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Worst Stones song thread
Mar 18th, 2010 at 11:24pm
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We've been through this all before...

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/what-worst-rolling-stones-song

But check out the video for "Coming on Strong" by Broken English, halfway through the page.  Somebody got ripped off...
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Reply #1 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 2:27am
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Might as well get juiced. No question.

And those dudes on that blog have no clue!  What a post Ronnie!!!!!
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Reply #2 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 6:15am
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Even though it's a real period piece of the time, & I like it, I often wonder what The Stones think of "Dandelion" today, no flower power around today, but at the time it was just written just for that.
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Reply #3 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 6:27am
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Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 6:15am:
Even though it's a real period piece of the time, & I like it, I often wonder what The Stones think of "Dandelion" today, no flower power around today, but at the time it was just written just for that.


Yep, the Stones did their best to stay trendy as with Miss You during the disco rage. I never did like Miss You.
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Reply #4 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:05am
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Edith Grove wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 6:27am:
I never did like Miss You.



Thank you. Me either. I thought I was the only one....
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Reply #5 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:10am
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Toss up between Indian Girl and Miss You, although at this point I would sit through a two hour jam of both songs and both songs ONLY if it meant a Stones show!
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Reply #6 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:25am
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I'll go with all the songs on ABB except Back of My Hand and Rough Justice. I can't remember what most of them are called right now. Sweet Neo-Con and Streets of Love come to mind.

I like Might As Well Get Juiced.
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Reply #7 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:36am
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Y'all are nuts.  Miss You is GREAT. Killer single, killer lead track to LGSA, killer 12", killer live in '78 and '81. 
Might As Well Get Juiced is very cool.
And Dandelion is marvellous - you KNOW you should wear it.

Come on, dig up the true bottom of the barrel for what would truly be a godawful record:

I WAS THE WORST: SCRAPING OUT THE UTERUS

Back to Zero
Suck on the Jugular
Any Way You Look at It
Let Me Down Slow
Blinded by Rainbows
Can You Hear the Music?
Stealing My Heart
This Place Is Empty
Rock and a Hard Place
Always Suffering

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Reply #8 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:43am
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Hold Back
Anyway You Look At It
Melody
Sweet Neocon

Probably the only Stones songs I've never gotten any enjoyment out of.
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Reply #9 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:55am
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In no particular order and just off the top of me head:

Flip The Switch / Where The Boys Go / SMU /Dirty Work Album except Had It w/ You, Too Rude and Harlem Shuffle / Melody /

not sure if it is fair to include GOMMPER...it barly is a song in itself...but it is kind of interesting

Oh...I like The Dust Brothers...so Juiced is on my LIKE list
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Reply #10 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:56am
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Cover of "My Girl."
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Reply #11 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:17am
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'Miss You' is a great record. I'm just sick to death of hearing it being butchered live. Mind you, I'd like to see the Stones tour again if it means I have to put up with it. 'Where The Boys Go' is one of my top 12, and always has been.

Worst ever? 'Hold Back' by a mile. A dreadful thrashing mess that spends five minutes in a vain search for something resembling a tune, with possibly the worst vocal of Jagger's career (his tendency to growl and bark around that era wasnt very enjoyable).

The rest of the top 10 in no particular order

My Girl (great song. Crap cover).
Sing This All Together
Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
Gomper (anyone able to notice a trend yet?)
Anyway You look at It
Sweet Neo Con (decent tune, but a message that totally misses the point because it reads like the rantings of a 12 year old with Tourettes)
Suck On The Jugular
Losing My Touch
Melody (enjoyed the novelty of seeing it played live at Shepherds Bush, though)

To be honest, theres not that many that I cant listen to. Even some of the above arent totally horrendous. Thats not a bad return for a catalogue of 350 songs.
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Reply #12 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:30am
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Blinded by Love - oh my god my testicles shrink just typing it.
Indian Girl
Don't Hold Back
Back to Zero
How Can I Stop
Always Suffering
Stealing My Heart
This Place is Empty.

I gotta say that Keith's contributions have steadily declined since Voodoo Lounge.
Liked Thru and Thru alot.
But after that, man....no one wants any more Kieth ballads.

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Reply #13 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:31am
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Rain Fell Down makes me turn off the stereo. Just like most of ABB actually. Can't stand that album... Other crappy songs: Anyway You Look At It, Back To Zero, Already Over Me, Sad Sad Sad...
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LadyJane wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:10am:
Toss up between Indian Girl and Miss You, although at this point I would sit through a two hour jam of both songs and both songs ONLY if it meant a Stones show!

LOL....You are a die hard LJ. My vote goes to Start Me Up. Boring post
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Reply #15 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 11:25am
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I'm not feeling negative today, in spite of this horrible weather and this stupid world. So I'll say that I pretty much like every Stones song. Maybe side two of Undercover kinda sucks (except for Too Much Blood; I love that one), but it's still an entertaining listen. Besides that, I don't think that I ever heard their "Like A Rolling Stones" version in its entirety.
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I gotta go with Back To Zero and Sweet Neo Con. Both crap songs on just about every level as far as I'm concerned. SNC could have been so much better had Jagger actually written some lyrics that weren't so banal and insipid. Those lyrics rank right up there (or down there?) with "sharks will cry...,and, "I ate the turkey and the stuffing too..." in their supidity.


I used to hate Gomper, but as I get older I look at that whole period with nostalgia, and it brings back memories of the days of Swinging London, Mick and Marianne, and the Redlands period.



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Neocon is absolute tripe.  It wins hands down not only for its utter lack of anything resembling intellect, it also was meant to be taken seriously. 

Among Jagger's absolute worst efforts of all time, and it had NO business being placed on a Stones record.  That song took what was a decent album and diminished it to the point of embarrassment.

Shame on Jagger for including such a vile, stinking, pile of dung.


This Place Is Empty by the way is a solid good tune.

Long live Keith...
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sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:52am:
LadyJane wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:10am:
Toss up between Indian Girl and Miss You, although at this point I would sit through a two hour jam of both songs and both songs ONLY if it meant a Stones show!

LOL....You are a die hard LJ. My vote goes to Start Me Up. Boring post


Yes I am SCL!!! Wink
I'm sick of SMU as well but feel free to throw that into my two hour jam session.

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Reply #19 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:20pm
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Riffhard wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 11:50am:
I gotta go with Back To Zero and Sweet Neo Con. Both crap songs on just about every level as far as I'm concerned. SNC could have been so much better had Jagger actually written some lyrics that weren't so banal and insipid. Those lyrics rank right up there (or down there?) with "sharks will cry...,and, "I ate the turkey and the stuffing too..." in their supidity.


I used to hate Gomper, but as I get older I look at that whole period with nostalgia, and it brings back memories of the days of Swinging London, Mick and Marianne, and the Redlands period.



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I'm with you, Riffy. Smiley There's a lot to be said for nostalgia.... Brian's smile taylor made smile stu-smiling
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'Miss You' is a great record. I'm just sick to death of hearing it being butchered live. Mind you, I'd like to see the Stones tour again if it means I have to put up with it. 'Where The Boys Go' is one of my top 12, and always has been.

Ironically, I really don't like the album version, but I would like to see it done live...either from B stage (imagine that sing-a-long!!) or as an encore next to last song w/ the confetti/ balloons etc...as a bone for the set list complainers (hi everybody!!)
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Reply #21 - Mar 20th, 2010 at 4:24am
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Indian Girl  - that is the one of the few that makes me wonder just what the hell they were thinking
Melody
Don't Stop
Where the Boys Go
In Another Land
Has Anybody Seen My Baby

Those are the only ones that make me hit the skip track button when they come up on the CD player.

I know a lot of folks don't care for Might As Well Get Juiced.  I like it even though it doesn't sound like a Stones song to me.  More like Mick plotting a solo album.
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Reply #22 - Mar 20th, 2010 at 6:17am
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Mostly, I was looking for comment on Broken English ripping off Mick/Stones on that song and video that I never much noticed back then ("Coming on Strong").  Why didn't the Stones come up with that backing vocal riff...or those outfits?....
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Sioux wrote on Mar 19th, 2010 at 8:20pm:
[quote author=Riffhard link=1268972658/0#16 date=1269017401]I gotta go with Back To Zero and Sweet Neo Con. Both crap songs on just about every level as far as I'm concerned. SNC could have been so much better had Jagger actually written some lyrics that weren't so banal and insipid. Those lyrics rank right up there (or down there?) with "sharks will cry...,and, "I ate the turkey and the stuffing too..." in their supidity.
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I notice that their weakest modern stuff tends to be politically oriented - weak because it's way too specific and non-metaphorical compared to their 1960s-70s politics (Sweet Black Angel., SFTD, YCAGWYW, Heartbreaker).
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All these mentions of "HOLD BACK"...i couldn't even recall the song...i looked it up, listened to it...it is UNLISTENABLE!!! i looked up the lyrics...i couldn't even follow with the words in front of me...try it!!!

i not even convinced that those are the Stones playing that crap
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