The Rolling Stones- Your Thoughts - Page 2

Jagger's singing ruins that song.

Except for one hot minute, around '68 or'69, when he briefly came into his own, Mick has always been the weak link in the Stones. He's such a poncy poseur; especially embarrassing in the early Blues purists phase or during stabs at punk.

Part of the reason the Exile On Main Street mix is so great, is because it buries and distorts the vocals, giving them an edge to match the fierce playing of the rest of the band.

Had Some Girls in my player as i was driving around this morning. "Before They Make Me Run" is such a great outlaw anthem. Maybe their last convincing one.

That song would suck without Mick!

Re: "Girl With The Faraway Eyes"

Jagger takes the parody to the extreme because he doesn't know what to do with it. Should be just mildly tongue-in-cheek.

He's always uncomfortable with even faux-sincerity.

Wow. I ate that puppy up.

'Tis true. You should copyright that and put in on a slew of t-shirts.

Another word about Steel Wheels--the production hasn't aged well, but it fits the sound of the late '80s like a pea in a pod. There's some very good songwriting on there, and the majority of the disc is a great example of high-end craftsmanship and musicianship. 'Sad Sad Sad', 'Terrifying', 'Hold On To Your Hat', 'Rock And A Hard Place', and 'Break The Spell' are quite addictive. 'Blinded By Love' is one of my fave Stones ballads.

Even when the Stones are going-through-the-motions, they somehow manage to deliver the thrills.

I just recently got all the great alubms from a friend and ripped them to my Ipod and now once I graduate and get a job the vinyl hunt will begin.

I have been warming up to them all though I have always been more of Zep and Who guy myself.

If I had to pick one track and drop the rest mine would be "Beast of Burden", not quite sure why but there it is.

I like the Stones more then the Beatles.

Hey, I can remember when the epic showdown was between The Beatles and The Dave Clark Five.

"It's not fair!" Ringo cries. "There's five of them and only four of us!"

The original UK version of Between the Buttons is superlative. So many of the songs should have been hits and weren't ("Miss Amanda Jones," "Connection," "Complicated," "She Smiled Sweetly"). That's a lot of the fun and freshness of Buttons, though, since in all likelihood you've heard none of these tracks played endlessly on the radio, if at all. The U.S. edition sours things by substituting "Ruby Tuesday" and "Let's Spend the Night Together," two songs I could do without hearing for the remainder of my life.

Aftermath is not as strong, gets bogged down by a ten-minute track ("Going Home") with a meandering, terribly overlong instrumental passage punctuated by Jagger's repetitive mumbling and shouting. "Out of Time" is also too long at five minutes - the shorter, faster and orchestra-heavy (but Stones-less) revamp by Jagger, featured on Metamorphosis, is preferable to me. Rest of the album has some excellent, underrated songs, particularly "I Am Waiting" and "What To Do."

I'm also throwing a shout out to the UK version of Out Of Our Heads. That album consists almost entirely of great covers, including the "She Said Yeah" later featured on December's Children. Only 28 minutes long - a fast, exciting album.

And as the holidays roll around, I once more find myself marveling at the fact that nothing that Keef or Mick have done with all their solo work can hold a candle to what Keef managed in less than three minutes on "Run Rudolph Run."