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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 7:43:51 GMT -5
Opening riff to rival (STRONGLY) J J Flash and Brown Sugar....Sway. Bitch. Then next you could have Rip This Joint (tho it's pretty much Maybelline, revved to shit!) or what the hell, just line up the 3 leadoff tracks to Exile... Rocks Off Rip This Joint Shake Your Hips "Paint it Black" ain't all that, but these three consecutive Stones songs that you posted, RocDoc, is impeachable. |
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 7:45:06 GMT -5
and "Sway"? woo boy. that is the second best Stones song ever written. mindblazingly good.
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Post by Paul on Jan 10, 2006 9:36:30 GMT -5
"Jumping Jack Flash" -- all the things you said about it I'm totally agreeing. It's the best thing they ever did. Not by a long shot or anything, but it edges out the rest. IMO "Bitch" is a more definitive Stones song...Then again I'm a huge fan of Sticky Fingers in general... Speaking of..."Sister Morphine" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" just may be my favorite Stones songs. But "Bitch" is the song that really opened me up to the Stones. |
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 9:38:43 GMT -5
i was never a fan of "Bitch" that much. it sounded like a ripped off Hendrix riff to me, funnily enough.
i really have to concur with RocDoc's "Sway" entry... can't believe i didn't think of that song sooner.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jan 10, 2006 10:25:58 GMT -5
"Paint It Black ain't all that" - ?! Bitch! I'll Paint Your Ass Black !
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 10:27:16 GMT -5
it's kinda weak, thorn. the sound of it sounds hollow. and it strikes me sometimes as a novelty song.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 10, 2006 10:57:41 GMT -5
I love Paint It Black, but then again, I prefer the best of the Stones' sixties singles to their seventies output. For me, Jumpin' Jack Flash marked a return to form after the psychedelic sidetrack of Satanic Majesties. But more importantly ...
Skvor mentioned "The Seeker" and this is IMHO not just one of the best Who songs, but is one of the definitive British rockers. Townshend's lyric here ranks among his very best, both knowingly self-aware and yet with an everyman appeal. When Pete writes "I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary" he could be talking as a fan who appeals to his idols for answers, or on a personal level as someone who knows all these people. And then, with a line, he dismisses them as no more authoritative than anyone else "but he couldn't help me either!" Daltrey's delivery is absolutely perfect as well, punching the words out over a pounding rythym track from Moon and Entwistle that could practically move buildings by itself. Toss in Pete's fractured guitar riffing and manic piano pounding, and you've got a stone cold certified masterpiece. That never appeared on a proper Who album. That far too few people today have heard. Better than anything on Tommy or Quadrophenia, the equal of damn near anything on Who's Next (though it does not fit the sound of that album at all), and an influential cut for the young punks in the seventies. The Clash owe a huge debt to this song, and of course you can't talk about the Jam w/o referencing Townshend (or Ray Davies).
So if you don't own The Seeker ... get out there and find yourself a copy! Look under chairs, look under tables, try and find the key to fifty million fables ... look low and high. But you don't get to get what you're after, 'till the day you die.
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 11:04:41 GMT -5
that's a good Who song, but are you sure it's their best? I only ever heard it on the Meaty Beaty Big Bouncy album... i'm guessing it was only a single and never an album track? It's possibly dated somewhat by the mentions of Beatles and Tim Leary, imo...
the best Who song ever is Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere. fuck, i love that song. I could listen to it all day, i could listen to nothing else by the Who and still find enough in that song to idolize Townshend. The band as a whole is in top, snotty, brilliant, chaotic form on that song. It's just tremendous, a huge gust of energy, with the opening guitar flourish, the harmonized vocal parts, the sheer bravado of the middle eight meltdown, the near punk energy, the fluid dynamics of the song ELEVATING it above mere punk....
Townshend said he was influenced by Charlie Parker when he wrote that song, i think (one of them jazz guys anyway)... and it's near godlike.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jan 10, 2006 11:05:11 GMT -5
I got it when I bought the The Who's BBC Sessions and man that song is just killer.
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 11:06:16 GMT -5
That's really the Who as an art-statment.
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 11:16:54 GMT -5
hmm, well different strokes for different people.. both songs are great, and i like the one for specific reasons while the two of you like the other for different ones.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 10, 2006 11:25:30 GMT -5
I didn't say The Seeker was the Who's BEST song, but it's one that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
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Post by Rit on Jan 10, 2006 11:27:33 GMT -5
sorry. i get overeager sometimes...
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Post by Paul on Jan 11, 2006 8:50:06 GMT -5
the Seeker = damn fine song...
I really like "I can see for miles", for that matter Sell Out is my favorite Who album; brilliant concept.
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Post by melon1 on Jan 11, 2006 10:36:03 GMT -5
Top 5 Stones songs:
1. Wild Horses
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
4. Heartbreaker(do do do)
5. 2000 Light Years From Home
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