Cugalabanza Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 LOL - Sorry, I didn't read that post close enough because I thought it was just telling me more and more about some useless information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadKat Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Guns N Roses version = better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I did. Page 1. Post#13. Don't I count? What, I can't be a man 'cause I don't smoke the same cigarettes as you? DEVO version = better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Guns N Roses version = better. DUDE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 I normally am not a stickler for these kind of things, but to say it's your favorite song and get the title wrong, that's not exactly taking hours of research. I saw the title and was like what? "with the devil?" It is a great song, though, as so many Stones song are. Just masterpieces. Nobody has mentioned the obvious Satisfaction - that was voted #1 all time song on VH-1s countdown, and though I'd vote Born to Run first, I can't argue much with Satisfaction. OK I will be honest. I had a"few" beers started thinking about the movie gimme shelter and the song popped into my head,and I started recklessly typing. I did not drive,however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 OK I will be honest. I had a"few" beers started thinking about the movie gimme shelter and the song popped into my head,and I started recklessly typing. I did not drive,however. Got to see the Altamont Speedway (where the 60s died while the Stones sang). It's less than 20 miles from me and is still around. It's just a small 1/4 mile dirt track. Cant imagine ~300k people there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Got to see the Altamont Speedway (where the 60s died while the Stones sang). It's less than 20 miles from me and is still around. It's just a small 1/4 mile dirt track. Cant imagine ~300k people there. Employing the hells angels for security can do wonders for crowd control. Of course,we have no idea what happened 100 feet past the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 tumbling dice! lovin cup monkey man sweet black angel you cant always get what you want cant you hear me knocking under my thumb dancing with mr d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 OK I will be honest. I had a"few" beers started thinking about the movie gimme shelter and the song popped into my head,and I started recklessly typing. I did not drive,however. Or operate heavy machinery,or become pregnant[nor did I think I could become pregnant] I just what to be clear on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Well, their body of work is so large, it would be hard to keep my list of favorites to less than one or two dozen. I think their very best stuff was written between '68 and '75 (from Beggar's Banquet thru It's Only Rock n' Roll) - most everything they've done since reflects aging rock stars just 'going thru the motions' to promote yet another tour and make a few million to pay their alimony, legal fees, etc. The notable exception to that was the Some Girls album in 1978, which was surprisingly good - fantastic, actually - and contains 4 of my favorites - Shattered (a more appropriate anthem about life and fame as a rock star in NYC has yet to be penned) Respectable (Jagger's biting cynicism about rising from the poor house to the high life at it's sharpest) Some Girls (Jagger's caustic misogyny at it's most bitter)) Walk Before They Make Me Run (Keith's autobiographical dirge about life on the road, excessive drug use, and slowing down the pace after his '76 heroin bust in Toronto - "Gonna find my way to heaven, 'cause I did my time in hell...I wasn't lookin' too good but I was feelin' real well") Other favorites - Just about the whole Beggar's Banquet album, but especially - Stray Cat Blues Street Fighting Man Sympathy With [sic] The Devil Dear Doctor From Let It Bleed - Let It Bleed Midnight Rambler Gimme Shelter From Sticky Fingers - B word Dead Flowers Sister Morphine I Got The Blues You Gotta Move All of Exile On Main Street, but especially - Rocks Off Rip This Joint Casino Boogie Tumbling Dice Sweet Virginia All Down The Line Soul Survivor Goat's Head Soup was such a change of pace that most of it didn't appeal to me, save for - Heartbreaker Hide Your Love From It's Only Rock n' Roll, their last great album - with the exception of Some Girls as noted above - and the last album before they turned into mainly a touring bad, cranking up the money machine every few years so so, favorites are - If You Can't Rock Me It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Fingerprint File Of their early, pre-1968 stuff, favorites include Under My Thumb and Mother's Little Helper. Favorite live album is Love You Live, but I go back and forth between that and Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out - and Stripped was also excellent. Still Life was pretty good too. Oh - 2 of their hit singles, most certainly favorites, that only appeared on anthologies and live albums and that are all time classics - rock 'n' roll anthems, really - are Jumping Jack Flash and Honky Tonk Woman (which actually did appear as a sort of 'country' song on the Let It Bleed Album). Regarding the Beatle's vs. Stones thing, it's a matter of taste - if you enjoy saccharin sweet, really vapid, really trite tunes of the type that McCartney has always been able to pen in a few moments on the back of a matchbook and which he still cranks out ad nauseum to this day, then the Beatles is your choice. If you like hard, raw, driving rock - with roots firmly planted in early R&B - along with edgy lyrics full of social commentary, then you love the Rolling Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'd go with following: Little Red Rooster, The Last Time I'm a king Bee Mercy, Mercy Mother's Little helper No expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Ooops...left out one of my absolute all time favorites - Live With Me - from Let It Bleed... I got nasty habits, I take tea at three Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner Must be hung up for a week My best friend, he shoots water rats And feeds them to his geese Don'tcha think there's a place for you In between the sheets? Come on now, honey We can build a home for three Come on now, honey Don't you wanna live with me? And there's a score of harebrained children They're all locked in the nursery They got earphone heads they got dirty necks They're so 20th century Well they queue up for the bathroom 'Round about 7:35 Don'tcha think we need a woman's touch to make it come alive? You'd look good pram pushing Down the high street Come on now, honey Don't you wanna live with me? Whoa, the servants they're so helpful, dear The cook she is a whore Yes, the butler has a place for her Behind the pantry door The maid, she's French, she's got no sense She's wild for Crazy Horse And when she strips, the chauffeur flips The footman's eyes get crossed Don'tcha think there's a place for us Right across the street Don'tcha think there's a place for you, In between the sheets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'm not crazy about the warhorses anymore. I like all the B-sides and rare ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'm not crazy about the warhorses anymore. I like all the B-sides and rare ones. Indeed, some of their best music is on obscure 'b-sides' - but they do find ways to spice up even the most overplayed old 'warhorses' - Live With Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Sympathy For The Devil, but as less obvious choices of great Stones songs, I've always liked Memory Motel, Sweet Virginia, and Dead Flowers. I also agree with Jim that the Stones were better than the Beatles as a band, even though the Beatles were far better songwriters and had more great songs and less crappy ones. To me, the greatness of a band MUST include all phases of bandom. The Stones were far superior performers and entertainers (The Beatles were terrible), lasted as a band, and in my opinion although it is debatable, their core members were better musicians on their instruments (guitar, bass, drums). i 2nd 'dead flowers' i've also always loved Richards singing 'happy' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Here's another favorite I like to trot out once a year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Indeed, some of their best music is on obscure 'b-sides' - but they do find ways to spice up even the most overplayed old 'warhorses' - Live With Me I like alot of stuff from the 64-66 era that only the diehards like. Stupid Girl Have you seen your Mother baby Off the hook Around Around Around West Coast Promotion Man Rte 66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I like alot of stuff from the 64-66 era that only the diehards like. Stupid Girl Have you seen your Mother baby Off the hook Around Around Around West Coast Promotion Man Rte 66 Good stuff to be sure - the band was already immensely popular around that time, still doing a lot of old R&B, but 'The Glimmer Twins' were just finding their way as songwriters. My very first Stones album was Between the Buttons - everybody knows Ruby Tuesday & Let's Spend The Night Togther from that disc, but my favorites were... Connection Cool, Calm & Collected Complicated Miss Amanda Jones Something Happened to Me Yesterday I've seen 'em live about a dozen times, and they always trot out one or two obscure early tunes along with one or two old R&B classics - in addition to all the old 'warhorses' - usually those 'oldies' are the best part of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'd go with following: Little Red Rooster, The Last Time I'm a king Bee Mercy, Mercy Mother's Little helper No expectations Students: Master and Students: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Good stuff to be sure - the band was already immensely popular around that time, still doing a lot of old R&B, but 'The Glimmer Twins' were just finding their way as songwriters. My very first Stones album was Between the Buttons - everybody knows Ruby Tuesday & Let's Spend The Night Togther from that disc, but my favorites were... Connection Cool, Calm & Collected Complicated Miss Amanda Jones Something Happened to Me Yesterday I've seen 'em live about a dozen times, and they always trot out one or two obscure early tunes along with one or two old R&B classics - in addition to all the old 'warhorses' - usually those 'oldies' are the best part of the show. I've been a fan since 64, have all their stuff, solo and many high quality boots. There is so much stuff they could play. Heart of Stone, She's a rainbow, Play with fire, and Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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