What do you guys think of this song? I think it's AMAZING!

Along with Let It Rock, it's the only decent song on that dreadful 'Rarities' compilation.

I'd have loved the Stones to have performed it live.

It's good and I like it...but I think they made the right decision leaving it off IORR or GHS because one more slow one would have killed both those records.

What I want to hear them redo NO SPARE PARTS.

PECMAN

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Barn Owl
Along with Let It Rock, it's the only decent song on that dreadful 'Rarities' compilation.

I'd have loved the Stones to have performed it live.

You're right-it was the only reason to buy the cd. Rarities my butt!!

I still won't admit buying Rarities. But the reason I did it was because of Through The Lonely Nights and Let It Rock; so I wouldn't wear out my vinyls completely.
They should have kept it to a 3" cd single....Let It Rock/Through The Lonely Nights, with a picture of the band from 71 on the front, and from 74 on the back..Taylor and Wyman included

Didn't they played it live once on the Licks tour? I thought someone said that

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Jocke
Didn't they played it live once on the Licks tour? I thought someone said that

It has been rehearsed a few times but never been played live.

Okay, would LOVE to hear it =)

I had an old book called Rolling Stones AtoZ and it claimed the solo in Through The Lonely Nights is Jimmy Page. Is this true?

It sure sounds like him comparatively to the Zepp songs of the time, but its not a solo Mick Taylor couldn't have played.

I've heard it's Jimmy Page too

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Jocke
I've heard it's Jimmy Page too

not a chance. that's as MT sounding as MT can sound....

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Erik_Snow
I still won't admit buying Rarities. But the reason I did it was because of Through The Lonely Nights and Let It Rock; so I wouldn't wear out my vinyls completely.
They should have kept it to a 3" cd single....Let It Rock/Through The Lonely Nights, with a picture of the band from 71 on the front, and from 74 on the back..Taylor and Wyman included

I agree,Erik. Actually a friend gave it to me cause I refused to buy it-he laughed at me about it. I bought the 45 brand new in 74 and "Nights" sounded like a worn out record the first time I played it. Did you have that experience? I just thought it must have been a bad pressing but I heard others comment to the same effect.

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I bought the 45 brand new in 74 and "Nights" sounded like a worn out record the first time I played it. Did you have that experience? I just thought it must have been a bad pressing but I heard others comment to the same effect.

Now that you mention it, it does sound muddy on the vinyl. I have the french 7" with the pic from the Till The Next Goodbye video
Hmmm...the sound of most instruments sound 'worn out', but if memory serves - there's a couple of things there that shines through; Taylors solo and Charlie's hi-hat... or am I incorrect? Need to play it again, but it sure is a wierd mix on that one.

Have in on 7". Refuse to buy rarities if only for the cover (photoshopping Wyman out of it)

Great track. Like the bridge, the backing vocals and the MT solo gives me goosebumps.

GREAT SONG! Just GREAT!

Beautiful track. One of my favourites.Unique Rolling Stones style it is.

Cool song, shoulda been included on IORR instead of some of the lesser tracks.

I was parted for ages from my copy of the IORR single with TTLN on the B side.
Really missed it. Picked up another copy years later and frequently pull it out to play this flip side.



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ERIK- yeah I can still hear MT and Charlie ok but I guess a more accurate way of describing it would be parts of the 45 sounded kinda like a worn acetate. My copy came from a first pressing I assume since I used to hound the record store employees for a heads up on Stones releases and usually got the first one off the rack!

That's what I did too. Still got most of them thankfully.

Congrats for holding on to em. Alot of mine are gone from all the bs of life!

If they would have included this and Criss Cross Man instead of, I dunno, Hide Your Love and Can You Hear The Music (that would have, or could have, fit IORR better maybe?) then I think Goats Head Soup would have been possibly, with exception to Exile, their COOLEST 1970s album.

It's a shame it wasn't included on GHS personally. Beautiful song. The MT solo is excellent, absolutely brilliant. I bought Rarities just for this track, Let It Rock and I Just Want To Make Love To You (somehow I missed that CD single, what, High Wire? Pissed me off so bad...).

i like it, yes i do!..in fact i love it!!! ha...I got Rarities mostly because of this song...i have not heard it since 1986 when i got rid of my turn table...and i have really missed hearing it!!!

Mick Taylor is just great on this track!---play it loud.....

I always liked Hide Your Love but maybe CrissCross wouldve been a stronger track. Totally agree that "Music" seemed like filler.

Another thumbs up for this track. It's an absolute peach and sits nicely alongside all the other nice, lazy ballads of the early-mid 70s.

Once again The Stones do country music better than the "hats" in Nashville

Made my own Mixed Rarities 1971-2003:

01. Fancy Man Blues (1989)
02. Let It Rock (1971)
03. Beast Of Burden (Live 1981)
04. If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt.2, 1981)
05. Miss You (Dance Version, 1978)
06. Through The Lonely Nights (1974)
07. Think I'm Going Mad (1984)
08. Wish I'd Never Met You (1990)
09. Mixed Emotions (12" Version, 1989)
10. Winning Ugly (NY Mix, 1986)
11. Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix, 1986)
12. Terrifying (12" Dance Mix, 1989)
13. Cook Cook Blues (1989)
14. So Young (1994)
15. If You Can't Rock Me (Live, 2003)
16. Drift Away (Unreleased, 1974)

This is my version of Rarities:
Real Rarities 1971-2006
Unfortunately no room for Undercover from the Japanese "Shine A Light"!
No 12 inch mixes.

Real Rarities Disc 1
1: Brown Sugar (Vinyl Mono)
2: Bitch (Vinyl Mono)
3: Let It Rock (Vinyl Mono)
4: Sway (US 'b' side)
5: Brown Sugar (Hot Rocks Mix)
6: Wild Horses (Hot Rocks Mix)
7: All Down The Line (US 'b' side)
8: Star Star (US Vinyl)
9: Through The Lonely Nights
10: Miss You 45
11: Faraway Eyes 45
12: Beast of Burden (8 Track)
13: Shattered (8 Track)
14: Miss You (8 Track)
15: Time Waits For No One (extended)
16: Everything Is Turning To Gold
17: When The Whip Comes Down [Live]
18: If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)

Real Rarities Disc 2
1: Beast Of Burden (Live)
2: Think I'm Going Mad
3: One Hit (To The Body) 45
4: Fancy Man Blues
5: Rock And A Hard Place 45
6: Cook Cook Blues
7: Wish I'd Never Met You
8: Terrifying 45
9: Highwire 45
10: 2000 Light Years From Home (Live)
11: I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live)
12: Play With Fire (Live)
13: Undercover Of The Night (Live)
14: Harlem Shuffle [Live]
15: Sexdrive 45
16: Tumbling Dice (Live)
17: Street Fighting Man (Live)
18: Gimme Shelter (charity)

Real Rarities Disc 3
1: Love Is Strong [Re-Mix]
2: The Storm
3: So Young
4: Out Of Tears (Don Was Edit)
5: Jump On Top of Me
6: I'm Gonna Drive
7: Sparks Will Fly (Radio Clean)
8: I Go Wild (Live)
9: The Rocky Road To Dublin
10: Like A Rolling Stone (Live single edit)
11: Black Limousine (Live)
12: All Down the Line (Live)
13: Live With Me (Live)
14: Tumbling Dice2 (Live)
15: Gimme Shelter (Live)
16: Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
17: Anybody Seen My Baby (LP Edit)
18: Saint Of Me (Radio Edit)
19: Angie [Live Jap B2B]

Real Rarities Disc 4
1: Anyway You Look At It
2: Honest I Do
3: Out Of Control (Album Radio Edit)
4: I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live Jap NS)
5: Miss You (Dr. Dre Remix 2002)
6: Don't Stop (edit)
7: Keys To Your Love
8: Stealing My Heart
9: Losing My Touch
10: If You Can't Rock Me (Jap Live Licks)
11: It's All Over Now (itunes)
12: Thru & Thru (Live)
13: Rain Fall Down
14: Under The Radar
15: Don't Wanna Go Home
16: Dance (Pt. 1) [Live]
17: Before They Make Me Run [Live]
18: Hand Of Fate (Live vinyl 45)


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It´s a nice, nice, nice song. It´s just in the goat´s head soup mood. Nice chorus, nice flavour, beatiful song. Yes indeed.

I'm almost positive Page is on that somewhere. I know I've read that several times from reliable sources. Still have my original 45 (no skips or scratches) but wish I still had the pic sleeve to go with it!