The Friday Canon: THE ROLLING STONES

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

They're still not dead yet! Mick & Keef and the boys are still very much alive and kicking, despite the best efforts of various illicit pharmaceuticals, Mars Bars, Winnie The Pooh statues, Hells Angels, falling coconuts etc. Out of their 43 UK Top 40 hits, you get to pick your favourite FOURTEEN! Well go on then!

[Poll #952249]


NB I only realised that Satisfaction was on the front page of Wikipedia after I'd typed out the poll! Spooky!

Comic Relief: (link)
1. "Mama/Who Do You Think You Are" - The Spice Girls
2. "Living Doll" - Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones
3. "Absolutely Fabulous" - Absolutely Fabulous (Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley)
4. "Help!" - Bananarama & La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo (French and Saunders with Kathy Burke)
5. "Is This the Way to Amarillo" - Tony Christie & Peter Kay

Comments

[cis.livejournal.com]

Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) was one of my favourite records as a child, although my mother (second time in as many days i've mentioned her on pmists!) didn't let me listen to the Rolling Stones until I was of a suitable age, I'm assuming because she thought the sexuality would be a little problematic for my young mind. I did go through quite a period of hating Mick Jagger for the persona he adopted in a lot of the mid-sixties stuff, before I managed to get my head around the concepts of characterisation, irony, subtleties, enjoying problematic emotions, &c &c.

About the only thing that saves me from having a completely conventional, canonical view of the Stones is that 'come on' remains my favourite of their songs, no matter how well I recognise that it's lightweight, derivative, just a cover, absent of the genius of e.g. 'paint it, black', etc etc etc.