Unpopular Music Opinions

**Janszoon** · 01-02-2023, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER

I think it's a good cover..but his cover of the mercy seat by Nick Cave is better.

His version of “The Mercy Seat” is fantastic. Way better than the original.

Also, I don’t think we’ve crossed paths before but thumbs up on the username. I love EW.

The Batlord · 01-02-2023, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER

Cash and Jennings are great, but also typical entry level country fare for rock fans like yourself. The stones' stuff that borrows most heavily from American roots music doesn't even have that much in common with those artists.

I think the stones' appropriation of that stuff mostly goes over really well. But you'd have to have a very narrow palette of country records to think it's in the same category as the artists you mentioned.

Ah I see you approach music with the same elitist **** attitude as politics. I don't care, the Stones should have stuck with black people music cause Exile on Mainstreet is boring dog ****.

rubber soul · 01-02-2023, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I have never heard either version of "Hurt" but "Everybody Hurts" is dumb as ****.

Wash your mouth out with soap!

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I've voiced this opinion recently but if you dig the Rolling Stones country stuff you should just listen to country instead cause rock bands injecting country into rock are generally way worse than country artists injecting rock into country (f.ex. Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings).

I don't know. I think the Stones did pretty well with country, at least during their classic period

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

His version of “The Mercy Seat” is fantastic. Way better than the original.

Cave's Mercy Seat is one of my favorite all time songs, but yeah, Cash's version is just about as good. Same with Personal Jesus.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Ah I see you approach music with the same elitist **** attitude as politics. I don't care, the Stones should have stuck with black people music cause Exile on Mainstreet is boring dog ****.

Okay, so I'll sort of agree with you on this one. Exile is a bit overrated when compared to the previous three albums. Better than Goat's Head Soup though.

grindy · 01-02-2023, 08:40 AM

For some reason I like the song Sympathy For The Devil but apart from that I've never heard anything from the Rolling Stones that I liked. And believe me, I've tried many times.

Lisnaholic · 01-02-2023, 08:00 PM

I don't listen to the Stones either, but I enjoyed a documentary a while ago about a concert that they did in Cuba. On this song the Stones are really enjoying themselves and the enthusiasm of the crowd is palpable, singing along to a line I bet a lot of young Cubans can relate to: "I can't get no satisfaction."

Trollheart · 01-02-2023, 08:15 PM

Has anyone heard Cave's acoustic piano version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAnKkN6GXE

The Batlord · 01-02-2023, 11:19 PM

Nah they were much better at R&B. Early Stones slaps.

SGR · 01-03-2023, 12:19 AM

Exile and Goats Head Soup slaps too, stop tripping

Comus · 01-03-2023, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

The Stones were not any better (in many cases much worse) at impersonating African American blues/rock than....the multitude of American bands that impersonated that sound

you take The Standells, Remains, Shadows of Knight etc it's all far more rockin' than The Stones

Those english boys wanted to play the blues so bad, so they played the blues so bad.

Kidding aside, I love me some stones, fun to pop on in the background, not the best example of what they do but certainly easy to get along with.

rubber soul · 01-03-2023, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

The Stones were not any better (in many cases much worse) at impersonating African American blues/rock than....the multitude of American bands that impersonated that sound

you take The Standells, Remains, Shadows of Knight etc it's all far more rockin' than The Stones

I'm a garage rock fanatic obviously and I like all three of the bands you mention, especially the Remains (though I'd hardly call them a blues band).

But they didn't get their inspiration from from African American blues. They were bitten by the British Invasion and were influenced by bands such as... The Rolling Stones.

01-02-2023, 08:40 AM	#18264 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	For some reason I like the song Sympathy For The Devil but apart from that I've never heard anything from the Rolling Stones that I liked. And believe me, I've tried many times. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

01-02-2023, 08:00 PM	#18265 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	I don't listen to the Stones either, but I enjoyed a documentary a while ago about a concert that they did in Cuba. On this song the Stones are really enjoying themselves and the enthusiasm of the crowd is palpable, singing along to a line I bet a lot of young Cubans can relate to: "I can't get no satisfaction." __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

01-02-2023, 08:15 PM	#18266 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Has anyone heard Cave's acoustic piano version? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAnKkN6GXE __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-03-2023, 12:19 AM	#18268 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,325	Exile and Goats Head Soup slaps too, stop tripping