Favorite Rolling Stones song. Do you have one?

[Flaxbee]

If so, post it:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. all of them. almost went with this for my username -

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter if it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
At such a cost

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

There's no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind.
Ain't life unkind?

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you...

[Flaxbee]

3. I really like them, too. And if you asked me tomorrow what my favorite is, it'd probably be

different than today's choice.

Because I love:

and

[lastlib]

38. That one! and Angie

With "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Gimme Shelter" just behind....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. good ones, all. Paint It Black and Under My Thumb, Brown Sugar....on and on ...

[rurallib]

2. I'll go with Mother's Little Helper!

so upbeat

[benld74]

4. Jumping Jack FLash

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right. Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, Im jumpin jack flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

Jumping jack flash, it's a gas
Jumping jack flash, it's a gas
Jumping jack flash, it's a gas
Jumping jack flash, it's a gas
Jumping jack flash

[XRubicon]

6. Night Shift

[XRubicon]

5. Angie

[OriginalGeek]

7. 2 through 10 change up a lot

but number one has always been and always will be

Sympathy for the Devil

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. Gimmie Shelter and Monkey Man.

(Sorry, too lazy to post videos!)

[wakemewhenitsover]

9. Jigsaw Puzzle

I love its dreamy slide guitar, galloping piano, Dylanesque lyrics -- not to mention, everything else. (I have to admit my choice is probably influenced by the fact that this is one Stones tune that has not quite been played into the ground on the radio.)

[kwassa]

10. All Down the Line, here in a great live performance in 1972

[CrazyOrangeCat]

11. The inimatable Mr. Taylor . . .

Smokin'

[kwassa]

13. He added so much to their sound.

Much of their very best was while he was in the band.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

16. Yes. Could listen to that cat all nite. n/t

[pink-o]

29. LOVED LOVED L-O-V-E-D his lead to Keith's rhythm!

Even an LP like Goat's Head Soup, which is hardly memorable (also having the unfortunate timing of being released just after a total eargasm like Exile) you could love it for his guitar alone.

I remember reading that Mick T was persuaded to leave the Stones when he did because their decadent lifestyle was swallowing him whole and his friends didn't wanna see him end up like Brian Jones. So he saved himself, but the band has never been the same.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

33. Yes. Listen to Ya Ya's again.

Twenty year old kid. He really supercharged their songs. And Love In Vain is indescribable. So fine.

[Initech]

12. Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste...

[Initech]

14. Here's a great track off their current "A Bigger Bang" album:

[Recursion]

15. She's a Rainbow (nt)

[Doc_Technical]

17. Bitch

[AllenVanAllen]

18. Monkey Man

If I have to pick today.

[kwassa]

19. I like this, too ...

the photo montage in this video has all these shots of Brian Jones, who was barely in the band by this time, and didn't play on this track, only contributing to two tracks, as did his replacement, Mick Taylor, on the album Let it Bleed, that it came from.

[Jetboy]

20. Rip This Joint

Only the best song ever!

[hibbing]

21. Tumblin' Dice

Hey,
Not sure why I like it so much, I just do.

Peace

[Enrique]

34. me too

it might be the backing vocals

[The Magistrate]

22. Always Liked This One...

[bluesbassman]

23. Can't You Hear Me Knocking. Not only my favorite Stones tune, but in my top ten all time favorites.

[Initech]

24. Cant believe no one's posted this one - Sweet Neocon:

You call yourself a Christian
I think that you're a hypocrite
You say you are a patriot
I think that you're a crock of shit

And listen now, the gasoline
I drink it every day
But it's getting very pricey
And who is going to pay

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con.... Yeah

It's liberty for all
'Cause democracy's our style
Unless you are against us
Then it's prison without trial

But one thing that is certain
Life is good at Haliburton
If you're really so astute
You should invest at Brown & Root.... Yeah

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
If you turn out right
I'll eat my hat tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah....

It's getting very scary
Yes, I'm frightened out of my wits
There's bombers in my bedroom
Yeah and it's giving me the shits

We must have lots more bases
To protect us from our foes
Who needs these foolish friendships
We're going it alone

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
Where's the money gone
In the Pentagon

Yeah ha ha ha
Yeah, well, well

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Neo con

[progressoid]

25. You Can't Always Get What You Want

[Trajan]

26. My number one favorite Stones song

I love the deeply sonorous drone chorused guitar/organ/piano/wtf that pops in behind the main guitars during the break (During 'what can a poor boy do') ....

FYI: I always was a Beatles fan .... Still true today .... Some of my favorite Stones songs were Beatles imitations 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'Like a Rainbow' ....

EDIT: Just found this: From wikipedia

Recording on "Street Fighting Man" began at Olympic Sound Studios in March 1968 and continued into May and June later that year. With Jagger on lead vocals and both he and Richards on backing, Brian Jones performs the song's distinctive sitar and also tamboura. Richards plays the song's acoustic guitars as well as bass, the latter being the only electric instrument on the track. Charlie Watts performs drums while Nicky Hopkins performs the song's piano which is most distinctly heard during the outro. Shehnai is performed on the track by Dave Mason. On the earlier, unreleased "Did Everybody Pay Their Dues" version, Rick Grech played a very prominent electric viola.[8]

So, Sitar, Tambora and Shenhai were the sounds introduced during the break .... fascinating ...

[In_The_Wind]

27. I'll start with one from my high school days:

I always believed this:

The unforgettable:

Different than the norm:

This one goes out to the reason for the best days of my college years Phil Younger:

[lame54]

28. Sway...

[retread]

30. Salt of the Earth

?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

31. Rip this joint!

2 minutes of rocknroll!

[datasuspect]

32. this week - in another land

let it bleed is another good'n

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

35. I preferred this softer side of the Stones

[JeffHead]

36. Dead Flowers

[auburngrad82]

56. I love Dead Flowers!

But Moonlight Mile ain't half bad either.

[DearHeart]

37. Beast of Burden! The best! nt

[shanti]

40. ruby tuesday

oh, and paint it black.

[friendly_iconoclast]

41. Can't You hear Me Knocking?

...with the great Bobby Keys on sax..

[stultusporcos]

42. +1 Tied with Monkey Man for my Fave

[MrSlayer]

43. Sympathy is the best song ever by anyone.

But my very favorite Stones song is Sway.

[a la izquierda]

44. Sympathy for the Devil and Under My Thumb

I'd post video, but going to Youtube makes my computer angry (it's on its way out).

[abbeyco]

45. Gimme Shelter

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I love this song in its various incarnations:
Keith Urban & Alicia Keys during the Live Earth concert in 2007:
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Playing for Change - this one just blows me away:
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[IcyPeas]

46. Dandelion

[Kennah]

47. Sympathy for the Devil

[Scuba]

48. 1, 1a and 1b ..

[Art_from_Ark]

49. 19th Nervous Breakdown

[Manifestor_of_Light]

59. Sounds like my mom's problem.

She swore we were deliberately driving her nuts. She was just a square who slept her life away.

[abq e streeter]

50. Tough call to say the least, but I guess it has to be Gimme Shelter.

As much as I wanted it to be a Bobby Keys song ...
Close calls include Salt of the Earth, Beast of Burden, Moonlight Mile, Satisfaction, Jumpin' Jack Flash (probably a close #2 there along with Moonlight Mile)...Sweet Virginia, Paint it Black (Jeez only one Bobby K.song ;sorry Bob, lol)...

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

51. I know they wrote great, mega great songs, but I like

this cover

[Burma Jones]

52. Street Fightin' Man - Particularly from Get Yer Ya Yas out

[Ahpook]

53. No mention of Shattered?

Floored They never play this one the same way twice.

One edit: Got to dig Bill Wyman casually lighting that smoke with a sea of people out there.

[zabet]

54. "Winter"

From the Goat's Head Soup Lp.

[7wo7rees]

55. Gimme Shelter

Listen to Merry Clayton at 3:05 blow her top

[amerikat]

57. One of my favs. Moonlight Mile

[Grantuspeace]

58. Tough call....but I am going with Slave.