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platter Ex Member	Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? May 11^th, 2009 at 7:24pm discuss i know it's a toughy folks. for me the winner is...........................ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH.
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1969 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 49 New York Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2009 at 9:59pm AHYS by a large margin.
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,201 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #2 - May 12^th, 2009 at 3:53am Out of Tears is very good, but AHYS is outstanding. One of the best five Stones songs post Tattoo You.
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LadyJane Rocks Off Regular Offline Stones Purist Posts: 4,928 Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #3 - May 12^th, 2009 at 4:47am Agree that both are good. OOT gets my vote. Piano is beautiful and it's a very sentimental song for me, personally. LJ.
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Nellcote Rocks Off Regular Offline So, what's your point? Posts: 2,920 Funifuti	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #4 - May 12^th, 2009 at 5:54am AHYS BTW, As Tears Goes By fit very well as the ending on the finale of House last night.
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Egon Rocks Off Regular Offline LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING STONES Posts: 1,881 A Dutchy in Marseille, France Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #5 - May 12^th, 2009 at 6:47am sigh!
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Joey I Have No Life! Offline Posts: 20,261 Omaha , NE Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #6 - May 12^th, 2009 at 8:52am " ... but AHYS is outstanding. One of the best five Stones songs post Tattoo You " Yes . Concur !!!! Gazza .............. Full Frontal Nuzzle Coming Your Way !!!! FULL FRONTAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
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platter Ex Member	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #7 - May 12^th, 2009 at 5:23pm the reason i ask is because i dusted off voodoo lounge last night and listened to it in full which i haven't done in ages and i was like these two songs would make good comparison songs.
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,201 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #8 - May 12^th, 2009 at 5:25pm If anything, Streets of Love sounded like an attempt to re-make Out Of Tears - unfortunately it died on it's arse.
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Reply #11 - May 12^th, 2009 at 8:16pm

"Almost Hear You Sigh" gets the nod here ... it was a true MJ/KR collaboration, with Mick sanding off the edges of, and sweetening, what was fundamentally a Keith composition. That formula usually yields the best results, doesn't it?

But "Tears" is nothing to sneeze at. It was Mick in top form: a commanding performance, a strong arrangement. And Ronnie was good tonight, too! (The definitive live rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ign_ibnh0s&feature=related).

Keith in '93 was coming off a stunning run of songwriting in his own right. I like Voodoo Lounge. But in retrospect, it should've been even better. What happened?

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Reply #13 - May 13^th, 2009 at 6:38am

Mel Belli wrote on May 12^th, 2009 at 8:16pm:

"Almost Hear You Sigh" gets the nod here ... it was a true MJ/KR collaboration, with Mick sanding off the edges of, and sweetening, what was fundamentally a Keith composition. That formula usually yields the best results, doesn't it?

But "Tears" is nothing to sneeze at. It was Mick in top form: a commanding performance, a strong arrangement. And Ronnie was good tonight, too! (The definitive live rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ign_ibnh0s&feature=related).

Keith in '93 was coming off a stunning run of songwriting in his own right. I like Voodoo Lounge. But in retrospect, it should've been even better. What happened?

Thanks for the You Tube clip, Mel.
"A sad, romantic song" Mick says.
Song is OUT of Tears, LJ, so WHY do you CRY so much when you here this damned song????

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glencar Ex Member	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #16 - May 13^th, 2009 at 11:23pm Whilst I acknowledge "Sigh" is the better song, "Tears" holds some very sentimental memories for me. Nobody does ballads better than the Stones.
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Ian Billen Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 1,562 USA Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #18 - May 15^th, 2009 at 1:50am I gotta go with "Out of Tears". One of the better ballads in their long career. Probably their best ballad since the Tattoo You Days. "Almost Hear Your Sigh" is good enough but OOT takes it fairly easy to me. The song is great with fine arrangement. Ian
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Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh?
Reply #19 - May 16^th, 2009 at 8:20am

Mel Belli wrote on May 12^th, 2009 at 8:16pm:

"Almost Hear You Sigh" gets the nod here ... it was a true MJ/KR collaboration, with Mick sanding off the edges of, and sweetening, what was fundamentally a Keith composition. That formula usually yields the best results, doesn't it?

But "Tears" is nothing to sneeze at. It was Mick in top form: a commanding performance, a strong arrangement. And Ronnie was good tonight, too! (The definitive live rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ign_ibnh0s&feature=related).

Keith in '93 was coming off a stunning run of songwriting in his own right. I like Voodoo Lounge. But in retrospect, it should've been even better. What happened?

According to the book "The Rolling Stones : Complete Recording Sessions", Steve Jordan initially co-wrote the song with Keith during the "Talk Is Cheap" sessions, and has a writing credit

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glencar Ex Member	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #20 - May 16^th, 2009 at 7:41pm The credit isn't on the CD...
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,201 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #21 - May 16^th, 2009 at 8:36pm Really? It's on mine, although I dont think I ever bought the Virgin remaster. Maybe its just on the CBS original. Jordan definitely co wrote it with Keith for Talk is Cheap. There's an outtake of it in circulation. Mick rewrote some of the lyrics and it was 'polished up' for Steel Wheels.
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Mr Jurkka Rocks Off Regular Offline You got it! Posts: 81 Finland Gender:	Re: Out of tears or Almost hear you sigh? Reply #22 - May 17^th, 2009 at 12:17pm Both are great beatiful and emotional songs.. both are bit underrated songs.. Almost hear got my vote.. btw Out of tears has one of the most simplest and best solo what stones has.
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Reply #23 - May 17^th, 2009 at 1:02pm

Gazza wrote on May 16^th, 2009 at 8:36pm:

Really? It's on mine, although I dont think I ever bought the Virgin remaster. Maybe its just on the CBS original.

Jordan definitely co wrote it with Keith for Talk is Cheap. There's an outtake of it in circulation. Mick rewrote some of the lyrics and it was 'polished up' for Steel Wheels.

The song most definitely has a Jagger/Richards/Jordan byline. But I think Jordan's actual contribution was minimal. He got the credit for the same reason that Keith got one on Mick's "Lonely At The Top": it was a carryover from an earlier recording session...

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Reply #24 - May 17^th, 2009 at 1:28pm

I'm not so sure it's comparable, Mel. Mick and Keith's track record in squeezing collaborators out of the publishing royalties suggests that if someone gets a co-credit along with them, then they've REALLY done something to earn it.

With 'Lonely at the top' its a bit different because the song was originally written for a Rolling Stones project - and presumably was copyrighted. If one of the Glimmer Twins gets a credit or co-credit for a Stones song, then they BOTH get it. Which is a bit unfortunate for Ronnie, for example, with regards to Dirty Work as he co-wrote most of the album with Keith, but ended up seeing the royalties for the songs split three ways between himself, Mick and Keith.

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Question: Out of Tears or Almost Hear You Sigh?
Out of Tears 6 (35.3%) Almost Hear You Sigh 11 (64.7%) Total votes: 17 « Created by: sweetcharmedlife on: May 12^th, 2009 at 10:00pm »