My personal lowlights :

My Girl (great song, awful version)
Under The Boardwalk (see 'My Girl')
all of Satanic Majesties with the exception of 2000 Man/2000 LYFH/Shes A Rainbow (ie, 7 songs)
Hold Back
Suck On The Jugular
Anyway You look At It

I'm not counting some of the fluff on Metamorphosis as in many cases, its not the Stones playing on them, plus they never sanctioned its release.

A 12-song collection then - with 7 of the songs coming from the same album.

'Hold Back' is the only Rolling Stones song that I truly find to be absolutely unlistenable. Whilst the others might be bad, at least I can shake my head and laugh. Hold Back is actually painful and likely to give me a migraine.

<all of Satanic Majesties with the exception of 2000 Man/2000 LYFH/Shes A Rainbow (ie, 7 songs)>

What about Citadel? I've always liked this tune.

<Anyway You look At It>

There you go, one of my favourites

sex drive, back to zero, crazy mama, low down, thief in the night

Crazy Mama, wow! I love that one - the guitars and "gonna bust your knee with a brick".

Gazza Wrote:
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> Whale Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Now I am speechless.
> > 7. Indian Girl ....
> > But "Might as well get juiced" is a good
> one.
> >
> > 66 Please Go Home
> > 67 Gomper
> > 76 Cherry Oh Baby
> > 86 Back to Zero
> > 86 Hold back
> > 86 Back to zero
> > 89 Sweethearts Together
> > 89 Continental drift
> > 94 Suck On The Jugular
> > 94 Blinded by Love
> > 97 Might as well get juiced
> > 02 Losing my touch
> > 05 Neo con
> >
> > (Walkin' Through) The Sleepy City
> > I'd Much Rather Be with the boys
> >
> > Including things from Metamorphosis is a bit
> > cheating, because they never authorized that
> > release as far as I know. Help is needed,
> cause I
> > want to burn that CD.
> >
>
>
> you should burn yourself instead for choosing
> Continental Drift - one of the best songs theyve
> ever done and certainly their best song in the
> last 2 decades
>
> you obviously must hate Back To Zero, Whale - as
> youve listed it twice.
>

Continental Drift is great, but best in last 2 decades? I'd give Slipping Away the nod for best song on SW--so introspective, moving. Have to think about best song of last 2 decades. Not a criticism, to each his own.

fleabitpeanutmonkey Wrote:
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> Continental Drift is great, but best in last 2
> decades?


easily, IMO (only Laugh I Nearly Died comes close)..and the most inspired too

I'd give Slipping Away the nod for best
> song on SW--so introspective, moving.


great song too, much underrated and Keith's best EVER lead vocal performance


>

I dunno - I like the the drum bit they used to kick off the Steel Wheels shows, but I kind of despise "Continental Drift".

Put it this way - the production even made the Master Musicians of Jojouka seem dated. And the lyrics are one of the bigger piles of faux-hippie tripe I've ever heard.

Then again, I like "Blinded By Love", so who the hell knows!

Another thing - I love the UK Aftermath but to me a lot of those songs don't hold up nearly as well on their own. Not that any of them would make my "worst" list but overall, I think Aftermath is greater than the sum of its parts.

Gazza Wrote:
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> fleabitpeanutmonkey Wrote:
> >
> > Continental Drift is great, but best in last
> 2
> > decades?
>
>
> easily, IMO (only Laugh I Nearly Died comes
> close)..and the most inspired too
>
> I'd give Slipping Away the nod for best
> > song on SW--so introspective, moving.
>
>
> great song too, much underrated and Keith's best
> EVER lead vocal performance
>
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> >
>
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>

LIND would be right up at the top for me as well

NastyHabits Wrote:
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> One More Try
> Too Rude
> Coming Down Again
> Where the Boys Go
> Back to Zero
> Blinded by Love
> Sweethearts Together
> Thru and Thru
> Anybody Seen My Baby
> Always Suffering
> It Must Be Hell


Thru and Thru?? I love it...! How can someone consider it a low point?

Who the f*ck is Mick Jagger?

Winning Ugly
Indian Girl
Mixed Emotions (remix)
Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
(Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City
I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys
Crackin' Up (from LYL, I know everyone disagrees with me but I think this version is terrible)
Cherry Oh Baby
Blinded By Rainbows
Sweethearts Together
Streets Of Love
Saint Of Me
Gun Face
You Got Me Rockin'

"Saint of me" ? WTF?

only one song comes to mind and that one is one to be ashamed of!
Streets Of Love... horrible... this is so-NO Stones!!!!

How does It Must Be Hell get dragged into this?The guitar sound is awesome.Quickly off the top of my head,not including Metamorphosis :
(chronological order - I don't want to think about these songs any more than I have to.)
1)It's Not Easy
2)Who's Been Sleeping Here
3)Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
4)Gomper
5)Dear Doctor
6)Melody
7)Back To Zero
8)Sex Drive
9)New Faces
10)Might As Well Get Juiced - STUDIO (The live version is good for the most part.)
11)Always Suffering
12)Losing My Touch
13)Streets Of Love
14)Look What The Cat Dragged In




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Theif in the Night Wrote:

> 13)Streets Of Love
> 14)Look What The Cat Dragged In
>


I think we're soul mates! Those are the two ABB songs that I truly despise!

Allright, by popular demand I can include SOL and My girl in there.

65 My girl ( or is it 64 )
66 Please Go Home
67 Gomper
76 Cherry Oh Baby
86 Back to Zero
86 Hold back
89 Sweethearts Together
89 Continental drift
94 Suck On The Jugular
94 Blinded by Love
97 Might as well get juiced
02 Losing my touch
05 Neo con
05 Streets of love

I think, this should be a pretty representative list. Most people are not into Satanic Majesties and Dirty work. There is some disagreement though about which songs of TSMR are the worst. "Gomper" gets no love whatsoever, so I include this one. The absolute winner is probably "Back to zero". At least is has an appropriate title.
Now burn that CD and you'll find it's actually pretty good.