# Best Rolling Stones Cut. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215 "2004-03-09T01:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/1 "2004-03-09T01:32:22Z")
Hmmm… Ventilator Blues, _Exile On Main Street_? Gimme Shelter, _Let It Bleed_? Waddya think? ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/2 "2004-03-09T02:18:20Z")
Paint It Black Monkey Man Bitch Let’s Spend the Night Together Jumpin Jack Flash Brown Sugar Gimme Shelter Shattered Satisfaction Sympathy for the Devil ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/3 "2004-03-09T02:26:16Z")
In a completely different mood, but one of my all-time favorites (and I’m a major Stones fan), let’s not forget “Moonlight Mile.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_B.Goode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Johnny\_B.Goode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_B.Goode)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/4 "2004-03-09T03:06:41Z")
The beautifully produced _Gimme Shelter_ off _Let it Bleed_ with the haunting and ominous overlaying guitar and vocals has my vote. Mick’s absolutely jumpin’ _Brown Sugar_ off _Sticky Fingers_ is my second choice. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/5 "2004-03-09T03:33:43Z")
My personal fave: “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’”, from _Sticky Fingers_; in fact it’d place easily in my top five rock tunes ever. I’ve heard that extended sax/guitar workout hundreds, if not thousands, of times and never get tired of it. After that, probably “Monkey Man”, then just about anything from _Exile_. I was about twelve when “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” came out. If my life was saved by rock ‘n’ roll, it was that song that did it. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/6 "2004-03-09T03:47:31Z")
Monkey Man Gimme Shelter Let it Bleed Brown Sugar Bitch ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/7 "2004-03-09T04:22:32Z")
Yeah, I didn’t even think about Sypmathy For The Devil or Moonlight Mile. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/8 "2004-03-09T04:33:45Z")
Among those not listed, Tumbling Dice and Paint It Black are a couple of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/9 "2004-03-09T05:32:45Z")
My top 5 1. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?” 2. “We Love You” 3. “Jumping Jack Flash” 4. “The Last Time” 5. “Gimme Shelter” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/10 "2004-03-09T05:52:51Z")
My two favourites have always been _Paint it Black_ and _Mother’s Little Helper_, followed pretty closely by _19th Nervous Breakdown_ and _Sympathy for the Devil_. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/11 "2004-03-09T06:00:18Z")
Best? “Sympathy for the Devil.” Favorite? “Loving Cup.” ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/12 "2004-03-09T06:04:41Z")
I noticed not much from the 80s and 90s (nothing?) was mentioned? Can I at least offer Little T&A as a contender (and honestly that was early 80s - although not as early 80s as Emotional Rescue “She’s so Cold”). Anyone got anything from the 90s? (OK, my personal favorite is Gimme Shelter, with Can You Here Me Knocking second - again, 60s and 70s Rolling Stones) ---
**Author:** ![Silvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Silvio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvio)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/13 "2004-03-09T07:03:57Z")
From the 90s- “Thru and Thru” my list… Sympathy for the Devil Gimme Shelter You Can’t Always Get What You Want…from _Love you Live_ Wild Horses Moonlight Mile Tumbling Dice Rocks Off Happy Shine A Light Loving Cup Soul Survivor Beast of Burden Before Make Me Run ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/14 "2004-03-09T07:16:30Z")
Angie… ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/15 "2004-03-09T08:30:44Z")
Have loved the Stones for many many years, but a beautiful blond girl from Switzerland, at the Steel Wheels concert in Munchen, Germany (MUNICH) in 88 or 89 (its all alittle foggy)put the iceing on the cake. 🙂🙂🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/16 "2004-03-09T11:51:44Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Hmmm… > > Ventilator Blues, _Exile On Main Street_? > > Gimme Shelter, _Let It Bleed_? > Waddya think? I’ll throw my vote to either “Stray Cat Blues” from Beggars Banquet or “Star Star” from Goats Head Soup. Just about anything from Between The Buttons or before (with the exception of most of Satanic Majesty) would be my third choice ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/17 "2004-03-09T13:36:34Z")
I just finished a Rolling Stones CD. Here’s the track listing: Monkey Man Dancing With Mr. D 100 Years Ago Memory Motel Fingerprint File Girl With Faraway Eyes Miss You (the original mix, which is about 3 minutes longer) Memo From Turner Black Limousine Get Offa My Cloud Rip This Joint Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’? Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/18 "2004-03-09T13:40:05Z")
**Sympathy for the Devil** by a nose over **You Cain’t Always Git What You Want**. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/19 "2004-03-09T14:03:00Z")
I’ve got to give it to **Gimme Shelter** , for the tension and release in the intro. The guitar doesn’t ever quite coalesce until after the drums come in, and their entrance is also a little scattered. The "ooh"s and the lack of bass or piano until that one moment, all make it great. From that point on the song just holds together perfectly. Great balance, great lyrics, great tune. It’s like watching a film of a hot yellow lightbulb being shattered by a rifle bullet, played backwards. All the sparks and glass and chaos all just sort of fall into place. I give second place to **Sympathy for the Devil** for its studio production, good honky-tonk piano, great tune and lyrics, and for the first guitar lick after Mick yells “A-git down with it!” ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/20 "2004-03-09T15:06:23Z")
Nice to see lots of mentions of **Can’t You Hear Me Knocking**. No mentions of **Honky Tonk Women** seems a little odd. I also love **Melody (It was her second name)** off Black and Blue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215.md?page=2)