[Music] Sympathy for the Devil... is it ?

[Eric Potts]

Shirley you mean Whigfield!

Don’t understand how you could get that wrong to be honest, being the greatest and all that.

You are , of course , entirely correct . Drink had been taken.

 

[BeHereNow]

It’s good but I’d argue that there are Oasis B-sides that are better. But it’s all down to personal preference, of course.

In fact, Oasis did a cover of a Stones song and it’s sounds better than the original.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

As the mists of the Siren Soundwave and Elvis clear.......... I think it might actually be ‘You can’t always get what you want’ folks.

Yeah, that's probably my favourite Stones song.

Not my favourite song, though.

 

[RossyG]

Oasis don’t even sound like The Beatles, although they are better than the Stones.

Sympathy For The Devil is not even in the top 20 songs of all time. But it’s all a matter of personal preference.

Yes, I’ve never understood the Beatles tribute act thing either. Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Round Are Way etc sound absolutely nothing like the Beatles.

But like a lot of fallacies it seems to stick.

 

[RossyG]

I think this version is better than the Stones’ version.

 

[Bob'n'weave]

Not the best ever but deffo up there in my opinion. Apart from the demonic subject matter, the driving tribal rhythm gives it a ritual voodoo feeling, a bit like "Help me somebody" by David Byrne and Brian Eno on " My Life in the Bush of Ghosts". Great stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxeO0LBR6GY

 

[BeHereNow]

Yes, I’ve never understood the Beatles tribute act thing either. Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Round Are Way etc sound absolutely nothing like the Beatles.

But like a lot of fallacies it seems to stick.

If anything, some of their later songs sound more like Lennon than the earlier ones that most people seem to know.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Oasis don’t even sound like The Beatles, although they are better than the Stones.

Wow.

I’ve never heard that opinion before. I can’t believe anyone else on the planet shares that view.

Even Noel & Liam would admit that they are nowhere near being as good or as big as the lengendary Stones.

 

[RossyG]

Give me What’s the Story Morning Glory over the dull and repetitive Exile on Main Street any day of the week.

Your mileage may vary...

 

[BeHereNow]

Wow.

I’ve never heard that opinion before. I can’t believe anyone else on the planet shares that view.

Even Noel & Liam would admit that they are nowhere near being as good or as big as the lengendary Stones.

Well, they are far too modest

I think more people would turn out for an Oasis reunion than a Stones gig, well in this country.

 

[marlowe]

Interesting. So who decides what is the best song ever?

A judging panel headed by Simon Cowell which would include Amanda Holden and two others.

 

[Icy Gull]

A judging panel headed by Simon Cowell which would include Amanda Holden and two others.

Throw in tone deaf Richard Branson too!

 

[Madafwo]

Thanks, now I've got to go and watch The Departed because someone mentioned Gimme Shelter.

 

[Questions]

Thanks, now I've got to go and watch The Departed because someone mentioned Gimme Shelter.

Or Goofellers

 

[BN9 BHA]

Thanks, now I've got to go and watch The Departed because someone mentioned Gimme Shelter.

Or Goofellers

Or Layer Cake.

 

[Questions]

Or Layer Cake.

Or Casino.

 

[vegster]

Is it simply the greatest song ever written.

Halleluiah, you've changed your tune.

 

[Stato]

The best version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS2j7Kd2g-U

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Not even the best Rolling Stones song (which would be Gimme Shelter).

 

[Live by the sea]

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My mistake, I thought this thread was about if anyone had sympathy for Corbyn, which of course I don’t. Awful man.