I would pick the version of Midnight Rambler from the 1973 King Biscuit Flower hour. The slide guitar just smokes on that one.

my choice too

"Street Fighting Man"

Brussels Affair

Charles Baudelaire
1821-1867

Brussels/London/Perth/Sydney 1973 etc. is obvious. To mention one other that gives me the chills, is when the sound suddenly gets better during "All Down The Line" in Toronto 1975, and then they start "If You Cant Rock Me". That is a hot, rocking moment. (Thanks too bootlegs).

This subject's come up before. My answers are about the same:

1) From 1972 Tour: You Can't Always Get What You Want... the whole concert was first class but for whatever reason that's clearly the most memorable song from it. In a way, Midnight Rambler is prolly a distant 2nd.

2) From VooDoo Lounge: Not Fade Away... just a big, heavy, thunderous song with a slow build... GREAT OPENER... very memorable.

3) From Forty Licks:

A) Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
Midnight Rambler w/ Keith & Ronnie on b-stage
C) Back to Back: Sympathy for the Devil & Gimme Shelter

4) From ABB Tour:

A) Satisfaction on the B-Stage
Jumpin' Jack Flash encore...

There are alot of great live songs in memory, but these are "a cut above".

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

Under My Thumb - Wembley Fri 25 June 1982.

First song of the first time I saw them live, and after queueing for hours to get in to get to the front and walking miles due to a London Underground strike.

Street Fighting Man, Prague 95 -
it was in the last quarter of the show, at that point when the crowd already feels completely blown away,
and that freakin *total* SFM came thundering down and just smashed us to our knees.
ohhh that mighty right hand!


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

If you can't rock me on Hot as hell.
Midnight from @#$%& Blues.

Happy on Ladies and gentlemen (Philly 1972)

Midnight Rambler and/or Happy - Brussels 73

- Out Of Control at MSG NYC 1998. I was in heaven.
- Gimme Shelter many times.
- Street Fighing Man many times.
- Memory Motel Philly 1997 because it was MM first time for me.
- Saint of Me at Buenos Aires 1998

PS. Gimme Shelter on Bedspring Symphony a.k.a. Brussels Affairs must be the greatest recording of all times, but a great technical recording is not the same as a hot hot hot experience in the crowd!!!

Bjornulf

Heard: probably Midnight Rambler on the Welcome To NY 72 boot, but there are so many I can't take only one.

Experienced: probably the two I enjoyed the most were Live With Me and Little Queenie in Vigo 98 and Midnight Rambler in Santiago 99.

[There'll be no wedding today...]

SFTD LA 1975
Happy in Australia with Mick Taylors brilliant ending.
She's so cold on Let's spend the night together.
Little T&A from that same show.

Gimme Shelter and Out Of Control - Stockholm 98
Midnight Rambler - Hartford 99
That's How Strong My Love Is - NY 02

Can't you hear me knocking at Circus Krone in Munich 2003

Ronnie was awesome, I was in stones heaven.

Here's some real gems from the 60s. They kicked ass back then.


I can't be satisfied London 04.03.1965. Jesus it's really really good. Beatles, anyone?? Nothing compared to this.



Little red rooster, LA 26.05.1965. Best version ever. Really it is. Brian and Mick on slide and harmonica. Brian should really have stuck to the slide a bit more. Restless soul.

The last time, same show. Brian's show.

Play with fire, same show. The twins glimmer. Brian on keys(?).



I Am waiting 10.09.1966. Magical. Mick and Brian again makes this a great number. Hidden gems.

Same with UMT. On video Brian steals this show completely. One understand how Mick in a way must have hated him. Brian really was the star back then.



Finally: How about a new well produced issue of their live material from the 60s?? Of course Mick and Keith won't do it. Brian is all over those songs even if he didnt write them, just licks and parts.

When The Whip Comes Down from Detroit 1978 (Handsome Girls unedited version).

What a question.....Its almost impossible...but, if you put a gun to my head....

Anything on Get Your Ya Ya's Out...Especially the Street Fighter...
I Wanna Be Your Man, Arthur Haynes show, 08 February 1964
I Just Wanny Make Love to You, Hollywood Palace 10 June 1964
Around and Around, Ed Sullivan Show, 25 October 1964
Let It Rock Leeds, 13 March 1971.
Bye Bye Johnny, 26 July 1972
Sypathy for the Devil, Berlin 1970...
Parachute Woman, either the R&R Circus, 1968, or Orpheum 2002....
All Down the Line, Hershey Park, PA 01 October 2005---- it killed...

Too many to think about....

JR

ANy Stadium version from the BTB tour ( Out of Control )

There's several.

- Sweet Little Sixteen from Gorgeous Girls Redux.
- Midnight Rambler from Ultimate Brussels Affair.
- Jumping Jack Flash from Liver Than You'll Ever Be.
- That's How Strong My Love Is from Four Flicks.
- Satisfaction from the Voodoo Lounge VHS.
- Who Do You Love from the Voodoo Lounge VHS.
- I Can't Turn You Loose from Four Flicks.
- Rocks Off from Sydney '73.
- It's All Over Now from the Voodoo Lounge VHS.
- Little Queenie on some '98 bootleg I can't remember the name of.
- Can't You Hear Me Knocking from Four Flicks (And from Live Licks).


.........And many, many others.

JumpingKentFlash

Sympathy for the Devil anytime its played in a Stadium.

Around and Around- Love you Live

Just about ANY version of Midnigh Rambler will do.

Gimme Shelter, Paradiso '95

Not one other song song blew away like this one the first time i heard it live, and it still the best ever!!!

Cheers,
Wuudy

The best: (and I think I truly had an out of body experience)
Cleveland (Gund Arena- B stage, 2nd Row), Midnight Rambler, I took a flash picture of Mick and Keith (it hangs proudly in my home office) and after the song Mick picks up a camera (behind equipment) and takes a picture of me!

2nd best Satisfaction, Soldier Field, Voodoo Tour (Field level seats, I danced my ass off!!)

"Hey Crawdaddy" from Paris 1965 from "Paris Match". I love Bill's bass playing on that one.

Charles Baudelaire
1821-1867

Tumblin' Dice from Brussels Affair takes some beating, though I have to admit to having a strange soft spot for It's All Over Now from Honolulu 73.

Gimme Shelter - London, September 9, 1973 (i. e. Brussels Affair)

Best on screen: Happy - Ladies & Gentlemen

Neighbours and It's only rock'n roll, Stockholm Cirkus 2003!

As far as recordings:

Struck me that the "Midnight Rambler" from Leeds 1971 was pretty special. And whoever cited the El Mocambo 1977 "Around And Around" was dead-on. Blows me away.

Ones I've witnessed:

I was lucky enough to see the "Out Of Control" performances at MSG in Jan. 1998 (mentioned by BV) and they were stunning--especially on Saturday night.

A 1994 show at Syracuse, NY featured an "It's All Over Now" that floored my brother and me. Wish I could find a tape...

Roseland 2002 was pretty great top-to-bottom. The latter half, when "Can't You Hear Me...," "Stray Cat," "Rock Me Baby" and "Rambler" were played was ugly and dark and fierce. Love that shit.

And, finally: I've mentioned it before, but "Little Queenie" at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY 1997. First tune after the MTV broadcast.

Just absolutely white hot. Keith and Woody were grinning from ear to ear.