I don't get a lot of the song acronyms either. Perhaps an abbreviation to indicate you don't understand the abbreviation would be helpful...like, WTFDTM?

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I don't get a lot of the song acronyms either. Perhaps an abbreviation to indicate you don't understand the abbreviation would be helpful...like, WTFDTM?

Well this one wasn't difficult for me WTFDTM........

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Wow and when I read the headline of this post I was instantly reminded of those tabloid papers you see everywhere. You know like "the baby taschiqua can't ever speak of again" or "Brad Pitts hidden retarded children"???

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rollingon
Could somebody make a list of the Stones songs and their abbreviations and this list could be somewhere here in iorr? Just an idea.

I attempt to have full song title and then use abbreviations. Obviously the long song titles, like Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Sympathy For The Devil and You Can't Always Get What You Want are obvious, one would think, as are some other titles such as Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Start Me Up, which isn't exactly long, and, what, I dunno... Before They Make Me Run. Perhaps the common core of their catalog, their hits. Many times I've been confused by seeing, for example, WAY only to type in 'what is that?' and find out it's Worried About You...

Those are the few that come to mind anyway. LP title abbreviations are funny. No one should ever doubt what GHS means but ABB is A BIGGER BANG, it's not BB, which is BEGGARS BANQUET, as some people use/call it. The A in A BIGGER BANG is part of the title. BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLON. BAB is BLACK AND BLUE.

SG, ER, TY, IORR, EOMS, SF, LIB, DW, VL, GYYYO - or GYYYO! and on...

I've always used U for UNDERCOVER since it's not two words as UC implies. It's not UNDER COVER, it's UNDERCOVER. Which means AFTERMATH would just be A...

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latebloomer
I don't get a lot of the song acronyms either. Perhaps an abbreviation to indicate you don't understand the abbreviation would be helpful...like, WTFDTM?

Or perhaps just type out the effing song title. In other words, I'm with you.

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I read an interview with Mick where he said they wouldn't change keys on any song.

They did that, however, back in 73 already - with IAON.

And with It's Only Rock 'n Roll.

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GasLightStreet
BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLONA...

In all due respect: I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

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GasLightStreet
BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLONA...

In all due respect: I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

... and being roughly 650% better :-)

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I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

... and being roughly 650% better :-)

I can't abstain:
On the one hand, I have subjectively got a special personal fancy for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS. On the other, I do so much like and admire the experimentalism and adventuralist spirit of BRIDGES TO BABYLON, so great for a latter day Stones album. That album would to me more or less be a prime model, a reference, for a possible new studio album by the band, and what I still long for. In vain, it now may seem.

Miss You live is horrible. The singing , the pace of the song .... everything about the live versions pales in comparison to the studio versions from the outtakes albums.

The only live versions of Miss You (post-1989) which are somewhat tolerable to me are the Licks Tour versions .... even though there are not many of them .... it was only performed at a handful of concerts in 2002 + 2003.

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Miss You live is horrible. The singing , the pace of the song .... everything about the live versions pales in comparison to the studio versions from the outtakes albums.

The only live versions of Miss You (post-1989) which are somewhat tolerable to me are the Licks Tour versions .... even though there are not many of them .... it was only performed at a handful of concerts in 2002 + 2003.

While I'm largely in agreement with you, I must say that Toronto June 6, 2013 was not only a pleasant surprise, but certainly a welcome addition to the evening.

There is no Stones song that Jagger could not sing.

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GasLightStreet
BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLONA...

In all due respect: I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

DAMMIT! I knew there was something about BTB and I could not remember for some inane reason.

You are correct.

How about:

BTB67
BTB97

Rocks Off.

At least since 1972. I thought the VOODOO and LICKS performances were a bit wank vocally. Bandwise they were OK. Nothing great, borderline good.

Somehow they nailed Monkey Man on the same tours.

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GasLightStreet
BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLONA...

In all due respect: I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

DAMMIT! I knew there was something about BTB and I could not remember for some inane reason.

You are correct.

How about:

BTB67
BTB97

Here are the most common abbreviations of the "B_" albums I've seen here over the years, listed chronologically:

BH(HT&GG) -Big Hits
BTB -Buttons
BB -Beggar's
B&B -Black n blue
B2B -Bridges
ABB -Bang

Among song abbreviations, "MM" has been the toughest. Is it Monkey Man, Memory Motel, Moonlight Mile, Midnite Mumbler, Miss Me or ??

Fair enough he can not reach the broad specter anymore - he is 70. Worried About You sounded stupid, when he tried the high tones / falsetto.

Heard Elton John recently and he neither can reach the high tone. The same goes for Robert Plant, Macca etc.

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GasLightStreet
BTB is obviosly BRIDGES TO BABYLONA...

In all due respect: I want to suggest something like B(r)TB(a), because to me BTB would already be reserved for BETWEEN THE BUTTONS, with the preference, between the two of them, of having arrived first.

DAMMIT! I knew there was something about BTB and I could not remember for some inane reason.

You are correct.

How about:

BTB67
BTB97

Yes, those are logical. However, better still than those, or my own clumsy B(r)TB(a), is the one that Winter in his post brought from his reading:
B2B for the latter title.

Because 2 sounds when read both as to and two at the same time. That is, to is preserved, and we are at the same time told that this is the second BTB there is. Quite elegant!
I'll adopt that one.