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

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

when martin sez "They've not done much of interest in 30 years" i wd rewrite that as "i have not found interesting the idea of checking out anything they've done in 25-odd years" (which is not quite the same)

has anyone actually heard any of the things getting zeroes?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I have heard the one that has the Amazong women lounging around cities, but I don't remember which one that is.

[cis.livejournal.com]

pretty sure that's 'love is strong', currently on two ticks.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are correct I think.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I've heard (and still vaguely remember) 'She's So Cold'

[koganbot]

Yes, of the songs currently on 0, I've heard "Respectable" (so what), "She's So Cold" (tremendous groove comic-desperation track, would have gladly ticked if there hadn't been too many others; friend of mine changed the lyrics to "I blow snot for her but she's so cold"), "Going To A Go-Go" (very strange and ratty and good live track, feels not at all like Smokey's original, somehow Jagger forgets himself and inserts the anger/hauteur of his great early years, despite - or maybe because of - the anger/hauteur's having nothing to do with the song), "Like A Rolling Stone" (think I heard and forgot this; live?; doesn't say much for the performance that I can't remember their version of one of the most intense songs of my life), "Streets Of Love" (slow sentimental shit that actually sounds reasonably good and has a clench-your-fists-and-emote chorus I could imagine Celine doing), "Rough Justice" (hard propulsive rocker, seizes you by the throat, excellent, and Mick says "cock," though not the best song on A Bigger Bang, which is "It Won't Take Long," which would have added life to side four of Exile, though I know you won't believe me), "Rain Fall Down" (godawful sentimental ballad about making love in a low-rent flat).

Mick says "cock"

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

haha awesome THE MAN CAN'T TAKE OUR MUSIC

Re: Mick says "cock"

[koganbot]

They made him change it for his half-time performance at the Superbowl.