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Turner68
"Highwire" is the saddest, IMO because it kicked off the "stones by numbers" era in full force.
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Koen
YGMR is so sad, it brings tears to my eyes...
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LieB
No Expectations - can't believe nobody mentioned that one yet
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Turner68
"Highwire" is the saddest, IMO because it kicked off the "stones by numbers" era in full force.
Highwire is one of their best songs ever. Back then I used to play it to death and still love to listen to it. One of their best post-DW-efforts.
Ruby Tuesday is rather sad, I guess. Sittin On A Fence too. They did quite a lot sad songs in the mid 60s.
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jpasc95
what about You can't Always Get What You Want ?
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MisterDDDD
Fool to Cry has always been one of the saddest Rolling Stones song to me..
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Naturalust
I'm going to add Ruby Tuesday to my list. That one pushes the sad button for me. Might be one of their saddest actually.
Good call. I think I agree, Naturalust. Written during what was possibly Keith's saddest time, up to that point in his life. There's such ambivalence and grace in that song. (Incidentally, in that respect, sort of like Ray Davies' "Days" ).
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Koen
YGMR is so sad, it brings tears to my eyes...
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treaclefingers
I'd like to start a subthread within this thread, called MAUDLIN Rolling Stones songs.
Here are a couple to get the ball rolling:
Already Over Me
Always Suffering
I think they may be the same song, it's been a long time since I've listened to either.
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Naturalust
I'm going to add Ruby Tuesday to my list. That one pushes the sad button for me. Might be one of their saddest actually.
Good call. I think I agree, Naturalust. Written during what was possibly Keith's saddest time, up to that point in his life. There's such ambivalence and grace in that song. (Incidentally, in that respect, sort of like Ray Davies' "Days" ).
- swiss
Agreed. I immediately thought of Sad Day and then Ruby Tuesday.
One of the things Ruby Tuesday has is that same bittersweet thing Ticket To Ride by this boards enemy has - it's a sad happy piece of music that manages to feel and sound really happy and uplifting while at the same time being a complete downer.Brian Wilson was really good at that kind of thing too.