Your favourite Rolling Stones songs.

[TheTecknician]

I'll preface this by saying I'm only familiar with the band's singles so I can’t accurately comment on the tracks from their extensive album back catalogue. But, if you can, go for it. My three in no particular order are:

Angie
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Honky Tonk Women

I didn't really hear much pop or rock music growing up. My lovely stepmom was a fan though, and I'd heard all the songs mentioned above, she always listened to music and Stones were her favorite. Reading the song names above...I miss her so much!

Moonlight Mile
Sympathy for the Devil.
You got the silver

I can't hear the name Angie without singing 'Aaaaauuunnnnngiiiiee'

Before they make me run
Happy
Beast of Burden
Waiting on a friend

Love all of those and Before they make me run has brilliant lyrics including

"I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well"

"booze and pills and poweders, gotta chose your medicine"

Classic Keith, such a cool witty man.

I really like Ride on baby from their much earlier days, same sort of vicious, put down dismissive lyrics as 19th Nervous Breakdown and Under My Thumb, yes they are sexist lyrics but as it the Stones I forgive them!

this one is fun

Beast of Burden
Wild Horses
Angie

Happy
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar

Angie
Paint it Black

Paint It Black is brilliant.

Honourable mentions for

Jumpin Jack Flash
Let's Spend The Night Together
Have You Seen Your Mother
Under My Thumb
It's All Over Now
19th Nervous Breakdown
Sympathy For The Devil
Mother's Little Helper

Mother's Little Helper
Angie
She's a Rainbow

From their Black and Blue Album - Memory Motel
Angie
Fool to Cry
Paint it Black

I know you said 3, I had trouble whittling them down to 4!!

Not Fadeaway
The Last Time
Lady Jane
Emotional Rescue
Sympathy for the Devil
Paint It Black
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby

Midnight Rambler
Under my Thumb
Lady Jane.
Small brag, I still have Mono versions of these. Really raw sounds.

Not quite Rolling Stones but I quite liked 'A New Fashion' by Bill Wyman. I preferred it to 'Si, Si, Je Suis Un Rock Star' which was a little too novelty for my taste.

The best 'non-Stones, Stones song' has to be Memo From Turner, from the soundtrack of Performance.

Agreed, what a great song! It’s worth seeking out the alternative version with Traffic (well, Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi) providing the backing. As much as I love Ry Cooder’s slide playing, Winwood edges it for me.

Let's have an honourable mention for Cocksucker Blues, they owed Decca a song when they left the label, so they deliberately did this one secure in the knowledge that it was too obscene to be released

She's a Rainbow
Come On
Paint it Black
Time is on My Side
Out of Time (although think I actually prefer the Chris Farlowe version)

Their earlier stuff, generally.

Paint it black

Angie

wild horses.
you can’t always get what you want

Time is on my side

None of them. My sibling played them on a daily basis growing up and I can't listen to them ever again 😂

Especially not the one that goes whoop woo.

Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Paint It Black
Can’t You hear me knocking
Brown Sugar as my dad always does his Mick Jagger dance to it