This is bound to be a controversial issue, but what is your favourite Stones song. Look at it from a complete package...i.e. entertaining and musically stimulating.

I'm curious to see what the sentiment is out there.

Cheers

[I Can't Get No] Satisfaction

There are too many to choose and it keeps changing...but at the mniute it is 'Paint It Black'.

Jumpin jack flash..

I can't really pick a "favorite," but...

"Gimme Shelter" is the Stones' masterpiece. If I had but one record with which to explain the meaning of the Stones and to justify their place in the rock pantheon, this would be the one.

It's an extrordinary distillation of apocalyptic blues imagery, ideally suited to the moment of its release--and to this moment, for that matter. "Gimme Shelter" doesn't sound like a blues and it doesn't sound like any other rock'n'roll band. In fact, it doesn't really sound like any other Stones recording.

It's as if everything the Stones ever cared about was swept up for one moment in a perfect storm of a record...and then vanished.

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is the quintessential Stones anthem (much more so than the overrated "Satisfaction") with one of the greatest intros in the history of rock 'n roll. It is a tribute to surviving against the odds, and to this day, I still get a thrill after those last Keef guitar strums in the intro when Mick's voice comes in confidently stating "WATCH IT !".

Rev. Robert W. also makes an excellent argument for "Gimme Shelter"...and for the reasons that he states, I would rank it as the Stones' #2 greatest song.

Either (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction or Jumpin' Jack Flash. It's a toss-up between the 2.

Miss You if only because it will piss so many of you off.

GS or Shine A Light.
My both sons, 12 and soon to be 11, respectively, fav´s are PIB.

TPIE & IWTL m a y replace one of the former; but I m not too sure.



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Sympathy for the Devil or Street Fighting Man.

Satisfaction - best rock 'n' roll song of all time by the Stones or anybody else. It perfectly sums up the rock 'n' roll attitude - rebelious, unsatisfied with the status quo, contemptuous of authority, full of frustration and righteous anger. And it's got that killer riff, plus it was the first really massive worldwide smash single the Stones had. It established the Stones as one of the top groups in the world, a position they've never relinquished. As diehard fans we've all heard it so much we've become a bit jaded, but there is a reason it is still being played 40 years after it came out.

P.S. Jumpin' Jack Flash is a close second, and Gimme Shelter ain't far behind.

Many songs, not just one.

my favourites at the moment:

We Love You and Child Of The Moon

"all the rum i want to drink it, and all the whisky too!"

Gimme Shelter is their best song, Jig Saw Puzzle is my favourite.

Gimme Shelter, Paint it Black, Sympathy, Time Waits for none, Hand of fate are my all time favs

People....don't piss on the topic and chicken out...one song only.

Cause I could say MT, YCAGWYW, SFTD, Out of Time, Monkey Man, Satisfaction or 50 others...

One only??? Ok...SFTD.

worried about you is my number one stones song

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> worried about you is my number one stones song


You've got good taste. So many songs to choose from...and Worried About You is a gem for sure.

bigger bangs blistering Shes So Cold

Honky Tonk Woman, studio version.