It may be hard since Charlie's not the drum solo kind of drummer. He's cool, it's all about the beat, that pushes the music, that defines the Rolling Stones. So what is the coolest drummers most tasteful performance?

The count-in beat during the intro of Gimme Shelter gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. It's so brilliant in its simplicity!

And then we have the burst in 100 Years Ago.

Also the intro beats of Honky Tonk Woman and Let it bleed and the 4 on the floor beat of Miss You are worth mentioning.

I Always liked GET OFF MY CLOUD!!

I Go Wild

Mercy, Mercy, Let the good times roll- Sam Cooke and of course, one of the greatest Stones tracks for me, Fortune Teller all have great percussion. The drums on Fortune Teller are so mod, make the song, the Who did that song too but the Rolling Stones version is fabulous.



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Loving Cup comes to mind.

so many...but one that springs to mind is

GYYY'S - Sympathy, he gets some amazing beats on that small kit.
Brussels - YCAGWYW. Love the interplay with Keith and Taylor

Paint it black famously like Get off my cloud has some great drums.

Where the boys go

2 1 2 0

Off the top of my head...

Waiting on Friend-Tattoo You & Hampton '81.
HTW...
Shine A light.
Sympathy ...Ya Yas & Love you live
Slave

sweet little 16

Tumbling Dice
Monkey Man
Beast of Burden
Start Me Up

Every damn song.

Where the Boys go is a great performance, and a great sound.
I very much love what he did on "Memory Motel"; the second verse - are you kidding? That is drums played as an instrument, not as a beatbox.

a lot of tunes....Stray Cat Blues comes to mind this is not just drumming this classic

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I always found some of the best recorded drumming from Charlie is on YaYa's.
Back in the 60's on those old mono radios/rec.players the intros to GOOM Cloud and HTW came over really great!

ya yas
jigsaw puzzle
monkey man
respectable

The entire The Warm & Tender album

Already Over Me

He is great on Some Girls and Angie.

Wanna Hold You

She smiled sweatly
She was hot
Loving cup

So many

The 1978 tour.

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tomk
The 1978 tour.

and the 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1975 tours.

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tomk
The 1978 tour.

and the 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1975 tours.

Well, I'll agree with that, but his best playing is on the '78 tour.
I think there's a subtle change, for the better, in his drumming between '75 and '78.

I like some of his more unexpected takes. For instance on Where The Boys Go and Let Me Go. The counter rhythms he comes up with on those songs are awesome.

Charlie's best drumming?

Ah come on.. it's Street Fighting Man.

Even Pete Townsend said so.

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Charlie's best drumming?

Ah come on.. it's Street Fighting Man.

Even Pete Townsend said so.

The groove of Slave is contageous, too.

Rocks Off
Wild Horses

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GravityBoy
Charlie's best drumming?

Ah come on.. it's Street Fighting Man.

Even Pete Townsend said so.

Is he playing on a toy kit on that?

That lazy snare in Fool To Cry sums up why he is the best. Ever so slightly behind the beat and just beautiful.