Live With Me

I dont think its a bad song by any means, but I just dont get why its such a big favourite. Very good intro though.

I also think Start Me Up is incredibly overrated. Its a great riff, and the way its recorded is superb plus it ticks all the right boxes for working in a live context - but as an actual SONG? Nope. For me its the weakest track on Tattoo You.

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Gazza
I also think Start Me Up is incredibly overrated. Its a great riff, and the way its recorded is superb plus it ticks all the right boxes for working in a live context - but as an actual SONG? Nope. For me its the weakest track on Tattoo You.

I agree with that, but one album prior the weakest track for me is "Miss You" It does not fit the groove and is somewhat boring for me.

Ive got to say I don't get that excited about Dead Flowers. Its not that I can't stand it, I just don't see whats so great about it. would it be as popular if It didn't have "I'll be in my basement room with a neelde and a spoon..." line?


as far as "Stones Country" goes I much prefer Let It Bleed Wild Horses, Sweet Virginia, Far Away Eyes, Dear Doctor... they have a much deeper, fuller sound to me.



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HelterSkelter
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER BABY STANDING IN THE SHADOW - can't stand it, all those stupid PENNY LANE horns and shit.....

I disagree. There's a great song there, but it's buried in
a somewhat lousy mix/mastering for stereo. It'd be great to get hold of the master tapesto see what's actually there. Actually, I've heard it on a AM radio
air check, and it sounds great on AM radio.
I don't know what you mean about the Penny Lane horns
(since Penny Lane came out about 6 months later).
They're two totally differnt styles.
If you don't like the horns just say so. Stupid? I think not.
Besides, HYSYMB has a great middle, building on one chord, etc...

Bringing in the Sheaves

Sex Drive for a long time. But now I dig it

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Sex Drive for a long time. But now I dig it

I felt the same way about Hearts For Sale for quite some time. Now I really like it.

JumpingKentFlash

A am also quite surprised by some of the choices.

As for me: Mis You

"Thru & Thru seems to be one that most fans dig....i think it's garbage"

Totally agree.

You can't always get what you want is another that I can't listen to

<I felt the same way about Hearts For Sale for quite some time. Now I really like it.>

Always loved that one.

Sway (takes cover quickly)

Did You Ever Wake Up To Find/
A Day That Broke Up Your Mind/
Destroyed Your Notion of Circular Time

It's Just That Demon Life Has Got You in it's SWAY.....

One day I woke up to Find/
Right in the Bed Next to Mine/
Someone That Broke Me Up With The Corner Of Her Smile

It's Just That Demon Life Has Got Me In It's SWAY.....

NOW THOSE ARE SOME F*CKING GREAT LYRICS (You BETTER run for cover my Dear )

You Got Me Rockin'

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Thommie
You Got Me Rockin'

Can hardly imagine someone thinking of this as "GREAT",but maybe I´m wrong.

SFTD

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HelterSkelter
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER BABY STANDING IN THE SHADOW - can't stand it, all those stupid PENNY LANE horns and shit.....

I disagree. There's a great song there, but it's buried in
a somewhat lousy mix/mastering for stereo. It'd be great to get hold of the master tapesto see what's actually there. Actually, I've heard it on a AM radio
air check, and it sounds great on AM radio.
I don't know what you mean about the Penny Lane horns
(since Penny Lane came out about 6 months later).
They're two totally differnt styles.
If you don't like the horns just say so. Stupid? I think not.
Besides, HYSYMB has a great middle, building on one chord, etc...

Also one of my absolute faves tomk. Oh well, ya just can't please everyone. There's a lot of surprising choices on here.

My own dislikes?
Miss You - sick to death of it live and vastly overrated on record. White boys can't play disco.
Start Me Up - the beginning of the end for me. EWhenever I hear this I hear the sound of the clicktrack on it's way and that horrible four to the floor beat they use on all the fast rockers these days.
Thru and Thru - the sound of a once great musician fading away.
Rock And A Hard Place - Stadium rifferama that any hard group could cut blindfold. The unique Stone's sound is long gone and this exemplifies that thought.
Indian Girl - Maudlin sentimentality.
Goin To A Go-Go and Harlem Shuffle - two terrible covers.

Angie, Paint It Black
good thread ;^)

Angie
Beast of Burden
Shattered
Rambler

since when have "Indian Girl" or "Hearts for sale" been widely acknowledged as 'great songs' ?



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i am still struggling to dig Angie. it was just too traumatizing when it came out:
all those people who wouldn't have listened to the Stones with a ten-foot Pole before
going all gooey over Angie, and having to constantly clarify that i was NOT one of those ... [shudder!]
maybe it was harder on chicks in a way - being mistaken for one of the gooey types, i mean.
there are still people who assume that a chick who digs the Stones must love Angie.

i am still working on it, though. not digging it doesn't do me any good!



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HelterSkelter
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER BABY STANDING IN THE SHADOW - can't stand it, all those stupid PENNY LANE horns and shit.....

I disagree. There's a great song there, but it's buried in
a somewhat lousy mix/mastering for stereo. It'd be great to get hold of the master tapesto see what's actually there. Actually, I've heard it on a AM radio
air check, and it sounds great on AM radio.
I don't know what you mean about the Penny Lane horns
(since Penny Lane came out about 6 months later).
They're two totally differnt styles.
If you don't like the horns just say so. Stupid? I think not.
Besides, HYSYMB has a great middle, building on one chord, etc...

For me,this is the most overrated bad Stones' song.It just sounds like pure noise as opposed to music.

I'm real surprised at (among other things) how many people don't see why Wild Horses is rated so highly.This is what a ballad should sound like.

Also,I don't believe that Angie is overrated either.The studio version is great with a classical music sound but,the 1973 live versions (Brussels + a few others) are where it's really at when you're in the mood to hear a ballad.

Slave.

Never understood all the fuss about this one.

<Can hardly imagine someone thinking of this as "GREAT",but maybe I´m wrong.>

Actually, I can't find anything wrong with this track. Great guitars, great vocals, great chorus.

The lyrics? That goes for lots of stones classics as well.

One of the best songs of the 90s, imo. Not that good live, though.

>> Never understood all the fuss about this one. <<

that freakin gorgeous aRONK aRONK ... aRONK aRONK ... hope that helps :E

Must concur with Dandelion, YGMR is a great song, though overplayed at this point, but it sounds great on VL and live, even if it does need a rest.

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Gazza
Live With Me

I dont think its a bad song by any means, but I just dont get why its such a big favourite. Very good intro though.

I also think Start Me Up is incredibly overrated. Its a great riff, and the way its recorded is superb plus it ticks all the right boxes for working in a live context - but as an actual SONG? Nope. For me its the weakest track on Tattoo You.

Hang fire, Neighbours and Black limousine are very forgettable songs imo.

>> that freakin gorgeous aRONK aRONK ... aRONK aRONK <<

Funny I always thought that one went kaDONK kaDONK.......looks like im gonna have to put Slave on right now just to check!!

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Gazza
Live With Me

I dont think its a bad song by any means, but I just dont get why its such a big favourite. Very good intro though.

I also think Start Me Up is incredibly overrated. Its a great riff, and the way its recorded is superb plus it ticks all the right boxes for working in a live context - but as an actual SONG? Nope. For me its the weakest track on Tattoo You.

Hang fire, Neighbours and Black limousine are very forgettable songs imo.

I don't get that. Neighbours is excellent and has a kick-ass sax solo (Perhaps the best on record). Black Limo is OK, but doesn't get it's due until the Stripped B-sides. Hang Fire is great and has that weird kind of positivity that was found in some songs in the early eighties, and hasn't ever been copied since. Think along the lines of Lindsay Buckingham's Holiday Road and you'll know what I mean. I love songs like that.

JumpingKentFlash

Paint it black. Sorry but it just always seemed to be the "cool" one that the students still love. Plus it was my ex's favourite.

Never thought the lyrics were anything special, and its become a place of homage for the Brian Jones brigade. To me it has no real hook and is too knowingly hip. Its the smart arse of the Stones canon.

Just a personal opinion, like all the rest