Day 89: Rolling Stones

This week's artist spotlight is the Rolling Stones, arguably the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time. The Stones are awesome, because people can typically be divided into two categories: Stones or Beatles; delineating whether a person favors harder rock or more poppy rock (for the record, I never know how to answer this question. I like them equally, I think).

I've put together a 20-track list of some of my favorite Stones songs. It'd be pretty easy to get bogged down in their greatest hits ("Gimme Shelter" and "Satisfaction" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Start Me Up" are alright, but I'm a little burned out on them [there's a great quote from David Hinckley at the NY Daily News about his best of the Stones list: "The exclusion of 'Satisfaction,' by the way, is not an accident. I know it is to 1960s rock ‘n' roll what a good radio is to a car. I love the story of Keith waking up in the middle of the night, strumming a few chords into his tape recorder and falling back to sleep. I also don't care if I never hear it again."])

I do have some of their biggest songs ("Sympathy..." and "Ruby Tuesday" and "Under My Thumb") because I think it's important to pay some homage to their whole catalog. I've included some deeper cuts, some forgotten gems, that I think you'll like if you've never hear 'em before. Enjoy!

(2 notes: 1.) I apologize for using so many Wes Anderson Rolling Stones songs. He just picks such winners! and 2.) If you have "Start Me Up" on a best of the Stones list, you're a dumb person.)

YouTube:
(All songs by the Rolling Stones)
01. Street Fighting Man
02. Under My Thumb
03. When the Whip Comes Down
04. 19th Nervous Breakdown
05. She's A Rainbow
06. I Am Waiting
07. Sympathy For The Devil
08. Tumbling Dice
09. Brown Sugar
10. Some Girls
11. 2000 Man
12. Sway
13. Blue Turns To Grey
14. She Smiled Sweetly
15. Paint It, Black
16. Rocks Off
17. Play With Fire
18. Citadel (cover)
19. Prodigal Son
20. Ruby Tuesday

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Day 59: LSD, Man

Alright druggies, today is your day. Set up your black lights. It's time to expand your minds.

I'll never claim to be an expert on psychedelics, but on this day in 1943, Dr. Albert Hofmann first discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD). For this day I've assembled a list of songs that will either mellow you out or blow your mind, depending on what type of trip you're having. Enjoy, man.

YouTube:
01. Pink Floyd - Time
02. Outkast - Love Hater
03. The Dukes of Stratosphear - Collideascope
04. The Velvet Underground - Heroin
05. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
06. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
07. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
08. Tim Buckley - Starsailor
09. Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack
10. Sigur Ros - Hjartad Hamast
11. Elliott Smith - Ostriches & Chirping
12. DJ QBert - Inner Space Dental Commander
13. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
14. Neutral Milk Hotel - Marching Theme
15. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (N/A on imeem, "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" instead)
16. This Heat - Independence (N/A)
17. Jonny Greenwood - Henry Plainview
18. Miles Davis - Black Satin
19. J Dilla - Won't Do
20. Beach Boys - Vegetables
21. King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson

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Far Out,
Erik

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