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treaclefingers
Lead singles since Start Me Up:
1982: Goin' to a Go-Go
1983: Undercover of the Night
1986: Harlem Shuffle
1989: Mixed Emotions
1994: Love is Strong
1997: Anybody Seen My Baby
2002: Don't Stop
2006: Streets of Love/Rough Justice
2012: Doom and Gloom/One More Shot
2016: Just Your Fool
2020: Living in a Ghost Town (included but not actually a lead single)
That's a pretty weak lineup. I think Undercover of the Night knocks it out of the park but maybe not the 'anthemic' quality you like to see to help sell an album. After that...I mean maybe Doom and Gloom, but come on. That's the last 40 years. Also interesting side note, 30% of their lead singles are covers.
Yes weak, and aside from Undercover, and maybe Love is Strong, the best lead singles are covers imo. Ghost Town would have ranked right up there with Undercover if it was an actual lead single.
And don't forget that the weak *Anybody Seen My Baby owed alot to KD Lange which she received credit for (along w/another co-writer), so not sure if that can be considered completely original.
Still hard to fathom how Streets of Love was a lead single, or even a Rolling Stones song at all; nothing about it except Micks vocals says Rolling Stones - not the studio version, nor any live version.
OK...and so here's taking it one step further, what were the alternative choices for lead single? I've left off the live albums/greatest hits.
1983: Undercover of the Night - hard because this is a great song, and probably best cut on the album but clearly not a strong lead single. She Was Hot or Too Tough maybe?
1986: Harlem Shuffle .... One Hit to the Body (easy choice)
1989: Mixed Emotions .... Rock and a Hard Place
1994: Love is Strong ... as is?
1997: Anybody Seen My Baby ... Saint of Me
2006: Streets of Love/Rough Justice ... She Saw Me Coming
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treaclefingers
Lead singles since Start Me Up:
1982: Goin' to a Go-Go
1983: Undercover of the Night
1986: Harlem Shuffle
1989: Mixed Emotions
1991: High Wire/Sex Drive
1994: Love is Strong
1997: Anybody Seen My Baby
2002: Don't Stop
2006: Streets of Love/Rough Justice
2012: Doom and Gloom/One More Shot
2016: Just Your Fool
2020: Living in a Ghost Town (included but not actually a lead single)
That's a pretty weak lineup. I think Undercover of the Night knocks it out of the park but maybe not the 'anthemic' quality you like to see to help sell an album. After that...I mean maybe Doom and Gloom, but come on. That's the last 40 years. Also interesting side note, 30% of their lead singles are covers.
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What's the basic message?
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treaclefingers
Lead singles since Start Me Up:
1982: Goin' to a Go-Go
1983: Undercover of the Night
1986: Harlem Shuffle
1989: Mixed Emotions
1991: High Wire/Sex Drive
1994: Love is Strong
1997: Anybody Seen My Baby
2002: Don't Stop
2006: Streets of Love/Rough Justice
2012: Doom and Gloom/One More Shot
2016: Just Your Fool
2020: Living in a Ghost Town (included but not actually a lead single)
That's a pretty weak lineup. I think Undercover of the Night knocks it out of the park but maybe not the 'anthemic' quality you like to see to help sell an album. After that...I mean maybe Doom and Gloom, but come on. That's the last 40 years. Also interesting side note, 30% of their lead singles are covers.
The percantage of covers justs strengthens if we count "Like A Rolling Stone" from 1995. The single actually is the best charting single in UK charts since "Undercover of The Night", making #12. It also achieved top ten in many countries, even number one in Sweden, if memory serves. They couldn't find a more obscure cover number...
Looking at the UK single charts, they had no problem getting top 20 with most leading singles all the way to "Streets Of Love" that made #15 (quite good, huh?). Then dramatical fall ("Doom And Gloom" #61, "Living In A Ghost Town" #61), reflecting the tendency happened earlier in the US Charts. Actually, the last UK number one is "Honky Tonk Women" and the last making Top Ten being "Start Me Up" that - probably surprisingly - made 'only' #7.
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Looking at the UK single charts, they had no problem getting top 20 with most leading singles all the way to "Streets Of Love" that made #15 (quite good, huh?). Then dramatical fall ("Doom And Gloom" #61, "Living In A Ghost Town" #61), reflecting the tendency happened earlier in the US Charts. Actually, the last UK number one is "Honky Tonk Women" and the last making Top Ten being "Start Me Up" that - probably surprisingly - made 'only' #7.
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TheflyingDutchman
What's the basic message?
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chevysales
Trash. Garbage….
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chevysales
Trash. Garbage….
Wrong song. That's what When The Whip Comes Down is about.
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hopkins
Courtney Love, whatever heiniosity, well, just
"Malibu" and One other, again, despite her errant heiniousity, eclipses everything David Grohl has emitted, imo. Which is everything.
Belinda Carlisle's solo career post Go His, is more significant in a historical context.
Mick, get Belinda!!
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chevysales
Trash. Garbage….
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Natlanta
still good yes, even gooder if I don’t watch the lyrics.
might have to myo vinyl copies…
[www.vinyl-pressing.com]
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Rockman
...... 78rpm version woulda been ace
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treaclefingers
OK.
Just listened to this again. Still love it. I think more than the first time I heard it.
Just fantastic...
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VoodooLounge13
I loved Love Is Strong as the lead single. Can’t envision another. I also thought Rough Justice was a good choice, had a sleazy classic Stones sound to it but can you imagine if they’d led with Driving Too Fast!?!? That woulda hit right between the eyes like Whoa what is THIS!?!?
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Bashlets
ABB is just too long. Some good tracks for sure but the sequencing is off. To me I hope the stones have 18 great tracks releasing the first with 9 songs this year and another album next year. I thought Eazy Sleazy was a good song and the energy is great in it. I say scrap the 2021 tour and finish the music in the studio. ES was released, no CD single or vinyl. I’m hoping they’re viewing Ghost town and ES as subpar to what they have down. Yes I can dream