Which do feel is better? For me I like the live version of motel with Dave Matthews ( odd as I don't care for Dave Matthews), but that version I like better than one on Black n blue. I had always preferred motel to Fool to Cry but as the yrs pass Motel sliding back in my eyes & Fool to Cry moving up (Kinda evening themselves out). Push comes to shove I'd have to choose the Memory Motel.Keith probably hopes Fool to Cry not on any gig setlist so he doesn't fall asleep again eh. Was it the song or the drugs???

This seems to be one those questions of friends I literally get 50/50 on. Thus wondering what the true fans take on this question is. Who is the winner???



MESMERIZER

Ah James, those buggers are gonna come sniping at you again on this one! You just keep going as you please.

Oh, and the answer is Memory Motel by a very wide margin. I'd be surprised if it didn't outpoll Fool to Cry 4 to 1. Then again, sometimes they surprise ya!

The early no frills version of Fool is a gem and worth seeking out.

Static In The Attic - Midnight Beat 084



ROCKMAN

Memory Motel by a wide margin.

In my opinion, and by the way I respect yours- but Dave Matthews has no right singing memory motel- he should stick to ripping off dylan tunes.... Memory Motel is my choice, although I like fool to cry, its just not as epic and Keith doesn't trade vocals.

Talkin bout the....

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> In my opinion, and by the way I respect yours- but
> Dave Matthews has no right singing memory motel-
> he should stick to ripping off dylan tunes....
> Memory Motel is my choice, although I like fool to
> cry, its just not as epic and Keith doesn't trade
> vocals.
>
> Talkin bout the....


Well, if they let him, then he had the right. But I agree, he's lame. He should have went shopping for a voice after the show.

Memory Motel by a mile.

PS IMO, Dave Matthews sucked on the live version and ruined the song.

I think jagger just did it for a pr move... I can imagine the cutting remarks he must of had for a gushing dave matthews after the whole chirade was over- Mick just cut the song and made the video to probably get some younger bucks and tails...

Talkin bout the....

Of course, Memory Motel. It's one of their best songs ever - especially the hand-over from Mick to Keith and backwards is soooooo phantastique (sic!)

Memory Motel is one of the best songs the Stones ever recorded, and Fool To Cry is one of the worst.

Memory Motel with Keith pouring his heart out on vocals is a classic in the true sense of the Stones.

BOTH. AND LIVE MEMORY BRËMES VERSION AND FOOL TO CRY PARIS 76

Fool, a nice RnB tune. Memory Motel is somewhat boring to me.

As Sheze notes, the 76-Paris Fool is hot. Fantastic Keith lead.

Karl

MM of course -

However, I do thing that FTC gets too much bad press on this board. I just love the guitar bit at the end of that song. I guess most people get put off by Jagger's falsetto vocals. He quite often does that and I'm never convinced (e.g. Emotional Rescue, Keys to Your Love etc). The one exception must be Miss You.

Memory Motel
A bit long though

I think fool to cry is good, but I really love memory motel, the keith part, the whole feeling, the harmonie voices very good. I dont like it when Dave Mathews sings along who is he anyway always was very amased he was up there, he also sang on wild horses didnt he, he should take a horse and ride far away...

Memory Motel. Keith is in it. And Fool To Cry is way too winey.

memory motel in a "dave matthews" free zone

This should not even be a question. Memory Motel by a mile. Fool To Cry is one of their worst songs. Keith does save it with a great solo in the 1976 versions.

d because memory motel was the final song played at my wedding. regardless it's 100 times better than fool to cry. by the by, the dave matthews version SUCKS

Both beauitful songs but Memory Motel is superior.

James Lynn Wrote:
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> Which do feel is better? For me I like the live
> version of motel with Dave Matthews ( odd as I
> don't care for Dave Matthews), but that version I
> like better than one on Black n blue. I had always
> preferred motel to Fool to Cry but as the yrs pass
> Motel sliding back in my eyes & Fool to Cry
> moving up (Kinda evening themselves out). Push
> comes to shove I'd have to choose the Memory
> Motel.Keith probably hopes Fool to Cry not on any
> gig setlist so he doesn't fall asleep again eh.
> Was it the song or the drugs???
>
> This seems to be one those questions of friends I
> literally get 50/50 on. Thus wondering what the
> true fans take on this question is. Who is the
> winner???
>
>
>
>
> MESMERIZER
>
>
DAVE MATHEWS yikes ...i am still in therapy for that awful rendition!!!i heard him sing in Amsterdam....Brutal!!!
there out to be a law against that!!! had to be he most abomidal stones expeience of my life...yikes times 10 Scooby!!

No question: "Memory", one of the best songs in Rock history ever. The studio version of "Fool" is boring, the live versions, e.g. on "It's a Gas in Paris", very interesting.

Memory Motel, a classic!

James Lynn Wrote:
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> Which do feel is better? For me I like the live
> version of motel with Dave Matthews ( odd as I
> don't care for Dave Matthews), but that version I
> like better than one on Black n blue. I had always
> preferred motel to Fool to Cry but as the yrs pass
> Motel sliding back in my eyes & Fool to Cry
> moving up (Kinda evening themselves out). Push
> comes to shove I'd have to choose the Memory
> Motel.Keith probably hopes Fool to Cry not on any
> gig setlist so he doesn't fall asleep again eh.
> Was it the song or the drugs???
>
> This seems to be one those questions of friends I
> literally get 50/50 on. Thus wondering what the
> true fans take on this question is. Who is the
> winner???
>
>
>
>
> MESMERIZER
>
>

Memory motel.........

MM, my second favorite Stones after Under My Thumb!

P. S. Dave blows!

tough call - MM wins by a hair 'cos it's longer....

Memory Motel is so big it coulda been Memory Hotel.

I like Fool to Cry, but I never understood why the daughter says "tell me all your troubles" only to say, "Daddy, you're a foooool to cry." Why does she want to hear about his troubles if she's only gonna . . .

You can sure-as-shit bet he never told her all his troubles a second time.

Kids these days. Damn.

Fool to Cry is one of their worst songs ever IMO. Memory is a classic.Keith shines, great melody and lyrics. Dave Matthews singing on this one atrocious! A crime!