If you had to select the BEST Stones song, what would your vote be? If you respond, please put only ONE song...don't say it's a toss up between a bunch of different ones. Force yourself to pick just one.

It will be interesting to see what everyone thinks.

My vote is....JUMPING JACK FLASH

Sorry man, impossible for me to answer. If you broke it down into the different genres they have tried MAYBE I could come up with some answers.

This band has made so many "best songs" I cannot decide, and thats just the hits, nevermind the hidden gems buied within an album.

Milo, NYC
May the good lord shine a light on you

Sympathy for the Devil!!!!!

GIMME SHELTER!

Casino Boogie

Geez... you're tough...

You said I can't say it's a tossup between these 2 or 3...

Well, I'm amazed that I can actually reduce this to 4 songs... What I find is that there are some songs that have absolutely mesmerizing music (audio), but maybe sort of "simplistic" or "juvenile" lyrics... then there are songs that have extremely interesting lyrics and "good" audio...

And then there's a category of "songs that made the stones famous"... like "signature songs", without which there wouldn't be such a stones mystique and without which they probably couldn't PACK STADIUMS... so I have to recognize those very unique songs... It just so happens that the "stadium packers" tend to have awesome rocking audio, but rather infantile lyrics... I can really think of about 5 or 6 of these....

Then there's the songs that just grab me on a personal level... and I've boiled that list down to 4 songs... none of which is a stadium packer on it's own...

Well, if I only have to pick one, I have to choose the song that "means the most to me"... and that is...

WILD HORSES>

There was one other song that was REAL CLOSE in the final analysis... it's a song I first heard in 1971 and thought "damn that's a great live song...".... and they still play it today with great regularity... it's a song that many a rider on the subway is singing as they leave a Stones concert...

And that song is...

Ooops... the rules are only one song



"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

Gimme Shelter

gimme shelter

Midnight Rambler

let it loose. Are you MICK ?

Sympathy.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well my favorites (live) are Gimme Shelter and Midnight Rambler but to say that those are there best songs is impossible. They wrote to mayne great songs!!!

Cheers,
Wuudy

back to zero

If you held a gun to my brain, then I'd say Brown Sugar.

JumpingKentFlash

Honky Tonk Women

Loving Cup

Gimme Shelter, UK Mono Mix....

JR

Sympathy for the Devil

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

Top 3 is always the same for me

1. Gimme Shelter (studio version)
2. Midnight Rambler (Ya Yas version)
3. Jumpin' Jack Flash (single)

If you can't pick one just don't post...

Reptile Wrote:
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> (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.


Wholeheartedly agree!

Reptile Wrote:
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> If you can't pick one just don't post...


I believe I did actually as I placed my top 3 in order

the "1" beside "Gimme Shelter" should be a good indicator as to my favourite!

My vote is: Tumbling Dice

"Jumpin' jack flash"

Reptile Wrote:
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> If you can't pick one just don't post...


bollocks,im having

gimme shelter
jumpin jack flash
tumbling dice
honky tonk women
you cant always get what you want

SFTD

1. Honky Tonk Women

2. Everything else.

3. Gomper

Yeah, I know that's 3, WTF!!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-10-24 03:29 by Elmo Lewis.

im going senile forgot to mention.........

street fighting man

jumpin jack flash

After thousands and thousands of listens it still gives me goosebumbs raises my heart rate a little, can't really say that about any other song by any band. In short the most perfect rock song ever made.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-10-24 13:36 by Ket.