What Is Your Favorite Rolling Stones Song....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I was driving in my car and heard Under My Thumb on the radio.... I forgot what a great song it is if you can get past the misogynistic lyrics...But then again most rock is patriachal in nature cept for Janice Joplin and Heart....

In any case what is your favorite Stones song...




P.S. I saw the Stones at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando in 1981 in what was supposedly their last tour.... The Stones and Van Halen for $16.00.... Wow... I was about twenty feet from the stage....

[kixot]

1. Gimmie Shelter.

Haunting, to say the least.

[TakebackAmerica]

5. Right on

Gimme Shelter! That is by far the best Stones song.

[Dookus]

2. yeah! Gimme Shelter!!!

[Sephirstein]

3. Sympathy for the Devil

:)

[TopesJunkie]

16. A second on Sympathy...

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[Terwilliger]

20. third

[Stupdworld]

22. 4th

good song

[mitchum]

28. But the book is much better!

[Shrek]

35. 5th vote

Sympathy for the Devil

[Blitz]

39. Sixth

for Beelzebub.

[jenk]

4. honky tonk woman is so overrated

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[mlawson]

29. Yep. Played to death, dug up, and played to death again.

[supernova]

6. Tumbling Dice

is my fav, followed closely by Sympathy for the Devil and Gimme Shelter.

[CPschem]

17. good pick

[calm_blue_ocean]

47. Those are the three best ones!

Not even listed on the poll.

The thing I can never understand is why people like Exile On Main Street LP so much -- "Tumblin' Dice" is the only song I really like on that album.

[mac56]

7. "Satisfaction"!?

Possibly the greatest rock single ever released!

[NightTrain]

25. Bingo!

Yes, commercial radio has played it to death, but I've yet to tire of the song. And I doubt I ever will!

[MaineDem]

36. I love it!

This was on the very first LP I bought. I think it was called 5X12.

Even though I love "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and how it's used in "The Big Chill" I'd have to say "Satisfaction" gives me the most pleasure to hear.

On edit, cause I'm an idiot..."Time is on my Side" was the song on that album.

[StopTheMorans]

8. Last time

n/t

[Ishoutandscream]

9. Street Fighting Man

A great song from 1968 - really reflected the times. I, ahm, borrowed it for my log in name.

[supernova]

10. Paint it Black

and Get Offa My Cloud are other good ones!

[Chovexani]

11. Sympathy for the Devil

Great song, best lyrics ever.

[booksenkatz]

12. Angie

Not a big Stones fan, but that song has sentimental value for me.

[CPschem]

13. She's A Rainbow

[catpower2000]

14. Gimme Shelter! WHY, WHY on these polls, is the best song never listed?

And then the first 150,000 posts say the same thing over and over!

Cat

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I Like Under My Thumb

NT

[MuseRider]

15. Paint It Black

Has always been my favorite. I was so excited to actually hear them do it at a concert I went to. Actually, there are a lot of Rolling Stones songs I like a lot but this one is by far my favorite.

[AntiCoup2K4]

18. Respectable

with "Sway" a very close second.

[Richardo]

21. Sh'doo-bee.....Shattered

Don't you know the crime rate's goin' UP up UP UP UP?

To live in this town you must be tough tough tough tough tough tough tough !

:D :thumbsup:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. Isn't That On The Some Girls Album

along with Miss You and When The Whip Comes Down....


I forgot Some Girls... Jesse Jackson wanted a boycott of that album...

[Richardo]

24. Yep -- that's the only Stones album I have.

and it rocks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. I Got Rid Of My Vinyl...

Some Girls is a middling album for the Stones... Not their best or worst work...

[mitchum]

27. "Brown Sugar" for the groove and impolite, but very honest, lyrics

[bigmonkey]

30. We Love You

Done with the Beatles.

Hey, isn't Under My Thumb actually a _revenge_ song? The expression is misogynistic, but the main emotion is revenge. (Not that revenge is any better than misogyny.)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. It's A Revenge Song....

[RedEarth]

31. Gimmie Shelter

The guitar and drum work on this song combined with the female vocals make this one of the all time great rock and roll songs. This and Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" are in a class of their own....both outstanding. I have them on a CD(one right after the other) and never grow tried of listening to them.

[mlawson]

32. Let's Spend the Night Together.

From my teenage years. I have never gottet to go to London, but I used to imagine that song was what it 'sounded like' there.

[Terwilliger]

33. and a shout-out to 'Get Off My Cloud'

an anthem if there ever was one :D

[jus_the_facts]

34. well I voted for Miss You...but it's actually a tie with.....

.....Can't Always Get What You Want....those are my two favorites!!


:hi: Brian!!! :bounce: LET'S GO YANKEES!!!! :evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

37. Wild Horses

still sounds like Gram Parsons to me.

[mitchum]

41. I think that Gram "gave" them that song while in a drug-addled and...

starry-eyed state. However, I still prefer the Rolling Stone version to that of the Burritos

[VOX]

38. "Jumpin Jack Flash"...it's a gas!

Mick at his unintelligible best. Can't keep my toes from tapping when this classic comes on the radio.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

42. Do You Remember Leon Russell's Cover Of

Jumping Jack Flash...

[KoKo]

40. Ruby Tuesday and If You Need a Friend. All of them mentioned, but those

two are special to me.

[HEyHEY]

44. As tears go by

Great tune, love the violins

Other than thay, I'd say Street fightin man or prodigal son

[Iverson]

45. Time Is On My Side

Oh, yes it is.

[woofless]

46. Monkey Man

"and I hope you will be a monkey woman too"

Serious guitar riff here.