|
|
| Steel Wheels |
Just one song. Boil that list down. |
|
|
| Bloozehound |
i don't know why but Dead Flowers has always been one of my alltime fav's
its got a fuck it, fuck the world, and fuck you too attitude that appeals to me
not to mention the great laid-back country groove |
|
|
| M.O.W.A.T. |
For me its Sympathy for the Devil.
This was world music before the term was even invented. It was fresh-sounding back in the 60s. I have always loved the fact that the Stones were able to weave historical events and social commentary into such a great song. I don't either the Beatles or Dylan could have written a song like SFTD. It is one of 3 to 5 Stones songs that I never get tired of listening to. |
|
|
| MarioMendoza |
quote:
Steel Wheels wrote:
Just one song. Boil that list down.
That's gonna be tough. "Let it Bleed" possibly. |
|
|
| beer |
well, this is tough cuz it sometimes changes every day. but i guess Jumpin Jack Flash for a very specific reason: Those fucking guitars! when i hear the intro guitar part(the part they don't play live), then when Jagger goes "One, Two" then the main riff kicks in. it blows my mind every time. It is one of the best things i've ever heard.
Same with the first 15 or 20 seconds of "Brown Sugar". INCREDIBLE.
AND, same with the intro to Gimme Shelter. i could go on and on... |
|
|
| Madafaka |
Jumpin' Jack Flash. For a strage reason, that tune freezes my blood. Is EXCELLENT  |
|
|
| mac_daddy |
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
The finest tune ever composed and recorded in modern popular music...
Live - it is a whole different animal... It becomes a rocker, whether Mick T is laying his licks down, or whether Ronnie is making it his own. In fact, it is on this track, above all others, that Ronnie proves his mettle on his very first tour with the band (T.O.T.A. '75)
in all of its incarnations, it is absolutely perfect.
|
|
|
| egon |
must be harlem shuffle. i bought the single at the time,
but till this day i can't remeber wether i knew the stones. i just liked the song. it took me another 3 years to become a real fan. |
|
|
| Bob Tamp |
There are so many but i would have to choose Torn and Frayed.
Its autobiographical, and it still touches my me everytime. |
|
|
| egon |
bob, good to see you here! how are you doing? |
|
|
| exilestones@netscape |
TOO TOUGH makes me want to destroy!!!! |
|
|
| LadyJane |
It is a very hard choice but Gimme Shelter IMO is the most prolific song EVER written. It is as relevent today, if not more so, than it was 35 years ago.
And the intro still sends a chill down my spine.
LJ. |
|
|
| Main Offender |
"Torn & Frayed" for sure. It shows the depth of the drug problems at the time and mentions "Joe". I'm thinking that must be Keith's late handler, Joe Seabrook. They might have used his name rather than Keith/the guitar player for travelling reasons. And ,it's so country/bluesy. |
|
|
| Bob Tamp |
Egon, im doing ok...not great
Its been a shitty month for sure. However the gig must go on even if my main partner in crime is gone. "On with the Show" |
|
|
| Gimme Shelter |
I would have to say "Gimme Shelter". |
|
|
| JaggaRichards |
Gimme Shelter.
End of story! |
|
|
| stewed & Keefed |
Stray Cat Blues. |
|
|
| Lazy Bones |
Midnight Rambler. |
|
|
| DG81 |
'Time waits For No One' - a real spine-tingler and Mick Taylor is fucking brilliant on this. |
|
|
| Sir Stonesalot |
I doubt any of you would have guessed this one of me, but it's Ruby Tuesday.
Here's why:
The very first time I saw the Stones live, Pittsburgh 1989, I had my Rolling stones epiphany during Ruby Tuesday. Up until that time I was just a casual "Hot Rocks" type fan. I mean, I was a punk rocker. But as the Stones were doing Ruby Tuesday that night, I found myself with tears streaming down my face. Tears of uncontrollable joy.
The very next day, I went out and bought most all of the Stones catalogue. I was a true devotee, to the point of a mania even, from then on. |
|
|
| gypsy |
God, that is a tough one. It does vary from day to day, and depends upon what type of mood you're in.
Gotta go with "Satisfaction"--because it is the first song I remember ever hearing by them...and even though I didn't have a concept of 'sexy' at that age...that song exudes sex. |
|
|
| shakedhandswithkeith |
Memory Motel - but I don`t tell you her name..... |
|
|
| Angiegirl |
Gimme Shelter for me too. Will always be my favorite for some reason, it gives me the shivers (in a good way), still. |
|
|
| Zack |
It's got to be Monkey Man. The opening, that first chord Keith hits, when the piano comes in on the break, when the slide comes in . . . |
|
|
| stonedinaustralia |
'Tumbling Dice' - the sum of all their black musical influences the total of which is greater than the parts
charlie's snare sound (if TD doesn't make you want to shake your hips then nothing will) - the backing vocals just so soulful - they send my sprit soaring -
the riff is quintessential stones/keith
and the lines "you got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice" is the best summation of the stones "attitude" in 25 words or less
the whole thing is just a fantastic groooooooove - "there's fever in the funk house now" and, by god, you'd better believe it |
|
|
| beer |
quote:
stonedinaustralia wrote:
'Tumbling Dice' - the sum of all their black musical influences the total of which is greater than the parts
charlie's snare sound (if TD doesn't make you want to shake your hips then nothing will) - the backing vocals just so soulful - they send my sprit soaring -
the riff is quintessential stones/keith
and the lines "you got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice" is the best summation of the stones "attitude" in 25 words or less
the whole thing is just a fantastic groooooooove - "there's fever in the funk house now" and, by god, you'd better believe it
SIA!!!! Best post i've read in weeks! you speaketh the truth, my brother.
'the sum of all their black musical influences the total of which is greater than the parts'
truer words were never spoken.
Tumblin Dice will put me in a good mood no matter what. it's so care free and loose, and it underlines all the Stones glory so perfectly. The repeated rolling end is just incredible, it could go on for days and i'd still dig it. Not to mention that it's followed by fucking Sweet Virgina, Torn And Frayed AND Sweet Black Angel! The set list for Exile On Main Street is strategic! Indeed, they perfected the groove..
I'm gonna play it right now. |
|
|
| beer |
.........and another thing about Tumblin Dice, Hear that killer loopy bass line? That's Mick Taylor! even from the first time i heard that song, the bass playing during the chorus really impressed me. lo and behold it's Taylor. And i know that Jagger is even credited as playing a guitar part on that track but i will never believe it. Nope. |
|
|
| beer |
another topic that draws some good opinions is, who exactly played the main guitar part on 'Let It Loose'.
as a guitar player, i think it was Taylor that played it. To me, it is very unlike anything Keith would have ever played. But i could easily be wrong.
And Ventilator Blues. Taylor got his lone songwriting credit for that song. BUT, i don't think it's him playing the main rythm slide riff that the whole song is based on. I think it's Keith playin the simple slide riff on the album and when it was played live in '72. because if you listen to the live version from '72, the slide riff continues, while an obvious Mick T solo happens. But since Taylor got the partial songwriting credit, he probably showed the slide riff to Keith.
just my opinion.
what was the topic again? |
|
|
| bez85 |
"Let's Spend The Night Together" 1966.. I was in the 6th grade, couldn't wait to get home from school and repeatedly play the 45 RPM..it's the song that turned me on to the Stones..Oddly it's a piano song and not a guitar song..who played the piano on the single? The piano rocked that song.. |
|
|
| nankerphelge |
I'm in the Tumblin' Dice camp too.
Although I almost said Satisfaction for the same reason gypsy said and JJF for the same reason MacDaddio said!
But Tumbling Dice crunches in a way different from them all
and even tho I think it had become a bit too showy live, that damn over-the-head hand clap of Mick's is intoxicating!
|
|
CHAT
ROOM aka THE FUN HOUSE] [
RESTROOMS]