she s a rainbow
hot stuff
honky tonk woman


what yours ???????????????

If You Can't Rock Me
Sway
Moonlight Mile

Shattered
JJF
Tha Last Time

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"Music is the frozen tapioca in the ice chest of history."

"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

"Satisfaction"
"Paint It Black"
"Sympathy For The Devil"

Among other reasons is that Mick can not recreate the vocal performance he did in the originals. And the same goes for Keith's guitar on "Satisfaction" and "Sympathy". That effect - that is also much do with the production - can not be repeated. That does not mean to say tat the live versions ain't great - they are, but the originals are just perfect ones; the songs cannot be played better. I like the way The Stones treated "Sympathy" from 1969 to 1976; they didn't try to copy the original, but made it different, guitar driving one (the same goes for example, "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Street Fighting Man", absolutely great live versions). Since their 'come back' in 1989 they try to copy the originals, and tend up - unfortunately - doing lame versions, mostly.

And some more:
"Gimme Shelter"/"Honky Tonk Women"...Suprerb originals that cannot be done better.

- Doxa

backofmyhand Wrote:
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> she s a rainbow
> hot stuff
> honky tonk woman
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> what yours ???????????????

I agree with SAR and HTW above, but I think Hot Stuff was better live; in 1976 only, that is. It's been too flat since 1994, like so much else. As a third song I'd sort of add all of Keith's songs, except Happy in 19727(73), which is better than the record.

DandelionPowderman Wrote:
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> If You Can't Rock Me
> Sway
> Moonlight Mile


Absolutely, except IYCRM was way better live in 1975 than the studio version! Hand Of Fate, way better studio than live. No doubt! Probably the best example I can think of, not counting post 1993.

HTW
JJF
Shattered

1) Under My Thumb
2) Get Off My Cloud
3) Pain It Black

Gimmie Shelter, my favourite song. Although I've heard great live versions of it, nothing however comes close to the studio version. The guitar sound of Jumping Jack Flash is also better on the record.

"Rape, murder, it's just a shot away..."

Shattered
Start Me Up
Satisfaction

IORR - I find it boring live.
Little T&A


can't really come up with a 3rd one.

Sway
I love this song in its studio-version, and I was so happy, when Mick said in Berlin that they'll play it now...but I was a bit dissappointed, doesn't work too good on stage, IMO

HTW
IORR
Start Me Up

Rocks Off

Shattered

Start Me Up

The tension/dynamics of the studio versions are missing live.

I Go Wild
Start Me Up
Monkey Man

Rocks Off
Monkey Man
Loving Cup

Shake Your Hips
No Use In Crying
Summer Romance

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> Shake Your Hips
> No Use In Crying
> Summer Romance


Compared to which live versions? )

Honky Tonk Women
Sympathy for the Devil
You Can't Always Get What You Want

In my opinion, every song is better in the studio then live. But I will say, with Mick Taylor on guitar, songs like SFTD, Midnight Rambler, Brown Sugar do have a certain excitment to them.

SFTD, with the taped intro kind of ruins it for me, why not hire a few conga players, they already have a large prescence of backround players. Which in a way, they could do w/o Lisa and company.

They only need Chuck and Bobby IMO.

Rocks Off
Rocks off
Rocks off

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

the last time.

gimme shelter.

its only rock and roll.

HTW
Shattered
Under My Thumb

Come On
Stoned
Tell Me

2 1 2 0

All Down The Line
One Hit To The Body
I Got The Blues

Satisfaction
Sympathy for the Devil
Honky tonk woman

Honky Tonk Woman

Last Time

Get off Of My Cloud

Come On Wrote:
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> Come On
> Stoned
> Tell Me


Do you ever write anything serious?

Bitch
Gimmie Shelter
Waiting on a Friend

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

Tumbling Dice - played too fast, and guitars sound too thin
Start Me Up - played too fast, and the bass never comes through quite right
Can't Always Get what you Want - misses the acoustic guitars