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Title: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guitar..
Post by Throwaway on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 8:38am

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/5

In the latest RS, here they are:

5 "Brown Sugar"
The Rolling Stones (1971)

"Satisfaction" may be the Rolling Stones' most recognizable riff, but this Sticky Fingers hit — based on a gutbucket guitar part devised by Mick Jagger — is the band's raunchy guitar pinnacle. Keith Richards' secret weapon: He's playing a guitar that's missing its lowest string.

25 "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
The Rolling Stones (1971)

The fist-on-your-door riff was classic Keith Richards, while the solo showed Mick Taylor's disciplined touch. "Mick was so lyrical on songs like 'Knocking,' " Charlie Watts has said, noting his love of the song's long instrumental coda. "That was a complete jam, one take at the end."

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by TenThousandMotels on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 8:49am

Only two out of 100....that's bullshit.
:smile

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by Throwaway on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 9:41am

For real, no Sympathy/JJF makes this list a JOKE!

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by Joey on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 9:46am

Two " THE WHO " songs were listed :

15 "My Generation"
The Who (1965)

" Before smashing guitars was a cliché, it was a shock, and the Who's signature song was one shock after another, from Pete Townshend's pile-driving two-chord riff to his sudden disappearance while bassist John Entwistle solos to the glitchy feedback that ends the original recording. "

40 "I Can See for Miles"
The Who (1967)

Pete Townshend called this "the ultimate Who record" and brought his arsenal of moves to it: windmilling power chords; fretboard-stroking, piercing drones; and shifting accents that play off his bandmates. It was a breakthrough that set the standard for guitar tricks.

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 10:57am

There's a lot more then 2 for The Stones for sure, it's just one or a jury of opinions, & their taste, a lot I agree with, a lot I don't, I don't know why The Kinks You Really got me is always picked, all day & all of the night is much more powerful, & a great riff, I guess this is in the now issue of Rollin' Stone, I wish the site had all 100 songs listed in 1 page, instead of having to change pages all the time.

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by TenThousandMotels on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 11:31am

Only 2? WTF? Theyve lost it. Jann Wenner or what ever his fucking name is, has finally lost it. Two Stones songs in the top 100 Greatest Guitar songs of all time. That's an abomination.

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by ebmp on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 1:53pm

Yes... Two songs is an absurd... And the lack of JJF on that list is a sin

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by Sioux on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 11:07pm

Yeah, hard to believe there aren't more Stones songs {although "Memo From Turner" is #92}.

Other interesting choices....

#9--Statesboro Blues--Allmans
#23--Over Under Sideways Down--Yardbirds
#36--Interstellar Overdrive--Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd
#38--Stay With Me--Faces
#56--Eight Miles High--Byrds
#88--Mona {I Need You Baby}--Quicksilver
#95--Omaha--Moby Grape

Lots of Hendrix {and covers}, understandably. Also Albert King, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck......some good choices, overall.

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by Glimmer Twin on Jun 5^th, 2008 at 9:10pm

Throwaway wrote on Jun 4^th, 2008 at 9:41am:

For real, no Sympathy/JJF makes this list a JOKE!

I agree it's a joke. What about Gimme Shelter and All Down The Line? It's Only Rock and Roll? Come one.

Title: Re: 2 Stones songs mentioned in 100 Greatest Guita
Post by corgi37 on Jun 6^th, 2008 at 7:01am

I think Gimme Shelter for sure should be in there.