int8 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) This thread is basically an attempt to make our ranking of Izzy's songs broken down by albums. The rules are: - Albums will be discussed chronologically as they were recorded. Spoiler 1992 Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds 1998 117° 1999 Ride On 2001 River 2002 On Down the Road 2005 Like a Dog 2007 Miami 2007 Fire, the Acoustic Album 2008 Concrete 2009 Smoke 2010 Wave of Heat - You have to post the title of your least favorite track on the album. Please, write it in bold letters. - You have 48 hours to vote. 24 hours to vote. - I'll try to count the votes after 11:00 p.m., every two days (since we all live in different time zones, here's mine: Central European Time, UTC +1, if any of you wants to check how much time you have left). - After that time, I'll count the votes and make list of remaining songs from which, again, you can chose your least favorite one. - Process repeats until we end up with the best song on the album. - After that, we'll do it all over again for the next album in discography. It'd be really great and also appreciated if you write why you chose certain song to be slightly less better than the others or, why you love that particular track This thread is dedicated to Izzy Stradlin discography. Please, don't discuss his contribution to GnR Hope you like that idea. ___________________ Edits: Our results so far: 1) Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds (pages 1 - 5) Spoiler 2) 117 Degrees (pages 5 - 9) Spoiler 3) Ride On (pages 10 - 12) Spoiler 4) River (pages 12 - 14) Spoiler 5) On down the road (pages 14 - 16) Spoiler 1. Sweet Caress 2. Got Some News 3. Coke’n 3. Lot to Learn 5. You Betcha 6. On Down the Road 7. Monkeys 8. Way to Go 9. Gone Dead Train 9. Please Go Home 6) Like A Dog (pages 16 - 18) Spoiler 7) Miami (pages 18 - ) Spoiler ___________________ We start off with Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds (1992) record You can listen to it on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube Track listing: Somebody Knockin Pressure Drop Time Gone By Shuffle It All Bucket o' Trouble Train Tracks How Will It Go Cuttin' the Rug Take a Look at the Guy Come On Now Inside The voting starts now and ends on the 19th of March, at 11:00 p.m. (UTC+1). Edited May 27, 2017 by int8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) I don't want to remove any songs from that tracklist I guess Take A Look At The Guy just because it's a cover, and it's not Pressure Drop. Cool thread idea Edited March 17, 2017 by downliner Embedded spotify playlist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 The least favourite is the most difficult for me. I like the whole album. I go with Bucket o' Trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) This is so difficult!!! I love them all, but I can play. Okay, I would remove Somebody Knockin'. I actually really like the song, but ones gotta go I guess. For a few reasons I guess. One is that when I first heard the album I thought it was lack lustre for an opening track. I don't think the anymore but I was always concerned others felt the same and contributed to it not doing as well. This was the days of listening to full albums in order. It reminds me of something that would fit nicely on the Kinks album Misfits and I love that album dearly. But part of what reminds me of that album is that its so up the middle. The dynamics of the arrangement feel smoothed over to me. None of the following tracks feel that way to me. The arrangement features aspects from pretty much every song that follows. Such as including an acoustic guitar, a brief half time feel with melodic guitar, a rhythmic riff breakdown. I suspect it was a good intro to all these sounds but that a production decision was made to not kinda give up all the bells and whistles right away. Like introducing themes with out really indulging in any of those features magic. Again, still love it. But one last thing would be that as a title Somebody Knocking feels fairly derivative of Cant You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones. And it begins the trend of Izzy singing about mundane features of life - which can be perfect when ones in the right mood - such as "yeah Im walking down the street." On the other hand, it dutifully continues the lyrical trend of paranoia. It would take Axl decades to sing about the Federal Authorites with such a tacit familiarity, In IRS. Edited March 20, 2017 by soon comply with tally system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I really wanna participate but im off till sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This is quite difficult I will also go with Bucket O' Trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderlineCrazy Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This thread will be awesome! I pick Take A Look At The Guy too. Let's get rid of the covers, Izzy's songs are the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Hell, I can't choose! I love the covers and I love pretty much every song on this perfect album. But ok, my vote for Take a look at the guy even though I love the song and Ronnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archtop Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yeah pleased you started this. Such a brilliant album would have loved to hear more from these guys, I think I would be more excited by a reunited juju hounds than Izzy joining the current GnR circus. So in ranking order from worst to best, it's hard but I figured whilst there are fewer people in here you might need a list. 1) Pressure Drop - I guess I'm going to get some grief for this, but the first half annoys me like hell and I really don't get reggae. 2) Bucket o trouble 3) come on now inside 4) Take a look at the guy 5) Cutting the rug 6) Shuffle it all, to be fair I've played this song so much, it now sits further down my list than it probably deserves to. 7) Time gone by 8) How will it go 9) somebody knocking 10) Train tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post beautifulanddamned Posted March 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2017 I don't know how long I'll be able to participate in this thread, it's causing me too much anxiety. This is my fave Izzy album and one of my favorites period, so I guess Take a Look at the Guy? But I don't wanna say it. I mean, take it away, but don't please. Give it back. It's fine. Who cares about the Duff/Izzy relationship (I do) when we should be working on repairing the Izzy/Jimmy relationship. How about a 25th anniversary Ju Ju Hounds show? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoot Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 This thread stresses me out. I guess Pressure Drop. Only because I love the original a bit more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int8 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 8 hours left to vote in 1st round. I go with Bucket o' Trouble. I should say you don't have to listen to that record 100 times to vote. You can give it one listen, sort songs from worst to best, write list somewhere and keep voting here depending on which songs have left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Bucket of trouble and Pressure Drop are two of my favorites on this album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int8 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) 'Take a Look at The Guy' dropped out in 1st round. Izzy once said about the song: Quote "Take A Look At The Guy" (Wood): "That's from Ronnie Wood's solo album, I've Got My Own Album To Do. We collared him when he was having a listening party for his new album over at A&M Studios. Ian McLagan knew him from the Faces days. We went out to dinner and I asked if he wanted to do a duet on the song. It took a couple of days, but we got it together. We took turns singing. That's his guitar solo at the end. Four in the morning..." Remaining songs from which you can chose your least favorite: Somebody Knockin 1 Pressure Drop 2 Time Gone By Shuffle It All Bucket o' Trouble 3 Train Tracks How Will It Go Cuttin' the Rug10. Take a Look at the Guy 4 Come On Now Inside I think we can change the rules a bit. I can see that all of you voted within the first 24 hours, so from now on one round will last one day. The voting ends on the 20th of March, at 11:00 p.m. (UTC+1). I go with Bucket o' Trouble again. Edited March 19, 2017 by int8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archtop Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Ok I get what your doing, slow on the uptake here, so I still vote Pressure drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Cutting the rug. I don't even know why I'm choosing it. I feel like I need to go apologize to Izzy cause is an enormous song, but i just have to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Bucket o' Trouble again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoot Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Pressure Drop again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Tori72 said: Bucket o' Trouble again 21 minutes ago, Kris_1989 said: Pressure Drop again. 2 hours ago, Archtop said: Ok I get what your doing, slow on the uptake here, so I still vote Pressure drop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willl Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Cuttin the rug here too After this round if Cuttin goes I'm going to find it impossible to pick a song 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int8 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 @soon, @Słash, @BorderlineCrazy, @beautifulanddamned Your votes are missing, 7h left Where are the rest of Ju Ju Dudes... I mean Izzy's fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Bucket o' Trouble again Why are we doing a 2nd vote again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderlineCrazy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I'm going with Pressure Drop this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int8 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Słash said: Why are we doing a 2nd vote again? Because we want to sort songs from worst to best. In 1st round 'Take a Look at the Guy' got the most votes so it takes 10th place. In 2nd round probably BoT is gonna drop out taking 9th place. Etc. Spoiler I understand confusion cause sometimes I don't even know what I mean BTW, I'm afraid I'm using word 'ranking' wrong. Could a native speaker tell me if word 'ranking' can be used as a noun? Is it correct If I say "we're doing ranking", meaning "we're doing list"? I checked the dictionary but I'm still confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkenchantress Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I'm not a native speaker but I think "we are ranking", or " we are doing a rank" are both correct. P.S. we use "ranking" in Spain as a noun too, is one of the many anglicisms we use. Edited March 20, 2017 by Darkenchantress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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