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Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Fischman — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:43:57 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/24/2018 17:43

sethmadsen wrote:

Some girls is actually like my second favorite album of theirs. Like Romanelli said, much of the album is very solid. Sure it doesn't have their greatest songs, or might be stylistically different, but overall probably has a track for track better consistency of solid songs than most of their albums.

Agreed. Maybe not quite second in my book, but still a very worthwhile and enjoyable album through and through.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

RoundTheBend — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:42:16 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/24/2018 03:42

Some girls is actually like my second favorite album of theirs. Like Romanelli said, much of the album is very solid. Sure it doesn't have their greatest songs, or might be stylistically different, but overall probably has a track for track better consistency of solid songs than most of their albums.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Fischman — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:20:48 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/23/2018 14:20

Romanelli wrote:

Actually, I think that Black And Blue sitting on BEA as the 18th best Stones album (behind even a pair of compilations and a live album) is about right. Even a bit generous. The album is the sound of a band floundering: Mick Taylor had just left, and it's basically a vinyl audition for a new guitar player, between Ron Wood (3 tracks), Wayne Perkins (3 tracks), and Harvey Mandel (2 tracks). "Memory Motel" is not bad, and "Fool To Cry" is pretty good...but "Hot Stuff" is inferior to the disco of "Miss You", and two attempts at reggae and the sheer blandness of the rest (not to mention failing to give songwriting credits on two songs, one each to Wood and Billy Preston) makes this the first real indication that the Stones were running on empty. This album ranks below even the exceptionally bland Emotional Rescue for a reason.

Some Girls is infinitely better...and THAT'S the last gasp of the great Stones. Wood becomes a full member, and they sound inspired and solid...not meandering and bland like on Black And Blue.

Yes...Some Girls is the beginning of the "new" Stones sound. But it's also the one place where they got it exactly right. And the songs are far and away better than Black And Blue. It has better energy, better songs, better playing, better everything.

Very well put.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:50:10 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/23/2018 12:50

I thought of a few that I do like after 1976. Little T&A, Hang Fire and Undercover of the Night. I don't know why I like that one, but I do.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:36:22 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/23/2018 12:36

Romanelli wrote:

I like Memory Motel, Hand of Fate, Fool to Cry , and Crazy Mama. The rest suck. What I meant is, to me, they were the last songs they did that sounded like the old Rolling Stones to me. I like it better than It's Only Rock and Roll though.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Romanelli — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:28:12 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/23/2018 12:28

Actually, I think that Black And Blue sitting on BEA as the 18th best Stones album (behind even a pair of compilations and a live album) is about right. Even a bit generous. The album is the sound of a band floundering: Mick Taylor had just left, and it's basically a vinyl audition for a new guitar player, between Ron Wood (3 tracks), Wayne Perkins (3 tracks), and Harvey Mandel (2 tracks). "Memory Motel" is not bad, and "Fool To Cry" is pretty good...but "Hot Stuff" is inferior to the disco of "Miss You", and two attempts at reggae and the sheer blandness of the rest (not to mention failing to give songwriting credits on two songs, one each to Wood and Billy Preston) makes this the first real indication that the Stones were running on empty. This album ranks below even the exceptionally bland Emotional Rescue for a reason.

Some Girls is infinitely better...and THAT'S the last gasp of the great Stones. Wood becomes a full member, and they sound inspired and solid...not meandering and bland like on Black And Blue.

Yes...Some Girls is the beginning of the "new" Stones sound. But it's also the one place where they got it exactly right. And the songs are far and away better than Black And Blue. It has better energy, better songs, better playing, better everything.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

RoundTheBend — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 23:45:37 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/23/2018 03:45

RE: Overrated and underrated
Yeah - I'd agree the songs are probably overrated. If it makes my heart sing, I have no problem giving it a 100. And the 85 is basically anything that is considered "good", but not mediocre, but definitely not great. What's in between those is probably your guess is as good as mine. haha.

As far as their albums being underrated, I agree and I disagree. I'm clearly a stones fan, but I also don't think they made too many great/perfect albums. I agree with your stretch from about 68 to 72 or whatever... amazing output, but a good chunk of those albums have some songs on them that fall flat... idk. This is my opinion of course. And some people don't care about a single bad song or two - if the rest of it is top notch, well then it's great. Somehow my brain doesn't allow for a couple bad songs to be considered great. Anyway... that's my theory, is if this were a song site, they'd rank way higher than they do as album makers.

RE: Bases Covered
Basically I went through a good chunk (if not all their albums?) a few years ago and rated them in the moment I listened to them. Then I just exported the csv from my ratings, sorted it and shared it here.

RE: Multiple songs

Yeah, I noticed that after I posted and then didn't care... haha - what it is is that those songs show up on best of records or live records, and so there's the duplicates. If there's a difference in the scores, then that's likely I was in a different mood at the time or it's a live version and not as good, or vice versa, the live version is better.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

dihansse — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:56:35 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 03/22/2018 20:56

sethmadsen wrote:

Songs I rated 85 and above:

Tumbling Dice by The Rolling Stones 100
Midnight Rambler by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones 100
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones 100
Sway by The Rolling Stones 100
Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones 100
Can't You Hear Me Knocking by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones 100
Miss You by The Rolling Stones 100
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) by The Rolling Stones 100
Beast Of Burden by The Rolling Stones 100
Shattered by The Rolling Stones 100
Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 100
Play With Fire by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 100
Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones 100
19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones 100
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones 100
Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones 100
Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones 100
Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
Midnight Rambler [Live] by The Rolling Stones 100
You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones 100
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones 100
Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones 100
Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones 100
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 100
She's A Rainbow by The Rolling Stones 100
It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It) by The Rolling Stones 100
Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones 100
Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones 100
No Use In Crying by The Rolling Stones 100
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 100
Heart Of Stone by The Rolling Stones 100
Rocks Off by The Rolling Stones 95
Rip This Joint by The Rolling Stones 95
Shake Your Hips by The Rolling Stones 95
Casino Boogie by The Rolling Stones 95
She's So Cold by The Rolling Stones 95
Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones 95
Sweet Neo Con by The Rolling Stones 95
Loving Cup by The Rolling Stones 90
Ventilator Blues by The Rolling Stones 90
Bitch by The Rolling Stones 90
Moonlight Mile by The Rolling Stones 90
Jigsaw Puzzle by The Rolling Stones 90
Prodigal Son by The Rolling Stones 90
Factory Girl by The Rolling Stones 90
When The Whip Comes Down by The Rolling Stones 90
Till The Next Goodbye by The Rolling Stones 90
Fingerprint File by The Rolling Stones 90
The Last Time by The Rolling Stones 90
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 90
Heart Of Stone by The Rolling Stones 90
Play With Fire by The Rolling Stones 90
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones 90
Let's Spend The Night Together by The Rolling Stones 90
Harlem Shuffle by The Rolling Stones 90
Back Of My Hand by The Rolling Stones 90
Ain't Too Proud To Beg by The Rolling Stones 90
Rock And A Hard Place by The Rolling Stones 90
Little T&A by The Rolling Stones 90
Route 66 by The Rolling Stones 90
Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones 90
I'm Free by The Rolling Stones 90
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones 90
Down The Road Apiece by The Rolling Stones 90
Pain In My Heart by The Rolling Stones 90
Happy by The Rolling Stones 85
I Just Want To See His Face by The Rolling Stones 85
Soul Survivor by The Rolling Stones 85
Live With Me by The Rolling Stones 85
Monkey Man by The Rolling Stones 85
I Got The Blues by The Rolling Stones 85
No Expectations by The Rolling Stones 85
Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones 85
Some Girls by The Rolling Stones 85
Lies by The Rolling Stones 85
Respectable by The Rolling Stones 85
Flip The Switch by The Rolling Stones 85
Rough Justice by The Rolling Stones 85
Rain Fall Down by The Rolling Stones 85
She Saw Me Coming by The Rolling Stones 85
Sweethearts Together by The Rolling Stones 85
Slave by The Rolling Stones 85
Heaven by The Rolling Stones 85
She Said Yeah by The Rolling Stones 85
Hey Negrita by The Rolling Stones 85

Hi Seth, it looks like a long list but I think you mentioned some tracks two times (Brown Sugar, Get Off My Cloud and many others), three times (Gimme Shelter) and Sympathy For the Devil even four times 😉
But still a very good list and most of these tracks are indeed very good.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

badseed — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:29:40 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 03/22/2018 20:29

sethmadsen wrote:

Wow. That's a lot of high scores. Either we rate differently or you're a Stones superfan. Don't think I even have that many Nick Cave songs that highly rated and I worship him. Still most of those 100s are hella classic and there's quite a few great songs that didn't even show up on your list. The Stones may be a bit overrated in the grand scheme of things but they're definitely underrated here on the forums (I'd say their BEA chart rankings more accurately reflects their greatness than just about anywhere else). That run from Banquet to Exile is just about as good a streak of albums as you'll get from any mainstream rock band and to this day they're still a great live act.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:07:54 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/22/2018 18:07

sethmadsen wrote:

Damn. You got all the bases covered. Heh heh.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

RoundTheBend — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:10:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/22/2018 03:10

Songs I rated 85 and above:

Tumbling Dice by The Rolling Stones 100
Midnight Rambler by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones 100
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones 100
Sway by The Rolling Stones 100
Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones 100
Can't You Hear Me Knocking by The Rolling Stones 100
Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones 100
Miss You by The Rolling Stones 100
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) by The Rolling Stones 100
Beast Of Burden by The Rolling Stones 100
Shattered by The Rolling Stones 100
Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 100
Play With Fire by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 100
Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones 100
19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones 100
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones 100
Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones 100
Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones 100
Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones 100
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones 100
Midnight Rambler [Live] by The Rolling Stones 100
You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones 100
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones 100
Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones 100
Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones 100
Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones 100
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones 100
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 100
She's A Rainbow by The Rolling Stones 100
It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It) by The Rolling Stones 100
Mother's Little Helper by The Rolling Stones 100
Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones 100
No Use In Crying by The Rolling Stones 100
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 100
Heart Of Stone by The Rolling Stones 100
Rocks Off by The Rolling Stones 95
Rip This Joint by The Rolling Stones 95
Shake Your Hips by The Rolling Stones 95
Casino Boogie by The Rolling Stones 95
She's So Cold by The Rolling Stones 95
Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones 95
Sweet Neo Con by The Rolling Stones 95
Loving Cup by The Rolling Stones 90
Ventilator Blues by The Rolling Stones 90
Bitch by The Rolling Stones 90
Moonlight Mile by The Rolling Stones 90
Jigsaw Puzzle by The Rolling Stones 90
Prodigal Son by The Rolling Stones 90
Factory Girl by The Rolling Stones 90
When The Whip Comes Down by The Rolling Stones 90
Till The Next Goodbye by The Rolling Stones 90
Fingerprint File by The Rolling Stones 90
The Last Time by The Rolling Stones 90
Time Is On My Side by The Rolling Stones 90
Heart Of Stone by The Rolling Stones 90
Play With Fire by The Rolling Stones 90
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones 90
Let's Spend The Night Together by The Rolling Stones 90
Harlem Shuffle by The Rolling Stones 90
Back Of My Hand by The Rolling Stones 90
Ain't Too Proud To Beg by The Rolling Stones 90
Rock And A Hard Place by The Rolling Stones 90
Little T&A by The Rolling Stones 90
Route 66 by The Rolling Stones 90
Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones 90
I'm Free by The Rolling Stones 90
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones 90
Down The Road Apiece by The Rolling Stones 90
Pain In My Heart by The Rolling Stones 90
Happy by The Rolling Stones 85
I Just Want To See His Face by The Rolling Stones 85
Soul Survivor by The Rolling Stones 85
Live With Me by The Rolling Stones 85
Monkey Man by The Rolling Stones 85
I Got The Blues by The Rolling Stones 85
No Expectations by The Rolling Stones 85
Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones 85
Some Girls by The Rolling Stones 85
Lies by The Rolling Stones 85
Respectable by The Rolling Stones 85
Flip The Switch by The Rolling Stones 85
Rough Justice by The Rolling Stones 85
Rain Fall Down by The Rolling Stones 85
She Saw Me Coming by The Rolling Stones 85
Sweethearts Together by The Rolling Stones 85
Slave by The Rolling Stones 85
Heaven by The Rolling Stones 85
She Said Yeah by The Rolling Stones 85
Hey Negrita by The Rolling Stones 85

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Fischman — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:17:25 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/21/2018 22:17

bobbyb5 wrote:

THESE WERE THE TOP VOTE-GETTERS

Gimme Shelter.... 18
Sympathy for the Devil... 11
She's a Rainbow... 11
Paint It Black... 10
Wild Horses... 8
Street Fighting Man... 8
You Can't Always Get What You Want... 7
Jumpin Jack Flash... 6
Tumbling Dice... 6
Brown Sugar... 5
2000 Light Years From Home... 5
Ruby Tuesday...5
Honky Tonk Women...4
Satisfaction... 4
Miss You...4

And nothing else got more than 3..

And I was pleased that 8 of my picks turned out to be in the overall top 10. Not really surprised but pleased.

Actually there is one thing that surprised me. Not surprised, more like shocked: Happy didn't get any votes besides mine. And considering that Exile on Main Street is their highest rated album, none of its songs got very many votes. Tumbling Dice is the only song that got more than one vote. I think that's weird.

Happy was one of a few songs that I struggled to find a place for and just couldn't get it there.

And that's kind of the amazing thing about Exile. It's got lots of songs at that level. So while it may not have a Gimme Shelter, it is chock full of next tier songs, so as an overall album, it can still score quite high.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:12:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2018 11:12

bobbyb5 wrote:

Will58 wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

It would still only bring it up to two votes for Happy. I didn't put down anything that had less than 3 votes. it's actually my favorite of anything they did in the entire seventies. And I really don't like anything they did after 1976.

Yup - they should have stopped right there...

CORRECTION - they should've stopped after Mick Taylor left...

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:55:02 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/21/2018 10:55

Will58 wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Yup - they should have stopped right there...

Actually there is one they did after 76 that I really really like. Hang Fire. And I can definitely understand people thinking Some Girls is great. But to me they were just too different by then.
It just didn't sound like the Rolling Stones anymore. Sounded like something else. In my mind, the last great songs of the old Rolling Stones was three or four on black and blue. And then they became the new stones.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:43:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2018 10:43

bobbyb5 wrote:

Yup - they should have stopped right there...

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:29:43 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/21/2018 10:29

[quote="Will58"]Bobbyb5 - You're right - I was just thinking on the train this morning - I'd bring Happy in to my Top 10 at the expense of Country Honk - if it's not too late...

Obviously Gimme Shelter was always gonna win. Beatles soo much better then Stones, but Gimme Shelter as good as anything Beatles ever did (except Strawberry Fiels Forever)

It would still only bring it up to two votes for Happy. I didn't put down anything that had less than 3 votes. it's actually my favorite of anything they did in the entire seventies. And I really don't like anything they did after 1976.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:11:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/21/2018 10:11

Bobbyb5 - You're right - I was just thinking on the train this morning - I'd bring Happy in to my Top 10 at the expense of Country Honk - if it's not too late...

Obviously Gimme Shelter was always gonna win. Beatles soo much better then Stones, but Gimme Shelter as good as anything Beatles ever did (except Strawberry Fields...)

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

bobbyb5 — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:46:37 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/20/2018 18:46

StreetSpirit wrote:

^^^Welp, the results were posted while I was making my list, hah.

Ok. 2 people posted lists while I was adding them up, so I'm going to go back and add those ones in too.

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

dihansse — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:32:27 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 03/20/2018 18:32

Here’s my fairly long list:

Gimme shelter
She’s A Rainbow
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Sympathy For The Devil
Street Fighting Man
Miss You
2000 Lightyears From Home
Waiting On A Friend
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Honky Tonk Women
Angie
Star Star
Time Waits For No One
It’s Only Rock’n Roll (But I Like It)
She’s So Cold
Emotional Rescue
Sad Sad Sad
Can’t Be Seen
Continental Drift
The Last Time
Get Off My Cloud
As Tears Go By
Paint It, Black
Ruby Tuesday
We Love You

Re: What are the Top 10 Rolling Stones songs???

CA Dreamin — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:16:54 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/20/2018 18:16

^^^Welp, the results were posted while I was making my list, hah.