How dramatic it would be if Mick... in his first song back...took center stage and delivered Love in Vain. It would be truly historic but would take tremendous courage.

Sure. I would like " Love in Vain " back in the rotation. Especially with Taylor on hand.

This would be a great idea for the 1 cover song. I would be shocked,however,if they played as an opener.

It would be the most boring opening ever. I need a rocker with a great riff.
But wouldn't mind to hear Love in Vain with Mick Taylor.

Yep you open a show with a bang, not with a slow song!
Imo the band realized opening the 94-95 gigs with NFAway wasn't that great.

"It would be truly historic but would take tremendous courage"
The band won't let a personal (Mick's tragedy) be recycled into concerts' setlists are built and I'm fine with that.

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Yep you open a show with a bang, not with a slow song!
Imo the band realized opening the 94-95 gigs with NFAway wasn't that great.

"It would be truly historic but would take tremendous courage"
The band won't let a personal (Mick's tragedy) be recycled into concerts' setlists are built and I'm fine with that.

One of my favourite openers.

If they play this song I am going to be in tears and I have never cried at a concert

Umm, I think Mick's return to the stage after the suicide of his longtime lover will be a poignant moment. He can choose to showcase the moment and the emotion or he can just start prancing about like nothing happened.

Love in Vain fits the bill perfectly..Just for the first show and first song back!

Sympathy For The Devil would be awesome!

I don't know if Mick is going to mention L'wren Scott or perform a song in relation to his deceased girlfriend. My guess is that he won't. I believe they will open with a rocker, may be "Jumping Jack Flash".
Rock and roll,
Mops

We Love You would be a dream coming true.

But TD could work pretty good now, imo.

Perhaps not as the opener, but LIV has been my wish since Mick T came aboard again. One of my all-time favourites. I would probably cry hearing it, as I did hearing Ruby Tuesday back in 2005.

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Literally 965 kilometers from being "Born in an Arctic zone".

A ripped fast version of Have You Seen your Mother Baby.
Would get it in high gear from the very start!!

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Umm, I think Mick's return to the stage after the suicide of his longtime lover will be a poignant moment. He can choose to showcase the moment and the emotion or he can just start prancing about like nothing happened.

Love in Vain fits the bill perfectly..Just for the first show and first song back!

Much as I love the song, the chances of this happening are thankfully zero. You're asking him to essentially come out and publicly express his grief, which I'm sure is very private to him--and after that, what? He THEN "starts prancing around like nothing happened"?

He's a professional performer, there to entertain the paying public, which is I'm sure how 98% of them will understand it--not that he's "prancing around" as if he didn't care. His feelings are and should remain his own. But I WOULD love to hear this song at some point in the setlist--not as a statement of anything, just as a wonderful song.

Both my dream favorites have been mentioned already"Mother Baby" and "We Love You". Can you imagine a well rehearsed WLY, with harmonies as opener? They could phone the rest of the set in after that.

Street Fighting Man

(but if not as an opening but please put it back to the 'must play warhorse' category)

street fighting man is my personal favorite
although i like the 'we love you' idea
if they had a good live arrangement of 'rocks off' that would be cool but i haven't heard that done well live and am not holding my breath.

Never happen.

Jagger's never been one to air out his personal matters too publicly.

Something different - a tune they've never opened with.

Something good too.

Tumbling Dice. Bitch. Summer Romance. Shattered. Let It Bleed. Rough Justice. If You Can't Rock Me. Love Is Strong (if Mick would actually sing it).

would love to hear this, but not as an opener thou.

No way can Love in Vain cut the mustard as an opener in any circumstances. There is nothing that beats the build-up of that intro music getting ever more urgent and then the silhouette of Keith Richards rushing out and the lights all suddenly bursting on to coincide with his opening riff to whatever song it is. A priceless and memorable moment always.

Mick is a fan of the big opening and big closing. But Love In Vain would be great somewhere in the middle.

Love in vain is not a opener the Stones would ever kick off a rock show
with. The same with Down In the hole, You got the blues.
They want to start it with a BANG!

I'm with Aquamarine and Beast on this.

IF you've ever experienced deeply personal grief and unexpected death out there in StonesFan-Land, I'm sure you understand.

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Love in vain is not a opener the Stones would ever kick off a rock show
with. The same with Down In the hole, You got the blues.
They want to start it with a BANG!

I'd give my left testicle for this one.

If You Can't Rock Me, Rip This Joint, Saint Of Me or Out Of Time would be fantastic imo. MEZ

I had a dream they opened with Tumbling Dice. In reality, I am guessing it will be Start Me Up or JJF.

I think should Jagger bounce back and carry on performing a big bang is what he's going to want and doing a slow blues as an opener isn't going to cut it. It'll be a real rocker to open the show the next time they play I'd bet on it. And I just hope Mick is as ok as possible at this point of his life?

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Something different - a tune they've never opened with. Something good too.

How about 'She Was Hot' ?

I don't see it happening. I think they will play as usual, without mentioning L'Wren . This is what I hope.

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Love in vain is not a opener the Stones would ever kick off a rock show
with. The same with Down In the hole, You got the blues.
They want to start it with a BANG!

I'd give my left testicle for this one.

What about your right one? Or are you saving that for a special occasion? I will try and find the appropriate emoticon for whatever you answer. But how about this this for starters....