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What are your twelve top Stones' tracks?

Here are mine in chronological order:

The Last Time

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Paint It Black

Mother's Little Helper

We Love You

She's a Rainbow

Child of the Moon

Honky Tonk Women

Gimme Shelter

Harlem Shuffle

Mixed Emotions

Love Is Strong

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It's difficult to only pick a dozen but here are mine .....


Not Fade Away
The Last Time
Gimme Shelter
Heart of Stone
Play With Fire
Lady Jane
Harlem Shuffle
Wild Horses
Factory Girl
Mixed Emotions
Back Street Girl
We Love You

I dont think I can do a dozen..

1.Paint it Black
2.Jumping Jack Flash
3.(I cant get no) Satisfaction
4.Beast of Burden
5.Brown Sugar
6.Get off my cloud

You can't do a dozen? I'm hard pressed to limit myself to my personal favourite forty licks!

Not Fade Away
Tell Me
It's All Over Now
Heart of Stone
The Last Time
Play with Fire
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
As Tears Go By
19th Nervous Breakdown
Paint It Black
Mother's Little Helper
Lady Jane
Out of Time
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Let's Spend the Night Together
Ruby Tuesday
Backstreet Girl
We Love You
She's a Rainbow
2000 Light Years from Home
2000 Man
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Child of the Moon
Sympathy for the Devil
Stray Cat Blues
Honky Tonk Women
Gimme Shelter
Midnight Rambler
Wild Horses
Brown Sugar
Bitch
Miss You
Beast of Burden
Shattered
She's So Cold
Start Me Up
Harlem Shuffle
One Hit to the Body
Mixed Emotions
Love Is Strong

:o

Cool thread, and STONES rule! So, this is going to be easy! ;D

1. ANGIE
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Miss you
4. Under My Thumb( this song is amazing)
5. Sway ( Sticky Fingers: great album)
6. Bitch
7. Gimme Shelter
8. Get off of my Cloud
9. Ruby Tuesday
10. Monkey Man ( Let it Bleed: another great album)
11. Rip this Joint
12. The Last Time

In no particular order:

Monkey Man
Mother's Little Helper
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses
Before They Make Me Run
Paint It Black
Sympathy For The Devil
Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker
Happy
She's A Rainbow
Gimme Shelter
I dunno, there are so many others, Get Off My Cloud or Under My Thumb kinda tie for being on the list but I can't take any others off either.

1) Street Fighting Man
2) Paint It Black
3) Tumbling Dice (and basically ALL of "Exile on Main St.", including--)
4) Happy
5) 19th Nervous Breakdown
6) Gimme Shelter
7) Dead Flowers
8) Get Off Of My Cloud
9) Let's Spend the Night Together
10) Under My Thumb
11) Ruby Tuesday
12) Not Fade Away

Plus a dozen others. It's funny, however, that most of our "essential" lists don't include the most popular, most played tracks. For example, I could go the rest of my life without hearing "I Can't Get No Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash" or "Honkey Tonk Women". Those are great songs, no question, but they've suffered from mass over exposure, while a lot of great material has been overlooked.

I always enjoyed the entire Sticky Fingers album

18 technically, but everything from Exile On Main St.

Here is a smoking live version of "Jumping Jack Flash" from 1968!

Rolling Stones - "Jumping Jack Flash" - LIVE - '68 - HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpfBWMOlOk#)

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I'd recommend any of these compilations to younger fellows just now getting into the Stones:

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Here's one of my very favourite Ed Sullivan Show performances by the Stones:

The Rolling Stones - Lady Jane (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fOiUk_c5SA#)

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I like this early Stones video ...

The Rolling Stones - Roll Over Beethoven (1963) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vopl2t_bwhI#)

Another early Stones cover that I like ...

Rolling Stones - Under The Boardwalk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6A9zqRY-ME#)

Here's another excellent clip of the Stones from the Ed Sullivan Show:

The Rolling Stones- "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby,Standing In The Shadow" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCvv2pEy4e4#)

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Satisfaction
She's A Rainbow
Let's Spend The Night Together
Paint It Black
Tumbling Dice
Honky Tonk Women
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Sympathy For The Devil
Ruby Tuesday
Wild Horses
Street Fighting man
Waiting On A Friend

Monkey man - The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJYmC9GFcII#)

Here's another of my favourite Stones' clips from the Ed Sullivan Show:

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (1967) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6teGeuHvU#ws)

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Satisfaction
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Gimme Shelter
Memory Motel
Shattered
When the Whip Comes Down
Thru and Thru
Cant Be Seen
Rocks Off
As Tears Go By
She's So Cold
Before They Make Me Run

I've always really liked this video:

Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOkIU8BCxgU#)

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Sway
Rocks Off
Torn & Frayed
Soul Survivor
Do Do Do Do Do (Heartbreaker)
Stray Cat Blues
If You Can't Rock Me
Hot Stuff
Brown Sugar
Fingerprint File
Before They Make Me Run
Shattered

Alright! Stray Cat Blues!

Rolling Stones Stray Cat Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2obHLK6iW7g#)

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In no particular order:

1. Gimme Shelter (the best rock song ever?)
2. Sympathy for the Devil
3. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
4. Moonlight Mile
5. Midnight Rambler (live version off Let It Bleed)
6. Monkey Man
7. Bitch
8. Jumpin' Jack Flash
9. Soul Survivor
10. Sway
11. Street Fightin' Man
12. Paint It Black

Wow, forgot about Monkey Man, a wicked tune! Glad to see someone else mentioned "Sway", one of their best IMO, overshadowed by the hits.

I'm not even sure if I like 12 songs by them. The ones I do like I like A LOT.

Paint It Black
Gimmee Shelter
Ruby Tuesday
Sympathy For the Devil (there are better versions)
Brown Sugar
Jumpin Jack Flash

That's about it.

Quote from: Wicked Lester on April 20, 2011, 06:12:42 PMI'm not even sure if I like 12 songs by them. The ones I do like I like A LOT.

You've probably not listened to enough of the Stones' catalogue therefore.

:-\

Hep
I'm almost 51.  :o. Yea I have heard a crap load O'Stones. Just not my bag.
How much Death/Black/Viking/Gothic/Doom Metal have YOU heard? That is my thing.

Quote from: Wicked Lester on April 20, 2011, 08:34:35 PMHow much Death/Black/Viking/Gothic/Doom Metal have YOU heard? That is my thing.

What I've heard I've not liked at all. Not my bag.

:o

Sixties, British Invasion, Garage Rock, Blues, Blues-Rock, Soul, some Punk Rock, that's my bag.

;)

Gimme Shelter
Miss You
She's A Rainbow
Paint It Black
Tumbling Dice
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Sympathy For The Devil
Ruby Tuesday
Wild Horses
Street Fighting Man
Waiting On A Friend
Mother's Little Helper

Attention Stones fans who are also Ramones fans: I just picked up an issue of Mojo magazine with the Ramones on the cover that includes a CD called "1,2,3,4! The Roots of the Ramones" which is an awesome compilation of songs that inspired the Ramones.  But the first track is something I've never heard before as a lifelong Ramones fan. Apparently the Ramones were going to record a cover of the Stone's "Street Fighting Man", but Joey was ill that day in the studio, so Walter Lure of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers stepped in on vocals, backed by Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy, and the result is an awesome punk rock cover of "Street Fighting Man".

Cool! The Stones were the original punks.

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After a little on-line research, I discovered there really is a version of "Street Fighting Man" with Joey Ramone on vocals, but it was only released on the extended edition of the "Too Tough Too Die" CD. I always wanted to pick up the remastered CD's with all the extra, unreleased tracks but with me it's either "buy 'em all or buy none of 'em" and I could never afford to do that since I already own a massive amount of Ramones material including the original albums and all the boxed sets.

The 12 best tracks by The Stones are all on Keith Richards' arms.

Not true. They have many better ones:

Rolling Stones One Hit To The Body (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfiQejr9MhE#ws)

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Tell Me.
The Last Time.
Lady Jane.
Satisfaction.
Don't Stop.
It's All Over Now.
Start Me Up.
Play With Fire.
Lets Spend The Night Together.
Mothers Little Helper.
She's A Rainbow.
Sittin' On A Fence.      There's More, But Thats the 12. The Stones ROCK. >:D

Here's a brief clip of the Stones performing "Satisfaction" on the Ed Sullivan Show:

ROLLING STONES "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on The Ed Sullivan Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx0bLBk-BNM#)

And here perhaps is an even better clip from Shindig:

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction [Very Good quality] (Live, 1965) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbg_dwzC4XA#)

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My Favorite Rolling Stones Song

Rolling Stones - It's all over now (studio) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1xR8PYDqMg#)

Quote from: slayergriffith on August 12, 2011, 03:32:56 PM
My Favorite Rolling Stones Song

Rolling Stones - It's all over now (studio) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1xR8PYDqMg#)

never thought you were a fan of the Stones, great song btw

All the tracks from: Exile on Main Street

This is my new favorite Rolling Stones song.

Alice Cooper - I'll Bite Your Face Off (Official Music Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HdIA_YJVck#ws)

Wait a minute, that's not the Stones! It sure sounds like a Stones song!

It does indeed! Sort of like "Jumping Jack Flash" for one.

;D

The STONES are a fantastic band/group. With all the line-up changes through the decades, each member has added their own signature to the music. Which makes the STONES so unique. The band has a library of great songs and albums.

A smoking hot all-time classic:

The Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter Live Pop Go The Sixites 1969 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBva-z1AsGk#)

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Another smoking hot performance from 1968:

Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones live '68 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlWZhWO6XgM#)

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Here's another Stones' tune I really like:

THE ROLLING STONES Almost hear you sigh(LAETITIA CASTA) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRV7gmDIyk#)

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Here's the new one:

The Rolling Stones - Doom And Gloom (Lyric Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=503b8Xav_Xw#ws)

It features the classic Stones' intermingled guitars. It's sort of like a cross between "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Rip This Joint".

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Here's a smoking hot clip of the Rolling Stones in full Halloween face paint:

The Rolling Stones : Jumpin' Jack Flash ( PV. Ver.2 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtFd6nvQcOw#ws)

cl:)

A very old, but very interesting, clip:

Rolling Stones - You Better Move On (lyrics) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poIdCX36PR0#)

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I like this video ...

Muddy Waters w/ Rolling Stones - Champagne and Reefer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96cCukoklc#)

Here's a great early Stones clip from the TAMI show:

The Rolling Stones - The TAMI Show 1964 (Full) [High Quality] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxQv9WKzHU#ws)

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It's easy to pick twelve, but hard to limit it to twelve, so, right outta my ass ;D:
Shattered 
Ventilator Blues
Happy
Fool To Cry
Heaven
Waiting On A Friend
Loving Cup
Sympathy For The Devil
Out Of Time
Midnight Rambler
Backstreet Girl
Gimme Shelter

Rolling Stones - Monkey Man (Lyrics & Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoZMVciy_MU#ws)

Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 25, 2013, 12:49:57 AMIt's easy to pick twelve, but hard to limit it to twelve....

I agree. That's why I found Dr. Geist's post completely unfathomable:

Quote from: Dr.Teufel Geist on February 11, 2011, 01:42:02 PM
I dont think I can do a dozen..

1.Paint it Black
2.Jumping Jack Flash
3.(I cant get no) Satisfaction
4.Beast of Burden
5.Brown Sugar
6.Get off my cloud

:o

Quote from: Hepcat on January 25, 2013, 12:57:08 PM
I agree. That's why I found Dr. Geist's post completely unfathomable:

:o

Really?! Only six?

Quote from: marsattacks666 on January 25, 2013, 03:06:31 PM
Really?! Only six?

Z'okay; just a matter of taste. 

I could list STONES songs all day...12 more? 
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Street Fighting Man 
Sister Morphine
Love In Vain 
I Just Want To See His Face
Beast Of Burden
Dance Pt.1
Please Go Home 
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Paint It Black
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
Let's Spend The Night Together

Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 25, 2013, 04:16:59 PMI could list STONES songs all day....

I did that in reply #3 on the first page of this thread.

;)

Here's a smoking hot clip of the Stones from the David Frost show:

The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women David Frost Show 1969 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCFZspCwkk#)

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Another very early clip:

Not Fade Away-Rolling Stones with Brian Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB8pUZVLEzA#)

And here it is, fifty years later and they're still filling stadiums, only with tickets at several hundred$ a pop....

:(

Here's a very early rock video by the Stones:

the rolling stones - 2000 light years from home - stereo edit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IswqR267Q0#)

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I`ve always been partial to this classic Stones tune 8)
The Rolling Stones - Out Of Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFe78Cm0YCE#)

That's a fabulous track from the Stones' very underrated Flowers LP.

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Quote from: Hepcat on October 06, 2013, 07:57:51 PM
That's a fabulous track from the Stones' very underrated Flowers LP.

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Great album. ;D

Just a dozen, 1 for every 5 years they've been performing...

In no particular order:

Mother's Little Helper
As Tears Go By
Get Off Of My Cloud
It's Only Rock & Roll
19th Nervous Breakdown
Under My Thumb
Not Fade Away
Paint It Black
Ruby Tuesday
She's A Rainbow
Start Me Up
Sympathy For The Devil

Here's a clip of the Stones performing 19th Nervous Breakdown on the Ed Sullivan Show:

The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQX5HGWaLdc#)

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I know my "dozen fave Stones songs" list is sorely lacking in rockers (which I love too, of course) but these just really stand out to me. In no particular order - other than perhaps to make a playlist:

1 Paint It Black 1966
2 The Singer, Not the Song 1965
3 Blue Turns To Grey 1965
4 Out Of Tears 1994
5 No Use In Crying 1981
6 I Am Waiting  1966
7 Slipping Away 1989
8 Blinded By Rainbows 1994
9 Moon Is Up 1994
10 Think I'm Going Mad 1984
11 Child of the Moon 1968
12 Thru and Thru 1994

(Love the Stones. Wish their ticket prices weren't so high.)

Interesting list!

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Quote from: Hepcat on October 18, 2013, 09:22:22 AM
Interesting list!

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Thanks! I kinda thought of all the (released) songs that I really loved most, (including rockers) and then removed songs from that list (of about 55 songs) until I had only songs with the most captivating (to me) feeling to the music (including vocal melody). I know in looks like I just had a really sad day and then made the list (even though I left out their song "Sad Day"!) but my day was quite fine, and it was really just about what songs felt most magical to me.  8) Introspective songs are often more powerful to me, but maybe I should make a list of my 12 favorite Stones rockers next!

Sure! That'd be good to see.

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Here's the trailer to Charlie Is My Darling which was filmed in 1965:

The Rolling Stones Charlie is my Darling - Ireland 1965 - Official Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKvBARhTyk#ws)

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Very happy they finally released that film, and with extra footage, too! :)

Quote from: Hepcat on December 13, 2013, 03:03:49 PM
Here's the trailer to Charlie Is My Darling which was filmed in 1965:

The Rolling Stones Charlie is my Darling - Ireland 1965 - Official Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKvBARhTyk#ws)

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;D

This two page feature ran in "Big Daddy" Roth magazine in 1964:

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As you can see, it was the right query but Ed got the band wrong!

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Here's a great "live" video rendition of Jumping Jack Flash from 1968. Watch it before ABKCO gets it deleted again:

Rolling Stones Jumping Jack Flash LIVE '68 HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxq3kSFKkgU#)

Here's the classic but not often heard flip side of the single:

Rolling Stones - Psychedelic - Child of the Moon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJhxIO2BUM#ws)

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From the David Frost Show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCFZspCwkk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCFZspCwkk)

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I like the outfits the Stones wore for this Ed Sullivan Show performance:

36 The Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amklMQlQETc#)

Mick Jagger is pictured wearing the same jacket on the cover of the Got Live if You Want It! LP:

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A Rare Stones song that reeks of the the classic British invasion.
The Rolling Stones - Fortune Teller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igp5BEd-hnM#)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYTLJ8YHi4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYTLJ8YHi4)

Quote from: Hepcat on February 11, 2011, 12:42:54 PMHere are mine in chronological order:

The Last Time

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Paint It Black

Mother's Little Helper

We Love You

She's a Rainbow

Child of the Moon

Honky Tonk Women

Gimme Shelter

Harlem Shuffle

Mixed Emotions

Love Is Strong

I'm making a couple of changes since I first posted my list. Here's my new one:

The Last Time

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Paint It Black

Mother's Little Helper

We Love You

She's a Rainbow

Stray Cat Blues

Honky Tonk Women

Gimme Shelter

Harlem Shuffle

One Hit to the Body

Mixed Emotions

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1) Sympathy for the Devil
2) Brown Sugar
3) Satisfaction
4) Let's Spend the Night
5) It's Only Rock 'n Roll
6) Paint It Black
7) Jumpin' Jack Flash
8) Wild Horses
9) Start Me Up
10) Get Off My Cloud
11) Under My Thumb
12) She's So Cold

1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. Get Off My Cloud (my personal anthem..."Two's a crowd, on my cloud")
3. Rocks Off (starts "Exile" with a bang)
4. Gimme Shelter
5. When the Whip Comes Down
6. Under My Thumb (greatest sexist song ever)
7. Before They Make Me Run (best Keef song)
8. Live With Me (Let it Bleed was my first Stones record...probably my favorite)
9. Time is on My Side
10. Can't You Hear Me Knocking

This is hard as I love them so much. Sometimes I base my answer about which songs I want to play along with my bass or guitar.

Shattered
Wild Horses
Ruby Tuesday
Paint it Black
Time Waits for No-one
Beast of Burden
Waiting on a Friend
Miss You
Monkey Man
and so many more, I could go on and on - 

The Stones just released this album of early live recordings from appearances on BBC programs:

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Quote from: Hepcat on March 08, 2011, 03:27:51 PM
I'd recommend any of these compilations to younger fellows just now getting into the Stones:

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Hot Rocks was my first dip as far as buying a Stones album.

Hot Rocks is definitely the "go to" album for anyone just starting on The Stones. It has an incredible amount of classics without becoming overwhelming.

 Monkey Man is one my absolute favorite STONEs' songs

Quote from: marsattacks666 on January 08, 2018, 06:29:47 PM
Monkey Man is one my absolute favorite STONEs' songs

Let it Bleed was my first (and favorite) Stones album. It has such a down to earth vibe to it. The only '60s  Stones album I didn't care for was Satanic Majesty's Request. It was so pretentious, even Keith Richards calls it "a pile of sh*t". Everything else was pretty much godlike.

Quote from: Mord on January 09, 2018, 02:02:02 PMThe only '60s  Stones album I didn't care for was Satanic Majesty's Request. It was so pretentious, even Keith Richards calls it "a pile of sh*t".

Keep in mind though that artists themselves are not often very good judges of their own material. Keith Richards himself didn't like Satisfaction as recorded. He wanted to replace the fuzz box enhanced lead guitar with brass of all things! Keith was opposed to releasing Satisfaction the way it was recorded as a single but was outvoted by the other Stones.

:)

Too lazy to list 12, but my #1 song is Tumbling Dice.

JP

Quote from: Hepcat on January 09, 2018, 03:44:30 PM
Keep in mind though that artists themselves are not often very good judges of their own material. Keith Richards himself didn't like Satisfaction as recorded. He wanted to replace the fuzz box enhanced lead guitar with brass of all things! Keith was opposed to releasing Satisfaction the way it was recorded as a single but was outvoted by the other Stones.

:)

He was right about this. The Stones didn't have to follow the Beatles into the putrid psychedelic era. Pretentious, soulless, lacking in balls...what else? Sgt. Pepper itself was extremely overrated. "A Day in the Life" was the only song that rang true. Gimme "Exile on Main St." anytime.

Quote from: Mord on January 09, 2018, 05:39:40 PMHe was right about this. The Stones didn't have to follow the Beatles into the putrid psychedelic era. Pretentious, soulless, lacking in balls...what else?

Granted I much prefer the output of the Beatles from the 1963-66 years to their output from the 1967-70 years. But a lot of good music came out of the "psychedelic" era however defined. Among the bands I really like from that era are the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Spirit, Vanilla Fudge and Pink Floyd. Of course with the possible exception of the Doors I don't necessarily like everything those bands recorded.

With respect to Their Satanic Majesties Request specifically though, it was about the fifth Stones' album I bought but the first one I bought upon its release. Admittedly it was certainly the Rolling Stones' most experimental and thus controversial LP. It was critically panned for the most part upon its release and for years thereafter. Parts of it were painfully maudlin British dance-hall send-offs, e.g. Sing This All Together and On With the Show while other parts were nothing but self-indulgent, navel gazing crap, e.g. Gomper. The problem was that the band was not only distracted by the legal problems emanating from their drug busts, but they also lacked any semblance of the discipline required to do their jobs. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones just wandered into the studio whenever they felt like it and they brought an entourage of girlfriends and hangers-on with them. Their manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham found the job of getting the band members to focus and apply themselves in the studio to be completely beyond him and simply quit in disgust. In Mick Jagger's own words:

Quote from: Mick JaggerThere's a lot of rubbish on Satanic Majesties. Just too much time on our hands, too many drugs, no producer to tell us, "Enough already, thank you very much, now can we just get on with this song?" Anyone let loose in the studio will produce stuff like that. There was simply too much hanging around. It's like believing everything you do is great and not having any editing.

Indeed! Artists in any field need occasional or even frequent doses of discipline, whether self-imposed or externally imparted. Otherwise self-indulgence tends to creep into the mix with disastrous results.

But the LP still contained a bunch of really good tracks, ones I still very much enjoy today:

She's a Rainbow
2000 Light Years from Home
In Another Land
The Lantern
Citadel
2000 Man

I therefore think that Their Satanic Majesties Request is the Stones' most underrated album.

Quote from: Mord on January 09, 2018, 05:39:40 PMGimme "Exile on Main St." anytime.

I also bought Exile on Main Street upon its release and I was very much disappointed. I found it muddy, disjointed, overwrought with blaring annoying horns and rather than simply singing the songs, Jagger was playing games with his voice throughout trying to sound black or something. "Oh cut out the posturing Mick and just sing the song!" It's a double LP and I like a whopping total of one song, that being Torn and Frayed! I therefore have to say it's the Stones' most overrated album. Moreover Exile also served to usher in a three album nadir for the Stones which included Goat's Head Soup and then It's Only Rock 'n Roll.

In any event, here's how I rate the Stones' albums from the 20th century:

1. Flowers
2. December's Children
3. Rolling Stones Now
4. Sticky Fingers
5. Beggars' Banquet
6. Let It Bleed
7. Their Satanic Majesties Request
8. Some Girls
9. Steel Wheels 
10. Between the Buttons(U.S. release)
11. Voodoo Lounge
12. Dirty Work
13. Out of Our Heads
14. Tattoo You
15. Black and Blue
16. Emotional Rescue
17. Aftermath(U.S. release)
18. Bridges to Babylon
18. England's Newest Hitmakers
19. 12 x 5
20. Exile on Main Street
21. Goat's Head Soup
22. It's Only Rock 'n Roll
23. Undercover

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 We have completely opposite tastes. I hate every song on SMR except Citadel. I never considered Hendrix or the Doors psychedelic. They were  rock bands with an artistic edge. Sorry, but Sgt. Peppers kitchen-sink overproduction killed it for me. The White Album completely made up for it. THAT was brilliant. My favorite band, of that era, was the Velvet Underground.  They were innovative without being overbearing. Then, the Stooges, the MC5....all the way to Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Clash, Sex Pistols, Misfits, White Stripes (talk about stripped down). Of course, Dylan was the master of gimic- free production values. He would walk into a studio, and wind up with a masterpiece in a week or so. I must admit, all this talk is futile. Music, like politics and religion, are what many people are obsessively passionate about. You will always like what represents your mindset, and I will go back and blast my Ramones records. Fair enough?

Btw, Mick Jagger "trying to sound black or something" did not start with "Exile". You must have missed their first albums. The early Stones were ALL about black R&B, blues, soul, etc. Also, I thought the first few Beatles were too light and "boy-bandish" for me. I'll trade their hand-holding yeah, yeah, yeahs for the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" or the Who's "My Generation".

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 12:15:21 PMBtw, Mick Jagger "trying to sound black or something" did not start with "Exile".

You're right. His clowning around with his voice first cropped up on some of the tracks from Beggars Banquet. It wasn't too bad yet though.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 12:15:21 PMYou must have missed their first albums. The early Stones were ALL about black R&B, blues, soul, etc.

I did not miss those albums. I had them all before Beggars Banquet was released. And yes, the Stones covered lots of R&B, blues and soul songs on those albums. But Mick Jagger just sung them straight. He wasn't constricting his vocal cords trying to sound like some other guy. Listen. His singing is honest and straight forward in these early covers:

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tMg4bHrKI#)

Fortune Teller

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuLxiVqFyIQ#)

Congratulations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FCAu79pTE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FCAu79pTE)

Under the Boardwalk

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMeNC1IPUnQ#)

Off the Hook

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhcmuviICVY#)

You Better Move On

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Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 12:05:03 PMI never considered Hendrix or the Doors psychedelic.

That's because you decided a priori that you don't like psychedelic music. Therefore since you like the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Doors, they can't be psychedelic in your mind.

Well more so than any other band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience defined psychedelic rock in 1967. And the Doors were close behind. So you like some psychedelic music. Live with it.

C:)

Quote from: Hepcat on January 10, 2018, 01:05:12 PM

Well more so than any other band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience defined psychedelic rock in 1967. And the Doors were close behind. So you like some psychedelic music. Live with it.

C:)

I will not (just threw away all my Hendrix and Doors albums because of you).

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 12:05:03 PMWe have completely opposite tastes.... The White Album completely made up for it. THAT was brilliant.

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We really do have different tastes! I absolutely despise the Beatles' White Album! Most of it is middle-of-the-road pop pablum. It's full of maudlin British dance hall send-offs and painful self-indulgence. It's dead last on my list of Beatles' albums.

My three favourite Beatles' LPs are:

1. Rubber Soul
2. Beatles '65
3. Help(U.K. release)

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You are simply insane. Even Manson loved the White Album. You just prefer lightweight music. Who wouldn't love "Helter Skelter", Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Back in the U.S.S.R.", etc.?  The Beatles early sound was just too "girly" for me. Google "self indulgent" and you get pictures of the "Satanic Majesty's" and "Sgt. Peppers" lp covers.

It's interesting as well that most appraisals of Their Satanic Majesties Request conclude with this or a similar statement:

Quote from: WikipediaFollowing the album's release, the Rolling Stones abandoned their psychedelic style for a stripped-down return to their roots in blues music.

It's one of those inaccuracies that's so frequently repeated that it acquires a life of its own. Worse yet it comes to be regarded as true!

But the Stones absolutely, positively did NOT return to their roots as a band playing stripped down blues after their release of Their Satanic Majesties Request!

1. Yes, their 1968 LP Beggars Banquet contained a number of very bluesy tracks, e.g. Prodigal Son, Stray Cat Blues, Parachute Woman, etc. But the following tracks from 1968 were easily trippy enough to have been on Their Satanic Majesties Request:

Sympathy for the Devil
Salt of the Earth
Child of the Moon

2. And stripped down!!! What was so stripped down about their next three LPs? What was so stripped down about You Can't Always Get What You Want with its full-fledged boys' choir and all the (dreadful in my opinion) horns that started to appear on Sticky Fingers? In fact up to and including their 1969 tour the Stones appeared as a six piece with Ian Stewart off to the side on keyboards. Beginning in 1972 though they were forced to become a travelling circus with three or four horn players, about three backup singers and two keyboard players one of whom was manipulating the keys of a mellotron.

So stripped down blues after Their Satanic Majesties Request my ass! I want to strangle the dilettantes and merely casual Stones' fans who parrot this preposterous lie. I'd love to see a stripped down Stones band in concert these days, but methinks all my hope's in vain.

>:(

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 01:24:12 PMThe Beatles early sound was just too "girly" for me. Google "self indulgent" and you get pictures of the "Satanic Majesty's" and "Sgt. Peppers" lp covers.

When it comes to self-indulgent, the 8:22 in length Revolution 9 from the White Album takes the cake.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 01:24:12 PMYou just prefer lightweight music. Who wouldn't love "Helter Skelter", Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Back in the U.S.S.R.", etc.?

While Helter Skelter does have an edge, that's about all it has. And the rest of the White Album is maudlin and/or lightweight, especially in comparison to their earlier gems such as Rubber Soul and Revolver.

cl:)

Most of the Stones songs you mentioned (wjth the exemption of the heinous "Child of the Moon") were not psychedelic.  At one point, both bands discovered Dylan. He was the catalyst for the more intellectual approach to lyrics. The Stones best albums started with "Let it Bleed" and ended with the brilliantly alive "Some Girls". You never mention anything past the sixties. How about Bowie (caution, some horn use), Lou Reed, Clash, Sex Pistols. As a matter of fact, "Never Mind the Bullocks" is an example of perfection in rock n roll production. Chris Thomas sharpened the band into a sharp knife cutting through the excesses of the stale prog-rock flab. Why do you think that everybody is wrong, except yourself? Btw, "Flowers" was just an outtakes and b-sides  album released in the U.S.  to cash in on their success. Still, it was much better that SMR.

Quote from: Hepcat on January 10, 2018, 02:22:36 PM

So stripped down blues after Their Satanic Majesties Request my ass! I want to strangle the dilettantes and merely casual Stones' fans who parrot this preposterous lie. I'd love to see a stripped down Stones band in concert these days, but methinks all my hope's in vain.

>:(

I hope that I'M not being called a "casual Stones fan". I've owned every record from the first to "Tattoo You" (plus many bootlegs and singles). I've seen them live on many occasions starting with the '72 Exile tour. This is my 50th year as a Stones fan. You just may be the stick in the mud listening only to the mono stuff. I loved that and the harder edged 70s material. Mick Taylor was my favorite "fifth Stone".Their last album was a straight blues album. Even you might like it. My favorite British invasion band, though, were always The Kinks. Try to find one psychedelic bandwagon track on any of their albums.

Btw, what is your hang up with horns? Were you abused by a tuba as a child.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 01:24:12 PMYou are simply insane.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:35:53 PMBtw, what is your hang up with horns? Were you abused by a tuba as a child.

What the bloody hell is this? Why the personal insults when we're simply airing different opinions about music?

:o

Typically I don't like horns in rock music because I find them too overbearing in the context of rock.

cl:)

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMYou never mention anything past the sixties.

Oh come on! My personal Forty Licks selection that I posted on the first page of this thread had lots of tracks on it from after the sixties. Here's the present version:

Tell Me
It's All Over Now
Heart of Stone
The Last Time
Play with Fire
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
As Tears Go By
19th Nervous Breakdown
Paint It Black
Mother's Little Helper
Lady Jane
Out of Time
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Let's Spend the Night Together
Ruby Tuesday
Backstreet Girl
We Love You
She's a Rainbow
2000 Light Years from Home
2000 Man
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Child of the Moon
Sympathy for the Devil
Stray Cat Blues
Honky Tonk Women
Gimme Shelter
Midnight Rambler
Wild Horses
Brown Sugar
Bitch
Miss You
Beast of Burden
Shattered
She's So Cold
Start Me Up
Harlem Shuffle
One Hit to the Body
Mixed Emotions
Love Is Strong
Doom and Gloom

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMHow about Bowie (caution, some horn use), Lou Reed, Clash, Sex Pistols.

And never is a long time. Yes, I really like David Bowie, and I like Lou Reed and the Sex Pistols as well. I dislike the Clash though because I think they betrayed the nihilist spirit of punk by injecting a political element into their music.

Here moreover is a very quick list of other (largely) post-sixties rock artists I really like:

Jethro Tull
Blondie
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Roxy Music
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Santana
B-52's
Alice Cooper
Supertramp
Patti Smith Group
King Crimson
Gowan
Mott the Hoople
Goddo
Ramones
Bif Naked

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Quote from: Hepcat on January 10, 2018, 04:21:56 PM
What the bloody hell is this? Why the personal insult when we're simply airing different opinions about music?

:o

Typically I don't like horns in rock music because I find them too overbearing in the context of rock.

cl:)

What!?!? Pot meet kettle. You implied that I'm a dilettante and or casual Stones fan that should be strangled. You quote Wikipedia and ascribe that to me. What about the other great bands I mentioned? Have you even heard of them?  Thanks to Robert Allen Zimmerman's influence, Rubber Soul and Revolver heralded the new, improved Beatles era that would eventually bring about their masterpiece, "The White Album".

Quote from: Hepcat on January 10, 2018, 04:31:50 PM
Oh come on. My personal favourite Forty Licks that I posted on the first page of this thread had lots of tracks on it from after the sixties.

40 Licks doesn't even count as a proper Stones album. It's a greatest hits compilation.  It's just a grab bag of hits. Its unfair to compare them to a singular achievement. They are packaged to appeal to "casual fans" who are too lazy to get the original albums the tracks appeared on. How about post sixties artists? I mean bands beyond 1969....Nirvana, the Misfits, Bowie,  Mott the Hoople, the Ramones, the Clash, Sex Pistols etc.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMWhy do you think that everybody is wrong, except yourself?

And what pray tell is wrong with challenging conventional wisdom with contradictory evidence?

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMMost of the Stones songs you mentioned (wjth the exemption of the heinous "Child of the Moon") were not psychedelic.

Well the other two I mentioned in the same breath weren't back to the basics or blues either. Sympathy for the Devil with its African tribal drums and chimp noises "Oooooo, oooooo" would have actually fit very nicely into the spirit of Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMMick Taylor was my favorite "fifth Stone".

He's actually my least favourite fifth Stone. Quite simply the only Stones' album on which he was fully featured that I really like was his first one, Sticky Fingers. I didn't like the next three from Exile to It's Only Rock 'n Roll at all.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMTheir last album was a straight blues album. Even you might like it.

When did I say or even imply that I didn't like the blues? I have a good collection of blues albums, compilations and box sets. Check out some of the 21st century ones from Fat Possum Records:

(https://img.discogs.com/MCbuqKvESaEOhFSQujHVixWD4LM=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-9931538-1489815789-9139.jpeg.jpg)

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMBtw, "Flowers" was just an outtakes and b-sides  album released in the U.S.  to cash in on their success.

Irrelevant. Most of the tracks were on no other U.S./Canadian album and it was really good.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:30:53 PMYou just may be the stick in the mud listening only to the mono stuff.

Not so! I'm a hard-core stereo buff. And I particularly dote on hard left/hard right separation.

C:)

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 04:40:11 PMWhat!?!? Pot meet kettle. You implied that I'm a dilettante and or casual Stones fan that should be strangled.

You said I was "insane" before I made that post, and "dilettante" isn't much of an insult in comparison.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 04:40:11 PMWhat about the other great bands I mentioned? Have you even heard of them?

Yes. I addressed those artists and provided a short list of my own at the bottom of post #104. But you're throwing too many names for me to comment upon from one sentence to the next.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 04:52:56 PM40 Licks doesn't even count as a proper Stones album. It's a greatest hits compilation. It's just a grab bag of hits.

Yeah, so? I never compared the Forty Licks collection to anything. I simply listed the tracks I would have selected in compiling a Forty Licks box set to demonstrate that not all the Stones' tracks I like are from the sixties.

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What bands have you listened to beyond the late sixties?  1970 thru. 2018, name 'em. What are your views on iconic bands like Nirvana, Ramones, Clash, New York Dolls, Talking Heads, Bowie,  Misfits etc? As for mono vs stereo...
I much prefer mono when the original mix is supervised by the band in mono. I remember trading in my stereo "You Really Got Me" (Kinks album) to buy the stereo " upgrade". It was dreadful. The power of the original had been emasculated by some studio hack who had no idea what he was doing. They put ALL the music on one channel, then stuck vocals and handclaps/tambourine on the other. That happened  to early Stones, as well

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 05:41:05 PMWhat bands have you listened to beyond the late sixties?  1970 thru. 2018, name 'em.

Like I said, in post #104!

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 05:41:05 PMWhat are your views on iconic bands like Nirvana, Ramones, Clash, New York Dolls, Talking Heads, Bowie,  Misfits etc?

Nirvana - Dislike except for The Man Who Sold the World.
New York Dolls - No opinion.
Talking Heads - I like them a lot.
Misfits - No opinion, but I like the name. I might have to check them out.

But what's your point in throwing all these bands at me from one sentence to the next? How is any of this relevant to which Stones' (or even Beatles') albums are the best?

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Just checking the progression from past to present. What was the last mosh  pit  you got in the middle of? How do you feel about the Kardashians? Briefs or boxers? Compact or Sedan? Vampires or werewolves? The Kinks or the Who? Fender or Gibson? Monkeys or elephants? Pot or ecstasy? Clubs or stadiums? Nude female wrestling or football? Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins? Salad or pizza? Microwave or lawnmower. Software or hardcore. Tennis or handball? James Franco or Seth Rogan? Booze or pot? Heroin or cocaine? Vegetarian or carnivore? Black or grey? Snickers or Milky Way? How you answer these Will lead to a more accurate psych evaluation. Please answer the questions honestly and in pencil. I will submit your replies and have a psychological profile within the next few days. Will Keep findings confidential, if so required. Looking forward to your participation.  Good luck.

Quote from: Mord on January 10, 2018, 03:06:54 PMYou never mention anything past the sixties.

It's ironic that over the last fifteen years or so I've been disagreeing on various music forums with the contingent that says "The Stones haven't recorded anything good since 1972 (or else 1980)". In response I've been posting my list of all the post-1980 Stones' tracks I really like.

You on the other hand are criticizing me for liking too much of their early stuff. It seems that I always end up disagreeing with the extremists at either end.

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  This is only my personal opinion, mind you. From 63 to 67, the Stones were an incredible singles band. Classic hit after hit....incredible era. 68 brought their classic album period. Starting with Beggars Banquet and ending with the brilliant Some Girls, most of their  lps were excellent. My personal fave Stones albums are:
                     1.) Let it Bleed
                     2.) Exile on Main St.
                    3.) Sticky Fingers
                    4.) Beggars Banquet
                    5.) Some Girls
                    6.) Aftermath (14 track UK version)

   As a fellow Stones fan, you should understand how passionate we can be about their music. I don't mean you any personal insult. Let's just celebrate that we at least agree they've been an incredible force of nature, regardless of personal favorite phase.

Great thread. Of course I'm first and foremost a metal head, but if you're talking straight up Rock n Roll, then it doesn't get any better than the Stones as far as I'm concerned.

Rocks Off
Bitch
Can't You Hear me Knocking
Under my Thumb
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Let's Spend Night Together
Paint it Black
Angie
Tumbling Dice
Monkey Man
Thru and Thru
Street Fighting Man

Quote from: geezer butler on January 13, 2018, 06:01:00 PM
Great thread. Of course I'm first and foremost a metal head, but if you're talking straight up Rock n Roll, then it doesn't get any better than the Stones as far as I'm concerned.

Rocks Off
Bitch
Can't You Hear me Knocking
Under my Thumb
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Let's Spend Night Together
Paint it Black
Angie
Tumbling Dice
Monkey Man
Thru and Thru
Street Fighting Man

  GREAT LIST!  Most of my favorite tracks are there. You can't get a better opening to an album than "Rocks Off", then follow it with "Rip This Joint". "Bitch" is beyond classic. I can't get that riff out of my head ( pun intended).

Quote from: Mord on January 13, 2018, 09:54:37 PM
  GREAT LIST!  Most of my favorite tracks are there. You can't get a better opening to an album than "Rocks Off", then follow it with "Rip This Joint". "Bitch" is beyond classic. I can't get that riff out of my head ( pun intended).

Thanks man, love the Stones! I still can't believe Scorcese hasn't used "Bitch" in one of his films yet. I put "Thru and Thru" on the list as my wildcard choice.

Quote from: geezer butler on January 14, 2018, 08:18:46 PM
Thanks man, love the Stones! I still can't believe Scorcese hasn't used "Bitch" in one of his films yet. I put "Thru and Thru" on the list as my wildcard choice.

To be honest, that's the only song I'm not familiar with. It must be after " Some Girls". That's that last Stones album I liked. My wildcard song would be "Starf*ck*r" from Goats Head Soup ("Star Star" in the U.S). Cool track from a so so album.

Here's a good video of a great tune:

Honky Tonk Women (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0iLSCgMjvE)

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As far as "look" goes, I think the Stones were at their best in 1966. Here's Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow? from the Ed Sullivan Show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfpSdAJfac0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfpSdAJfac0)

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You Better Move On!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhcmuviICVY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhcmuviICVY)

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While fifty year anniversaries may seem to be a tremendous achievement for most bands (and people in general), to the Rolling Stones fifty years is much too pedestrian a benchmark to be meaningful. By 1964 the Stones were really rolling and here is a list of big 55th anniversaries to which fans of the band and music historians can look forward this year:

January 17 - Release of their first EP:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/RSEP1.jpg/220px-RSEP1.jpg)

February - Release of Not Fade Away which reached #3 on the U.K. charts thus becoming their first top ten hit in the U.K.

April 16 - Release of The Rolling Stones their first LP in the U.K.

May 30 - Release of the LP with the title expanded to The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) in the U.S.A.

June - Release of It's All Over Now the Stones' first #1 hit in the U.K.

June 3 - The Stones appear on Hollywood Palace hosted by Dean Martin, their first American television appearance:

https://youtu.be/a5LRyUAY3QQ (https://youtu.be/a5LRyUAY3QQ)

June 5 - The Stones kick off their first American concert tour with a show in San Bernardino, California. They open with Not Fade Away and the set includes the rarely heard Beautiful Delilah number:

https://youtu.be/dvrAQrGWfwI (https://youtu.be/dvrAQrGWfwI)

June 20 - The tour comes to an end with two shows at Carnegie Hall in New York.

September - Release of Time Is on My Side which reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard chart thus becoming their first top ten hit in the States.

October 25 - The Stones first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show:

https://youtu.be/Kb5hMrBAtf8 (https://youtu.be/Kb5hMrBAtf8)

Following the show Sullivan reputedly said "I promise you they'll never be back on our show. It took me seventeen years to build this show and I'm not going to have it destroyed in a matter of weeks." But after having a chance to look at the ratings he sent the Stones this message "Received hundreds of letters from parents complaining about you, but thousands from teenagers saying how much they enjoyed your performance."

October 29 - The Stones appear on the T.A.M.I. Show concert film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTKWojoWlU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTKWojoWlU#)

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So speaking of 50+ year anniversaries, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was filmed just over fifty years ago on 11 December 1968. The production was originally conceived by Mick Jagger as a concert show to be aired on the BBC to promote sales of the Stones' new Beggars Banquet LP. Performers included the Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull plus a "super" (disaster?) group called the Dirty Mac consisting of John Lennon (guitar & vocals), Eric Clapton (lead guitar), Keith Richards (bass), Mitch Mitchell (drums) and Yoko Ono (shrieks). The Stones had evidently considered Led Zeppelin for a part in the show but decided that Jethro Tull would be a more interesting act. The Stones were to be the closing act.

(https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-7766-107425464-624x420-1352348266.jpg?crop=900:600&width=440)

Filming started at 2:00 PM. The Who performed early on and they were tight, energetic and simply great overall. Nothing about the production went as smoothly as hoped though. Everything took much longer than expected and the Stones accompanied by pianist Nicky Hopkins didn't get to play until 5:00 AM the next morning. By this time the studio audience was exhausted and just wanted the show to end.*While Mick Jagger seemed able to continue on nervous energy, *otherwise the Stones were dead tired and Brian Jones in particular was zonked out and barely conscious, Moreover they hadn't played live since finishing up their European concert tour in the spring of 1967. The Stones didn't think their performance overall was up to par, especially compared to that of the Who.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msLpn4r-Zw0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msLpn4r-Zw0#)

They therefore shelved the project. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus didn't see the light of day until October 1996 when it was released as a historical document on video and as a CD. Here's the track list:

1.   "Mick Jagger's introduction of Rock and Roll Circus"       0:25
2.   "Entry of the Gladiators" (Julius Fučík)       0:55
3.   "Mick Jagger's introduction of Jethro Tull"       0:11
4.   "A Song for Jeffrey†" (Ian Anderson)   Jethro Tull   3:26
5.   "Keith Richards' introduction of The Who"       0:07
6.   "A Quick One, While He's Away" (Pete Townshend)   The Who   7:33
7.   "Over the Waves" (Juventino Rosas)       0:45
8.   "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (Homer Banks, Willie Dean "Deanie" Parker)   Taj Mahal   3:48
9.   "Charlie Watts' introduction of Marianne Faithfull"       0:06
10.   "Something Better" (Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann)   Marianne Faithfull   2:32
11.   "Mick Jagger's and John Lennon's introduction of The Dirty Mac"       1:05
12.   "Yer Blues" (Lennon–McCartney)   The Dirty Mac   4:27
13.   "Whole Lotta Yoko" (Yoko Ono)   The Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono, and Ivry Gitlis   4:49
14.   "John Lennon's introduction of The Rolling Stones/Jumpin' Jack Flash"   The Rolling Stones   3:35
15.   "Parachute Woman"   The Rolling Stones   2:59
16.   "No Expectations"   The Rolling Stones   4:13
17.   "You Can't Always Get What You Want"   The Rolling Stones   4:24
18.   "Sympathy for the Devil"   The Rolling Stones   8:49
19.   "Salt of the Earth"   The Rolling Stones   4:57

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The Stones evidently also performed Confessin' the Blues and Route 66 on stage that morning but these numbers didn't find their way onto the 1996 release.

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From Top of the Pops in late 1965 (I think):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ouOE4RvUc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ouOE4RvUc)

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Like a Rolling Stone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4)

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Here's a not often played B-side by the Stones from 1966:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dM286GOUMQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dM286GOUMQ)

Very bluesy and even Dylanesque!

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Some of my favorite tracks from-

Their Satanic Majesties Request-1967
Citadel
2000 Man
She's a Rainbow
2000 Light Years from Home

And they still be here to whizz on your flowers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPInSfh6H4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPInSfh6H4)

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Quote from: Hepcat on February 12, 2019, 12:06:19 AM
Like a Rolling Stone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4)

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The greatest song ever written, played by the greatest rock band ever. How could you go wrong? Though, the arrangement wasn't very original. Sounds just like Dylan's arrangement.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Here's a clip from Ready Steady Go! that I just discovered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViplM_LogzQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViplM_LogzQ)

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I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran twenty red lights in his honour. Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s#)

;D

I still enjoy this performance from the Ed Sullivan Show more than five decades later!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCoybioJ7M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCoybioJ7M)

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A great live performance of a rarely played album cut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p-RS3yq8B0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p-RS3yq8B0)

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Quote from: Hepcat on March 04, 2019, 11:46:01 PM
I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran twenty red lights in his honour. Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s#)

;D

I'm so glad "Some Girls" was released 40 years ago. Can you imagine what the pc police would have done to the Stones? They would have ended their career over some of the lyrics.

  "Black girls just wanna f*ck all night long, and I don't have that much jam"

I remember Garrett Morris on SNL retorting:
"Mick, where you finding all these black girls?"

Quote from: Mord on May 03, 2019, 02:00:16 PM
  I'm so glad "Some Girls" was released 40 years ago. Can you imagine what the pc police would have done to the Stones? They would have ended their career over some of the lyrics.

  "Black girls just wanna f*ck All night long, and I don't have that much jam"

I remember Garrett Morris on SNL retorting:
"Mick, where you finding all these black girls?"

Hey, Now!  :laugh:

Quote from: Mord on May 03, 2019, 02:00:16 PMI'm so glad "Some Girls" was released 40 years ago. Can you imagine what the pc police would have done to the Stones? They would have ended their career over some of the lyrics.

"Black girls just wanna f*ck all night long, and I don't have that much jam"

Hardly. The Rolling Stones have made a career out of rankling the straights/polite society from day one. At the start of their careers it was pretty easy. Being arrested for public urination with Mick Jagger remarking "We piss anywhere man!" served to get them front page coverage. But such shenanigans soon seemed very tame and they had to set the bar higher.

Ergo dressing up in drag for the rear sleeve of Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? in 1966:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Have%20You%20Seen_zpsxvm1kqnb.jpg)

And later that same year Brian Jones modelling an SS uniform in Anita's company:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Brian-Jones-Nazi-uniform_zpsqxeyctgt.jpg)

Talk about frothing outrage in the press!

Then of course their spoofing of U.K. passport terminology with the Their Satanic Majesties Request LP in 1967.

By 1975 though they had to resort to deliberately targetting whatever the cause du jour happened to be. Witness their advertising campaign for the Black and Blue LP:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Black%201_zpswn2dpshg.jpeg)

Of course they knew full well that their advertising displays would prompt enraged protests from women's groups and hand-wringers everywhere:

(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Black%202_zpssu908rde.jpg)

But the ensuing publicity is of course what the Stones wanted so they snickered all the way to the bank.

Then there's these widely condemned urinals patterned after the iconic Stones' logo designed by Dutch artist Meike van Schijndel:

(https://edge.alluremedia.com.au/uploads/businessinsider/2014/11/kisses2.jpg)

I was taken aback but bemused myself when I encountered these urinals in a Vilnius casino in 2003.

;D

These days though it's really easy for the Stones to offend the Establishment since it's now dominated by young people. All they have to do is continue rocking and count their money to elicit annoyed protests of "Why don't they retire?" from the younger generation.

:D

Those ad campaigns are over 40 years old (very cool, too). That wouldn't fly today. People are far too busy finding ways of being offended, to enjoy themselves.



Btw, when Keef dies, the world will end.

Quote from: Mord on May 07, 2019, 03:15:27 PMThose ad campaigns are over 40 years old (very cool, too). That wouldn't fly today. People are far too busy finding ways of being offended, to enjoy themselves.

Yes, but the Rolling Stones have always loved to offend people! They built their careers on the resulting attention. As they say in show business, any publicity is good publicity.

;)

I honestly can't remember the Stones doing anything offensive in at least 20 years. Not to argue, but they've become model citizens.

Sad but very true.

:(

Other than continuing to rock and thus thumbing their noses at the millennials who think they should retire to rocking chairs!

;D

Yes, it seems that electric guitars have been all but banned. Sad. I'll take one Jeff Beck solo over anything millennials have put out in the last 20 years.

Speaking of Jeff Beck this is an awesome performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5W6RXk6cY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5W6RXk6cY)

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 Damn! That was beyond great. I have no idea how he gets some of those sounds out of a guitar. The man has no equal.

Let's Spend the Night Together the way it was meant to be played!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQ1dkEMtVQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQ1dkEMtVQ)

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKBqw2bT63A

Here's a good article:

Most Controversial Rolling Stones Songs (https://mickandtheboys.weebly.com/most-controversial-stones-songs.html)

In reverse order:

10. Let's Spend the Night Together
9. Honky Tonk Women
8. Let It Bleed
7. Little T&A
6. Sparks Will Fly
5. I Go Wild
4. Some Girls
3. Under My Thumb
2. Star Star
1. Brown Sugar

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 05, 2019, 12:40:06 PM
Here's a good article:

Most Controversial Rolling Stones Songs (https://mickandtheboys.weebly.com/most-controversial-stones-songs.html)

In reverse order:

10. Let's Spend the Night Together
9. Honky Tonk Women
8. Let It Bleed
7. Little T&A
6. Sparks Will Fly
5. I Go Wild
4. Some Girls
3. Under My Thumb
2. Star Star
1. Brown Sugar

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Great article.

The Top Ten Rolling Stones Moments!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39tLtFub90 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39tLtFub90)

The list contains some inaccuracies, e.g. Ed Sullivan wanted to ban the Stones from further appearances on his show after their first appearance and not as a result of the 1967 appearance where they performed Let's Spend the Night Together. An interesting list nonetheless!

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Quote from: Hepcat on June 05, 2019, 12:40:06 PM
Here's a good article:

Most Controversial Rolling Stones Songs (https://mickandtheboys.weebly.com/most-controversial-stones-songs.html)

In reverse order:

10. Let's Spend the Night Together
9. Honky Tonk Women
8. Let It Bleed
7. Little T&A
6. Sparks Will Fly
5. I Go Wild
4. Some Girls
3. Under My Thumb
2. Star Star
1. Brown Sugar

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Fun fact, the real title of Star, Star is "Starf*cker". They had to change it for the American release. Prudish bastards.

The officially unreleased Schoolboy Blues is their naughtiest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4fUTuiURag (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4fUTuiURag)

;)

It was nearly fifty years ago on November 23rd during their late 1969 concert tour of the United States that the Rolling Stones made their final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. 

Evidently their "appearance" was something of a fraud:

Quote from: WikipediaGimme Shelter opened the show. The show closed with Love in Vain and Honky Tonk Women. The band mimed to prerecorded tracks and Jagger sang live. The performance was recorded at the CBS studios in Los Angeles and edited into the show to appear like they were in New York.

Nonetheless, here are clips of a couple of the songs they performed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P80uH3bwCt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UuCqt5-28

Incidentally it was during this tour that the Stones started billing themselves as "The greatest rock and roll band in the world!", a title first bestowed on the band by tour manager Sam Cutler at their concert in London's Hyde Park the previous July. Rock critic Robert Christgau would a few years later label this tour as "history's first mythic rock and roll tour".

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It was fifty years ago on the 6th of December that the infamous concert at the Altamont Speedway in California would bring the curtain down on flower power and the love generation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQzNtYsf5D4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQzNtYsf5D4#)

Compelling evidence indeed that hasty last minute planning of a free concert in California that would end up attracting 300,000 music fans and sundry LSD and amphetamine fuelled hippies, the budget driven hiring of drunken Hells Angels to provide security and a collection of rock bands including the Rolling Stones don't mix. Despite the resultant deaths including that of Meredith Hunter, things could have turned out even worse. Hunter was according to his own girlfriend enraged, irrational and "so high (on methamphetamines) that he could barely walk". Who did he intend to shoot with the revolver? Angels, Stones, or was he just going to start shooting?

Nonetheless it was fitting that the Rolling Stones who had made a career out of being the "bad boys of rock" were not just present but were key players at the denouement of the Woodstock generation.

:-\

December 1969 was also the month of release of the LP Let It Bleed which marked the demarcation point between the Brian Jones era of the Stones and the Mick Taylor era. Neither fellow played much on the LP. Brian Jones played autoharp on You Got the Silver and added percussion to Midnight Rambler but that was it. Mick Taylor meanwhile played guitar on Live With Me and slide guitar on Country Honk but that too was it.

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The LP contained several tracks still regarded as all-time classics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os#)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1SvYwkVtk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1SvYwkVtk#)

What's ironic is that back in their early years in 1963-64 the Stones had repeatedly insisted that they were not a rock band but a "rhythm 'n blues" band. Yet beginning with the 1966 release of Aftermath, the Stones had by December of 1969 released five LPs that had stretched the boundaries of rock music. They were of course also billing themselves as the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" by this time.

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Here's an excellent article on how and why the Stones have remained the "World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band" all these years:

World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band - Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/what-makes-the-rolling-stones-the-greatest-rock-roll-band-in-the-world-236192/)

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 I really love "Let it Bleed". It was the first non greatest hits Stones album I bought. I must agree that Mick, Keef, Charlie, etc.  WE'RE the greatest rock band ever. However, they are now a "legacy" band. They haven't released a great album in 40 years, but continue to put on incredible live shows. I never want them to quit. They ARE rock 'n' roll.

Quote from: Mord on December 04, 2019, 02:40:47 PM
I really love "Let it Bleed". It was the first non greatest hits Stones album I bought. I must agree that Mick, Keef, Charlie, etc.  WE'RE the greatest rock band ever. However, they are now a "legacy" band. They haven't released a great album in 40 years, but continue to put on incredible live shows. I never want them to quit. They ARE rock 'n' roll.

Mord. Again, I have to agree. I love that album. Let It Bleed in my opinion is fantastic studio album.

Quote from: marsattacks666 on December 11, 2019, 02:31:23 PM
Mord. Again, I have to agree. I love that album. Let It Bleed in my opinion is fantastic studio album.

I was listening to Monkey Man earlier tonight. Remember the scene in Goodfellas with that song? Classic.

I also listened to Heart of Stone earlier. I know it's not on Let it Bleed, but still great song.

Released 55 years ago in December 1964!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJmyIIFW6I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJmyIIFW6I)

And they're still rocking! Or is it rhythm and bluesing?

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It was 55 years ago on 31 December 1964 that the T.A.M.I. Show hit movie theater screens across the United States:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_TAMI_Show.jpg)

The footage for the concert film had been taken from concerts held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28th and 29th.

The release of the T.A.M.I. Show would prove to be a watershed moment in the Rolling Stones' climb to superstardom. While the Stones were already nipping at the heels of the Beatles in United Kingdom popularity polls, they were just one of many British Invasion bands here in North America. In fact the Stones may have been about fifth in popularity in the United States at the time when it came to British Invasion bands, well behind the Beatles and the Dave Clark Five and just below the Animals and Gerry & the Pacemakers.

But that changed after the release of the T.A.M.I. Show. The Stones had in October been given the unenviable task of closing out the show right after the performance of James Brown & the Famous Flames:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqM4lZGiK0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqM4lZGiK0#)

Now how were the Stones to top that? Well they pulled out all stops in trying. The Stones had previously done little more than stand there and play (like the Beatles) in their concerts. But coming on after James Brown at the T.A.M.I. Show they did their best to copy his showmanship. Mick Jagger in particular did his best to add more lively dance moves to his repertoire as lead singer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkqs1_laf4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkqs1_laf4#)

And it worked! The Stones' popularity in the States absolutely exploded in 1965.

My older sister and I took in the T.A.M.I. Show at a theater in downtown Detroit in early 1965. Unfortunately I can't say that any of the individual performances stuck out for me and I quickly forgot which artists I had seen that day. All I remembered was that the movie was fun!

Then sometime one afternoon around 1974-75 I was watching clips from the T.A.M.I. show on the TV in the living room. My very old school father (who already happened to be fairly drunk) ducked in from the dining room to see what I was watching. The Rolling Stones were playing I'm Alright. One disgusted glance at the TV was all it took for him to retreat back to the dining room with the concise appraisal "Like s__t you alright!" Say what you will about our parents' generation, but they could be plain-spoken and frank.

;)

The Stones are still at it! Here's their very timely new single released yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNPNweSbp8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNPNweSbp8#)

I really like it! It's both bluesy and funky. Good harp too.

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Quote from: Hepcat on April 24, 2020, 06:07:19 PM
The Stones are still at it! Here's their very timely new single released yesterday:

I listened to it earlier today. Good tune!

Agggghhhh!!!! This ALOK remix destroys the track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uugtB0S_Km8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uugtB0S_Km8#)

It's horrible!

>:(

Here's an unreleased early gem(?) by the Stones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6fq9yvNTo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6fq9yvNTo)

;)

One of my very favourite pictures of the Rolling Stones is from the rear sleeve of the Got Live if You Want It! LP:

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/GotLive_zpsedea7e34.jpg)

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The Rolling Stones have released a couple of tracks they recorded back in 1973 during their Goat's Head Soup sessions as new singles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpGnZmGWBk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpGnZmGWBk#)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0COtEG-TM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0COtEG-TM#)

Jimmy Page guests on Scarlet.

Both forgettable in my opinion. They embody precisely what I don't like about their last two LPs during the Mick Taylor era (Goat's Head Soup and It's Only Rock 'n Roll), that being jangling guitars without any kind of a hook taking the tracks anywhere.

Quite the come down from the Living in a Ghost Town single they released in April I'd say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9rQ_qmWFU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9rQ_qmWFU#)

:-\

Here's a cool video of the Stones performing Sympathy for the Devil from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus concert show:

Sympathy for the Devil (https://youtu.be/Jwtyn-L-2gQ)

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Great song, but a positively bizarre video in the style of the day:

Salt of the Earth (https://youtu.be/n06f6et66NQ)

Taken from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV special of 1968.

:-\

Here's another good one taken from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV special of 1968:

Parachute Woman (https://youtu.be/xhnHGHukoUI)

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Here's another good one taken from the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV special of 1968:

Jumpin' Jack Flash (https://youtu.be/ruTMp4_sy1E)

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Here's who's left from the Rolling Stones performing 19th Nervous Breakdown in St. Louis on 26 September 2021:

Rolling Stones - St. Louis (https://youtu.be/QN_EyoAxO1M)

:)

Mick Jagger 'Went Unnoticed' at a North Carolina Dive Bar (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mick-jagger-dive-bar/) 

Keeping it real at the Thirsty Beaver in the face of modern urban encroachment:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Thirsty_Beaver.jpg)

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/thirsty-beaver-exterior.jpg)

No wonder Mick went there. I mean how could you not?

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Interesting that Brown Sugar which the Rolling Stones dropped from their concert setlists for their autumn 2021 tour of the States is still the song they've played the second most in concert:

Setlist Totals - Rolling Stones (https://www.setlist.fm/stats/the-rolling-stones-bd6ad22.html)

What interests me more than the top songs though is the ones they've played a dozen times or less right at the bottom of the list. Some of those are the ones I'd now request.

;)

Eric Burdon Reviews Between the Buttons (https://youtu.be/6vqoRUpoeNY)

Interesting! Between the Buttons is one of my favourite Stones' LPs.

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The Stones' most outlandish attempt to offend the straightlaced was probably this LP that they had planned to release in early 1966:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/cover600.jpg)

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rolling_Stones-Could_You_Walk_On_The_Water.jpg)

Side A

1. 19th Nervous Breakdown
2. Sad Day
3. Take It or Leave It
4. Think
5. Mother's Little Helper

Side B

6. Goin' Home
7. Sittin' on a Fence
8. Doncha Bother Me
9. Ride on, Baby
10. Looking Tired

Decca took one look at the  Could You Walk on the Water? title though and flatly refused to release any record with that name.

;D

Some of the pictures from that photo shoot ended up on their Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) compilation while many of the tracks intended for the stillborn LP ended up on Aftermath.

:)

The Stones' new single:

Angry (https://youtu.be/_mEC54eTuGw?si=jKUeMWvtlWB1CjwH)

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Here's a good article on the Stones' new LP Hackney Diamonds scheduled for release on October 20th:

(https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-new-album-hackney-diamonds-1234819173/)Hackney Diamonds - Rolling Stone; 6 September 2023

And here's the interview with Jimmy Fallon wherein the Angry single was launched:

Rolling Stones with Jimmy Fallon (http://www.youtube.com/live/NSzJhzfDtS4?si=_gEtvdYnrzHSMoE2)

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So Keith Richards turned 80 on December 18th. With Mick Jagger having reached that milestone five months ago, that leaves only new guy Ron Wood not yet an octogenarian. Ron of course has only been with the band for 48 years so understandably he needs a bit more time to catch up.

Bite My Head Off (https://youtu.be/Mrjv_i_lVwo?si=CmCwp6PxeVEiebsz)

Incidentally, tickets for their 2024 spring tour of North America are now on sale.

;)

Gimme Shelter
Tumbling Dice
Satisfaction
Get Off Of My Cloud
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Bitch
Wild Horses
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Ruby Tuesday
Honky Tonk Women
Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's All Over Now

After two singles, it was sixty years ago this month that the Rolling Stones released an EP entitled The Rolling Stones:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/.highres/rollingstones_5x5_zps4a46626d.jpg)

It contained these tracks:

Side One

1. Bye Bye Johnny (Chuck Berry) 2:09
2. Money (Berry Gordy/Janie Bradford) 2:31

Side Two

3. You Better Move On (Arthur Alexander) 2:39
4. Poison Ivy (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) 2:06

Here's the audio:

The Rolling Stones EP (https://youtu.be/X-iDfHkiA3Y?si=l_P68PwOH3ccbhQ6)

Now over sixty years later the Stones "Hackney Diamonds" tour of the United States is scheduled to kick off in late April.

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It was just over sixty years ago on 21 February 1964 that the Rolling Stones released the single Not Fade Away which became their first Top Ten hit in the United Kingdom by reaching #3 on the hit charts:

Not Fade Away (https://youtu.be/ozDTt53dKBc?si=AoZ-VS2htGZFCcBV)

On 6 March 1964 it was also released in the United States backed up by I Wanna Be Your Man thus becoming the Stones' first single to be released in the U.S. It got to only #48 on the American Billboard chart though.

But here sixty years later and the Stones are still rolling!

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It's now been over sixty years since the Rolling Stones released their self-titled first LP in the United Kingdom on 17 April 1964.

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/26-The-Rolling-Stones-1964.png)

Here are the tracks:

Side One

1.   "Route 66"
2.   "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
3.   "Honest I Do"
4.   "Mona (I Need You Baby)"
5.   "Now I've Got a Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene)"

Total length:   15:27

Side Two

1.   "I'm a King Bee"
2.   "Carol"   Chuck Berry
3.   "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)"
4.   "Can I Get a Witness"
5.   "You Can Make It If You Try"
6.   "Walking the Dog"

Total length:   17:19

It got to #1 in both the United Kingdon and Australia meaning the Stones were already big time across the waves.

And they just kicked off another American tour two days ago in Houston! They performed this classic from 1966 which they'd never previously done in the States:
 

Next stop for the Stones is on May 2nd at the New Orléans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Too cool!

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The Rolling Stones' first concert tour of the United States took place from 5 June 1964 to 20 June 1964. The Stones are currently touring North America again over sixty years later! They'll be playing in Chicago's Soldier Field tomorrow evening.

It was also just over sixty years ago that they recorded It's All Over Now at Chess Studios in Chicago on June 10th. It was released on June 26th. Though it peaked at only #26 in the States, it became their first #1 hit in the United Kingdom.


Sixty years is a long time for a band to keep rocking!

 8)

It was just over sixty years ago on 25 September 1964 that the Rolling Stones' first rendition of Time Is on My Side was released in the United States:


It became their first Top Ten hit in the States as it got to #6 on the Billboard chart. Undeterred by their chart success, the Rolling Stones re-recorded the track on 8 November 1964 at Chess Studios in Chicago:


This second "tighter" version was included on their second U.K. LP The Rolling Stones No. 2 which was released 15 January 1965.

 8)

If I had to pick a single date when the Rolling Stones exploded in popularity in the United States, it would have been just over sixty years ago on 25 October 1964 when the Stones made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show:


Old Ed was appalled, but record buying teens from one end of the country to the other were enthralled.

 ;)