Still making my way thru their catalog... I didn't realize these guys' songs could be so cartoonish/horny/corny!
The lyrix of earlier songs like "Some Girls" and "Little T&A" seem to represent a sort of, er, "sexist" nadir... happily, by the time you get to Voodoo Lounge, Mick is more good-naturedly kicking off the album with:
Your love is strong, and you're so sweetYou make me hard, you make me weak
...and a few tracks later:
Ooh, I wanna f@#$ your sweet a$$
!!!!
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link
TS: "She's So Cold" vs. "She Was Hot"
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
"Waiting on a Friend" by a mile― James Blount (James Blount)
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 25 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
That's a great song, but even it has dodgy lyrics... "Bros before (literal) Ho's!"
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
(I'm not trying to "cancel" the Stones, btw -- I just didn't realize their lyrics were frequently so ridiculous)
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Monday, 25 November 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
right now i'm vibing to WINTER
― brimstead, Monday, 25 November 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
LOL OOPS WRONG STONES THREAD
xxxp I think it is deliberately perverse to read the lyric of WoaF as "bros before hos"
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 25 November 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
Wanting to fuck a sweet ass is not sexist.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
what if the ass were Jagger's?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
Yeah that’s not sexist, just horny/corny!
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
(There are a few different categories at work here, sorry I didn’t make that more clear)
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
(“Dirty Work”)
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
for some loser for some jerkfor some dumbassyeah
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
There’s a noticeable dropoff at Bridges to Babylon (including to Mick’s voice, but I know that happens)... do that and A Bigger Bang have their fans?Anyway, I’m pleased to discover how good they remained on record, into the ‘90s (and beyond?). Tattoo You is the only post-‘78 album that I love all the way through — but man, you could put together one hell of a 2CD comp of choice cuts from the others.
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
I haven't kept up with / saw no reason to keep up with post-'78 Stones, but I listened to A Bigger Bang a couple of times and was extremely surprised at how decent it was. With past Stones records, when the singles were rolled out (with the requisite hype), I just thought, meh, more dull-ass Stones shit; if "Harlem Shuffle" or "Has Anybody Seen My Baby?" is the lead single, there's little hope for anything great lurking elsewhere on the record. But "Rough Justice" and "Streets of Love" are...good. Very good, even.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Like a lot of Classic Rockers, the Stones had problems with CD Bloat. There's decent vinyl-length albums hidden in much of their later work.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
Really good piece!: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-rolling-stones-tattoo-you/
― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
wow, "Heaven" might be a contender here, thank u shuffle play
― chaos goblin line cook (sleeve), Saturday, 1 January 2022 06:33 (two years ago) link