In this thread I rank my favorite Rolling Stones songs: 204-1: Four Musketeers Get Their Ya-Yas Out (1 Viewer)

[Dr. Octopus]

99. That's How Strong My Love Is

Year: 1965

US Album: Out of Our Heads

Songwriter: Roosevelt Jamison

This song has been covered by many great soul singers including Otis Redding and Percy Sledge, so what chance does Mick have? He knocks this one out of the park. The band is solid behind him as well. On the choruses the dual guitar, bass and drum build up is phenomenal. It’s a great song done great by the world’s greatest rock and roll band.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Back then, Anita Morris in that video did all kinds of things to my teenage innards.

This. Exactly this. I can still see her if I close my eyes. Redheads will be the death of me.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Close - same spacey feel. Those two are coming, only one makes the top 50. I'll give a small hint which one makes it - embarrassingly enough I knew the KISS cover before I heard the original.

I absolutely luved the KISS version. Still do - but won't spotlight any further. 

 is warranted for the '2K Man' KISS revelation   

ballsy to admit, tho 

I got da cherries!



I will catch up with the rest soon, Dr. O.

 

[shuke]

If I loved the Stones as much as you guys did, I'd be here all the week. But, sadly, I don't have quite the love that you guys do.

Pretty much the same.  I think my personal favorite 30-40 songs of theirs rivals any band ever, but there is a big drop off for my taste.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

99. That's How Strong My Love Is

Year: 1965

US Album: Out of Our Heads

Songwriter: Roosevelt Jamison

This song has been covered by many great soul singers including Otis Redding and Percy Sledge, so what chance does Mick have? He knocks this one out of the park. The band is solid behind him as well. On the choruses the dual guitar, bass and drum build up is phenomenal. It’s a great song done great by the world’s greatest rock and roll band.

If I was the sun way up there
I'd go with love most everywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I'm still around

That's how strong my love is, whoa
That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is, baby, baby
That's how strong my love is

It starts strong and grows better.

They did a great cover.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

98. Mixed Emotions

Year: 1989

US Album: Steel Wheels

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“You're not the only one with mixed emotions You're not the only ship adrift on this ocean”

Mixed Emotions a/k/a Mick’s Emotions as many felt this was Mick responding to Keith’s solo song “You Don’t Move Me Anymore”. Well that was the rumor at the time, but it turns out that this song was mostly written by Keith, music and lyrics. Another typical Stones rocker but with a pop sensibility. It was a top ten single in the US reaching No. 5.

Mick Jagger tried to show off more musical ability during this point in the Stones timeline playing guitar a lot more on recordings and during some live songs. He shares guitar duties with Keith and Ronnie here. This was also the last go ‘round for Bill Wyman who would leave the band after this record and tour and be replaced by Daryl Jones. He and Charlie provide a great one two punch on this one.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

97. Tell Me

Year: 1964

US Album: England’s Newest Hit Makers

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

This was one of the first songs written by Jagger/Richards appearing on their first record and was their first song to appear on the US Top 40 charts reaching No. 2.

From wiki:

Written by singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, "Tell Me" is a pop ballad. Richie Unterberger, on Allmusic, said in his review of the song, "It should be pointed out ... that the Rolling Stones, even in 1964, were more versatile and open toward non-blues-rooted music than is often acknowledged by critics."[1] The Rolling Stones' two previous singles bear out this observation: one had been the Lennon–McCartney-penned "I Wanna Be Your Man" (later recorded by The Beatles as well); another was Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away".

Jagger said in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone magazine: "['Tell Me'] is very different from doing those R&B covers or Marvin Gaye covers and all that. There's a definite feel about it. It's a very pop song, as opposed to all the blues songs and the Motown covers, which everyone did at the time."[2]

The song's lyrics are a glimpse of a failed relationship and the singer's attempt to win back the girl's love:

I want you back again
I want your love again
I know you find it hard to reason with me
But this time it's different, darling you'll see

Regarding the lyrics, Unterberger says, "When [Jagger and Richards] began to write songs, they were usually not derived from the blues, but were often surprisingly fey, slow, Mersey-type pop numbers... 'Tell Me' was quite acoustic-based, with a sad, almost dispirited air. After quiet lines about the end of the love affair, the tempo and melody both brighten…"[1]

 

[otb_lifer]

97. Tell Me

Year: 1964

US Album: England’s Newest Hit Makers

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

This was one of the first songs written by Jagger/Richards appearing on their first record and was their first song to appear on the US Top 40 charts reaching No. 2.

From wiki:

on par with the Fabs right here - this is as sweet a slice o' British Invasion pie as one could carve - it may say Jagger/Richard, but it's soul belongs to Jonesy.

so damn good that Stiv and the boys covered/butchered/beat the hell outta  it ... nice homage, though, from "America's Sex Pistols"

 

[Dr. Octopus]

96. Rain Fall Down

Year: 2005

US Album: A Bigger Bang

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

We now come to the third entry from the A Bigger Bang album and what will be the last post-Tatoo You (1981) song to appear on the rankings.

This is a totally different sound for the Stones as it’s a dance club song even reaching no. 21 Hot Dance Club chart. There’s also an instrumental dance mix.

I’m not into this type of music normally, but since it still has a “Stones sound” as well this one just hit me on first listen and I’ve always liked it.

Disco Dub Mix

 

[Dr. Octopus]

95. Respectable

Year: 1978

US Album: Some Girls

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

"You’re a ragtag girl…You’re the queen of porn…You're the easiest lay on the White House lawn"...

Mick Jagger once said in the liner notes of one of their greatest hit compilations, "It's important to be somewhat influenced by what's going on around you and on the Some Girls album, I think we definitely became more aggressive because of the punk thing..."

This one is more a combo of rock and punk, once described in a review as “Chuck Berry meets punk.”

It’s a song about a woman climbing up the social ladder, but Mick’s there to remind her about where she came from.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

98. Mixed Emotions

Year: 1989

US Album: Steel Wheels

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“You're not the only one with mixed emotions You're not the only ship adrift on this ocean”

Mixed Emotions a/k/a Mick’s Emotions as many felt this was Mick responding to Keith’s solo song “You Don’t Move Me Anymore”. Well that was the rumor at the time, but it turns out that this song was mostly written by Keith, music and lyrics. Another typical Stones rocker but with a pop sensibility. It was a top ten single in the US reaching No. 5.

Mick Jagger tried to show off more musical ability during this point in the Stones timeline playing guitar a lot more on recordings and during some live songs. He shares guitar duties with Keith and Ronnie here. This was also the last go ‘round for Bill Wyman who would leave the band after this record and tour and be replaced by Daryl Jones. He and Charlie provide a great one two punch on this one.

The very first Stones concert I saw was Steel Wheels in '89. 

Setlist

1. Start Me Up
   
2. #####
   
3. Sad Sad Sad
   
4. Undercover of the Night
   
5. Harlem Shuffle (Bob & Earl cover)
   
6. Tumbling Dice
   
7. Miss You
   
8. Ruby Tuesday
   
9. Play With Fire
   
10. Dead Flowers
    
11. Rock and a Hard Place
    
12. One Hit (To the Body)
    
13. Mixed Emotions
    
14. Honky Tonk Women
    
15. Midnight Rambler
    
16. You Can't Always Get What You Want
    
17. Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon cover)
    
18. Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
    
19. Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
    
20. Paint It Black
    
21. 2000 Light Years From Home
    
22. Sympathy for the Devil
    
23. Gimme Shelter
    
24. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
    
25. Brown Sugar
    
26. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
    
27. Encore: Jumpin' Jack Flash
    

It was a kick ### show. I was sad that it took me so long to see them, but honestly, I can't remember missing any opportunities. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The very first Stones concert I saw was Steel Wheels in '89. 

It was a kick ### show. I was sad that it took me so long to see them, but honestly, I can't remember missing any opportunities. 

Me too - at Shea Stadium in Queens, NY. Fairly similar set. It was awesome.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

...  covered/butchered/beat the hell outta  it ...

95. Respectable

Year: 1978

US Album: Some Girls

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

"You’re a ragtag girl…You’re the queen of porn…You're the easiest lay on the White House lawn"...

...

Get out of my life, don't come back
...
What I say!
...
Don't take my wife
Don't come back
...
Don't come back...woo!
Get out of life
...
Don't come back - come back, hey

So - does Mick want her back in the end?



I like the song. 

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

96. Rain Fall Down

Year: 2005

US Album: A Bigger Bang

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

We now come to the third entry from the A Bigger Bang album and what will be the last post-Tatoo You (1981) song to appear on the rankings.

This is a totally different sound for the Stones as it’s a dance club song even reaching no. 21 Hot Dance Club chart. There’s also an instrumental dance mix.

I’m not into this type of music normally, but since it still has a “Stones sound” as well this one just hit me on first listen and I’ve always liked it.

Disco Dub Mix

I have not heard this one - that I recall. I like it. I am a dancer at heart, so it makes sense.

Follow it up in this strange grey town 
The paint is peeling and the sky turned brown 
The bankers are wankers, every Thursday night 
They just vomit on that ground

...

Everybody's dreaming 
Everybody's scheming 
Until the rain falls down

 

[jomar]

you're doing a wonderful job on this and I've been listening to a lot of Stones in my daily activities because of this thread. 

I don't want to add to your work but can you keep a running list in the first post?  heard a sweet song off of Goats Head Soup while cleaning up after dinner and thought it had been listed here.  so I went in search of it and apparently it hasn't. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

you're doing a wonderful job on this and I've been listening to a lot of Stones in my daily activities because of this thread. 

I don't want to add to your work but can you keep a running list in the first post?  heard a sweet song off of Goats Head Soup while cleaning up after dinner and thought it had been listed here.  so I went in search of it and apparently it hasn't. 

I’ll try and get that done - but seems like a lot of work at this point.  I think most of Goats Head Soup has not appeared yet (Can You Hear the Music, Dancing with Mr. D and Hide Your Love have appeared so far) because almost everything on it is great.

 

[⚡DEADHEAD⚡]

(there's no master list afaik so not sure if these have been mentioned)

Looking forward to seeing where some of these shake out:

Sweet Virginia
Fingerprint File
Hundred Years Ago
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Loving Cup
Jigsaw Puzzle

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

117. No Expectations

Year: 1968

US Album: Beggars Banquet

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

Brian Jones slide guitar on this song is one of his last major contributions to the band as he was too messed up with drugs and alcohol to do much of anything on their next record, Let It Bleed. It’s a beautiful reminder to how talented he was.

This slow country blues ballad has a beautiful simplicity with Keith on acoustic guitar and Charlie Watts keeping the beat on a percussion instrument. Mick sounds fantastic on this one in my opinion and the lyrics expresses the desolation of loneliness in a way that’s seldom been matched.

“Take me to the station
Put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again
Once I was a rich man
Now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before
Your heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls to swine

And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind
Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love was like our music
Its here, and then its gone
So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again”

Listening to this now.

The vid has lyrics - your post has lyrics - it's a lyrics showcase!!!

I am a sucker for a good slide as well. This is good slide. 

I agree with your feel of this song, and on this part:

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again

I sort of read this as hopeful - a new beginning with no expectations - no passing through here again - the:

the desolation of loneliness in a way that’s seldom been matched.

Yeah - he ain't happy yet, but he is ready to move on.

Great song.

 

[jomar]

(there's no master list afaik so not sure if these have been mentioned)

Looking forward to seeing where some of these shake out:

Sweet Virginia
Fingerprint File
Hundred Years Ago
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Loving Cup
Jigsaw Puzzle

 

[Dr. Octopus]

(there's no master list afaik so not sure if these have been mentioned)

Looking forward to seeing where some of these shake out:

Sweet Virginia
Fingerprint File
Hundred Years Ago
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Loving Cup
Jigsaw Puzzle

All are pretty far up there except for one that I’m not really a fan of. It probably should have cracked this list, but it was left off. To Be Continued....

 

[Dr. Octopus]

(there's no master list afaik so not sure if these have been mentioned)

Looking forward to seeing where some of these shake out:

Sweet Virginia
Fingerprint File
Hundred Years Ago
Sister Morphine
Torn and Frayed
Loving Cup
Jigsaw Puzzle

I’ll add a list to the first page but not sure if I’ll link to all the songs again like in the thread. 

 

[zamboni]

50 years ago yesterday

 

[rockaction]

97. Tell Me

Year: 1964

US Album: England’s Newest Hit Makers

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

This was one of the first songs written by Jagger/Richards appearing on their first record and was their first song to appear on the US Top 40 charts reaching No. 2.

I dig this very much. It could be a Girl Group song from the USA, which is what it sounds like.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

94. Hot Stuff

Year: 1976

US Album: Black and Blue

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

"All the people in New York City
I know you're all going broke, but you're tough"

"Hot Stuff", was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is heavily influenced by the disco/funk sounds of the day, with Charlie Watts laying down a heavy drum pattern accompanied by Ollie E. Brown on percussion, Bill Wyman adding a funky bassline, and extensive use of the Wah-wah pedal by guest guitarist Harvey Mandel, formerly of Canned Heat. As mentioned previously Mandel was one of the finalists in the auditions to replace Mick Taylor in the band and played on a few songs on the Black and Blue record.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

you're doing a wonderful job on this and I've been listening to a lot of Stones in my daily activities because of this thread. 

I don't want to add to your work but can you keep a running list in the first post?  heard a sweet song off of Goats Head Soup while cleaning up after dinner and thought it had been listed here.  so I went in search of it and apparently it hasn't. 

First post is updated with rankings list - no links yet but they are in the thread.

 

[zamboni]

94. Hot Stuff

Year: 1976

US Album: Black and Blue

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

I love the Donna Summer remake of this.

 

[otb_lifer]

94. Hot Stuff

Year: 1976

US Album: Black and Blue

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

"All the people in New York City
I know you're all going broke, but you're tough"

"Hot Stuff", was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is heavily influenced by the disco/funk sounds of the day, with Charlie Watts laying down a heavy drum pattern accompanied by Ollie E. Brown on percussion, Bill Wyman adding a funky bassline, and extensive use of the Wah-wah pedal by guest guitarist Harvey Mandel, formerly of Canned Heat. As mentioned previously Mandel was one of the finalists in the auditions to replace Mick Taylor in the band and played on a few songs on the Black and Blue record.

 not top fitty? GET THE FUNK OUT!!!!!

ok, had to slip that funkin' shtick in there 

this, along with "If I Was A Dancer", really groooove me the #### out - they nail this, inasmuch that if this were in the wrong hands, or done a tad differently, it woulda been high end suckage, if not downright parody. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

93. Gotta Get Away

Year: 1964

US Album: December’s Children (And Everybody’s)

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“Baby, to think I’d believe all your lies”

A nice pop tune from their early years played straight forward but with some nice guitar work and stellar rhythm from Charlie and Bill.

 

[wikkidpissah]

94. Hot Stuff

Year: 1976

US Album: Black and Blue

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

"All the people in New York City
I know you're all going broke, but you're tough"

"Hot Stuff", was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is heavily influenced by the disco/funk sounds of the day, with Charlie Watts laying down a heavy drum pattern accompanied by Ollie E. Brown on percussion, Bill Wyman adding a funky bassline, and extensive use of the Wah-wah pedal by guest guitarist Harvey Mandel, formerly of Canned Heat. As mentioned previously Mandel was one of the finalists in the auditions to replace Mick Taylor in the band and played on a few songs on the Black and Blue record.

Partly responsible for my showbiz career.

18yo, older gf into all sorts of hippie causes. I follow her to a Zero Population Growth meeting - which is about as sexy as it gets - i ain't paying attention but i hear Kim say "well, wikkid knows a lot of musicians" and find out a few minutes later she's volunteered me to put together a benefit concert for their cause as close to my old neighborhood (the hood) and their target audience as possible. Turns out, i had an uncle (had lotsa uncles cuz my mother's fam was orphaned and broken up to lots of homes) who ran a football stadium in Roxbury for Boston Parks&Recs and i talked him into letting it be a concert site. From the parties in the Berklee flop i'd lived in as a runaway, i knew the guitarist for the hottest local band, the James Montgomery Blues Band (who were about to blow the Eagles off the stage - they were literally booed off - at the year-end blowout @ U of New Hampshire) and that caused it to be an exposure gig, so promoters started calling. I picked a band called Pure Food & Drug Act because it was multi-racial (featuring Harvey Mandel and the great rock/blues fiddle player SugarCane Harris), which fit the spirit of the occasion.

It was all fun - me & Kim & uncle & my sound guy (a kid who'd built a PA in cornersound design) & my old bodyguard when i was a ghetto kid (who became my right-hand man for my entire career) - cuz it quickly got the momentum of a "thing" but we were just not prepared for how much a thing. We printed up comfortably under the firecode # of tickets but, being a football field, a lot of it had just chainlink fence and over 10,000 people showed up wanting to get in. We shrugged, uncle made some calls, Kim made donation barrels to put at the gates and we opened it up rather than risk a riot. The five of us were sound, security, service, supervision for the entire event, but it went off without a hitch. One of the Pure Food & Drug Act's entourage ran the largest music mgmt/promotion company in town and had wanted to add an outdoor-venue element to his business and was impressed with how we handled the overflow so, after a month of negotiation, your humble 18yo-special-ed-teachers-aide servant had sold his "company" to their company and was in the biz. By fall, i was the "overseer" of a Bonnie Raitt/Orleans tour. Howzat?!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

92. No Use in Crying

Year: 1981

US Album: Tattoo You

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards/Woods

“Standing at the station and gazing down the track. There ain't no train coming baby I ain't never, never coming back”

This song was originally started during the Emotional Rescue recording sessions and was touched up for inclusion on Tattoo You.

It’s a very soulful spacey blues jam which reminds me of an updated version of a blues classic they recorded over a decade earlier. Nicky Hopkins adds some beautiful light piano but this is another Mick showcase as he sings in with a variety of his voices, including his falsetto.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

 not top fitty? GET THE FUNK OUT!!!!!

ok, had to slip that funkin' shtick in there 

this, along with "If I Was A Dancer", really groooove me the #### out - they nail this, inasmuch that if this were in the wrong hands, or done a tad differently, it woulda been high end suckage, if not downright parody. 

You could surely put together a nice dance party mix using their tunes.

 

[otb_lifer]

You could surely put together a nice dance party mix using their tunes.

hell yeah ... with the two i already mentioned leading the way 

(was "Dancer" listed yet? did i miss it?  hopefully it's coming up if so ....)

 

[Dr. Octopus]

hell yeah ... with the two i already mentioned leading the way 

(was "Dancer" listed yet? did i miss it?  hopefully it's coming up if so ....)

Yes, it's called Dance Pt. 1 (see page 6)

 

[otb_lifer]

138. Dance Pt. 1

Year: 1980

US Album: Emotional rescue

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards/Wood

Such an infectious groove with a crazy funky bass-line. Seems perfectly suited for a cocaine infested dance club, with it’s latin beat, funky horns, and Mick’s full lipped delivery spouting out some pretty deep lyrics for a dance number:

“Poor man eyes a rich man
Denigrates his property
A rich man eyes a poor man
And envies his simplicity”

what ####### killer track - slid right by me last week.

i gotta pull more night shifts 'round here - usually check out by 5 each day   ya know, rl and all ...

did i mention this is pure killer?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

what ####### killer track - slid right by me last week.

i gotta pull more night shifts 'round here - usually check out by 5 each day   ya know, rl and all ...

did i mention this is pure killer?

There’s also “If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)” which is basically the same song.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

91. Route 66                                        

Year: 1963

US Album: England’s Newest Hitmakers

Songwriter: Bobby Troupe

90. Carol                                           

Year: 1963

US Album: England’s Newest Hitmakers

Songwriter: Chuck Berry

From their first album we get a pair of covers of rock and roll classics with one of them coming from their favorite muse, Chuck Berry. The band is really focused and tight on these songs and you can hear the love the Stones have for the material. Keith channels his inner Chuck on Carol.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

90. Carol                                           

Year: 1963

US Album: England’s Newest Hitmakers

Songwriter: Chuck Berry

From their first album we get a pair of covers of rock and roll classics with one of them coming from their favorite muse, Chuck Berry. The band is really focused and tight on these songs and you can hear the love the Stones have for the material. Keith channels his inner Chuck on Carol.

This has a fast tempo to it that really rocks. It is a song I would dance to off of a jukebox in a smokey pub.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

ya know, rl and all ...

Real life?  Not my strong suit. 

Howzat?!

Pure Food & Drug Act 

I like it. So far...

Fiddle/violin is my favorite instrument - guitar is #2. 

Bonnie Raitt

Slide guitar is my fav guitar.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

89. Midnight Rambler

Year: 1969

US Album: Let It Bleed

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“I'm called the hit-and-run raper in anger The knife-sharpened tippie-toe... Or just the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler You know, the one you never seen before”

I’m sure many would expect this song to be much higher up the list as it is one of their iconic songs, but truth be told it doesn’t do all that much for me. Obviously, I do not dislike it or it wouldn’t be this high on the list even, but it’s a song I only really listen to when I listen to the Let It Bleed album or if it’s on the radio. In other words, I do not think I have ever played this song individually or sought it out.

The song is said to be a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler amd Keith Richards has called it "a blues opera"

There is plenty to like about it, Mick’s harp playing, the buildups and crescendos, the groove of the rhythm section. However, this is one song where I don’t appreciate Mick’s voice all that much and, forgive the pun, but it rambles a little too much.

All that said, for many bands this would be the highlight of their careers and it surely rocks.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

89. Midnight Rambler

Year: 1969

US Album: Let It Bleed

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

High on my list - but I like it anywhere!

Talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler
The one you never seen before
I'm talkin' 'bout the midnight rambler
Did you see me jump the garden wall
I don't give you a hoot of warning
A-dressed up in my black cat cloak
I don't see the light of the morning
I'll split the time the ####'rel crows

 

[otb_lifer]

89. Midnight Rambler

Year: 1969

 

[Dr. Octopus]

If it makes you feel better as a Jonesey guy, he played congas on the recording and they are inaudible on the final mix, with some theorizing they were cut out entirely.

 

[otb_lifer]

If it makes you feel better as a Jonesey guy, he played congas on the recording and they are inaudible on the final mix, with some theorizing they were cut out entirely.

well, i gave the sad emoicon and the kicking rock reply because i would've slotted this much higher - hopefully we didn't cross signals here

 

[Dr. Octopus]

well, i gave the sad emoicon and the kicking rock reply because i would've slotted this much higher - hopefully we didn't cross signals here

Yeah I was trying to make you feel better about short changing it. Those bastards did Jonesy dirty.

 

[otb_lifer]

Yeah I was trying to make you feel better about short changing it. Those bastards did Jonesy dirty.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Pure Food & Drug Act 

I like it. So far...

I don't eat no birthday cake

I don't want no rare steak



I missed this earlier. Sad.

Still like the vid and band tho.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

88. If You Can’t Rock Me

Year: 1974

US Album: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“The band's on stage and it's one of those nights, oh yeah The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah. You lovely ladies in your leather and lace, a thousand lips I would love to taste.”

The opening track of It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll album is appropriately a rocker. It starts off quickly with Charlie laying down a drum beat and a killer guitar riff from Mick Taylor. Then Mick J comes in singing about being on stage lusting for sex with the women in the audience.

 

[rockaction]

Seen a lot of It's Only Rock 'n Roll songs in here and gleaned a lot of love for Richards, I think. Love for the Richards songwriting? Tell someone who checks in periodically...

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

88. If You Can’t Rock Me

Year: 1974

US Album: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“The band's on stage and it's one of those nights, oh yeah The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah. You lovely ladies in your leather and lace, a thousand lips I would love to taste.”

The opening track of It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll album is appropriately a rocker. It starts off quickly with Charlie laying down a drum beat and a killer guitar riff from Mick Taylor. Then Mick J comes in singing about being on stage lusting for sex with the women in the audience.

Very good song.

Now, don't you know that it's rude to stare? Oh yeah

Oh Yeah. I know.
 

If you can't rock me somebody will
If you can't rock me somebody will
If you can't rock me somebody will
If you can't rock me somebody will

And I ain't lookin' for no wedding cake

I'm simply dying for some thrills, spills, oh yeah

If you can't rock me, if you can't rock me
Somebody will, somebody will, somebody will
If you can't rock me
Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well - is there some sort of euphemism being used here? 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

87. Who's Been Sleeping Here?

Year: 1967

US Album: Between the Buttons

Songwriter: Jagger/Richards

“What you say girl, you see what is wrong You, must be joking, you was led alone But the butler the baker, the laughing cavalier Will tell me now, who's been sleeping here”

Another from the pre-psychedelic Between the Buttons. Like the rest of the record the lyrics are fanciful and the music is eclectic. There’s some great piano work by Jack Nitzsche on this one and Brian’s harmonica is outstanding. Keith throws in a very spacey guitar jam and Mick as with most of this record gives his all and has fun with the style and feel.