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Friday Fun Thread for October 21, 2022

Be advised; this thread is not for serious in depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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Sympathy for the Devil would be my choice. I don't have any real argument for it, I just love it. Besides, something from the Stones has to be included on any list.

Sympathy for the Devil would be a good illustration of what was discussed below: for someone with a similar contextual understanding to me to what "rock" sounds like, Sympathy for the Devil just isn't hard enough to really be a contestant. I also agree that if there's a Stones pick, Gimme Shelter is probably the best choice, it just has that little bit more of drive and energy to it to be there.

As much as I love Gimme shelter (which is quite a bit) the gospel vocals detract from its rock n roll ness imo, making it more rock than rock n roll. Also television taught me soldiers only had access to two songs during the Vietnam war - Gimme Shelter and Fortunate Son, and I have a hard time disassociating it from helicopter shots of rice fields.

Sympathy for the devil is definitely my favourite Stones song too (for fun here's the neptunes remix, which is the closest anyone has come to covering it well), but if it's not rockin' enough, how about Paint it black or Start me up?

I would like to have included links to all of those songs, but typing out the bbcode is a pain in the ass, we really need a URL button.