Quoteflacnvinyl QuoteCanYouHearTheMusic Question: Why is it a consensus that "Sweet Neo Con" is one of their worst songs/one of this album's worst songs? Are the people who claim this a) libertarians, b) genuine fans of the Rumsfeld/Cheney/Bush policies or c) people who actually liked the actions of the U.S. and U.K. governments at that time? I personally thought it was one of t
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Definitely one of my favorite Stones albums. You've got your big FIVE (as GHS should always be included in that--all 5 of the Jimmy Miller records are great and GHS is one of the 2 best!), your Black And Blue, Tattoo You, Satanic Majesties (total masterpiece, I agree with His Majesty on this one--a psychedelic masterwork!), Some Girls, Emotional Rescue.
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Lovely album. Very versatile, and with fantastic production. I like all the tracks. +1
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Undercover is a fantastic album. Way better than all the post-WWIII albums. Not a top fiver per se (but arguably so depending on your mood), but a top tenner for sure!
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Quotedrbryant QuoteHis Majesty It doesn't have to be all or nothing eh. Of course not. My only point is that Pepper, MMT and Abbey Road don't have much rock and roll, and I like rock and roll so I prefer Let it Bleed. Hey, I love the Beatles - in fact, I'll see Paul McCartney perform twice this month in Tokyo. But if forced to choose which to take to a desert island, I would t
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QuoteHis Majesty Quotexke38 I'd say this quote from Greg Kot/BBC Culture sums it up nicely: "Were the Stones as revolutionary as the Beatles? No, but their reign of good-to-great albums was nearly twice as long, and their best music from this era – 1963 through 1981 – has a consistency, durability and variety that few bands from any era could match. Not even The Beatles, it turns out
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QuoteBluzDude QuoteGumbootCloggeroo Funny, for a band being "soft and pop" they certainly had a drummer that played heavier and louder than The Stones have. Agree, McCartney did play drums a little louder and heavier than Charlie.
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Of all their post-WWIII albums, I like this one the most. It's still not an album of theirs I get out very often, but there are some definite highlights. Question: Why is it a consensus that "Sweet Neo Con" is one of their worst songs/one of this album's worst songs? Are the people who claim this a) libertarians, b) genuine fans of the Rumsfeld/Cheney/Bush policies or c)
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Quotestonehearted QuoteCanYouHearTheMusic Quote24FPS Steel Wheels is the only great Stones album since Some Girls. It is the last coherent, consistently good album with their original, classic rhythm section. This is not an A-Plus album because it lacks a monster single. This is the last Stones album that I will listen to and have that special feeling that I'm listening to the real Rolling S
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Quotevertigojoe The Stones as a functioning band ended at Leeds in 82. Dirty work was the sound of the band ripping itself apart as it imploded. Quite interesting all the same. Steel Wheels is, like all the studio albums since, nothing more than an excuse to go on tour and rake in the cash. Don't compare these albums to anything pre '82. It's not the same band. +1
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Quote24FPS Steel Wheels is the only great Stones album since Some Girls. It is the last coherent, consistently good album with their original, classic rhythm section. This is not an A-Plus album because it lacks a monster single. This is the last Stones album that I will listen to and have that special feeling that I'm listening to the real Rolling Stones creating something new. It has more
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Absolutely loved it when I bought it on vinyl in late 1989. Hasn't aged well in the slightest and has slowly become my least favorite Stones album in the 24 years since its release. It's similar in some senses to their lone 70s dud, IORR, in that the entire thing save three songs sounds mailed in. Also similar to Bridges To Babylon in that B2B sounded fresh and exciting in 1997 but i
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteCanYouHearTheMusic QuoteRedhotcarpet QuoteMore Hot Rocks Lennon was nothing without Paul. His solo records show that. Junk. Junk? Lennons first solo album is regarded as one of the best albums ever recorded. It is without a doubt the best solo Beatle album. It's highly influential. Absolutely, unequivocally false. Plastic Ono Band stinks. A sacred cow I gleeful
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Quotestanlove Quoteab I get the sense that Lennon was a bit of an arse. I think the word jerk best describes him.. A total Narcissist and a bore. And what a surprise, he constantly wrote songs only about himself and his relationship with his wife and second child. I have never see anyone do this before. Narcissist . Lennon was a great song writer, but I have to question the judgment of an
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QuoteRedhotcarpet Quotetatters Quoteslew Gee Lennon picked those and left Revolution 9 off the list. That is pure CRAP! Funny how he said that "Let It Be" had nothing to do with the Beatles. Revolution 9 really had nothing to do with the Beatles! Actaully they both do: Rev. 9 is the best piece of avantarde music by anyone and could have been a solo work on and Let it be is the wors
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QuoteElmo Lewis Quotetatters QuoteCome On mmm and McCartney's 'London Town' or Harrison's 'Extra Texture must be examples of the worst ones... There's loads of 'em that are so much worse .... depressingly enough. McCartney II, for example. "Temporary Secretary", anyone? That album and song are fantastic! Both album and song sound very contempora
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QuoteRedhotcarpet QuoteMore Hot Rocks Lennon was nothing without Paul. His solo records show that. Junk. Junk? Lennons first solo album is regarded as one of the best albums ever recorded. It is without a doubt the best solo Beatle album. It's highly influential. Absolutely, unequivocally false. Plastic Ono Band stinks. A sacred cow I gleefully piss on because it's yawnsville ALL
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QuoteCome On So this went to Lennon vs McCartney.. I guess you can dig 'Silly Love Songs'....I prefer songs like 'Well Well Well' everytime... You prefer unfinished jams that go on for 7 minutes over well-crafted songs? To each their own.
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Quotewhitem8 QuoteMore Hot Rocks Lennon was nothing without Paul. His solo records show that. Junk. You may not like Lennon and be more of a McCartney fan, but to label all of Lennon's solo work as junk? That is ridiculous. Tons of amazing material. I like them both. But Lennon's Plastic Ono Band was a groundbreaking rock n' roll album. Beautiful, and far superior to McCartn
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Quoteab None of the prog bands were all the rage throughout the '70s are in. Yes would be the first of that ilk. For better or worse, they're the most deserving. What are you talking about, Rush and Genesis are in there. Many consider Pink Floyd prog (I don't; they're art rock which yes, is actually a different style) but they're in there as well. Obviously King C
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I loved B2B when it came out and thought it their best since Tattoo You, but in hindsight I come to 2 conclusions regarding that initial impression: 1) I was 17 when it was released and had been a Stones fan since around 1988; this was only the 3rd album they had put out since I was into them and at the time I thought it SMOKED those other two mediocre releases (Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge).
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Quoteloog droog QuoteRedhotcarpet Off topic but what a great outtake. This version sounds a million times better than what they threw in the original Soup. I couldn't possibly agree less. There's nothing in the killer studio version that can be topped AND this isn't really the speed of this outtake to begin with but a leaked bootleg version where the pitch is sped up, gi
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This is my band The Greening's latest video. We're a psychedelic rock/powerpop group from San Francisco. The video's super trippy, if you like psych stuff ya'll might dig it! We've got three albums and one EP and have been together for almost 13 years.
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Is Beggars the most perfect Stones album? Definitely. It's not my number one fave or even in the top 3 but I think it has the least flaws all the same. The running order is perfect and the vibe is very unique on that record. As with the preceding Satanic Majesties and the few-albums-later Goats Head Soup, they'd never made one like it before and they'd never make one like it aga
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I agree with Dandelion regarding the majesty and maturity of "How Can I Stop." Though it'd never be in my top 5 (like Dandelion's) or even top 30, it's a very moving latter day gem from the Stones. Last great song for me is probably "Laugh I Nearly Died" or "Doom & Gloom" but there are quite a few gems from the 1983-2012 period and for me they�
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteCanYouHearTheMusic QuoteDandelionPowderman <Does it have more variety by far than the often monochromatic (and slightly, if only slightly, overrated Some Girls)? Yes.> Black And Blue is a great album, with a good collection of different songs WITHIN a context: Black music. Some Girls is also a great album, with a remarkable collection of different songs WI
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QuoteMunichhilton QuoteMathijs Quotemichaelsavage QuoteMathijs Quotekleermaker I simply love GHS. It defines the summer of 1973 for me. And after that the autumn in which I saw them play in Rotterdam, October 13. Good lord, what a sensation that was! Even though I prefer the Stones live, GHS is one of my favourite studio albums, in the same league with Buttons, Fingers, Exile and Aftermath. Si
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Quoteleatherjacket the only underrated album is Dirty Work which is much better than what you usually read on iorr. B&B is for a lot of none Stones fan pretty well known and be loved. Dirty Work rules!
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QuoteDandelionPowderman <Does it have more variety by far than the often monochromatic (and slightly, if only slightly, overrated Some Girls)? Yes.> Black And Blue is a great album, with a good collection of different songs WITHIN a context: Black music. Some Girls is also a great album, with a remarkable collection of different songs WITHIN a context: New York. Monochromatic? Pop
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Love it! In my top 10 but not my top 5. Great groove/funk influenced numbers, but I can *definitely* see why many don't care for this record. At the time I first purchased it, I thought it was easily the worst Stones album I'd ever heard (I initially liked it less than even the mid 80s albums! First bought B&B in '89). It took literally over 10 years to grow on me, but once
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