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Band Challenge: Rolling Stones v. Doors

Willets Point Feb 03 2006 01:59 PM

Here are the Rolling Stones from 10 to 1: 10. Miss You 9. Wild Horses 8. Midnight Rambler (Live) 7. Under My Thumb 6. Mother's Little Helper 5. Street Fighting Man 4. Gimme Shelter 3. No Expectations 2. Sympathy For the Devil 1. Paint it Black

sharpie Feb 03 2006 02:08 PM

The matchup is: Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly

seawolf17 Feb 03 2006 02:15 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen -- DOORS Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm -- STONES Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real -- STONES Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) -- DOORS Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times -- DOORS Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) -- STONES Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire -- STONES No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You -- STONES Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman -- STONES Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly -- STONES RECAP: Stones 7, Doors 3 Again, I'm surprised this wasn't more of a blowout. "Break On Through" only won because of a weak matchup, and the awesome power of "Soul Kitchen" was wasted against the terrible "Miss You." Really, all ten of these were easy picks.

Willets Point Feb 03 2006 02:23 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen - Doors Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm - Stones Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real - Stones Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) -Tie Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times - Stones Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) - Doors Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire - Tie No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You -Stones Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman - Stones Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly - Stones Stones 7:3 Doors

Edgy DC Feb 03 2006 02:25 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 03 2006 02:59 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen Love Mick's falsetto. Stones, 1-0. Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm Horses beat riders anyday. Stones, 2-0. Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real Tie. Stones, 2.5-0.5. Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) Good vocal by Mick. Stones, 3.5-0.5. Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times Two gimmick songs trying to push the envelope on what's permissible on the radio. "Two Times" is more of a band song. Stones, 3.5-1.5. Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) Not close. Stones, 4.5-1.5. Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire Not closer. Stones, 5.5-1.5. No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You Here, the Stones speak to my inner woman (who was offended by "Thumb.") Stones, 6.5-1.5. Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman "Sympathy" is great record making, their performance on "Rock 'n' Roll" circus was embarrassing and they we're right to pull it. Stones, 7.5-1.5. Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly Call it a tie. Stones, 8-2.

Willets Point Feb 03 2006 02:27 PM

seawolf17 wrote: Again, I'm surprised this wasn't more of a blowout. "Break On Through" only won because of a weak matchup, and the awesome power of "Soul Kitchen" was wasted against the terrible "Miss You." Really, all ten of these were easy picks. See, I'm of the belief that the 10 greatest Stones' songs would not include anything after 1972, but other folks who ragged on me for my picks kept mentioning late 70's stuff so I threw them a bone with "Miss You" (the slimy things one has to do to appeal to the voters and it still backfires). I'm glad this is the last challenge for the Rolling Stones because this whole band ladder challenge pisses me off and I'll be glad to wash my hands of it.

apmorris Feb 03 2006 02:28 PM

I thought the Doors were a comedy act ... no ? <bad dean martin impersonation attempt>"Love me two tiiiimes ... " </bad dean martin impersonation attempt>

sharpie Feb 03 2006 02:29 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen STONES Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm STONES Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real DOORS Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) DOORS Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times DOORS Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) DOORS Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire TIE No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You DOORS Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman DOORS Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly STONES Doors 6 Stones 3 and 1 tie. Then again, I set the matchups

Edgy DC Feb 03 2006 02:30 PM

I thought the awesome power of "Miss You" was wasted against "Soul Kitchen"

HahnSolo Feb 03 2006 02:34 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen - DOORS Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm - DOORS Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real - STONES Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) - STONES Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times - TIE Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) - DOORS Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire - STONES No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You - STONES Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman - DOORS Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly - TIE It's a dead heat. 5-5.

sharpie Feb 03 2006 02:35 PM

When alla this began (offa my post saying that 10 Doors songs are better than 10 Queen songs) I was just making the point that the Doors were better than Queen. Which it has been conclusively proven, they were. I would, however, rate many bands ahead of the Doors. As a matter of fact, I own no Doors CDs though I do have several on vinyl. The Stones up until they jumped the shark after "Exile On Main Street" (where the hell are songs from that album on Willets' list?) have more good songs.

soupcan Feb 03 2006 02:41 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen - STONES Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm - DOORS Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real - STONES Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) - STONES Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times - STONES Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) - STONES Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire - STONES No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You - DOORS Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman - STONES Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly - DOORS Stones win 7-3 I like 'L.A. Woman' but she's out of her league in that matchup. Closer than I thought also but The Stones to me are the #1 Rock and Roll band of all time so any challenge is folly. Rock on Mick.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 03 2006 02:47 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen - Stones Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm - Stones Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real - Edge Stones, but nice to see a Doors song that isn't completely beaten to death by radio programmers Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) - Doors Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times - Stones in a close one Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) - Big Stones victory Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire - Enormous Stones victory No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You - Like the gee-taring in the Stones Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman - Nother Stones victory Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly - Stones Ouch. Doors get stoned, 9-1 is your final.

Willets Point Feb 03 2006 02:50 PM

]"Exile On Main Street" (where the hell are songs from that album on Willets' list?) Great album, worthy to be called masterpiece, but no individual song really stands out for me. In fact looking at Exile's song list there are few songs I can actually match up with their titles in my mind, but I love listening to the whole album.

cooby Feb 03 2006 03:17 PM

Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen STONES Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm DOORS Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real DOORS Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) DOORS but very close Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times DOORS Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) STONES Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire DOORS No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You DOORS Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman STONES Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly STONES Stones 4 Doors 6 But I like "Miss You" so much I wish I could give it 10 points alone

sharpie Feb 03 2006 04:08 PM

Doors put out 7 albums (not counting the 2 post-Morrison albums or greatest hits collections). Stones vs. 7 albums vs. Doors first 7 albums: England's Newest Hitmakers vs. The Doors 12 x 5 vs. Strange Days Rolling Stones Now! vs. Waiting for the Sun Out of Our Heads vs. The Soft Parade December's Children (And Everybody's) vs. Morrison Hotel Got Live If You Want It vs. Absolutely Live Aftermath vs. L.A. Woman Out of Our Heads and Aftermath the only really good albums there by the Stones (OOOH is better than The Soft Parade [the Doors' worst album] and Aftermath and LA Woman are pretty close). Both live albums suck. Stones still had Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request before you get to Beggar's Banquet, their first great album.

RealityChuck Feb 07 2006 11:16 AM

Nice matchup. Let's see: Miss You vs. Soul Kitchen -- Tie (neither particularly good) Wild Horses vs. Riders on the Storm -- Doors Midnight Rambler (Live) vs. You Make Me Real -- Stones Under My Thumb vs. Break On Through (To the Other Side) -- Stones Mother's Little Helper vs. Love Me Two Times -- Doors Street Fighting Man vs. Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) -- Tie Gimmie Shelter vs. Light My Fire -- Stones (assuming the album version of "Light My Fire") No Expectations vs. Hello, I Love You -- Stones (points off for the Door's plagiarism) Sympathy for the Devil vs. L.A. Woman -- Stones Paint It Black vs. Love Her Madly -- Stones It's all in the song selection: The Doors would do better with "People are Strange," "The Soft Parade," "Variety is the Spice of Life," "Break on Through," "When the Music's Over," or "Roadhouse Blues."

sharpie Feb 07 2006 11:20 AM

Break On Through was on there and you didn't vote for it. I considered People Are Strange and meant to use Roadhouse Blues. Earlier voting seemed to feel that the long "poetry" songs (like WHen the Music's Over or The Soft Parade) wouldn't do so well (bad reaction to "The End") so I left them off. You're the first person I've ever heard of who likes "Variety is the Spice of Life" or any post-Morrison song (though "Tightrope Ride" is pretty good).

RealityChuck Feb 07 2006 04:19 PM

I also like "I'm Horny, I'm Stoned." Other Voices was as good as any of the other Doors albums.

sharpie Feb 07 2006 04:37 PM

No, it isn't. It may be as good as "The Soft Parade" but that's as far as I'll go. I never heard the album they made after "Other Voices."