Best Rolling Stones song

[iodeac]

What's the best Rolling Stones song? For me, it's Gimme Shelter, with Sympathy for the Devil a close 2nd.

 

[TR1982]

For me it's probably a tie between Gimme Shelter and 19th Nervous Breakdown.

 

[iodeac]

I still think GnR did a halfway-decent cover of Sympathy back in 1995, although I've heard people bash it.

 

[ATLDeac]

Poll Fail.

 

[beedeacfans]

I was driving home and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" came on, I thought about posting a "your favorite Stone's song" thread. Weird...

I voted for "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

 

[iodeac]

I just think Gimme Shelter is a fantastic song. It comes across as really driving and intense for some reason. I still can't believe the female backup singer had a miscarriage from singing such a high note.

 

[HeltonCreek]

My favorites are Paint it Black and Under My Thumb. Voted for Under My Thumb.

 

[CHillDeac]

Not one song from 'Some Girls' represented? Complete poll fail.

Just My Imagination
Beast Of Burden
Far Away Eyes
Shattered
Some Girls

 

[Rolfe]

The correct answer is Tumbling Dice.

 

[iodeac]

Not one song from 'Some Girls' represented? Complete poll fail.

Just My Imagination
Beast Of Burden
Far Away Eyes
Shattered
Some Girls

Only 10 options and I wanted to cover most of their hits.

 

[rawarr]

Shine A Light

 

[srbouch]

I can't vote in a Stones poll that doesn't include this song. Exile is one hell of an album.

 

[Snidley Whiplash]

Tough choice ... Gimme Shelter, Sympathy for the Devil and You Can't Always Get What You Want are all GREAT songs. I voted for You Can't Always Get What You Want.

 

[CheesePritchard]

Why is Jagger singing in Sanskrit in his new album?

 

[TexasDeac10]

Gimme Shelter was just a perfect recording. Incredible. So many imperfections when you focus on the cuts instrument by instrument, vocal by vocal, but it's exactly the kind of distress you'd want a song about an oncoming apocalypse to show. Together, the imperfections are just perfect. The track has a wiki, and I think it's correct:

Recent Rolling Stones tours have seen the song, once a staple of the show, dropped from the set list.[citation needed] Many fans consider it to be more of a great recording than a great song.[citation needed] Greil Marcus, writing in Rolling Stone, once described it as "the greatest ever rock and roll recording."

 

[Kent]

By far, actually.

 

[DiegoTiger]

Beast of Burden

 

[Dkin]

Happy. (sorry, Mick)

Just finished reading Life a few weeks ago. What an outstanding read...and I'm just a casual Stones fan. Granted, he wrote it...but it really made Keef seem incredibly committed to his craft.

 

[rjequalsmj]

props to peeps who said beast of burden, also on a gayer note I like Angie, too.

 

[HeavyPetter]

You Got The Silver
Loving Cup
Satisfaction
Honky Tonk Women
Gimme Shelter
Monkey Man
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Shine a Light
Fool to Cry