Moonlight Mile JUST beats out Memory Motel and Wild Horses for me

Rod

Sittin' on a fence
Lady Jane

Angel in my Heart (Mick)

Ain't No Use in Crying

Time Waits for No One

Fool to Cry



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Nominating one candidate (most dear to me), I forgot to mention another:

"Back Street Girl"

Blue Turns To Grey

HMN

Moonlight Mile

Memory Motel

Wild Horses

d.f

What a great question.
Because there are melodies hidden that are not always the lead vocal line.
Or some "overall" melodies are created by harmonic divergence and re-discovery.
"Back Street Girl" is beautiful as a vocal song w/ chords but the accordion in there makes for transcendent beauty.

Or the combination of lyrics with music can truly make a moment gorgeous. Take "Winter". When Taylor's big solo ends, the music comes way down, and Jagger almost whispers "Well well well, Baby, don't you..sometimes I wanna keep you warm and.." That part is the culmination of the song for me, but it is very intimate, the 'k' on the word 'keep' has an echo on it like he is right in your ear, on your pillow.
So all that is an incredible melody IMO.

The song "Think", not one of their well know tunes has a great, great line that is almost a Saxophone line; the hook of the song has an electric guitar and ( I think) a 12 string on either side combining; but there is a third fuzzed guitar that hits a syncopated accent, and that is a great melody. I thought for a while it was horns, but once the verse starts you can tell it is guitar.

"The Lantern" has a beautiful vocal melody. And the actual song part of "Gomper" is great.
Two of my favorte melodies are B sides "Child of the Moon" and "Through the Lonely Nights" ; esp. the "everytime I see ya" part.
"You Got the Silver", Slippin Away" and "All about you" - all three.

Exile is peppered with countless melodies. "Rocks Off" has a superb melody;and it is a pity that it has never carried over to live stage.
"Tumbling Dice" the way Jagger delivers that melody is so strong; and we all know how this song began as 'Good Time Women" with no melody at all.
Thats another Stones secret weapon: often the lead line is harmonized by Keith Jagger again, or by Keith, or by both. This in turn creates new horizons.
"Torn and Frayed" and "Loving Cup", and "Let it Loose"....

Maybe "Loving Cup" should get top honors in this whole thread. The verses, the words, Keith's harmony, the bridge!..the horns, my God what a song.

I will stop. But need to mention 'Gangtsre's Moll', 'Zip Mouth Angel' and "Never make you cry' as 3 that got away.

Oh and "waiting on a Friend" of course.

i´d say "beast of burden" or "ruby tuesday"?Some day it could be "time waits for no one".


great question.

The new single, to be released May 28, 2019.
Jeroen

The litmus test on good melodies is often whether you can hum or whistle them (and hopefully they still sound good and recognisable).

Miss You is simple, but also very melodic and recognisable. The same goes for Heartbreaker.

In general, I'd say that the Stones were more melodic in the 60s, as far the melody lines in their songs go.

Stuff like As Tears Go By, Lady Jane, Paint It, Black, Out Of Time and Back Street Girl are Beatles-quality (but with the Stones-twist that we love so much).

Moonlight Mile is like from another planet for the Stones, melody-wise.

I like Till The Next Goodbye too.

Sweethearts Together

And Dandelion...
And Out of Time...

Streets of love
Shine a light



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Backstreet Girl
Moonlight Mile
Winter
Almost Hear You Sigh (specifically the acoustic solo)

Out Of tears

Almost Hear You Sigh

mel·o·dy

noun
a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
"he picked out an intricate melody on his guitar"
synonyms: tune, air, strain, theme, song, refrain, piece of music, ditty;
"familiar melodies"
musically satisfying sequences of notes collectively.
"his great gift was for melody"
the principal part in harmonized music.

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dmay
Moonlight Mile.

This or the mandoline licks at end of LIVain.

Moonlight Mile
Dead Flowers
Thorn & Frayed
She's A Rainbow
Ruby Tuesday
Back Street Girl
Sittin' On A Fence
She Smiled Sweetly
Out Of Time
Take It Or Leave It
Lady Jane
2000 Light Years From Home

Winter

For me it's Winter.

I don't think half the people know what melody means. Sorry

I got the Blues

Miss You for me

Backstreet Girl.

Not mentioned:

"Already over me".

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WorriedAboutYou
Backstreet Girl.

"Flowers" maintains a stronghold of many melody references. Let's add MLH to the list!

Back Street Girl

Angie
Wild Horses
She's A Rainbow
Ruby Tuesday
Moonlight Mile
Winter

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Cooltoplady
I don't think half the people know what melody means. Sorry

then we're not asking them to comment....and hope they don't.