones song which has yet to place, but no doubt it will.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
I am on my 4th straight listen to "Street Fighting Man"
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
it's a killer
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, Street Fighting Man is a lot better than I'd thought. It's really good. If I were to change one thing it'd be to remove the snare, and let the whole thing float in that beautiful mess of a mix. Then I'd ramp up the vocal.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
totally worthy placing for the majestic "street fighting man". that bass line, that snarling vocal, man. fucking perfect really.
― charlie h, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
my no. 10 apparently, but should have been higher.
― charlie h, Friday, 6 April 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
8. No Expectations – 689 points (30 votes, 2x #1)
http://k20.kn3.net/06BE0AB72.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/qUO8ScYVeDo
http://www.timeisonourside.com/SONoExpectations.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Hey! I had written that one off! :D
― a lot of seriously talentless bassists out there (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Fine song, position is way inflated.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
^ otm, was my #5
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
One reason I really like "Street Fighting Man" is that it doesn't do much aping of any other band/genre. It is a very original Stones song, and actually sounds inspired.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't put it ahead of Moonlight Mile personally, but I'm happy it's got so much love nonetheless
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure why the pic didn't work. Trying again:
http://i40.tinypic.com/20hmx07.jpg
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Oooops, enough of that. "No Expectations"! My #5 as well, helluva song.
― grandavis, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
no expectations is incredible. the acoustic guitar sound is all time.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
I don't actually know this one, nice to have a treat inside the top ten
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
...the top ten. But 1 mystery. Hmmmmm.
Mystery song solved.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link