The Rolling Stones - Aftermath POLL

(sorry)

actually i do really love the arrangement of stupid girl, particularly the marimbas (?) and backing vocals during the middle 8

ha whoops i was thinking of "yesterdays papers"

Heh, 'What to Do' and 'Take It or Leave It' are both great... don't get why they were left of the US configurations, but then - like The Beatles' - the US configs always look bizarre to me.

I used to play in a Brit Invasion cover band and did a bunch of these songs, and Mother's Little Helper was really fun to do, so that.

"Out of Time" is cool and i also really like Chris Farlowe's version, maybe even more. it's more Spector-y.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpDjbul0WyE

There were two versions of 'Out of Time' - there's the one that appears on Aftermath (where the riff is played on vibes) and the other one is more like the Farlowe version but with Mick singing.

The earliest LP pf theirs I care about is Beggars. Not sure why but it’s hard for me to go backwards in their catalogue from that point. The production is just so lousy and thin and a lot of the melodies and tropes are undistinguished.

Pretty sure the first time I ever heard "Out of Time" (not a radio hit) was the opening credits of Coming Home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GzIdqTlVQ

The undistinguished melodies of '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', 'Ruby Tuesday', 'Let's Spend the Night Together' and 'Paint It Black' ...

A lot of not all ffs.

I was thinking of the non-singles, but even when you consider Satisfaction and Spend the Night, these are really just three-chord white boy blues songs with Fischer-Price level production. Compare them to Sympathy and there's a world of difference. Mr. Jimmy really did well by them.

Ruby Tuesday, Lady Jane, I am Waiting - not sure exactly what's off about the ballads, but they seem kind of...forced? Disingenous? Like Mick is playing the child when in reality he's the dude getting his back scratched in the hotel after the show.

you need some backstreet girl in your life

A lot of not all ffs.

― The buttermilk of Beelzebub (Tom D.), Friday, November 24, 2017 10:20 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I could have went on for far longer, tbh.

I was thinking of the non-singles, but even when you consider Satisfaction and Spend the Night, these are really just three-chord white boy blues songs with Fischer-Price level production.

Even the non-singles - hell, take your pick from any track on this album! Also, pretty sure that 'Let's Spend the Night Together' has more than three chords in it and isn't a blues.

The Jimmy Miller era records are good, of course, but that doesn't mean the 1965-1967 stuff isn't. If you're gonna tell me with a straight face that '2,000 Light Years From Home' is badly production then I'll show you a good bullshitter.

*badly produced/a bad production - whatever.

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Under My Thumb by a considerable distance

― Οὖτις, Sunday, November 19, 2017 4:13 PM (one month ago)

same

I like both "High and Dry" and "I Am Waiting" better than "Thumb." this album is ridiculously good

i went with “out of time” but it was out of total indecision. prob should’ve gone for “high and dry”

one more for Out of Time

Voted for this, love BJ on the dulcimer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95t86ER1YIk

Out of Time but hon mentions for UMT & Waiting

actually i think the version of Out of Time i prefer is on that the Singles collection.

As with the early Beatles albums, the U.S. versions of the Stones albums are the ones I grew up with (courtesy of my dad's record collection), so this track list is all wrong to me. Aftermath is supposed to start with "Paint It Black"! Out of this bunch, I'll throw a vote to proto-punky "Stupid Girl," even though it is also awfully mean.

'Think' is a fave deep cut as well.

hard to choose but I had to go with 'Mothers Little Helper'. 'Lady Jane' would've been my second choice though. 'Under My Thumb' is great but for me it's tempered by hearing them continue to do it over the years, whereas 'Helper' is still sort of pure 60s psych-era in my mind, if that makes sense. I think Buttons (US tracklisting) is nearly as classic as 'Aftermath', though the production is a little underwhelming at times, and they left off this track which would've been a great closer after 'Amanda Jones':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juekkLWxEWI

I almost voted for "Lady Jane" (love that wonky E7 chord when it gets to "just heed this plea") and then "Out of Time." Finally pulled the trigger for MLH.

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I Am Waiting 10

Delighted to see this!

Such a great album.