A frriend of mine and I were trying to figure out which Stones song has been used on the most tours. I said JJF. He said Honky Tonk Women.

Yes..........we have kids and no lives.

Thoughts

JJF must have been played almost (if not) all the gigs they've done since 1968...

[There'll be no wedding today...]

Jumpin Jack Flash has been played live more than any other song. No question.

HTW was hardly played at all in 1972 and on the Aussie tour in 1973. JJF has ALWAYS been in the set and has only been left out of a concert on about two or three occasions at the most (there was one show on the last tour when they didnt play it - was it Enmore? - I cant think of any others)

Brown Sugar has also been a constant in the set since being debuted at Altamont, again with only a tiny number of times when it was excluded.

Tumbling Dice would be fourth. TD has been a near constant since its 1972 debut,

Satisfaction whilst having been first played in '65, was dropped for several years from 1972 to 1989 apart from a few shows in 1978 and Knebworth in '76.

Gazza Wrote:
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> Satisfaction whilst having been first played in '65, was dropped for several years from 1972 to 1989 apart from a few shows in 1978 and Knebworth in '76.

Also played in 81/82

oops..forgot that one. Cheers. It was constant in 82 and regular in 81

they also did it in 72 with "Uptight" at a few shows, but generally it was left off. So I guess theres about 200 shows from 1972 to 1981 where they didnt play it at all.

Did they do Brown Sugar in 81/82?

Cafaro Wrote:
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> Did they do Brown Sugar in 81/82?

Yep



[There'll be no wedding today...]

yeah. Every night

Brown Sugar has never been dropped except for a couple of times on recent tours

Tumbling Dice, Brown Sugar and JJ Flash have pretty much, with a tiny number of exceptions, been played at every show since their debuts

Honky Tonk Women was debuted in concert in Hyde Park and has been also pretty much constant apart from only being played at a couple of shows in 1972 and some of the Australian tour in 73

Its amazing that Tumbling Dice falls in this category with songs like Satisfaction, JJF and BS. To me its not even the best song on Exile and the way they play it these days its all back-up singers and horns. Hope something else like 19th Nervous Breakdown or whatever takes its place in the set list.

agree with Hound Dog. I never really cared for TD. I like Red Light Women better. There are at least 75 songs that could easily replace TD

Licks gigs without JJF:

Sydney Enmore Theatre
Stockholm Cirkus

I have been to 40 stones concerts since 1975 and at everyone of them these are the only four that have been played at everyone of them. Honky tonk, JJF, Brown sugar and Tumbling dice.

So we can miss out Tumbling Dice this time. Yes Cirkus Stockholm was lucky as only Tumbling Dice hit the set.

I respectfully disagree. I think that TD includes one of KR's simplest yet most brilliant riffs. The vamp outro is rock n' roll magic. Every incarnation (MT, horns, Lisa/Bernard) of the outro is a different take on the brilliance of the studio version. Great lyrics, too. Still have my fuzzy dice from the Atlantic City 89 show.

I was at 89 Atlantic city Salt of the earth still has me warm and fuzzy.

..a song that by contrast has been played live about 4 times

The 2nd Atlantic City shows in '89 and the 2nd Twickenham show in 2003!

TD is a classic.
Great song.

I agree it's not the best on Exile, but was definately one of the most commercial and therefore an obvious candidate for kick off single.

SFM would have to be up there as well.

I think it was dropped 81/82 and other than that it's been a staple siince '69 hasn't it?

kyle m

Have you ever lent somebody $20 and never seen them again? It was probably worth it.

SFM was also kind of erratic in 78. They closed with it fairly often but not all shows.
Was Sweet Black Angel used ONLY those times in 72? It is interesting that almost all of Exile has been tried at least once live at one time or another.
There' are those from Side 3 Turd, Just wanna see and Let it Loose. And Casino Boogie. Only ones right? Hip Shake???

monkey man Wrote:
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> TD is a classic.
> Great song.
>
> I agree it's not the best on Exile, but was
> definately one of the most commercial and
> therefore an obvious candidate for kick off
> single.
>
> SFM would have to be up there as well.
>
> I think it was dropped 81/82 and other than that
> it's been a staple siince '69 hasn't it?

They played it at couple of early shows in '81 and then it wasnt played again until Europe 1990. It hasnt actually been that much of a regular since - it was played only sporadically on BTB and was mostly an 'arena' song on the last tour.

I read once that its a song Mick isnt exactly crazy about, which may explain its relative lack of performances compared to most of the 'warhorses'

JJF, Brown Sugar, Tumbling Dice, Honky Tonk Women... Most "used" is indeed the right word in this case.

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"Music is the frozen tapioca in the ice chest of history."

"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

Tumbling Dice not the greatest song maybe, but I like it very much. Works very good in a concert for me, very groovy (or something??!)

Gaz: SOTE was in the concert for NY too wasn't it???

JumpingKentFlash

yes, but that wasnt a Stones performance, which is why I didnt mention it.

It was also in R&R Circus of course, but the only "live" performance was Mick's

Ah, I see. I really thought that it was played on many concerts in 1989 and 1990. Haven't checked frayed.org though. I'm not a big fan of the SW/UJ tour. I'm more a VL, B2B and Licks kindda guy.

JumpingKentFlash

I totally agree with you JKF but I have to say: some of the best boots I have heard from the Stones Mach III era (post 89) are from the SW/UJ tour. Sister M has some killer shows from that tour. "Cold Steel Blue" and the Johannesburg show rock my sox.

I know. I heard a fewof hem I think. Also, the DVDs from the VL tour. Man, I haven't seen a bad one yet. I like the South American concerts a lot. Both from VL and B2B.

JumpingKentFlash

>> It was also in R&R Circus of course, but the only "live" performance was Mick's <<

well ... how are you classifying Keith's vocal on it, in that case? undead? :E


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

Maybe recorded???

JumpingKentFlash

um ... okay, i'll put it bluntly, if i must: the vocals on R&R Circus SotE weren't pre-recorded, and that includes Keith's vocals. Gazza was just checking to see if anyone was paying attention. :E



"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

ok, smartarse...lol

yeah. the two lead vocals are "live". The rest is a backing track.