# Best Stones Song Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407 "2006-09-04T16:18:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/21 "2006-09-04T22:16:01Z")
**Gimme Shelter** is for me, the best rock 'n roll song ever recorded. I love **Wild Horses** , too. Most underappreciated Stones album? There were some really good songs on **Metamorphosis** : Out Of Time Memo From Turner Heart of Stone ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/22 "2006-09-04T22:37:06Z")
Another heretic vote for _Sympathy for the Devil_ as Best Stones Song Evah. WOO-WOO! WOO-WOO! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/23 "2006-09-05T03:53:45Z")
There is no way for me to tell you what my favorite Stones song is, because it changes from month to month. However, I can say that at this particular time, the greatest Stones song is _Memory Motel_. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/24 "2006-09-05T04:48:43Z")
My favorite is a deep cut from _Sticky Fingers_ called “Sway.” It is damn near perfect in every respect. But “Gimme Shelter” is great too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/25 "2006-09-05T05:17:48Z")
The Next One. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/26 "2006-09-05T05:19:50Z")
_Ventilator Blues_. Followed by _Memo From Turner_, and _Moonlight Mile_. Then maybe _Stray Cat Blues_, _Bitch_, and _No Expectations_. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/27 "2006-09-05T05:47:33Z")
Honky Tonk Women, 'cuz I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind. That IS Rock and Roll Sympathy for the Devil. Play it at my funeral. Tumblin’ Dice, any old time ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/28 "2006-09-05T05:50:47Z")
I recently re-discovered “Bitch”, so another vote for that. And “Wild Horses” is great, although I prefer the Cranberries version. Worst? “Under My Thumb”, hands down. Ugh. Yeah, I’m a feminist. What?! ---
**Author:** ![parrot\_recipes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@parrot\_recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parrot_recipes)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/29 "2006-09-05T05:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] Honky Tonk Women, 'cuz I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind. That IS Rock and Roll [/QUOTE] I agree, but was afraid to say it til you popped in. ---
**Author:** ![FrantzJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@FrantzJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrantzJ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/30 "2006-09-05T06:45:41Z")
I think that their best song is “Sway.” … I think that their best song _that anyone has heard of_ is Waiting on a Friend. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/31 "2006-09-05T07:29:11Z")
[QUOTE=parrot recipes] I agree, but was afraid to say it til you popped in. [/QUOTE] Never be afraid to have an opinion on the SDMB, just be prepared defend it. I love this group ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/32 "2006-09-05T07:34:53Z")
I never considered myself that big of a Stones fan, but I’ll always stop and listen whenever _Brown Sugar_, _Sympathy for the Devil_ or _Honky Tonk Woman_ comes on the radio. Good stuff. The only Stones album I ever owned was a Best Of collection that I got as a gift: “Sucking in the Seventies”. It never ceased to amuse me that through the evolution of slang, what was originally meant to be a risque sexual reference unintentionally turned into a fairly accurate description of the music. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/33 "2006-09-05T07:55:20Z")
I also like Waiting on a Friend best. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/34 "2006-09-05T12:17:49Z")
I am not appreciating the dissing of _Emotional Rescue_ as it was the very first 45 I ever bought. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/35 "2006-09-05T13:33:51Z")
“Wild Horses” “Angie” “Sympathy for the Devil” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” “Paint it Black” “Ruby Tuesday” “As Tears Go By” “Satisfaction” “Time is on My Side” “Waiting on a Friend” “Miss You” “Jumping Jack Flash” “Under Cover of the Night” “Out of Tears” ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/36 "2006-09-05T13:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=buns3000] I am not appreciating the dissing of _Emotional Rescue_ as it was the very first 45 I ever bought. [/QUOTE] Maybe this will make up for it: The first 45 I bought was _One Tin Soldier_ by Coven (the theme song from _Billy Jack_). We all live and learn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/37 "2006-09-05T13:46:44Z")
Memory Motel. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking Rocks Off That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/38 "2006-09-05T16:11:31Z")
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” & “Shattered”. Funniest Stones song, though, hands down, is “Far Away Eyes”. Never could tell if this was a tribute or a parody. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/39 "2006-09-05T16:15:34Z")
**Wee Bairn** nailed it. The best song the Stones have ever done, or will ever do, is _Shattered_. Shadoobie. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407/40 "2006-09-05T16:19:32Z")
I’m not a huge Stones fan, but **Beast of Burden** is definitely my favorite of theirs. The guitar in that song is phenomenal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stones-song-ever/371407.md?page=3)