Hi guys - plenty of time on my hands unfortunately at the moment and thought it might be a bite of fun to run this over say two weeks or so to have anyone's input on the Stones best ballads.

I ask that you list 30 songs and number them 30 (as your favourite) thru 1 as your least favourite (well on the list anyways).

Then in 2-3 weeks we can compile the songs totals and make a Stones ballad top 20 just for a bit of fun.

Ballads can be blues based (LIV) to BOB to "Mona". There is no specific criteria but just use your best judgement I guess. Only officially released material please and if you prefer a live version over the studio please make note of that.

If you would like a list of all Stones tracks Kenos will do if you like [www.keno.org]

Anyways play away if you wish if not you might wanna go help out that guy that seems to be stuck at JFK in 1978....

30 Angie
29 As tears go by
28 Moonlight mile
27 Ruby Tuesday
26 Out of tears
25 No Expectations
24 Waiting on a friend
23 No use in crying
22 Wild horses
21 Backstreet girl
20 Love in vain (Ya yas)
19 Time is on my side (Still Life)
18 Mona
17 New faces
16 Black angel
15 She smiled sweetly
14 Play with fire
13 I’ve been loving you too long
12 Lady Jane
11 Imagination
10 Thief in the night
9 Heart of stone
8 You better move on
7 Faraway eyes
6 Salt of the Earth
5 Under the boardwalk
4 All about you
3 Heaven
2 The worst
1 You can’t always get what you want



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2010-06-23 06:17 by squando.

Well, what's a ballad?!
A ballad in literature is a song that tells an adventurous story (f.e. Robin Hood tales). Therefore, it can be a fast song, too (see next argument).
Radio djs seem to understand ballads as just slow songs.
I would add to that a love song, something romantic - and that rather slow.
So you've got some criteria to shorten your list. Another criteria would be only to use compositions by band members.
Then you might come up with two lists of your favourite top 20 Stones ballads...

You forgot the best Stones ballad of all time!!!

"BEAST OF BURDEN"

Almost Hear You Sigh must be included here.

well ok---But you have "She smileyd sweetly " add on

under the boardwalk---down by the sea

Check the post of my friend Mr D. (scroll down to the 10th post )

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

Long Long While .....



ROCKMAN

ALWAYS SUFFERING and Already over me!
Memory motel and Fool to cry.
Let it loose!

Let It Loose
Winter
Moonlight Mile
Backstreet Girl
Worried About You
Coming Down Again (favourite Keith song ever)
Can You Hear the Music
Till the Next Goodbye
No Expectations
Time Waits for No One (almost didn't put it up since, althought I love it to DEATH does it count really as a ballad??)
Shine A Light
All About You
Wild Horses

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-06-21 03:37 by jamesfdouglas.

Alright that's what I'm saying. Compile a list of 30 songs. It's hard! I had to ditch BOB and AHYS. I like them both but hey...I did overlook SSS.
Throwing out songs randomly isn't gonna help me compile a list. List 30 thru 1 - 30 being the fave and we'll go from there

And JJH - I need do nothing - as I said use your common sense for Christ sake. Always gotta be some knob that joins in on a thread just to be a padantic dick about the simplest of things.

Anyways join in if you wish otherwise happy tidings. Doing it here and about 50 of us are doing it around work and bugging the fams. We gotta Stones club going and are looking to maybe start putting together little silly things of interest such as this in each one.

This really is hard! I couldn't come up with 30 that I really, really like at all. I did try.

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I like your list alot, but I think Wild Horses must be number 1. Almost hear you sigh should be on there, not sure where.

Thanks for reminding me about Wild Horses! Jeez! lol

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30 As Tears Go By
29 Fool To Cry
28 Already Over Me
27 Beast Of Burden
26 Anybody Seen My Baby
25 Losing My Touch
24 Lady Jane
23 Play With Fire
22 Heart Of Stone
21 She's A Rainbow
20 How Can I Stop
19 Till The Next Goodbye
18 Tops
17 I Got The Blues
16 If You Really Want To Be My Friend
15 You Got The Silver
14 Waiting On A Friend
13 Wild Horses
12 No Expectations
11 Moonlight Mile
10 Thief In The Night
9 Memory Motel
8 Through The Lonely Nights
7 Out Of Tears
6 Loving Cup
5 Almost Hear You Sigh
4 All About You
3 Coming Down Again
2 Laugh, I Nearly Died
1 Worried About You

Sorry, squando, no bad intent from my side. I do compilations like this one from time to time, too. (But to be pedantic: I am not only a JJH but a real Mick/Michael).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-06-21 11:04 by JJHMick.

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squando
Alright that's what I'm saying. Compile a list of 30 songs. It's hard! I had to ditch BOB and AHYS. I like them both but hey...I did overlook SSS.
Throwing out songs randomly isn't gonna help me compile a list. List 30 thru 1 - 30 being the fave and we'll go from there

I guess I'm not in the mood for statistical games like that.

Are Loving Cup and Imagination ballads???

almost hear you sigh!

If you need me.

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DandelionPowderman
Are Loving Cup and Imagination ballads???

I would say, split decision on that, Imagination yes, Loving Cup no.

30. Little Red Rooster
29. Cry To Me
28. Good Times, Bad Times
27. Tell Me
26. She Smiled Sweetly
25. Lady Jane
24. Under The Boardwalk
23. Through The Lonely Nights
22. As Tears Go Bye
21. Sitting On Fence
20. Moonlight Mile
19. Congratulations
18. That’s How Srong My Love Is
17. Play With Fire
16. Ruby Tuesday
15. Blue Turns To Grey
14. No Expectations
13. Love In Vain
12. Back Street Girl
11. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10. I Got The Blues
09. Honest I Do
08. Angie
07. If You really Want To Be My Friend
06. Family
05. Far Away Eyes
04. The Spider And The Fly
03. Sister Morphine
02. Till The Next Goodbye
01. I Don’t Know Why

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Rockman
Long Long While .....

I support taht! Great song!

Thats how strong my love is and Long Long while,you should add

No Use In Crying

It's interesting to see what others consider to be ballads. There really aren't that many of them, are there?

No gimme, there aren't. And the more I think about it, the more I realize how few of them I raelly like, albiet most of the ones I don't are from DW and onward.

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Thank you so much Sway for that list. I’m actually beginning a 2 year course in French next year so I’ve bookmarked that site even though I see it’s Spanish? This may sound as obtuse as it gets but if I became fluent in French would I find picking up Spanish or Italian a little easier?

JamesFDouglas you are a champion mate – it is hard but you will get there.

And thank you Skipstone for being the first to compile a complete list

We are even approaching a local am radio station to see if they’ll play our top 20 (or 30 seeing how far we can push it) and we’re gonna have a kick butt Stones nites with beers abound Stones tats, t shirts, caps, bottle openers, key rings and maybe a bit of gunja to kick back for our slow playing list.

We could compile them of course and playem at home but I just love that ‘am radio’ sound. Might even give them a bunch of vinyl to play with if they can be bothered.

Right on JJHMick – sorry for dropping your actual name

Thanks for that BillWebster, thread wouldn’t be the same without knowing your disposition

And yes DandelionPowderman – I would include Imagination and Loving cup as ballads.

Rusty good form and thank you for your list. Really interesting how varied your’s, Skipstone’s and mine vary.

Agree this is a difficult exercise because most of my fave RS tunes are rather mid-tempo; but here we go:

30 Love In Vain
29 Beast of Burden
28 Tops
27 Torn And Frayed
26 Let It Loose
25 Moonlight Mile
24 Sister Morphine
23 Time Is On My Side
22 No Expectations
21 Shine A Light

(these were the ones I could listen to over and over again)

20 You Can't Always Get What You Want (strictly studio only!)
19 No Use In Crying
18 You Got The Silver
17 Winter
16 Fool to Cry
15 Just My Imagination
14 Don't Know Why
13 Time Waits For No One
12 Heaven
11 All The Way Down

(these were the ones that require a certain mood to really enjoy for me, but overall flawless tracks)

10 Feel On Baby
9 As Tears Go By
8 I Got the Blues
7 Angie
6 Sleep Tonight
5 Like A Thief In The Night
4 How Can I Stop?
3 Coming Down Again
2 Memory Motel
1 Wild Horses

(rather guilty pleasures, picked to make the 30-ballads-mark and to avoid the likes of Almost Hear You Sigh, Ruby Tuesday and so on)

Wahey!! Cool list Tantekäthe. "Feel on baby" and no "Ruby Tuesday". Wow.

Thank you so much for the effort - I hope you had fun doing it

C'mon fellas. Get yr back into it. Once you start you'll find it's a bit of fun and a little more difficult than you think.
Jamesfdouglas why has thou forsaken me?