Your favorite obscure Rolling Stones songs

[Superdude]

Yep. She’s So Cold is my all-time favorite Stones song.

[Voyager]

@Baal_Houtham

I don’t know which tracks are considered obscure, but there are songs I like on side two of 1967’s Between the Buttons. Such as “Miss Amanda Jones ”.

Good one. I got turned on to that song when I was listening to WBCN one day and the dj noted that the winner or high placer in the Miss America contest was named Amanda Jones, and then she proceeded to play the song.

@Gatopescado

So, my answer is Memo From Turner

I went to see “Performance” just to hear how Jagger did the song in it. I’d advice just listening to it.

[jsc1953]

Two more all-time favorites that don’t get a lot of Classic Rock airplay: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? and Rip This Joint.

[EinsteinsHund]

@jsc1953

Rip This Joint.

Which is the fastest song in their repertoire, that’s why they rarely play it.

[SwissMan]

“Rocks Off” from Exile on Main St. is another great one that I just thought of.

[jaycat]

@jsc1953

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

That one’s a personal favorite. Especially cool was the cover of the 45, with all of them in drag, and (I think) Bill Wyman seated in a wheelchair.

[Akaj]

“Loving Cup” from Exile. The Scorcese concert flick Shine a Light has a fun cover with an utterly star-struck Jack White, but it can’t touch the original.

If we’re including covers, I’ll also nominate “Fortune Teller” and “Poison Ivy.”

[Gatopescado]

@Voyager

I went to see “Performance” just to hear how Jagger did the song in it.

Never heard of that movie. Learn something new all the time on this board. And yeah, Rocks Off is fantastic.

[nightshadea]

i like livewire (which was banned from almost everywhere but MTV ) just because 1. mick had an econ background and he knew how they made money off of war and it was only one of 3 desert storm protest songs that id ever heard about it also it shows that if they had come out 10 years later then they did they could have been the best punk band in the world

[SacFly]

When I was in high school, most people had Rolling Stones compilation CDs already. I liked it, but I didn’t see the magic.

The first full album I found that blew me away was Exile on Main St. Then Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed. I know I’m no superfan, but I never get tired of these albums.

The beauty of Exile is that it get almost no radio airplay, but almost every song is a gem. Satisfaction is a fantastic song, but do I really need to hear it again? I’d rather hear Torn and Frayed.

Doctor prescribes, drugstore supplies, who’s gonna help you to kick it…

[dalej42]

@SacFly

The beauty of Exile is that it get almost no radio airplay, but almost every song is a gem. Satisfaction is a fantastic song, but do I really need to hear it again? I’d rather hear Torn and Frayed.

That’s one thing I miss about the old album rock radio stations. They’d happily play most anything from Exile or Sticky Fingers or Let it Bleed. Now, Tumbling Dice is all you’re likely to hear from Exile while Satisfaction and Start Me Up get even more airplay.

[wguy123]

This thread has helped me realize how many obscure Rolling Stones songs I love. Great thread!

[Shoeless]

@EinsteinsHund

Yeah, “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is another deep cut of Sticky Fingers that deserves a mention. It never was planned this way, the long jam at the end was spontaneous and unrehearsed. We can be tankful that someone (Jimmy Miller?) left the tape rolling.

So, where was the song supposed to end and where does the jam start? I’ve always thought that the sax solo (beginning after the vocals end around 2:45, up to about 3:30) was part of the jam, but that would mean the song would have ended abruptly after the vocals. After listening some more it seems that the sax solo would have been part of the song, which would have ended around 3:30, and then the jam picks up around 3:45 and goes to the end.

[EinsteinsHund]

@Shoeless

So, where was the song supposed to end and where does the jam start? I’ve always thought that the sax solo (beginning after the vocals end around 2:45, up to about 3:30) was part of the jam, but that would mean the song would have ended abruptly after the vocals

That’s where I’ve also always thought the jam began, with the sax solo. If the jam hadn’t been so long and great, I think they would’ve faded out the song sometimes in the sax solo. There are many songs that fade out mid-solo (often to my great dismay, because the solo sounded so good).

[veryfrank]

@nightshadea

i like livewire (which was banned from almost everywhere but MTV ) just because 1. mick had an econ background and he knew how they made money off of war and it was only one of 3 desert storm protest songs that id ever heard about it also it shows that if they had come out 10 years later then they did they could have been the best punk band in the world

I think you’re referring to “Highwire” which is a pretty kickass song, and much better than the other studio track on the Flashpoint live album. Though their timing kinda sucked, as the single was released on the day that Gulf War 1 ended, if memory serves.

[TreacherousCretin]

Before I read the thread, here are my favorite lesser-knowns:

Down Home Girl
What A Shame
Oh Baby, We Got A Good Thing Going
Surprise, Surprise
I Am Waiting
Who’s Been Sleeping Here
Prodigal Son
Send It To Me
Child Of The Moon

[jsc1953]

@Shoeless

So, where was the song supposed to end and where does the jam start? I’ve always thought that the sax solo (beginning after the vocals end around 2:45, up to about 3:30) was part of the jam, but that would mean the song would have ended abruptly after the vocals. After listening some more it seems that the sax solo would have been part of the song, which would have ended around 3:30, and then the jam picks up around 3:45 and goes to the end.

I always felt that the producer (Jimmy Miller) stitched 2 unrelated tracks together to create CYHMK. Not that there’s anything wrong with that; that’s basically all of Abbey Road Side 2.

Another obscure one that has the same kind of jam feel, is the quasi-instrumental Slave on Tattoo You.

[EinsteinsHund]

@jsc1953

I always felt that the producer (Jimmy Miller) stitched 2 unrelated tracks together to create CYHMK. Not that there’s anything wrong with that; that’s basically all of Abbey Road Side 2.

But that’s not what happened. It was one single take. Live in the studio with the whole extended band, no overdubs. From wiki:

"Can’t You Hear Me Knocking " is a track by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers . The track is over seven minutes long, and begins with a Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro. The main song lasts for two minutes and 43 seconds, after which it transforms into an extended improvisational jam. The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in.

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

[jsc1953]

@EinsteinsHund

But that’s not what happened. It was one single take. Live in the studio with the whole extended band, no overdubs.

That’s cool. Not disputing the account, but the instrumentation is so different between the 2 parts: the distortion is gone from the guitars, and congas and sax are now present that weren’t in the main song…one can be excused if one thought they were 2 different sessions.

[jaycat]

@TreacherousCretin

Down Home Girl

The original by the Coasters is even better.

The Coasters - Down Home Girl