My vote goes to TAKE IT SO HARD
what do you guys think

I think that sounds like the title of a blue movie.

Visions of Paradise!!!!!!!!!!

Evening Gown... no contest.

Take It So Hard

ROCKMAN

Yap Yap is my vote for the birthday boy solo tune...

Think (Wandering spirit), very energetic, could never be recorded by the Stones,
I also like 'Just another night' (would be a great Stones song, too) and some nice MJ ballads ('Evening gown', for example, or 'War baby'). I also like 'God gave me everything' very much, although I know many people wouldn't agree with that. As you can see I'm not so much into the Keith or Ronnie solo stuff.

Always had a soft spot for Sweet Thing it just drips sex especially some of those mixes on the 12"......ROCKMAN


In the beginning, when life was simple
We were at each other night and day
You were so sensual and so inventive
We said we'd stick together come what may

In the beginning, you were so brutal
You turned the heat on in the afternoon
Get so excited, get so addicted
You had me eating from your golden spoon

Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down I got movies of you
Running through my fevered brain

I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up
I really love my sweet thing, I can't give her up

In the beginning, when we were winning
I was your ever-present love-sick fool
You turned the heat off and left me standing
Freezing by your swimming pool

I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up
I can't give it up

Now I don't wanna spoil the party
I know it goes against the grain
As the plane touched down, and the midnight moon
Can't just walk away

Really love my sweet thing, wanna' lick it up
Really love my sweet thing, wanna' lick it up
Really love my sweet thing, can't give it up
Really love my sweet thing, can't give it up

You Don't Move Me


Though written with Mick in mind, the lyrics are splendid indeed.
And the simple accoustic riff, along with the easy groove...this would have been a great Stones song. Keith is the true genius behind the Stones, and his solo material - though not quite up to snuff with the best Stoens material -is a reflection of the mastermind behind the mayhem. Stones lyrics like these are few and far between these days...and Micks lyrics are hard to take completely serious anymore. We can only sit and wonder...what if? What if Mick and Keith would have recorded this and other Keith solo songs as Stones songs? Would they be considered Stones classics?

I definitely think so.





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You Don't Move Me

You made the wrong motion
Drank the wrong potion
You lost the feeling
Not so appealing

Why do you think you got no friends
You drove them all around the bend

Oh Yeah
You don't move me anymore

Now you wanna throw the dice
You already crapped out twice

Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah
You don't move me anymore

One face so seamy
The other don't see me
It's better that you kill the light
You're giving us all a fright

Oh Yeah
You don't move me anymore

How you gonna keep your wealth
Can't even defend yourself

Ah yeah, Ah no
You don't move me anymore

What makes you so greedy
Makes you so seedy
No matter how you flip that dime
On our side is time
Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah

It's no longer funny
It's bigger than money

You don't move me anymore

The one song that tops them all for me is Wired All Night by MJ.

JumpingKentFlash

evening gown,buy a landslide.mother of a man and wired all night close.ooh yeah and wandering spirit.

john scialfa

The whole Wandering Spirit album is a masterpiece

I can feel the fire

Ron Wood - Pre-Stones/Faces/Creation/Jeff Beck Group, he wrote most of The Birds' material, & all of their singles & intended album cuts were collected on a 1999 Deram cd. Classic Who/Small Faces mod/r'n'b/rave-ups like 'Next In Line,' 'You're On My Mind,' 'Say Those Magic Words'& the proto-psych 'Daddy Daddy' & an unissued verion of the Who's 'Run Run Run' are all essential. Solo stuff:'Breathe On Me' (Now Look version)is a beaut & the whole Now Look album is great rock/funk/soul. "Mahoney's Last Stand" tres cool soundtrack, some fine instrumentals w/Ronnie Lane, Stu, Bobby Keys, Townshend etc & the best song is 'Just For A Moment' (woulda been a Faces classic a la Ooh La La). 2001's "Not For Beginners")- I love the ballads, esp 'R U Behaving Yourself?' (hauntingly beautiful), the lilting Dylan closer 'King of Kings' & Ron's update on his '65 Birds single 'Leaving Here'. Ragged, melancholy, sometimes bittersweet, a great late night album. Lest I forget 'Far East Man' & 'Cancel Everything' from his solo debut. And his collaboration w/ Bo Diddley from '96 'I Can't Stand It' is diddleyfied 'Hey Negrita."
Bill: Monkey Grip is a funky little album, depite its rep, w/lots of great musicians like Lowell George, Dr John & the Miami T.K. crew. Stone Alone has some amusing ('Peanut Butter Time') & funky tunes too. Never liked the BW ('82) or "Stuff" - too synthetic & bland.
Mick: I like parts of Shes the Boss, as decent dance/funk/pop, esp the title track & 'Luck In Love'. I admire both Nile Rodgers & Bill Laswell as producers, but this aint a 'song' album. Skipping over Primitive Cool, Wandering Spirit is a superb album, his best. Goddess is imo very uneven, w/ some excellent songs, & some 'major label/superstar duet/pure product' (a la the Santana duet superseller). I like Old Habits & some parts of Alfie.
Keith - Obviously 'Today's Pop Symphony' is the classical classic. And since it is Christmas, 'Run Rudolf Run'/'The Harder They Come' is great, & should have been released as a Stones xmas single imo
Both solo albums excellent. Right off, side 1 of Talk is Cheap is very strong. Main Offender is more of a Winos album, than a solo album.'Talk' had lots of different guests, & I especially dig 'Big Enough' w/ Bootsy & Worrell, & Mick Taylor & Johnnie Johnson on Could Have Stood You Up. Main Offender gets better with time, (tho nothing stands out on first hearing the way "You Dont Move Me' or 'Struggle' did) & in the long run is slightly better: 999, Yap Yap, Words of Wonder, Body Talk, Wicked are all killer. Keith & co were ferocious on the '93 tour - the crunching punky version of 'Something Else,' so casual, so intoxicating. I also love the Wingless Angels album, & Keith, Charlie etc doing Mingus' 'Dont Let Them Drop That Atom Bomb On Me' back around the same time on the Mingus tribute album produced by Hal Willner.
Charlie: I like all his solo stuff, & he's steadily developed a 'solo' identity with each project. Fullham Town Hall, w/the orchestra, all covers & a nice cross-section of fine musicians, then the quintet Parker-inspired albums (both fine post-bop), the very classy ballad albums with Quintet & Bernard (wipes Rod's & the like off the map), & my favorite, "Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project" - sort of a spinoff of Bridges 2 Babylon & not even really jazz anymore, not ambient, just itself; Watts At Scott's may be his most original & successful jazz album.Scott Yanow, editor of the All Music Guide To Jazz, "Watts has earned his place in any guide to jazz recordings..." right on.

999

Wicked as it seems, Make no mistake

Blue (on the Goddess single)

The whole Main Offender album. Its my bible

Keef: Yap Yap, Hate It When You Leave, Take It So Hard
Mick: Kow Tow, Don't Tear Me Up
Ronnie: Buried Alive, Knock Your Teeth Out
Charlie: My Foolish Heart
Bill: Nothing
Mick T: Leather Jacket

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He waited several hours for death to come.
Death was late.

Take it so hard is the best song and WS is the best album!

Best tune: STD

agree with GiantWhore, Visions Of Paradise is a wonderful song, just as "just another night" is-

Je suis un rock star


- Koen.

I REALLY THINK KEITH SHOULD CONSIDER DOING TAKE IT SO HARD AT A STONES SHOW

DANCING IN THE STARLIGHT

DANCING IN THE STARLIGHT

DANCING IN THE STARLIGHT

I got lost when I found you (from Ronnie's "Now Look"). This is really a much underrated pearl...

Folks -

Clearly the best song by a solo Stone is KR's "Eileen", bar none; nothing else is even a close second. It ranks with the best of the Stones' hits.

"Act together", Ronnie and Keith on Ronnie's 1st solo album.