POLL - The WEAKEST LINK: Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Songs- ROUND 3

2»

Comments

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    tbergs said:
    A lot of trash talk against Imagine. The lyrics and the song weren't meant to be overly complicated. It's a simple song with a powerful message by a man looking to make a difference. It has had a profound influence in the world. I mean, what about JBG or Satisfaction is so profound? I get the other 3 being up there, but those 2 are puff pastry. I like them both, but greatest song? Pfft, not a chance.

    Really?
    Look at when JBG came out.  What did other songs sound like?
    That shit blew the doors off.
    Sorry, but Imagine is an amazing song...but it is boring.  It has the power of the lyrics and that makes it great....but the actual song if totally fucking boring.  Any hippie stinkpot with a geet can make that song.
    Chuck Berry stomped on that shit with Johnny B Goode.
    195-fucking 8.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    Calling 1958 JBG puff pastry is crazy!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    edited March 2021
    Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    Definitively not puff...that shit was heavy.

    Post edited by Glorified KC on
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    Calling it Puff while supporting Imagine (which, musically, is about as puff as it gets) is a fucking joke
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    edited March 2021
    Bob Dylan, 'Like a Rolling Stone'
    People want to blow the fucking beatles or lennon....but at least blow the best songs not the generic bs ones!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    John Lennon, 'Imagine'
    tbergs said:
    A lot of trash talk against Imagine. The lyrics and the song weren't meant to be overly complicated. It's a simple song with a powerful message by a man looking to make a difference. It has had a profound influence in the world. I mean, what about JBG or Satisfaction is so profound? I get the other 3 being up there, but those 2 are puff pastry. I like them both, but greatest song? Pfft, not a chance.

    Good points, and though I wouldn't say finding "satisfaction" in anything is profound, it is a basic human desire and that's at least in part what makes it a great song- the universality of theme, the of striving to find satisfaction (or, in the case of The Replacements' song, "Unsatisfied", the futility of striving for the impossible, unachievable, or unlikely).   And the other thing- one might argue-  that gives the Stones' number an edge are some of the musical factors- a riff that sticks to the brain like glue and incessant beat that is almost impossible for the body not to move to.

    Imagine is a lovely song in many ways and, yes, profound in its support of lofty goals, but as a whole, it may not have the overall grip it needs to come on top in a poll such as this one.  We shall see!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    The Rolling Stones, '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'
    The Rolling Stones, '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' and John Lennon, 'Imagine' have been eliminated in Round 3
This discussion has been closed.

Categories