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Start Me Up (1981) came after BOB (1978). That was their last great classic.

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It's Dome and Gloom

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Far Away Eyes kicks Beast Of Burden's ass every day of the week. It's scientific fact. Especially the Texas '78 version. Mick cracks me up. Especially the music video, or TV performance. Whatever that weird redneck scene is.

If we're talking merely 'great' songs, then yeah, I suppose Beat Of Burden fits the bill, but if we're talking truly magnificent, awe-inspiring compositions, then Mick and Keith haven't composed too much that's particularly memorable post-Exile on Main Street.

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Highwire and Mixed Emotions.

I thought we all agreed that the last great Stones song to transcend the studio version was Out Of Control:

Doom And Gloom is great!

It depends on the meaning of 'great'... If that is the highest category or not. If songs like "Gimme Shelter", "Honky Tonk Women", "Satisfaction", "Paint It Black", "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses", "Sympathy For The Devil" etc. are 'great', then there are not many songs from the early 70's on, that cannot be called as 'great', unless we seriously start underrating the value of the songs of that caliber... But if we loosen up a bit, I guess "Miss You", "Beast of Burden" and "Start Me Up" are there lurking up, and not even far... The next category might include songs like "How Can I Stop" or "Out of Control" but then the league of the first mentioned songs is damn far by then...

The 'problem' is that the Stones made so incredibly great songs in their peak days that the criterion of 'great' is so damn high...

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It depends on the meaning of 'great'... If that is the highest category or not. If songs like "Gimme Shelter", "Honky Tonk Women", "Satisfaction", "Paint It Black", "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses", "Sympathy For The Devil" etc. are 'great', then there are not many songs from the early 70's on, that cannot be called as 'great', unless we seriously start underrating the value of the songs of that caliber... But if we loosen up a bit, I guess "Miss You", "Beast of Burden" and "Start Me Up" are there lurking up, and not even far... The next category might include songs like "How Can I Stop" or "Out of Control" but then the league of the first mentioned songs is damn far by then...

The 'problem' is that the Stones made so incredibly great songs in their peak days that the criterion of 'great' is so damn high...

- Doxa

Doom and Gloom, great song

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Start Me Up (1981) came after BOB (1978). That was their last great classic.

On the record, sure, but do you think there are live versions that are great in the way that there are great (I mean really great) versions of BOB?

I agree that BOB is the last great song "both on the record and live", Start Me Up is an absolute classic on the record but they have never been able to play it live in a way that could be even near that recorded version, and on the record I think even Mixed Emotions is a great song, not on the par with SMU though. But the final answer is BOB!

It's almost strange that they made such a fantastic record Some Girls and then suddenly the true creativity almost disappeared, I think the Punk and Disco scene were a tremendous inspirational boost for the Stones and after that they could not find any new inspiration again. And of course Jerry Hall took drugs off from Mick which was bad for Mick's creativity...Ok, I'm not pro drugs, don't get me wrong here!

Nope.

Last great Stones song is Doom And Gloom

How can I stop is up there with the best from the 60s imo.

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Good question and lot of answers .

May be a more important question would be if they still got it in them and if so, how to get it out.

I got the feeling that after a certain point their songwriting became more separated whereas in the early years they really worked on eachothers ideas.

I wonder what would happen if they would really spend some time in eachothers company (and by that I don't mean separate dressing rooms on tour) playing the old roots records, talking about music and start writing again.

What would happen if you put e.g. Rick Rubin in this cocktail? And please forget about these 60/70 minute albums.

8 to 10 great songs approx. 45/50 minutes would be enough.

What if....

the 1st one and the last one they made all of them are great
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Good question and lot of answers .

May be a more important question would be if they still got it in them and if so, how to get it out.

I got the feeling that after a certain point their songwriting became more separated whereas in the early years they really worked on eachothers ideas.

I wonder what would happen if they would really spend some time in eachothers company (and by that I don't mean separate dressing rooms on tour) playing the old roots records, talking about music and start writing again.

What would happen if you put e.g. Rick Rubin in this cocktail? And please forget about these 60/70 minute albums.

8 to 10 great songs approx. 45/50 minutes would be enough.

What if....

Yes, 10 songs is the optimal number, even 9 would be ok. I hate these 60/70 minute albums unless there really is enough substance to cover the lenght.

I would say that Love Is Strong, Doom And Gloom, Continental Drift, Out Of Control, The Worst, Rough Justice, How Can I Stop, Under The Radar, Thru and Thru, Laugh I Nearly Died, , etc...plenty of others that still kick ass, right up there with the classics...


I think most people have the attitude that Stones cant do it anymore, when they listen to same old classics and over and over, year after year - but if you actually take the time and listen to new songs - you will realize that there's plenty of really good stuff out there - I didnt like Exile when I first heard it, but as the years went by - it became my all time favourite, as the years go by - I found lot more new songs on Bigger bang and Voodoo Lounge too that I didnt care for when I first heard it...

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Doom And Gloom !!!

Doom and Gloom definitely NOT great.

I'd go with Out of Control, particularly the No Security version.