Tough one...

69 or 73.

Probobly 69 . Jagger at his best.

Liked the song with the three guitars and both Ron and Mick T (2012-2014)

Nashville 2015.

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Olly.

Anaheim may 15th 2013!

No contest, imo

Like LS said, there is Brussels, and then there are all the rest...

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Like LS said, there is Brussels, and then there are all the rest...

Brussels lacks the power and threat that the Nashville 2015 version has in abundance. 'Midnight Rambler' at LP Field in 2015 is one of the greatest live renditions of a song by the Stones.

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Olly.

Every version I´m listening to IS THE BEST.

Brussels 73. Greatest version of any song by the Stones

ya-yas....best groove...best Jagger vocal

ya-ya's. best vocal, best tempo. really can't stand the coked-up versions.

Roundhouse 71

69'.......maybe some 70'-71', and forgive me, but maybe.......maybe.....KC 2015. I'll have let that one stew.

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Like LS said, there is Brussels, and then there are all the rest...

Brussels lacks the power and threat that the Nashville 2015 version has in abundance. 'Midnight Rambler' at LP Field in 2015 is one of the greatest live renditions of a song by the Stones.

I have got to seek this out. The Rolling Stones haven't been threatening since 1969; the fact that they could recapture that menace on one song at one show 46 years later sounds truly miraculous!

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ya-ya's. best vocal, best tempo. really can't stand the coked-up versions.

It's possible to make a reasonable case that every song on that record is the best live version in the band's history.

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Roundhouse 71

Followed closely by Perth 1973.

Yaya's
Brussells
MSG-2003

72- Ft.Worth (2nd show as heard on CS Blues) and 73- Brussels for the Taylor era. As for Woody's versions I like the one I first witnessed live Dallas 75 and MSG in 03. And to think neither one played on the studio version yet we hear Brian playing cymbals on his last appearance on a Stones record now how's the irony of that.

I know this will be outlandish to some, as it would have been to me a few weeks ago, but I've been really listening to Tokyo 90 a lot lately. Some of it is dreck, Gimme Shelter in particular as well as JJFlash, but Midnight Rambler is AMAZING.

Very tight, dramatic and well paced. Especially good are the transitions in and out of the slow, middle jam. Big surprise for me that I liked this so much, as I generally just dismiss the entire 89-90 cycle.

Brussels obv
Ya Ya's
LA 1975 (July 13th)
Tokyo 1990
MSG 2003
Saitama 2006
Anaheim 2013
Rosklide 2014
Auckland 2014 (special for me because I was in attendance)



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Last one that I've seen which would be Quebec.

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ya-ya's. best vocal, best tempo. really can't stand the coked-up versions.

It's possible to make a reasonable case that every song on that record is the best live version in the band's history.

I don't think so. Especially not "Midnight Rambler". Not close to what it would become in the '71 - '73 time period.

Ya-Ya's "Rambler" sounds as though they are getting warmed-up to what the song would become.

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ya-ya's. best vocal, best tempo. really can't stand the coked-up versions.

It's possible to make a reasonable case that every song on that record is the best live version in the band's history.

I don't think so. Especially not "Midnight Rambler". Not close to what it would become in the '71 - '73 time period.

Ya-Ya's "Rambler" sounds as though they are getting warmed-up to what the song would become.

To each his own. 71-73 Ramblers were too fast for my taste. Took all the nuanced menace out of the song and replaced it with coke-addled brute force.

But getting back to GYYYO, I personally never heard better versions of JJF, Carol, SCB, MR, SFTD, LQ, HTW, or SFM. LIV was probably better in 72 and LWM prolly better in that thing that just came out, was it Leeds or The Roundhouse? Anyways, that LWM was great!

Hard to decide. For me any version without Taylor would do. I Like Ronnie´s approach better. L.A. 75 is extremly enjoyable. Don´t like the Steel-Wheels-Tour-versions.

Baton Rouge'75 early show. I like the coda Keef added to the very end of the song as if he was telling everyone "it's not over till I say it's over!!!"

Nashville 2015? It starts okay then it loses steam after 5 minutes and the slow part of the song is a disaster (imo).



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Ya Ya's - correct speed
Brussels - great MT here.

Atlanta 2015
Raliegh 2015
Brussels 72
Hyde Park 2012??

It's live debut in HP is the one I like best

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Like LS said, there is Brussels, and then there are all the rest...

Brussels lacks the power and threat that the Nashville 2015 version has in abundance. 'Midnight Rambler' at LP Field in 2015 is one of the greatest live renditions of a song by the Stones.

I have got to seek this out. The Rolling Stones haven't been threatening since 1969; the fact that they could recapture that menace on one song at one show 46 years later sounds truly miraculous!

I can't agree with that.

I would certainly recommend listening to the Nashville 2015 rendition.



A brief aside regarding the evaluation of live performances:


Several years ago, whilst a student, I found myself in conversation with a world-renowned Professor. At one point in our discussion the Professor, an American man in his fifties, asked me, quite out of the blue, who my favourite guitarist was.

Instinctively I replied 'Probably Jimmy Page or Keith Richards.'

I noticed his top lip instantly begin to curl in derision: it was the answer he had anticipated.

Shaking his head, he replied, 'I can never understand how someone can listen to rock music that's thirty or forty years old.'

'Why?' I asked, genuinely curious as to his position.

'It just doesn't possess any relevance. It amazes me that it remains so popular.'

Our conversation ended soon after, and I never spoke to the Professor again regarding the subject.


I largely disregarded the Professor's words concerning music, concluding that he had employed a false analogy to illustrate a wider point in our discussion. However, when considering an analysis of live performance as I am here, I find his words echoing in my ears.

I can appreciate the admiration for the US shows of 1969 and the Brussels performances of 1973, but I sometimes question the relative objectivity of those responsible for that admiration.

I recommend listening to more recent live performances by the Stones. You may discover, as I did, that the band peaked as a live act decades later than many would have you believe.

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Olly.

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Like LS said, there is Brussels, and then there are all the rest...

Brussels lacks the power and threat that the Nashville 2015 version has in abundance. 'Midnight Rambler' at LP Field in 2015 is one of the greatest live renditions of a song by the Stones.

I have got to seek this out. The Rolling Stones haven't been threatening since 1969; the fact that they could recapture that menace on one song at one show 46 years later sounds truly miraculous!

I can't agree with that.

I would certainly recommend listening to the Nashville 2015 rendition.



A brief aside regarding the evaluation of live performances:


Several years ago, whilst a student, I found myself in conversation with a world-renowned Professor. At one point in our discussion the Professor, an American man in his fifties, asked me, quite out of the blue, who my favourite guitarist was.

Instinctively I replied 'Probably Jimmy Page or Keith Richards.'

I noticed his top lip instantly begin to curl in derision: it was the answer he had anticipated.

Shaking his head, he replied, 'I can never understand how someone can listen to rock music that's thirty or forty years old.'

'Why?' I asked, genuinely curious as to his position.

'It just doesn't possess any relevance. It amazes me that it remains so popular.'

Our conversation ended soon after, and I never spoke to the Professor again regarding the subject.


I largely disregarded the Professor's words concerning music, concluding that he had employed a false analogy to illustrate a wider point in our discussion. However, when considering an analysis of live performance as I am here, I find his words echoing in my ears.

I can appreciate the admiration for the US shows of 1969 and the Brussels performances of 1973, but I sometimes question the relative objectivity of those responsible for that admiration.

I recommend listening to more recent live performances by the Stones. You may discover, as I did, that the band peaked as a live act decades later than many would have you believe.

I question your objectivity

I saw the Newark Dec 13 show. Schillid posted a youtube of MR and it is so good. MT was great. Even Mick said so as MT was exiting the stage. The bass by Darryl is also great. This version has to be in the all time top 3 at least.