We have the sun, we have the moon and we've got the Rolling Stones.

Equally important and with a small advantage to Keith, because of his humour and great spirits!

But then again..... Charlie, Mick T, Bill, Brian, Ian and Ron.......!

Tuough to decide!

Been Stoned since 1964 and still am!

They both are great , but the engine is MJ. I like them both in the late 60s early 70 s whe they were mates, colleagues, and when they were the real glimmer twins. At the end of the 70s their souls got separated and took different ways. As i play guitar, i am KR-ian

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Actually i'm not sure if there is a group,apart from the Beatles obviously,who have been covered more than the Stones.

I can't speak for mitch of course, but perhaps he meant beatles cover tunes that became hits for other people. Tons and tons and tons of Beatles songs became hits for many huge artists of every generation over the decades. As for Stones covers that became hits, I can think of a few, but not nearly as many.

Yes,reading back i probably jumped the gun in replying,although if you assume the Beatles had at least as many hit covers as Dylan,the other analogy in the post(that Dylan covers are hits because no-one cares for his vocals)doesn't quite hold up.

Anyway,don't want to totally hijack the thread so i'll leave it there and to answer the original question,i'll be boring and say both equally.

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Here is the one Stones song where I think the cover version might be as good as Mick'. Of course, they are both great treatments in their way

I think it's crap, but to each their own... I generally don't like it when people cover the Stones either, the exceptions (that I can think of right now) being Guns N' Roses' Sympathy for the Devil and Aretha Franklin's Jumpin' Jack Flash.

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Here is the one Stones song where I think the cover version might be as good as Mick'. Of course, they are both great treatments in their way

I think it's crap, but to each their own... I generally don't like it when people cover the Stones either, the exceptions (that I can think of right now) being Guns N' Roses' Sympathy for the Devil and Aretha Franklin's Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Well, young Melanie Safka didn't do Ruby Tuesday that bad.

These are pretty realistic looking for dolls.

whatever

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This question is unnecessary.

>>Who do you like better?<<

What do you mean ? Musically ? Financially , sexually or philosophically ?



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

The dolls - Keith looks like Ron. Mick looks like Jimmy Fallon doing Mick.

I like Keith better but I think at this point Mick is more important to the band.

Mick could have always gone solo and been a big star. Keith is just basically another damn good guitar player.

But I think Keith Richards is more likable, accessible, and more candid. He is less of an ego-maniac, though sometimes he likes to play one . . like in the movie Gimmee Shelter.



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Does Jimmy Fallon have lips like that? I never noticed it.

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Mick could have always gone solo and been a big star.

He tried that in the eighties. It didn't work.

The Stones can only operate on a "big" scale as a band.

Dancing in the Street with David Bowie, Memo from Turner were two hits without the Stones. I look at Charlie and Bill and Ronnie Wood as just being hired hands.

Keith Richard and Mick Jagger have a love affair going on.

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Dancing in the Street with David Bowie, Memo from Turner were two hits without the Stones. I look at Charlie and Bill and Ronnie Wood as just being hired hands.

Keith Richard and Mick Jagger have a love affair going on.

Dancing in the Street benefitted from the huge publicity of Live Aid. Oh, and the minor detail of having David Bowie duetting with him.

If Jagger and Bowie had released a single comprising the two of them having a farting contest but with the profits going to Live Aid, it still would have been a hit.

'Memo from turner' wasnt really that much of a hit, actually.

Mick's chance of 'going solo and being a big star' passed about 30 years ago.

"'Memo from turner' wasnt really that much of a hit, actually."

Oh no?









Jagger reminds me of Humphrey Bogart in this clip from Performance.



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How does posting a link to the song 'prove' it was a big hit, exactly?

It reached number 32 in the UK charts. It wasnt a hit anywhere else.

terrific song, though.



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It was a hit where I lived, which was Los Angeles. Don't know about London.

I dont live in London either, but we do have a national chart.

Doesnt appear to have charted in the Billboard charts, Mitch.

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If it was, I dont think it was a major hit anyway. Depends on your definition of a 'hit' I suppose but considering it came in between two US number 1 hits for the Stones ('Honky tonk women' and 'Brown sugar'), it would be a bit of a stretch to compare it in terms of being a successful release.

You get five bonus points if you can tell me what the B side of Memo from Turner was. (without looking it up on google).

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You get five bonus points if you can tell me what the B side of Memo from Turner was. (without looking it up on google).

Gazza can probably do that. Good thing you didn't bet the house!

NM .............



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You get five bonus points if you can tell me what the B side of Memo from Turner was. (without looking it up on google).

Natural Magic by Ry Cooder.

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You get five bonus points if you can tell me what the B side of Memo from Turner was. (without looking it up on google).

Natural Magic

Did you look it up on the Internet? or you knew that already?

Memo From Turner was never a single in the United States, which is why it never charted here.

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Did you look it up on the Internet? or you knew that already?

I recently bought the Singles 1968-1971 box set...

MJ is the brain of the Rolling Stones, Keith is the Heart
Brian & Stew are the Soul
RW & MT are the right and left hands
Bill & Charlie are the legs & feet
as you can not separate the flame from the heat & burning & the light
The Rolling Stones are Indivisable