And one more thing.. people hear "Wicked At It Seems" in it, and yes, it does that Keefian Chord structure. But as a whole, I have always weaved it, mostly due to Jagger's performance, as a distant cousin of "Stray Cat Blues". It somehow tries to reach the same effect and feeling.. I think that line of "Are You SCARED" ain't perhaps a co-incidence. But comparing LIS to that classical Beggars Banquet performance, it is really an AOR (cleaned and lamed) version of the same theme. Jagger and the band ain't so haunted sounding, scary, hungry and sexy anymore. Still very nice, though

- Doxa

Bone Machine Wrote:
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> How many people on this board think Love is Strong
> never got it’s recognition or air play that it
> deserved. I think it’s a great song, I can almost
> hear it on Some Girls. The background vocals on
> the chorus are so deep and Haunting, the guitar
> work is outstanding and mixed well. You can hear
> different guitar tracks mixed in and weaved
> together and Mick’s vocals are awesome. To me it
> should have been a bigger hit.

I'm with you, I think it has all the essential ingredients, that wonderful DIRTY sound being well in there. Am I not mistaken that they performed this song at some hall of fame thing in the States, Mick was wearing that top hat when they came on ?

have always liked the song myself.
One of the more memorable tracks off the recent albums.

It wouldn't offend me, if they played it occasionally, on the new tour.

The only similarity between the two songs (LIS and WAIS) is in the beginning.

Doxa Wrote:
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> I liked it very much at the time when it came out,
> with that cool video, the harmonica, Mick's new
> way to sing, unusually distinctive guitars ... It
> was strong opening in Voodoo, too. I remember
> listening it with Walkman, and how cool and strong
> it sounded.
>
> But honestly, I don't think it is a very strong
> song in itself; time hasn't treated it and it's
> simple-minded production very well. In the context
> of Forty Licks it sounded like a filler; an
> obligatory representative of the later days of The
> Stones. It doesn't have the quality to be reminded
> as one of the big numbers of the band. Just only
> one of the many replicas of the simple, basic
> elements. Plus the lyrical content, starting from
> the title, being perhaps the weakest ever.
>
> But I wouldn't mind hear it live; drop for
> instance boring "You Got Me Rocking Me" for make
> it some room.
>
> - Doxa


Ditto. My thoughts exactly about this song. It sounded "right" at first. But, a decade later it just doesn't hit the mark. But, compared to the incomprensibly lame YGMR it's a bonafide classic!

It's indeed a great and very typical stones track (and album) but not live; mick can't reach the lower toneranges while he's excited on stage...

i'm sure i've heard this at once of the London shows since VL tour and it is a great song.. would love to hear them do Out of tears instead of Wild Hourses if they going to do a slow song as well..