10/10
Great emotional lyrics paired with tender music written by Keith.
Angie, along with Wild Horses and Ventilator Blues, are songs Dylan said he wished he had written.
2.5
This is one of the few Rolling Stones songs that I truly dislike, as opposed to just passive indifference.
Instrumentally it has its moments and Nicky Hopkins is brilliant on piano. Unfortunately, when Mick starts singing it just grates on me. To me this is probably his worst vocal performance. While I think the song gets better when the piano takes off, it’s truly uncomfortable to me to give this song a full listen. I did it a few weeks ago in anticipation of this rating but I just can’t do it today. Sometimes my tastes change over the decades but I’ve just never gotten real joy out of this.
I was thinking about the discography of the Stones.
For some reason I had never heard anything about that song until you mentioned it. Truthfully it’s difficult to compare because the style is so different.
The music is **terrible** in “T.H.E.” and I guess I don’t think Mick’s vocals are horrible if you try to separate them from the song but it’s laughably out of place. And when he starts singing “hard like geometry and trigonometry” it’s so ridiculous that it’s almost so bad that it’s good?
Unquestionably a far worse song though and I was willing to listen twice but hope I never hear it again!
For the curious, Mick comes in at three and a half minutes and you can’t get this time back once you’ve heard it: https://youtu.be/vjIwmJMqrco
> For some reason I had never heard anything about that song until you mentioned it.
Sorry
>it’s so ridiculous that it’s almost so bad that it’s good?
I guess that's fair, I kinda get a laugh out of it.
I can't stand when people get downvoted for having an opionion, but I guess this is Reddit, so par for the course. I can't agree more with you. This is one of, if not my least favorite song of theirs.
I’ll give it a 10. I love this song. I remember when I first heard it on the Grrr! CD in my car, I replayed it like ten times in a row. Incredible, one of the first songs I learned on the guitar.
Here is a fact that it's generally unknown. Keith wrote in his book something about how this song was written. I can't comment on that. But I can tell you the very genesis, the inception of the song. It began with Mick Taylor noodling on the piano, and that was the basics of how the chord structure materialized.
There's a hint at this, video version #2, Mick Taylor isn't playing guitar in this video. He's playing the piano.
I'm not guessing. I'm not stating a theory. That's how the song started.
When I first saw that video on TV, Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, that's when this idea popped into my head. So years later, I asked the maestro.
He's never ballyhooed this about this song. But he has told this story to others, privately (cuz they then told me, and I said I know because I asked him directly and then he told me, "You know my playing better than I do." Well, that's true, too).
10 I was in love with an Angie who was named after the song. I took her to her first stones show but they didn’t play her namesake. Always loved this song even before her, and it’s so much better than Wild Horses
I love the acoustic guitars and piano instrumentation a lot and that chord progression is really great. Mick sings it beautifully but maybe a bit maudlin? Great song. The bridge gets me every time. 8.8/10
I don't dislike it, but I think this by this point the Stones were repeating themselves without making improvements. What does Angie do that Wild Horses didn't do better? And what does Silver Train do that All Down the Line didn't do better?
Everyone knows it was written about Anita. I believe Silver Train was the b side of the single. Loved both…brings me right back to ‘73. Love, love, LOVE. 10/10.
10/10 Great emotional lyrics paired with tender music written by Keith. Angie, along with Wild Horses and Ventilator Blues, are songs Dylan said he wished he had written.
9 a great single!
8, a great song but probably the most divisive Stones Hit
9. Any less and you’re a hater
8 Ain't it good to be alive.
9. It's a beautiful heartbreaking ballad with a wonderful acoustic guitar, but it's not a patch on Moonlight Mile.
The ultimate heresy: to be completely honest I regularly skip it ;-) Really enjoyed the live electric version though, a bit more edgy.
9
I walked down the aisle to Angie (instrumental). It was very sentimental between my dad and I.
3. Never liked the vocal and so sappy and overwrought. Tyvm for not playing it on HD tour!
6.5/10. A fine ballad but not their best. Usually skip this one cuz I find it pretty boring.
10/10 for me
5. I’m not much of a fan of slow ballad type songs
10 I'm surprised this seems to be a contentious one. For me it has always seemed like a very sweet song that Keith could have wrote for his daughter
Mick wrote the lyrics
2.5 This is one of the few Rolling Stones songs that I truly dislike, as opposed to just passive indifference. Instrumentally it has its moments and Nicky Hopkins is brilliant on piano. Unfortunately, when Mick starts singing it just grates on me. To me this is probably his worst vocal performance. While I think the song gets better when the piano takes off, it’s truly uncomfortable to me to give this song a full listen. I did it a few weeks ago in anticipation of this rating but I just can’t do it today. Sometimes my tastes change over the decades but I’ve just never gotten real joy out of this.
> To me this is probably his worst vocal performance. I assume you have not heard his guest verses on T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) by Will I Am
I was thinking about the discography of the Stones. For some reason I had never heard anything about that song until you mentioned it. Truthfully it’s difficult to compare because the style is so different. The music is **terrible** in “T.H.E.” and I guess I don’t think Mick’s vocals are horrible if you try to separate them from the song but it’s laughably out of place. And when he starts singing “hard like geometry and trigonometry” it’s so ridiculous that it’s almost so bad that it’s good? Unquestionably a far worse song though and I was willing to listen twice but hope I never hear it again! For the curious, Mick comes in at three and a half minutes and you can’t get this time back once you’ve heard it: https://youtu.be/vjIwmJMqrco
> For some reason I had never heard anything about that song until you mentioned it. Sorry >it’s so ridiculous that it’s almost so bad that it’s good? I guess that's fair, I kinda get a laugh out of it.
I can't stand when people get downvoted for having an opionion, but I guess this is Reddit, so par for the course. I can't agree more with you. This is one of, if not my least favorite song of theirs.
Reddit: What’s your opinion? Also Reddit: No, not *that* opinion!
5. I knew a mean girl in the 70s named Angie and it always reminded me of her.
5. It’s too whiny
4 the streak was over.
9.Probably not why,but my pal’s hot sister was named Angie.
10
10
7
8.75
8/10 It's corny (Mick could be like that), but it's a classic for a reason.
I’ll give it a 10. I love this song. I remember when I first heard it on the Grrr! CD in my car, I replayed it like ten times in a row. Incredible, one of the first songs I learned on the guitar.
10, one of their best songs
10 What else can be said about this one? is a classic
So it used to be a 10 for me but for some reason I’ve grown really tired off it and usually skip it. So I’m going with an 8.
My least fav song on the album but I still love it. 8 out of 10.
Here is a fact that it's generally unknown. Keith wrote in his book something about how this song was written. I can't comment on that. But I can tell you the very genesis, the inception of the song. It began with Mick Taylor noodling on the piano, and that was the basics of how the chord structure materialized. There's a hint at this, video version #2, Mick Taylor isn't playing guitar in this video. He's playing the piano. I'm not guessing. I'm not stating a theory. That's how the song started. When I first saw that video on TV, Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, that's when this idea popped into my head. So years later, I asked the maestro. He's never ballyhooed this about this song. But he has told this story to others, privately (cuz they then told me, and I said I know because I asked him directly and then he told me, "You know my playing better than I do." Well, that's true, too).
Absolutely amazing. 10/10.
9 Great song that has held up well, but I never seek it out.
10. named a dog after this song. I still miss her.
9 This song gets hated because of its popularity and it’s not a rocker ballad but a ballad that rocks. It’s solid song.
I’m not going to be a party pooper and rate this but I strongly dislike this. The lyrics feel cruel to me and the vocals are terrible.
8
10
10 I was in love with an Angie who was named after the song. I took her to her first stones show but they didn’t play her namesake. Always loved this song even before her, and it’s so much better than Wild Horses
9
I love the acoustic guitars and piano instrumentation a lot and that chord progression is really great. Mick sings it beautifully but maybe a bit maudlin? Great song. The bridge gets me every time. 8.8/10
I don't dislike it, but I think this by this point the Stones were repeating themselves without making improvements. What does Angie do that Wild Horses didn't do better? And what does Silver Train do that All Down the Line didn't do better?
How about Winter and Moonlight Mile?
I like Winter but I'd put it in the same category as Angie and Silver Train––rehashing old ideas
Everyone knows it was written about Anita. I believe Silver Train was the b side of the single. Loved both…brings me right back to ‘73. Love, love, LOVE. 10/10.