heartbeatocean said:

Absolutely, you just cant hate ANY of those songs.

But 19th Nervous Breakdown, now THAT is a steaming clunker.

I like (favorite)Sticky Fingers better than(Best)Exile.

My god, if you even like Steel Wheels, there are some great Stones albums you need to to listen to!

There's no way Exile is overrated. The album is fantastic, start to finish.

I've also always been partial to not only Some Girls (surprise, eh?) but also Between the Buttons (either US or UK).

Get a SACD player if you can, and enjoy the fuck outta the 1960s-era SACD remasters!

The new album is amazing. I thought Voodoo Lounge was alright when it came out. Never cared for Bridges to Babylon. Won't even talk about their recent live albums. But Bigger Bang is great. First time (since I became a fan in '93) I've ever had new Stones songs stuck in my head all day all night...

You are still here?

This pisses all over their whole back catalogue, including Exile:



PUT IT ON AND FUCKING CRANK IT UP!!!

take it away my emoticon chums

Yeah, and I just got that from ebay!

...mmmh, the joy of collecting yet another band's music!

Sticky Fingers most definately

As for most underrated stones song. She Was Hot has to be the winner. I have every stones album and that is in my Top 10. Awesome.

LittleSmedley said:

I've been going on this one for a few weeks now. Bitch!!

calldapplwondery83 said:

The majority of which include the original members.
Most notably their founder and multi-instrumetalist...



...Brian Jones.

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heartbeatocean said:

I meant KingSausage. Haven't seen him here in ages!

LittleSmedley said:

Remember this lp cover with the zipper fly.

theAudience said:

No Sticky Fingers?

beauhall said:

Get Off of My Cloud is kind of clunky.

Okay, all this talk about Stones records reminded me that their NEW album is out. So I zipped off to iTunes and bought it right away.

I like this. I like this a lot. It's raw like Exile, it's got Mick with his good voice back, instead of that stilted voice he was using on the last few records ("Rock In A Hard Place" comes to mind). The guitars are reminescient of Let It Bleed - LOTS of slide guitar, LOTS of harmonica in there, and the drums are much like Tatoo You - up in your face, not a lot of effects in there.

The lyrical content is what it is, the usual stuff.

I like this new record. As a huge Stones fan, I give this two thumbs up. (And I haven't like most of their latest stuff.)

andyman91 said:

I dig it.

I just like the ones I listed better.


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heartbeatocean said:

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theAudience said:

Oh god. I better shut up now.

heartbeatocean said:

No keep it going.


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beauhall said:

Aren't they cute? They all look so happy.

As far as underrated Stones songs go, here's my picks:

100 Years Ago
Winter
Connection
Terrifying
Had It With You
It Must Be Hell
All About You
Time Waits For No One
Hand of Fate

theAudience said:

How much did Jones actually contribute? Ive read about his multi -instrumentalist capabilities , but also read that by the time of his departure, he was no longer contributing much...( my impression was that he felt bullied by the "glimmer twins" ) ...

Just curious...

Any songs in particular that display Jones' contributions ?

KingSausage said:

I love this one. I still think Steel Wheels has plenty of great tracks.

MrTation said:

GO read the latest Keith Richards bio. Brian was huge at the beginning, but eventually the glimmer twins both slept with him and tossed him out of the bed for eating crackers.

I'm paraphrasing here...

MrTation said:

Outside of the standard things like harp and slide guitar (I Wanna Be Your Man, Little Red Rooster, No Expectations),
all the exotic non-traditional R&R instruments...

sitar (Paint It Black, Street Fighting Man)
dulcimer (Lady Jane)
mellotron (2000 Light Years From Home)
marimba (Under My Thumb)
recorder (Ruby Tuesday)
autoharp (You Got The Silver)

(along with various tamboura, organ and woodwind parts)

...from England's Newest Hit Makers through Beggars Banquet (and pieces of Let It Bleed) were played by Brian Jones.

From the beginning, Brian Jones was The Rolling Stones.
It was his concept. He was the researcher into American Blues music.

Brian's downfall with the band had nothing to do with his musicianship.
Outside of his lifestyle (his own undoing) and the fact that he didn't write tunes, he was the coolest looking and all the chicks dug him.


"If ever a man genuinely lived the rock and roll life and naturally characterized the Stones in every way-long before the five of us assumed a style-it was Brian Jones. The band would not have existed without him…many attitudes and sounds of the sixties were developed from Brian's style and determination…he was the archetypal middle-class kid screaming to break away from his background, bumming around in dead end jobs before finally finding his niche. And when he found it, he hammered it across to the world, with idealism and commitment."

~Bill Wyman


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theAudience said:

I have to respectfully disagree with the characterization that Brian Jones WAS the rolling stones. I think he tried to pass the band off as his in the early days, and I think he was an extraordinarily talented musician, but I don't think he can rightfully be called the genius of the rolling stones, or even a dominant creative force. If anything, his blues traditionalist mindset was holding the stones back and while all the instruments he contributed were fascinating, I think he really just amounted to an extraordinary session man with lots of input. Keith Richards, to me, is the real "mastermind" of the rolling stones; the man worshipped chuck berry, always tried to keep in touch with the roots/basics of what rock was about, and in touch with developements in black subculture like funk and reggae, was a riff god, wrote most of the melodies and a good chunk of the lyrics...need I go on.

jacktheimprovident said:

Which probably should be corrected for clarity to read, "In the beginning, Brian Jones was The Rolling Stones" figuratively speaking.
He did more than try to "pass the band off as his". It was his concept. He put the band together.
Don't mind me, read Bill Wyman's own words, "The band would not have existed without him…".

He was the "musician" of the group.
During those early days (pre U.S.) , it was even Brian who was the most animated on stage moreso than Jagger.

Keith became one of the masterminds along with Jagger.
And his "blues traditionalist mindset" is still an important element in the present day Rolling Stones.

Keeping in mind the time frame i'm referring to, feel free to continue.

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Don't know all their music well enough to say which is best, but this one is probably my fave:

theAudience said:

I can dig that, although I still think that by virtue of the fact that he didn't write any of the material, that he wasn't the creatively dominant one.