I'm going to be in the don't-say-anything-if-you-can't-say-something-nice camp on #1...
What?! How is this even?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
the only problem with Sympathy is that it's too long
― nostormo, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
sympathy at #2 just makes this poll all the more lovably WTF
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
proto-disco
Wow, this is a piece of recontextualisation I'm going to have to grapple with
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
Sympathy's sorta like the cooler version of We Didn't Start The Fire, as far as 'stuff to google'
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I can understand how the song might have opened up an inquisitive junkie to Baudelaire and Hegel.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol, the only problem with "sympathy" is that it isn't long enough
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
dude I had no idea what a troubadour was til the Stones told me about them
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, #1 otm. was only #12 on my criminally gamed ballot, but has of course been my lifelong favorite stones song.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Is Master and the Margarita any good? Sounds awful...
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
well it's not nearly as much proto-disco as motown (and lol hippies is definitely a charge you can throw at disco's roots - 'love saves the day'), 'what's going on' is the early mancuso fave that when i relistened to it again in the context of disco it was like another song.
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
It's all about the simmering tension in Sympathy. when the piano vamps really kick in + the background vocals. And then the guitar solo!
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
OK, not nothing nice. Another great groove, and the opening 30 seconds are classic. But I guess we all have Mick Jaggers we don't believe in, and I find the poncey velvet prince, e.g., way more credible than the apocalyptic prophet redeemer.
Much love for Merry Clayton, tho.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
The piano riff in sympathy is TOTALLY proto house.
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Great work here, rogermexico. Loving the photos.
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
I hated it.
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
I love a lot of weirdo Russian literature but the reputation of that one is inexplicable
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
1. Gimme Shelter – 1684 points (57 votes, 10x #1)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SSHnKjHTt6g/TvY7mjq4bFI/AAAAAAAAOs4/pi0zU74x5dk/s1600/800_gimme_shelter_blu-ray3x.jpghttp://www.youtu.be/5zSkgeNd5N0
http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOGimmie.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
QED
it won because it is the best thing ever
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Image choice is fantastico!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
First heard it in Goodfellas, Merry Clayton's unearthly caterwauls particularly.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Scorsese thinking he owns it is the only slight negative mark for this track
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
urgent + key - http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/deconstructing_gimme_shelter_listen/
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
everybody likes this song a lot more than I do
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
love this version also - http://youtu.be/XCyTqnizcvI
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's really a toss-up between the Stones version and Merry Clayton's tbh.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
The winning margin is even greater than When The Levee Breaks, I think
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
"Apocalyptic" is one of my most loathed adjectives but this is the only instance of something that earns it.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
Merry miscarried while doing her part, I was reading last night
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
THREAD DELIVERS
and yeah, that is the perfect picture to go out on
ALL HAIL ROGERMEX!
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
such a weirdly terrifying fact
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, applies pretty well to "when the levee breaks" too!
huge fan of this version also - http://youtu.be/u7iWRXH1crw
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
^album that came from is awesome, available on spotify btw
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
as is the clayton
I don't hate it, it just doesn't do much of anything for me. An over-telegraphed Big Statement song, lyric- and arrangement-wise.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
I do not believe that Mick Jagger lacks for shelter, or can even really imagine it, is part of my problem.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
yep
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
see previous comments about Jagger's other attempts at being threatening/evil/Prince of Darkness
Thanks rogermexico! It's been a fun week of Stonesin'.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Word. Thanks everyone for a serious good time. Looking forward to updating the Spotify when I get home this evening.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, April 6, 2012
This is OTM
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
I voted this kinda low, didn't realize it had so much love.
Is it bc of the Altamont/Maysles association as well, that this gets a bump? I mean, it is an undeniably huge song...but I had no idea it was so beloved
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Connection" wuz robbed
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
So were She Smiled Sweetly and Time Waits for No One. :(
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
The Perth '73 version is hilarious; it takes Charlie an entire verse to find the 2 and 4.http://youtu.be/iSGk3LeM56E
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
I was afraid of "gimme shelter" as a young kid. It really does sound like some rough shit is about to come down.
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot, i'm guessing at least 70% of this changes from moment to moment
1 - sway2 - she said yeah3 - jumping jack flash4 - torn and frayed5 - gimme shelter6 - no expectations7 - paint it black8 - waiting on a friend9 - 19th nervous breakdown10 - dead flowers11 - too much blood12 - monkey man13 - let's spend the night together14 - rocks off15 - street fighting man16 - heaven17 - all down the line18 - if i was a dancer (dance pt 2)19 - 2000 man20 - you can't always get what you want
5 best albums
1 - exile on main st2 - beggars banquet3 - aftermath4 - december's children5 - between the buttons
3 most hated
1 - in another land2 - might as well get juiced3 - back to zero
― balls, Friday, 6 April 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
xpost i think it's just bc it's undeniably huge. never had any doubt it would take this but did not expect the absolute knockout margin of victory.
that #2-4 are separated by only 9 points in a 67-ballot poll confirms just how tough this one was and how much every ballot counted.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
Dang I think just about every song on my ballot placed!
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Friday, 6 April 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link