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Here is my take on this: smart (and, to a degree, successful) effort by MJagger, but in the end a bland track without any lasting significance
Apocryphal story. Supposedly he never said it at all.
I like them both, but if I had to choose one over the other I would go with One More Shot.
thankfully, you don't. you can relax and take comfort in knowing that you will never be forced to choose against your will.
Unless Nazi-Stones-Tunechooser-Stormtroopers kidnap you and mail your ears to your mother.
It's not nice.
Trust me.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-12-17 22:35 by GravityBoy.
in that case, pick doom and gloom and do so before your mother receives the package....
why stop there?
Well D&G sold 6 billion (approx)
and OLS sold 3 (yes 3)
That settles it.
I always liked Love Is Strong a lot as well (it had all the key ingredients)... but the chorus was a bit weak and it never came over well live either, unfortunately.
HAHAH that reminds me of a game I used to play with a classmate - we'd phoenetically write lines from Stones songs as Mick sings them and try to guess whick tune!
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Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
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Date: December 16, 2012 23:30
Let's get one thing straight: the Stones have continued, in the main, to release some excellent singles since 1981.
Highwire and Streets of Love were bad choices; I happen to have a little bit of a liking for Streets of Love, as I'm the only one that thinks Jagger is taking the p out of Diane Warren power-ballads. Mick is a very good mimic, and Streets of Love is the Stones mickey-taking I Don't Want to Miss A Thing etc etc.
Almost Hear You Sigh, with Keith's mini flamenco solo, is a great track, and would do any band proud.
Doom & Gloom is fantastic though: I do love it, and I also like One More Shot.
Highwire and Streets of Love were bad choices; I happen to have a little bit of a liking for Streets of Love, as I'm the only one that thinks Jagger is taking the p out of Diane Warren power-ballads. Mick is a very good mimic, and Streets of Love is the Stones mickey-taking I Don't Want to Miss A Thing etc etc.
Almost Hear You Sigh, with Keith's mini flamenco solo, is a great track, and would do any band proud.
Doom & Gloom is fantastic though: I do love it, and I also like One More Shot.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
jp.M
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Date: December 16, 2012 23:33
Highwire is a great track !! very "Rolling stoned "...no connection with "street of love"....
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
MJRocksoff
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Date: December 16, 2012 23:38
I think it's the best Single for the band since the 70's!!!!! It rocks and they really dig playing it live! Was in the 2nd row on the 13th!!!
Eric
Eric
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
black n blue
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Date: December 16, 2012 23:41
I agree with highwire, riff is good and video good as well
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-12-16 23:42 by black n blue.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-12-16 23:42 by black n blue.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Tantekäthe
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Date: December 17, 2012 00:38
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tomcat2006
I loved this track from the first time I heard it.
It's pure Stones and I've practically frazzled my car stereo pumping this song out. And it goes down great live too.
Does anyone think it's their best single in 30 years or am I the only one?
BTW, I was not very sure about One More Shot when I first heard it (too derivative etc) but absolutely love it now. Loud, of course!
*I'm not including the (IMHO) 'lost single' of Plundered My Soul here
Here is my take on this: smart (and, to a degree, successful) effort by MJagger, but in the end a bland track without any lasting significance
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
dandelion1967
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Date: December 17, 2012 01:16
Love is strong
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"I'm gonna walk... before they make me run"
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"I'm gonna walk... before they make me run"
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Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Carnaby
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Date: December 17, 2012 01:37
It's a good one. The opening of One More Shot is gloriously wonderful.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Sighunt
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Date: December 17, 2012 02:28
....for what I would consider to be their last classic, commercial and/or popular rock track (that got lots of radio play-remember that?), that distinction goes to Mixed Emotions from '89.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
JumpinJackOLantern
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Date: December 17, 2012 03:10
Quote
tomcat2006
I loved this track from the first time I heard it.
It's pure Stones and I've practically frazzled my car stereo pumping this song out. And it goes down great live too.
Does anyone think it's their best single in 30 years or am I the only one?
BTW, I was not very sure about One More Shot when I first heard it (too derivative etc) but absolutely love it now. Loud, of course!
It's vert good, but One More Shot is equally as good. Good stepping stone to eight to ten more brand new songs.
*I'm not including the (IMHO) 'lost single' of Plundered My Soul here
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
stonesstein
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Date: December 17, 2012 04:44
My thoughts on best singles since Start Me Up:
Rough Justice
One Hit to the Body
Doom & Gloom/One More Shot
Highwire and
(I suppose) Plundered My Soul
stonesstein
Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more
Rocks Off, 1972
Rough Justice
One Hit to the Body
Doom & Gloom/One More Shot
Highwire and
(I suppose) Plundered My Soul
stonesstein
Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more
Rocks Off, 1972
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
proudmary
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:28
Great song, love it
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Gazza
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:32
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frankoteroQuote
tomcat 2006
That reminds me of the Lennon (I think) quote when asked if Ringo is the best drummer in the world.
Answer: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles."
Ha-ha, John was too much. What a sense of humour.
Apocryphal story. Supposedly he never said it at all.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Blue
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:35
Not Doom and Gloom, but One More Shot is for sure 
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
GravityBoy
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:36
"Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?"
Yes it is.
I said it when it was first released and I still stand by it.
If only they could do 10 more of this quality.
One more shot.. not on the same level.
Yes it is.
I said it when it was first released and I still stand by it.
If only they could do 10 more of this quality.
One more shot.. not on the same level.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
phd
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:47
Nothing comparable to SMU which ressurected The Stones, but Highwire, Mixed Emotions and One More Shot would have my vote. As well as Sweet NeoCon.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
Gazza
()
Date: December 17, 2012 20:52
Where was Sweet Neocon a single?
Awful bloody song. One of their all time worst.
Awful bloody song. One of their all time worst.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
JumpinJackOLantern
()
Date: December 17, 2012 20:54
Quote
GravityBoy
"Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?"
Yes it is.
I said it when it was first released and I still stand by it.
If only they could do 10 more of this quality.
One more shot.. not on the same level.
I like them both, but if I had to choose one over the other I would go with One More Shot.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
StonesTod
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Date: December 17, 2012 20:58
Quote
JumpinJackOLanternQuote
GravityBoy
"Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?"
Yes it is.
I said it when it was first released and I still stand by it.
If only they could do 10 more of this quality.
One more shot.. not on the same level.
I like them both, but if I had to choose one over the other I would go with One More Shot.
thankfully, you don't. you can relax and take comfort in knowing that you will never be forced to choose against your will.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
withaheadfullofsnow
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Date: December 17, 2012 22:25
Waiting On A Friend - last Stones classic song
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
GravityBoy
()
Date: December 17, 2012 22:33
Quote
StonesTod
thankfully, you don't. you can relax and take comfort in knowing that you will never be forced to choose against your will.
Unless Nazi-Stones-Tunechooser-Stormtroopers kidnap you and mail your ears to your mother.
It's not nice.
Trust me.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-12-17 22:35 by GravityBoy.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: December 17, 2012 22:38
Quote
GravityBoyQuote
StonesTod
thankfully, you don't. you can relax and take comfort in knowing that you will never be forced to choose against your will.
Unless Nazi-Stones-Tunechooser-Stormtroopers kidnap you and mail your ears to your mother.
It's not nice.
Trust me.
in that case, pick doom and gloom and do so before your mother receives the package....
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
KRiffhard
()
Date: December 17, 2012 22:46
I prefer One More Shot
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
SKILLS
()
Date: December 17, 2012 22:50
I just wish the opening riff sequence was extended for another Bar, let it settle in on ya, then hit the lyric...
So YES it is IMO as well
So YES it is IMO as well
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: December 17, 2012 22:50
Quote
KRiffhard
I prefer One More Shot
why stop there?
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
jamesjagger
()
Date: December 17, 2012 23:01
i do prefer ONE MORE SHOT. And I like Love is strong as a single very much, actually more than DAG
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
GravityBoy
()
Date: December 17, 2012 23:09
Quote
jamesjagger
i do prefer ONE MORE SHOT. And I like Love is strong as a single very much, actually more than DAG
Well D&G sold 6 billion (approx)
and OLS sold 3 (yes 3)
That settles it.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
BBrew
()
Date: December 17, 2012 23:26
The more I hear Doom and Gloom the more i like it, I think it's a great song!!
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
tomcat2006
()
Date: December 18, 2012 00:35
Quote
dandelion1967
Love is strong
I always liked Love Is Strong a lot as well (it had all the key ingredients)... but the chorus was a bit weak and it never came over well live either, unfortunately.
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
ash
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Date: December 18, 2012 01:55
Doom and Gloom is classic 68 to 71 Stones by numbers with a sharp production. I really like it. Jagger's vocal is really strong and i like the lyrics better than the usual desperate attempts by MJ. Even the slight fakeness of the sound (did they use Abbey Road vintage drummer Gretsch kit on a loop ?) doesn't bother me and i'm quite the purist normally.
A far better self parody than anything since and including IORR which is where it all starts going wrong for me Stones-wise. One More Shot is really pretty lame to my ears. I just watched You Got Me Rocking after seeing it mentioned. Bleurgh.
I prefer Undercover to Start Me Up.
Anyway has there been a genuine (ie. not taken off an album) single by anyone since Start Me Up or even since Honky Tonk Women ? That was the last stand alone single release by any of the great sixties bands wasn't it ?
on a side note - I could live without hearing that bloody open G riff again. It stunted their artistic growth years ago. They wont do anything really good unless they find a new trick - like getting Nirvana to back them or something !
A far better self parody than anything since and including IORR which is where it all starts going wrong for me Stones-wise. One More Shot is really pretty lame to my ears. I just watched You Got Me Rocking after seeing it mentioned. Bleurgh.
I prefer Undercover to Start Me Up.
Anyway has there been a genuine (ie. not taken off an album) single by anyone since Start Me Up or even since Honky Tonk Women ? That was the last stand alone single release by any of the great sixties bands wasn't it ?
on a side note - I could live without hearing that bloody open G riff again. It stunted their artistic growth years ago. They wont do anything really good unless they find a new trick - like getting Nirvana to back them or something !
Re: Is Doom & Gloom their best single since Start Me Up?
Posted by:
jamesfdouglas
()
Date: December 18, 2012 01:58
Quote
Max'sKansasCity
Dont forget "Sheee-reeeex Dreee-iiive"...
HAHAH that reminds me of a game I used to play with a classmate - we'd phoenetically write lines from Stones songs as Mick sings them and try to guess whick tune!
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