Other than, that while it doesn't dishonor their legacy, it mostly strikes me as sounding like a collection of middling Stones B-sides (which is not a bad thing) and that the only song that really, really rouses me from my pastoral torpor (unsurprisingly) is Keith's big slow number.
And I can live with that.
Anyway, reason I bring up the Stones is twofold. To begin with, I'd never seen this clip -- a remake of "Love in Vain" -- before a few days ago, and I don't know exactly when it was done and why, but it just knocks me out, and I thought I'd share.
Seriously, when people talk about those guys being the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world, that's the kind of thing they're talking about.
Secondly, I mention the Stones because, coincidentally (heh) they're the subject of this week's Weekend Essay Question.
And so to business. To wit:
...and your favorite obscure Stones track -- i.e.,not one of their hits, or even an often-referenced album cut -- is...?
In case you were wondering, mine is this one -- the ridiculously out of tune guitars and backing vocals notwithstanding. The song just kills me, and I always wanted to cover it.
And your choices would be...?
Discuss.
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
[h/t Steve Schwartz]
I believe this clip is part of this:
ReplyDeleteStripped is a live album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in November 1995 after the Voodoo Lounge Tour.
It contains eight studio recordings and six live tracks.
The studio sessions (eight recordings): on 3–5 March 1995, Tokyo and on 23–26 July 1995, Lisbon, recorded "live," i.e., without overdubs. The remaining eight tracks were acoustic studio re-recordings of songs from the Stones' previous catalogue, the exception being a cover of Willie Dixon's "Little Baby".
Back Street Girl
ReplyDeleteLoving Cup
Ride On Baby
Shine a Light
Love In Vain (Ya Ya's)
It's Not Easy
VR still awake
I Am Waitng from Aftermath
ReplyDeleteShe's A Rainbow from the mostly forgettable Satanic Majesty's Regrets album. The Stones version is fabulous and without it we wouldn't have these equally great cover from Molly Tuttle with band and solo
ReplyDelete- Paul in DK
Sal -- thanks for clearing that up.
ReplyDeleteTake It Or Leave It's pretty cool too
ReplyDeleteand the Barbara Lynn cover.
VR
Paul in DK- She's a Rainbow was a hit. And I'm very fond of both sides. The B is a groove.
Now put on your thinking cap and come up with something more obscure:) I'm feeling playful. That means it's time for bed. My PT's gonna be here at 11. Lights Out. Hi Steve
I'm a sucker for their ballads.
ReplyDeleteLet It Loose
Winter
Could name many but narrowed it down to three:
ReplyDeleteConnection (from BETWEEN THE BUTTONS) - An infectious, energetic song that probably should have been a single.
Luxury (from IT'S ONLY ROCK'N ROLL)
Neighbors (from TATTOO YOU) - Was the B-side of the "Hang Fire" single, arguably should have been the A-side, love the guitar and sax solos AND Charlie's snare, which sounds, as Mr. Simels noted at the time, like a trash-can lid.
for the bowdlerization: "let's spend some time together" on the ed sullivan show
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRCuKsvNEE
ChrisE-
ReplyDeleteConnection should have been a single! It should have followed Ruby/LSTNT with All Sold Out as the B-Side. Woulda Rocked!
In Los Angeles "Connection" got to Number 6 as an LP cut. It was played as much or more than Under My Thumb was as an LP cut.
Here's the chart- You'll notice that She is an LP cut at Number Five
KRLA - LOS ANGELES
MARCH 4, 1967
TW LW
1. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles 1
2. Happy Together – The Turtles 2
3. No Milk Today/There’s A Kind Of Hush – Herman’s Hermits 13
4. Live – Merry-Go-Round --
5. She – The Monkees 5
6. Connections – Rolling Stones 8
7. 59th St. Bridge Song – Harpers Bizarre 3
8. Dedicated To The One I Love – Mamas & Papas 4
9. Little Black Egg – The Nightcrawlers 12
10. Sit Down I Think I Love You – The Mojo Men 7
11. The Return Of The Red Baron – Royal Guardsmen 10
12. Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones 6
13. Everybody Needs Somebody – Thee Midniters 17
14. Darling Be Home Soon – Lovin’ Spoonful 18
15. Kind Of A Drag – The Buckinghams 15
16. Sock It To Me Baby – Mitch Ryder --
17. Up & Downs – Paul Revere & The Raiders 16
18. I Had Too Much To Dream – Electric Prunes 22
19. Go Where You Wanna Go – 5th Dimension 38
20. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – The Casinos 27
21. Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – Johnny Rivers 26
22. The Acalpuco Gold – The Rainy Daze 23
23. Epistle To Dippy - Donovan 19
24. Love Is Here & Now You’re Gone – The Supremes 24
25. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield 25
26. Rock & Roll Gypsies – Hearts & Flowers 28
27. Let’s Fall In Love – Peaches & Herb 30
28. (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet – Blues Magoos 31
29. It Takes Two – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 37
30. I’m A Believer – The Monkees 11
31. You Got To Me – Neil Diamond 35
32. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Spencer Davis Gr. 32
33. No Fair At All – The Association 20
34. Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke 29
35. My Cup Runneth Over – Ed Ames 33
36. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage – The Miracles --
37. Stand By Me – Spyder Turner 36
38. So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star – The Byrds 21
39. 98.6 – Keith 40
40. Music To Watch Girls By – Bob Crewe Gener. --
VR - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
That clip is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!
ReplyDeleteI’ve never before seen it, and now I’ll never forget it. Perfect performance!
Off The Hook, B side of UK single Little Red Rooster
ReplyDelete'Plunder My Soul'. There are a lot of obscure Stones recordings from the last 30 years that are just fabulous. 'Plunder' is the one that jumped into my ears as I pondered Steve's question.
ReplyDeleteJust to fuck with everyone's minds (and ears) here are some variations on the theme:
Best Rolling Stones song by The Beatles: 'Not a Second Time'.
Best Stones song by another band not The Beatles: 'Gone And Passed By' by The Chocolate Watch Band.
Love the topic!
Captain Al
"Can You Hear the Music" from Goat's Head. Excellent B-side deep cut.
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That clip is killer. I love studio footage.
ReplyDeleteAnd there are a lot of great cuts on "Between the Buttons" that I love ... "All Sold Out", "Complicated" ...
The good old days of LP's, with side A and side B ...
VR
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for re-printing the info from that L.A. chart.
Glad to see the other comments praising "Between the Buttons".
ReplyDeleteIt was the first Stones album I bought - my older brother bought all the ones before that but he went off to college and we moved. I bought BTB and it was the first stereo lp I ever had.
I'll go with "Miss Amanda Jones"!
“Obscure” is pretty vague. Does Spider and the Fly count?
ReplyDeleteProbably not to this crowd.
I’ve always been kind of partial to What to Do, with its sort of Beach Boys vibe.
I'll be doing Love in Vain tomorrow night, in fact - as an instrumental, because I love Keith's guitar part and love Ya-Yas version for Bill's descending bass line, which takes the whole thing right back to Chicago. And I love Charlie's entrance in this clip. It could actually make me cry even before he left us, ever since which the Stones do not exist.
ReplyDeleteIn this topic I, too, favor the Aftermath/Buttons axis: It's Not Easy, Out of Time, Flight 505, Amanda Jones, Who's Been Sleeping Here?
But earlier (Down the Road A Piece) and later (Casino Boogie) stuff also rings my chimes.
Hey Pete-
ReplyDeleteYeah, Down the Road Apiece - Rolling Stones, Now! great fuckin' album!
I forgot to mention Sittin' On a Fence. You know, Flowers had some pretty great stuff on it. Cool odds and ends.
If You Let Me's a pretty cool outtake.
Like the Lantern too.
VR
ChrisE - da nada
Sway
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Slave (nasty groove-great solos-prima!)
No Use In Crying
Kissin Cunt In Cannes
Starfucker
VR
Torn and Frayed
OK, another chart from KRLA with Fortune Teller (from an Australian single) at #3
ReplyDeleteand Under My Thumb LP cut #6
When Fortune Teller hit in SoCal every garage band was playing it lickety split.
Don't know how this paste job is gonna turn out but here goes:
KRLA - 1110 AM - LOS ANGELES
AUGUST 27, 1966
1
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
2
The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby
3
The Rolling Stones
Fortune Teller
4
Donovan
Sunshine Superman
5
Bobby Hebb
Sunny
6
The Rolling Stones
Under My Thumb
7
The Beatles
Got To Get You Into My Life
8
Napoleon XIV
They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
9
Tommy Roe
Sweet Pea
10
The Association
Cherish
11
The Cyrkle
Red Rubber Ball
12
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs
Lil' Red Riding Hood
13
The Lovin' Spoonful
Summer In The City
14
The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine
15
The Kinks
Sunny Afternoon
16
The Standells
Dirty Water
17
The Standells
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
18
Paul Revere And The Raiders
Hungry
19
Herman's Hermits
This Door Swings Both Ways
20
Bob Dylan
Just Like A Woman
21
Love
7 And 7 Is
22
The Yardbirds
Over Under Sideways Down
23
Ray Conniff And The Singers
Somewhere, My Love
24
Tommy James And The Shondells
Hanky Panky
25
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The Work Song
26
The Sandpipers
Guantanamera
27
Frank Sinatra
Strangers In The Night
28
The Mamas & The Papas
I Saw Her Again
29
The Troggs
Wild Thing
30
The Beatles
Paperback Writer
30
The Beatles
Rain
31
The Supremes
You Can't Hurry Love
32
The Cyrkle
Turn-Down Day
33
The Rolling Stones
Mothers Little Helper
33
The Rolling Stones
Lady Jane
34
The Dave Clark Five
Satisfied With You
35
Billy Stewart
Summertime
36
Simon & Garfunkel
The Dangling Conversation
36
Simon & Garfunkel
The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
37
Chad & Jeremy
Distant Shores
38
Wilson Pickett
Land Of 1000 Dances
39
Petula Clark
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
40
Stevie Wonder
Blowin In The Wind
VR
Two from 'Goats Head Soup:'
ReplyDelete'Hide Your Love'- basic piano blues stomp that really works,
and 'Star Star' which has my favorite guitar break ever.
Lotta love for Goats Head Soup on this thread. I wouldn't have expected that.
ReplyDeleteI chose Starfucker but I prefer the Love You Live version
I'm waiting for Sal to weigh in with "Surprise Surprise":)
VR
"Out of Time" and "I Don't Know Why" both from Metamorphosis, an album I've loved since it was released.
ReplyDeleteOh, and how could I forget? Parachute Woman.
ReplyDeleteChild of the moon...Down the road apiece..Under assistant West Coast promo
ReplyDeleteIt's Not Easy.
ReplyDeleteBlue Oyster Cult used to end their set with this. Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma would duck-walk across the stage together.
Rocks Off!
ReplyDeleteDear Doctor from Beggars Banquet.
ReplyDeleteOK, since I don't think anyone's mentioned it yet, Moonlight Mile.
ReplyDeleteAnd some others from the "last song on side two club":
Goin' Home
Something Happened To Me Yesterday
On With the Show (just kidding, though I'm not as harsh on this record as most. Loved it at the time but I was a junior high acid head. It out-psychedelics Sgt.P & MMT IMHO)
Salt of the Earth
Fingerprint File
VR
VR -- "Moonlight Mile" (probably my all time fave Stones song) is so gorgeous they made a movie based on it.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNr6kmV2Bb0
"2000 Man" is the best Kinks song they ever wrote.
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