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In that case, Satisfaction. That's the one that really made the Stones popular here in the US.
Which, by the way, is not my personal favorite (that would be JJF).
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Generally spoken: yes!
That's masochistic. We're the right people and don't care about the 'general public'.
real afficianados have no business being stones fans...
Agree 100%.
Brown Sugar (the version on Sticky Fingers) misses something in the melodic section. The quintessential Stones song has to have a balance between rhythm/riffs and melody. So a live version from one of the 70, 71, 72 and 73 Tours would do.
Great choice. Nothing flashy at all--just an incredible slow-burn intensity. The work of men who have the music in their bones.
I wasn't trying to be pretentious, Tod. I just wanted to avoid yet another "favorite song" thread and take a little different approach that would hopefully be thought-provoking...But yeah, it's a great word.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-08-24 20:03 by His Majesty.
As the pic is from 1968 they are probably wondering what this song Sway is.
Of course! But Mick looks as if he's got a vague idea.
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Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Big Al
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Date: August 24, 2010 12:48
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
It was their first truly big hit and IMO, their most well-known globally - surely?
It was their first truly big hit and IMO, their most well-known globally - surely?
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
misterfrias
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Date: August 24, 2010 13:18
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71Tele
If you had to name ONE song that describes what the Stones are all about - the blues, the guitars, the harmonies, the rhythm - just ONE to describe just what is so goddamn special about the Stones, what would it be? Say the person you were describing the group to awoke from a 48-year coma, or was someone born deaf who just had his hearing restored, or somehow for some reason never heard a Rolling Stones song. Which ONE would you play him (or her)? Not necessarily, your favorite song (that's too easy), but the one that sums them up best in all their ragged glory.
In that case, Satisfaction. That's the one that really made the Stones popular here in the US.
Which, by the way, is not my personal favorite (that would be JJF).
Greetings from the Jersey Shore.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
guitarbastard
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Date: August 24, 2010 13:53
not my favourite, but i think BROWN SUGAR is THE cliche stones song.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
proudmary
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Date: August 24, 2010 15:23
BROWN SUGAR. It has everything
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: August 24, 2010 15:26
satisfaction
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
VoodooLounge13
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Date: August 24, 2010 15:31
Jumpin Jack Flash
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: August 24, 2010 15:39
Impossible to answer that one. Torned & Frayed brings back memories,She's like a rainbow, We love you does,Monkey Man,Gimme Shelter..For every mood there's a remedy.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 24, 2010 15:53
Maybe Sway comes closest.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
straycatuk
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:04
I think we are the wrong people to decide. I think the general public would pick a 60s tune............Get off of my Cloud maybe ? ;
Loud guitars ,Thumping Drums and loutish vocals . THAT is the Stones to a lot of people.
sc uk
Loud guitars ,Thumping Drums and loutish vocals . THAT is the Stones to a lot of people.
sc uk
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
tatters
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:24
HTW
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
StonesTod
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:25
didn't we just do this a coupla weeks ago? i swear i turned my work in already. it was brown sugar then and it's brown sugar now. it'll be brown sugar next time someone asks me.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Loudei
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:35
Tumblin' Dice
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:38
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kleermaker
Maybe Sway comes closest.
Generally spoken: yes!
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:43
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straycatuk
I think we are the wrong people ...
sc uk
That's masochistic. We're the right people and don't care about the 'general public'.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
dewlover
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Date: August 24, 2010 17:43
It's clear to me that no real aficionados have weighed in on this one because the obvious choice would be "Sympathy For The Devil".
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
sweetcharmedlife
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Date: August 24, 2010 18:01
It was Jumping Jack Flash then and it'll be JJF next week when someone does this again.Quote
StonesTod
didn't we just do this a coupla weeks ago? i swear i turned my work in already. it was brown sugar then and it's brown sugar now. it'll be brown sugar next time someone asks me.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
StonesTod
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Date: August 24, 2010 18:04
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dewlover
It's clear to me that no real aficionados have weighed in on this one because the obvious choice would be "Sympathy For The Devil".
real afficianados have no business being stones fans...
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Shawn20
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Date: August 24, 2010 18:12
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marcovandereijk
Quintessential is not to be confused with best, most loved, greatest or anything like that.
webster definition
I think Brown Sugar is as quintessential as it gets.
All down the line is a good example too!
Agree 100%.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
dewlover
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Date: August 24, 2010 18:13
I agree StonesTod...
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Happy24
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:15
Brown Sugar
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
StonesTod
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:17
quintessential is such a cool word - it sounds so important. we should have more quintessential threads....
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
frankotero
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:19
JJF. The only song I've never been bored with, at any point in my life.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:26
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Happy24
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar (the version on Sticky Fingers) misses something in the melodic section. The quintessential Stones song has to have a balance between rhythm/riffs and melody. So a live version from one of the 70, 71, 72 and 73 Tours would do.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Rev. Robert W.
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:40
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Honestman
There are many tracks I could list from the 60's and 70's
but i want to choose "Fancy Man Blues" .
This b-side show the STONES at their best IMO.
Why, because after all these years of playin' rock'n'roll , rhythm and blues & blues, they show us a stunin' demonstration of their absolute mastery in playin' these kind of tracks.
Great choice. Nothing flashy at all--just an incredible slow-burn intensity. The work of men who have the music in their bones.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:48
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StonesTod
quintessential is such a cool word - it sounds so important. we should have more quintessential threads....
I wasn't trying to be pretentious, Tod. I just wanted to avoid yet another "favorite song" thread and take a little different approach that would hopefully be thought-provoking...But yeah, it's a great word.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
His Majesty
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Date: August 24, 2010 19:53
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-08-24 20:03 by His Majesty.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 24, 2010 21:19
Majesty, what are Mick's, Charlie's and Bill's thoughts? I can almost hear Charlie think. He looks a bit ...hmmm ... sceptical.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
His Majesty
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Date: August 24, 2010 21:20
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kleermaker
Majesty, what are Mick's, Charlie's and Bill's thoughts? I can almost hear Charlie think. He looks a bit ...hmmm ... sceptical.
As the pic is from 1968 they are probably wondering what this song Sway is.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
kleermaker
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Date: August 24, 2010 21:25
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His MajestyQuote
kleermaker
Majesty, what are Mick's, Charlie's and Bill's thoughts? I can almost hear Charlie think. He looks a bit ...hmmm ... sceptical.
As the pic is from 1968 they are probably wondering what this song Sway is.
Of course! But Mick looks as if he's got a vague idea.
Re: What Is The Quintessential Rolling Stones Song?
Posted by:
Elmo Lewis
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Date: August 24, 2010 21:29
CYHMK
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