Stones

[vanilla]

I was hoping for this category.
Was just thinking about the Rolling STones songs the other day.
What is your absolute favorite?
My choices, and it has to be a tie: Are Honky Tonk Woman
She's My Little Rock&Roll

[Milossarian]

3. Heartbreaker (Doo Doo Doo Doo)
2. Paint It, Black
1. (tie) Monkey Man
Sympathy for the Devil

The Stones could have kicked the Beatles' asses any day of the week.

[Snark]

I like "Jumpin' Jack Flash," but only because I liked the movie with that title. I'm not much of a Stones fan.

[X-files]

Why Don't We Do It In The Road (White Album). Stones are lame.

[RM Mentock]

The Stones could have kicked the Beatles' asses any day of the week.

But they didn't. Nice of them.

Not Fade Away, for now.

[Globe-trotter]

Hmmm. Probably Gimme Shelter.

Or maybe Sympathy for the Devil.

Scratch that. You can't always get what you want.

Or Paint it, black.

The hell with it. Too many to choose from.

[ultress]

Not too many songs by the Stones that I don't like, but I'd have to say Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Satisfaction are among my top favs.

[ReservoirDog]

Sympathy For The Devil


Without a doubt.

IMHO.

[Milossarian]

Snark said

I like "Jumpin' Jack Flash," but only because I liked the movie with that title.

Oh! So you're the one!

And then Snark said

I'm not much of a Stones fan.

And then X-files said

Stones are lame.

And then Milo knocked Snark's and X-files' heads together, Three Stooges style.

[ThisYearsGirl]

Most of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I like 19th Nervous Breakdown and Shattered,and their cover of Not Fade Away is great (tho not as good as the original).

[Sassy]

Wild Horses

and

Gimme Shelter

[Typo Negative]

'Sympathy for the Devil'

All other Stones songs suck.
I wish they would retire already.

[London_Calling]

Hey, X-files

I know what you mean….gees, that Keith Richards – some overrated arse.! And Charlie, average drummer, very average. And Jagger !, couldn’t put a lyric together to save his life.

Now, if they wrote a few tunes about aliens invading earth, now your talking. Maybe about unexplained events, wow. Even the same song, maybe about a conspiracy theory – that would be great – and just keep doing the same thing time after time, after time, after…..

[Diane]

Gotta go with Sassy - Wild Horses and Gimme Shelter, definitely.

I've always loved the Stones (Beatles - blah, puke, ralph
)

Sadly, they now hold bittersweet memories. One of my best friends (yeah, a guy whom I've never had sex with but thought about - snicker, yeah you know what thread I am talking about. . . .) jumped through hoops and called up his connections (he was a newspaper featured reporter) to get us floor seats at their last Utah concert (Feb 1999). We went and had a great time! I'll always associate him with the Stones.

He died last March.

Another pointess and mundane piece of Diane trivia - I was missing an English credit my senior year of highschool. English was my first period class and I really enjoyed pot and shrooms back then, if you catch my drift. I flashed my baby-greens at the teacher and convinced him to let me make up the credit (thus saving my life from the wrath of my parents had I not graduated.)

He gave me an assignment of a 5000 word essay on a subject of my choosing. I chose the Stones, got an "A", and came away with more knowledge of the band than they themselves probably know.

[Cardinal]

My vote for semi-neglected gem is "Hang Fire." I thought I'd heard all the "good" Stones songs on the radio, and then I heard that one.

[Eo Echo]

My favorite would have to be Angie. For some reason, that song just gets to me.

[Spoke]

Awright! Stones fans! (Ignore those Beatle-fan wusses.)

My top ten:[list=1][*]Gimme Shelter. Best rock song ever written in my view.[*]Waiting on a Friend.[*]Paint it, Black[*]Sympathy for the Devil[*]Moonlight Mile[*]Beast of Burden[*]Street Fightin' Man[*]Dead Roses[*]Satisfaction Great song. Would be higher, but it's been over-played.[*]Play with Fire. Not sure that's the correct title...[/list=1]

[pepperlandgirl]

Awright! Stones fans! (Ignore those Beatle-fan wusses.)

Hey! Some Beatles fans can like Stones music...probably because they are secure in the knowledge that the Beatles are superior to the Stones in every way....but at any rate


You Can't Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses
Paint it Black
Missing You (I think. "...Cuz I've been missing you. I've been walking after dark, walking in the park...people think I'm crazy" Or something like that)
Get Off of My Cloud
As Tears Go By

[Nacho4Sara]

Phewy on all of you. The Beatles AND the Stones are kicking.

Fave songs:
1. Paint It Black
2. Wild Horses
3. She's A Rainbow
4. Mother's Little Helper
5. Let's Spend the Night Together

All of these (except for Wild Horses) are on Rolling Stones Big Hits Vol. 2, a must-buy.

Also, if you like Dave Matthews Band too, there is an excellent duet between DMB and the Stones for Wild Horses, floating around Napster. Good luck finding it though!

[chief]

Dead Flowers
Gimme Shelter
Wild Horses
Stray Cat Blues
Midnight Rambler

[chief]

oops, forgot Paint it Black

[Spoke]

Awwwww... I'm just playing. I like the Beatles, too. Even if they are wimps compared to the Stones. I just get tired of hearing the Beatles hyped as the greatest rock band, when that honor clearly belongs to the Stones.

The Beatles hardly lasted 10 years. Most of their work wasn't really rock; it was pop. Much of the credit for their highly touted studio innovations should go to their producer George Martin, and not to the Beatles themselves.

Meanwhile, the Stones have been turning out incredible blues-based rock-and-roll for decades. No contest.

(And don't talk to me about record sales, unless you want to make screaming, 45-buying, teenage girls the final arbiters of rock-and-roll greatness.)

[Max Torque]

Another vote for "Hang Fire". I bought "Tattoo You" just to get that song.

[Odieman]

All of my faves have been named (Gimme Shelter and Honky Tonk Woman). I'd also like to throw out "No Expectations" and a complete dark horse the song known as "Star, Star". I'd put in the proper name, but part of it is banned in this forum . Keith

[pepperlandgirl]

Ok, I feel qualified to respond to this

The Beatles hardly lasted 10 years. Most of their work wasn't really rock; it was pop. Much of the credit for their
highly touted studio innovations should go to their producer George Martin, and not to the Beatles themselves.

One, "The Beatles hardly lasted 10 years" implied the quit because record sales were low. There last album, Abbey Road, sold more copies then all previous records of their's. They broke up for various reasons, but mainly because all of them were so talented in their own way, they couldn't stick together. They wanted to GROW as people and musicians. Obviously the Stones never felt the need to grow, or mature, either musically or personally.
G. Martin DOES NOT deserve all the credit. The Beatles and Martin himself all say that the Beatles THOUGHT of what to do, Martin was left to figure out how to do it. That's it. At the most, Martin offered suggestions, and if the Beatles didn't like it, they said "NO!" clearly.

Meanwhile, the Stones have been turning out incredible blues-based rock-and-roll for decades. No contest

For decades? Like, two. Anything after 80 really is horrible. Besides, they should have given up years ago. Now they are just disgusting and revolting.


Sorry about the Hijack. But for once I actually know what I'm talking about, and I can't help myself. I mean, you research and dedicate your life to something for three years, something good should come from it.

[MovieMogul]

The Last Time

[Nacho4Sara]

Right on, Pepper girl!! Yeah.

Have you read "A Day in The Life?" I forget who the author is, but he had access to ALL the AR recordings and his interpretation and analysis is awesome. I recommend it.

The best part is the end of the Abbey Road chapter: It had been a long trip (sic) for the four lads from Liverpool, but in the end, Paul's sign off lie did not quite fot the Beatles themselves. For as much as the world loved them, the love they gave the world through their music is of a different, higher order: a miraculous gift like no other before or since."

Gets me all choked up just thinking about it!

[Eo Echo]

"A Day In The Life" was written by Mark Hertsgaard and published by Delta in 1995. I just happen to have a copy of the book right next to me, and it is a great read.