# Best Rolling Stones Song - Multiple Choice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468 "2010-09-12T03:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/21 "2010-09-12T23:55:35Z")
_Gimme Shelter_, hands down. Although I’m pleased to see _Paint it Black_ dead even at this point. _Sympathy for the Devil_? Never much cared for it. I would go so far as to say _Gimme Shelter_ is the best rock n roll song, period. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/22 "2010-09-13T00:13:01Z")
Arguably, Gimme Shelter is a cautionary tune, for those who believe that violence is an appropriate mechanism for social change. The song _almost_ made my checklist. Driving chords, panicky lyrics, terrific delivery – it’s certainly a classic. That said, it seems a little bit too much of its era. Sorry – _man_ – but civil unrest is not forever around the corner, at least not always. But then again, rock isn’t suppose to be sensible, just emotive and credible. 9/10 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/23 "2010-09-13T00:32:52Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Also “Moonlight Mile”. Big ditto on “Moonlight Mile,” though of course the ultimate answer is “Gimme Shelter” – quite possibly the most perfect rock song imaginable. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/24 "2010-09-13T03:50:28Z")
Not a huge Stones fan. There was nothing in the poll that I hate, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to play any of them. One that you forgot and my favorite Rolling Stones song is “Almost Hear You Sigh”, which had to be from the late 80s/early 90s, around the time of **Steel Wheel(chair)s** ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/25 "2010-09-13T05:53:23Z")
I’ve never been a Stones fan. In fact, I don’t even have one of their songs in my collection. So I voted for the ones I was at all familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/26 "2010-09-13T15:37:40Z")
Props to “Moonlight Mile” which is my second favorite, but you forgot “Let It Loose”. _In the bar you’re getting drunk, I ain’t in love, I ain’t in luck. Hide the switch and shut the light, let it all come down tonight. Maybe your friends think I’m just a stranger, Some face you’ll never see no more_ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/27 "2010-09-13T16:17:02Z")
I picked “Happy” and also checked “you forgot…” for “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’”. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/28 "2010-09-13T16:18:20Z")
What, no “Let’s Spend The Night Together”? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/29 "2010-09-13T16:47:52Z")
I’d like to see “Monkey Man” and “2000 Light Years From Home” on there but still had plenty many to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/30 "2010-09-13T19:55:08Z")
Couldn’t do this if my life depended on it - fun discussion, but there is no “best”… I happen to love **Gimme Shelter, Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ and Sympathy for the Devil** as my personal favorites, but there are so many others to choose from… I can’t believe \*\*Satisfaction \*\*isn’t even on your list…ETA: wait, yes it is at the top, listed as (I Can’t Get No) first…got it. Weird; I did a search on the thread when I didn’t see it on my first read and the search came up empty… ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/31 "2010-09-13T22:30:55Z")
I’d pick “Happy” & “Memory Motel” from your terrific list, & would add “Loving Cup” & “Before They Make Me Run” (sorry if already mentioned). Thanks to whoever mentioned “Moonlight Mile”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/32 "2010-09-13T23:03:47Z")
Where’s “Dandelion” ? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/33 "2010-09-14T01:35:39Z")
Amazing - at this point we have a dead heat betwixt ‘Gimme Shelter’ & ‘Sympathy For the Devil’. I regret not including ‘Let’s Spend the Night Together’, ‘She’s a Rainbow’, and ‘Fool To Cry’. (Just out of curiosity, would anyone have voted for ‘ **Fool To Cry** ’?) mmm ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/34 "2010-09-14T01:39:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Amazing - at this point we have a dead heat betwixt ‘Gimme Shelter’ & ‘Sympathy For the Devil’. Paint it, Black is a close third. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/35 "2010-09-14T01:43:20Z")
_Gimme Shelter_. There is no other choice. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/36 "2010-09-14T19:59:18Z")
I’d have added “Loving Cup” and “Rip This Joint” for sure, but I voted for a small handful of their heaviest in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/37 "2010-09-14T21:52:57Z")
Nice try, but you forgot “Moonlight Mile”. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/38 "2010-09-14T22:08:03Z")
Of the ones you listed, I like Paint it Black, but my favorite Stones’ song is Almost Hear You Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468/39 "2010-09-14T22:32:31Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I think we already had this thread a year or two ago. Gimme Shelter won, IIRC, buy my vote went to Sympathy For The Devil. Almost. They were the two finalists in a “Madness” (knockout tourney) poll thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-song-multiple-choice/553468.md?page=1)