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

well, I meant at length. I admire Jagger's immense aversion to "confessional" garbage.

The fascinating thing is that Mick and Keef have known each other for so long that they know exactly what to say to each other publicly to really get at them. Like, even if Mick doesn't respond to all that calling out in the book, you *know* he threw the book at the wall.

to/about each other publicly, I mean

Oh, not taking a pop, it's more I'd just been reading that & thought it was pretty damn stylish.

Come to think of it, why didn't Wyman write it from "Bill Wyman"'s pov? That woulda been cool!

This might have been problematic. Critic Wyman was sued by Stone Wyman for using the name Bill Wyman. Funny thing was, Critic Wyman was always Bill Wyman, whereas Stone Wyman wasn't Bill Wyman until 1963. Prior to that, he was William George Perks.

I mean, I think the real nitty gritty shit Keef keeps under his hat. He only airs the laundry that makes himself look good. He's not calling out Mick for the crap that everyone hates. Just the stuff where Mick maybe already is on the back foot, ie his solo outings etc.

what's left for 2nd and first?
Shelter and Sugar?

Brown Sugar already placed, didn't it?

or am I high?

even if Mick doesn't respond to all that calling out in the book, you *know* he threw the book at the wall.

uhh Mick would never chip good paint by throwing a book against it, never mind damaging a book.

shhh no spoilers, but Sugar's been already

garage wall, lol

yeah it was
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2. Mixed Emotions. 1027 points (41 votes, 23x #1)

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otm

Alfred...(taps foot)

no sympathy for anything else

if you weren't so lovely I'd flag you, Soto :)

Mick's Emotions

haha

I like that you cobbled up some real stats for that, Alfred

that's what Keith called it!

"So get off the fence now
It's creasin' your BUTT"

Well, I can go home now ....

you know, this will sound dumb but I didn't know that these last 2, if they are what I think they are, would be the 2 favorite songs.
I don't know why. Just kinda surprises me.

nice song, but 2nd?!

more than "kinda surprise" imo

that's what Keith called it!

Stole it from a magazine cover, sorry...

I thought that one would get the treatment Satisfaction got, certainly

(I stole it, not Keith)

xps one of them was the #2 in the 20th Century poll, so I imagined it would do well here.

I voted for one pretty low, but not the other. Shoulda voted for the other as well, but I reined in my big hit votes and it somehow did not make the cut. Like both songs plenty, interested to see the vote totals vs. #1 votes.

But really, gotta go home. Look forwards to seeing the results. Thanks roger!

*waves*

2. Sympathy For The Devil – 1026 points (40 votes, 1x #1)

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http://www.youtu.be/vDVq50i6Zzc

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

UGH

All I know about the history of Western civilization I learned from this song.

"Pleeeze allow me to introduce mahself...."

No, thanks, I have to clean my teeth!

No, it's wonderful. I thought it might be just me though.

wait Alfred you don't like this song!?

My worst.

Keith's solo is hot but the rest is ennnnnnnnnndleeessss. lol hippies

kinda shocked

NB the margin between "sway" at #4 and "sympathy" at #2 is less than 10 points

When I was a kid we walked to school past my church. One morning, which must have been 1987, we found it covered with graffiti saying stuff like '25 years of The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil'. It seemed outrageous then, and not really any less so now.

It was likely my first introduction to them as anything other than a thing old people might like.

Bongos/percussion on Sympathy is my favorite thing about this song

(the GNR cover at the end of Interview with a Vampire was one of my favorite things as a teenager, lol 90s)

I used to hate "Sympathy", then came to dig it on account of the solo, but I can understand completely hating it still.

Keef's solo <3

I found it hard to believe, but my wife insisted she was unfamiliar with Sympathy and most other Stones songs before meeting me. Apparently people at her college in the mid 90s only listened to Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and Cat Stephens. It was fun observing her hear the song with fresh ears. The riddle-like lyrics are great.

Just that demon life got me in its sway. That was a staple on mix tapes for eons in my youf. It was my #6 but on further thought I'd move Sway up a few notches.

Love those spooky bk vocals not-quite-erased from the tape