Rolling Stones had the best rock band run ever (1968-78)

[Bennyboy]

Beggers thru Some Girls. Exile, Sticky Fingers, Let it bleed...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. I have my "Fleabit Peanut Monkey" mix CD in the car this week...

...starts with "The Last Time" and ends with "Soul Survivor" from "Exile." 80 minutes of the creme de la creme.

I'm largely indifferent about the Ron Wood years...some songs I like here and there (and I did make another mix CD from that era), but for the most part, I really discovered them with "Out Of Their Heads" ("Satisfaction" / "The Last Time"), and thought they peaked with "Exile."

I like the two final Taylor albums, "Goats Head Soup" and "Only Rock & Roll," but things were never the same for me after "Exile"...they never hit a "Gimme Shelter" or "Jumpin' Jack Flash"-level high again.

[Bennyboy]

2. Huge Some Girls fan myself

And I think it ranks right up there. Think of the songs, Shattered, Miss You, Beast OF Burden, When The Whip Comes Down

[7wo7rees]

3. When the cop stopped me for speeding, I told him I was listening to my new mix CD from Stones

I should've given to him. Got fired up. He caught me before I burst into flames, I guess (doing 75mph in a 60mph).
Seen 'em three times. Would go again tonight. Tumble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAWKBOwIEU8&feature=related

[Mendocino]

4. I agree about Exile,

after that it was just product, not craft.