# Best Rolling Stones Cut.

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/41 "2004-03-11T14:32:41Z")

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For making me rock out, it’s a tie between “Gimme Shelter” off _Let It Bleed_ (and, yes, Merry Clayton’s vocal _is_ the highlight there), and the live version of “Street Fighting Man” off _Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out_. But the track that always makes me smile is “Factory Girl” off _Beggars Banquet_:

“Waitin’ for a girl and her knees are much too fat  
Waitin’ for a girl, she wears scarves instead of hats  
Her zipper broke down her back  
Waitin’ for a factory girl.”

God, I love that song!

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/42 "2004-03-11T18:53:25Z")

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I’m not a huge Stones fan, but I could listen to _Beast of Burden_ over and over and over…

Great guitar and great vocals on that track.

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**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-cut/233215/43 "2004-03-12T02:41:39Z")

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> [@jehovah68](#):
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> Another vote for “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin?”  
> I always wondered why this wasn’t on _Hot Rocks_.

Because _Hot Rocks_ was released on their old “London” label and the songs there were ABCKO (read Allen Klein) songs. “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’” was on _Sticky Fingers_ where most of the songs were written after the Stones absolved their managment with Allen Klein and released the record on the _Rolling Stones_ label. I know that “Wild Horses” and “Brown Sugar” are on _Hot Rocks_ but they were written and recorded a year or two prior to _Sticky Fingers_ and therefore are Allen’s. To prove it (your honor) you can see Keith digging the new mix of “Brown Sugar” in the film “Gimme Shelter” which was filmed in 1969 yet the song wasn’t released until 1971. Keith Richards wrote most of “Wild Horses” as he was hesitating to leave for the 69’ tour since he had a newborn son. Mick Jagger wrote most of “Brown Sugar” in Australia when he was alone filming “Ned Kelly” in early 69’. These two songs were recorded in December 1969 in Muscle Shoals Studios in Alabama on the end of the 69’ tour.

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