What's your favorite Rolling Stones song?

[red dog 1]

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Honorable Mentions:

- It's All Over Now
- Midnight Rambler
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- As Tears Go By
- Beast of Burden
- Monkey Man
- Ruby Tuesday
- Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
- She's a Rainbow
- Shattered
- Time Is On My Side
- Loving Cup
- Fortune Teller
- Get Off of My Cloud
- Soul Survivor
- Angie
- Sway
- Memory Motel
- Moonlight Mile
- Before They Make Me Run
- Spider to the Fly
- Flight Number 505
- Blue Turns To Gray

23 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	(I can't Get No) Satisfaction
	2 (9%)
	Wild Horses
	1 (4%)
	Dead Flowers
	1 (4%)
	You Can't Always Get What You Want
	4 (17%)
	Sympathy for the Devil
	5 (22%)
	Paint It Black
	3 (13%)
	'Gimme Shelter
	4 (17%)
	Faraway Eyes
	2 (9%)
	Brown Sugar
	0 (0%)
	Under My Thumb
	1 (4%)
	4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LisaM]

1. From the choices, I picked "Gimme Shelter"

but my real favorite is "Angie".

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Yeah. I chose "You Can't Always"

But I like Start Me Up and Happy a lot too.

[LisaM]

13. Oh, I kind of forget about "Happy".

I like it too.

[dem4decades]

2. No love for Waiting on a Friend?

[red dog 1]

18. A) I only get 10 poll choices - B) I don't think it's as good as the others up there

[mac56]

80. My favorite Stones song.

[dem4decades]

86. I liked the video too.

[Cattledog]

3. Salt of the Earth

[emulatorloo]

4. That's a great one! They have so many.

[rampartc]

6. depends ....

under my thumb, satisfaction, time is on my side, get offa my cloud, sympathy for the devil, as tears go by ......

[red dog 1]

16. "As Tears Go By" could be their best song,, but I didn't include it because

Marianne Faithful's version was the Top Ten hit.

If there are a few more votes for it via replies, I still might put it up there.

[RandySF]

7. She's a Rainbow

[red dog 1]

19. Good one!

[lkinwi]

63. Definitely my favorite also.

[Freedomofspeech]

8. Memory Motel.

[dmoyer]

9. Can't you hear me knockin'

[red dog 1]

17. Yeah, that's one of their best songs.

[mia]

10. Wild Horses

[red dog 1]

20. Excellent choice!

I'd forgotten about that great song.

[Dave in VA]

28. Yes This!

This would have been my first choice if available.

Love this song!!!!

[red dog 1]

48. It's available now...I just added it to the list so you can vote for it now.

[Dave in VA]

52. Thanks!

Just changed my vote.

[red dog 1]

40. I just put it up as a poll choice, so you can now vote for it.

[AJT]

11. Sorry, not a big fan. I saw them in concert in 1975, they're just not my thing.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Me neither

Give me The Beatles, Led Zeppelin or Cream any day.

[AJT]

21. Yes indeed.

[red dog 1]

22. No need to apologize.

["Different strokes for different folks"]

[ailsagirl]

91. Not that anyone asked, but ditto here

[Leghorn21]

12. Shattered

“I can’t give it away on 7th Avenue!”

Yup!

[red dog 1]

34. Good song...I'll add it to the Honorable Mentions list

[flibbitygiblets]

14. Monkey Man, Beast of Burden, Little T&A

I know the last one is just as misogynistic as hell. But you just gotta dance to it!!

[ariadne0614]

23. I voted for Paint It Black, but. . .

the song in my head at the moment is Down Home Girl.

[muntrv]

24. "Monkey Man."

[woofless]

26. Always.

[Stargleamer]

25. She's a Rainbow

but Ruby Tuesday is my 2nd choice

[NNadir]

27. Wild Horses.

[red dog 1]

30. OK, that's 2 votes for Wild Horses

I'm tempted to take down either Jumpin' Jack Flash or Brown Sugar to make room for it, since those are the only poll choices with zero votes.

[red dog 1]

41. It's up there now, so you can vote for it.

I took down Jumpin' Jack Flash, the only one with no votes, to make room for it.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. Don erdogan ruined mine. I don't listen to them anymore.

Stupid, i know, but, I just hear/see don when my song plays. God damn him.

[Goodheart]

31. Under My Thumb

[klook]

32. The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

[BlueTsunami2018]

35. Of these, Sympathy.

Sway is probably my ultimate Stones song though.

[Ferryboat]

36. Sympathy for the devil

Grew up on early stones, they lost me around Some girls.

Last song played at the RNC convention was sympathy.

[madaboutharry]

37. Another vote for Wild Horses.

[red dog 1]

44. It's up there now, so you can vote for it in the poll

[madaboutharry]

47. Thank you!

It is a beautiful song.

[Drifter]

38. Loving Cup

Cheers
Drifter

[REPUguy]

42. Fortune Teller

"Now I get my fortune told for free"

[red dog 1]

43. Welcome to DU!

I'll add it to the Honorable Mentions list...Great song!

[Miles Archer]

45. I like everything on your list, but...

...the one I keep going back to is "Soul Survivor" from "Exile."

Classic Keef riff, some slide that I assume is from Mick Taylor, and some of Jagger's most clever lyrics (and one of his best vocals).

From your list, my pick would have to be Jumpin' Jack Flash.

[red dog 1]

49. I just now took Jumpin' Jack Flash off the list to make room for Wild Horses

[Miles Archer]

54. OK, so I like everything on your list, but...

The TWO I keep going back to are "Soul Survivor" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

[Niagara]

46. I have two favorites

Beast of Burden and Get Off My Cloud

[Itchinjim]

50. Two:

Gimme Shelter and the live version of Midnight Rambler from Get Yer Ya Yas Out. And pretty much everything they did in the seventies.

[red dog 1]

51. I plum forgot about Midnight Rambler....one of their best!

I'll add it to the Honorable Mentions list

[Botany]

53. Please

Angie

The Girl With Far Away Eyes.

Mandolin Wind .... It's got Ronnie Wood

[red dog 1]

55. You can vote for Faraway Eyes...It's up there as a poll choice.

Thanks for posting the video

I'll add Angie to the Honorable Mentions list.

[Botany]

59. "I'll add Angie to the Honorable Mentions list."

[red dog 1]

62. "Why you little..."

"Duhoohh"

[red dog 1]

71. As the late, great, Moe Howard used to say: "Why I oughta'..."

[red dog 1]

66. You aren't going to vote for Faraway Eyes?

[spin]

56. I have to go with Sympathy for the Devil as my favorite. ...

[red dog 1]

58. It is a truly great song.

Did you know that it was written as an "homage" to Shitler?

[spin]

69. No, I wasn't aware of that but it sounds logical. ...

You learn something new and interesting everyday.

The history of Sympathy for the Devil is interesting.

The Rolling Stones' darkest hit Sympathy for the Devil turns 50 after five decades of being blamed for a murder, a studio on fire and a whole host of other macabre events
At a music festival in California a man was killed during their set in 1969
As the Rolling Stones started performing at Altamont festival brawls broke out
A member of the Hell's Angels 'security' stabbed a man to death
Mick Jagger continued to play as he feared more violence if were to stop playing
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6465489/The-Rolling-Stones-Sympathy-Devil-50-blamed-murder-fire-macabre-events.html

[red dog 1]

75. I was just kidding about that.

At the 1969 Free Concert at Altamont, a U.C. Berkeley student named Meredith made the mistake of pulling out a gun after a Hell's Angel smashed him in his face.

The Hell's Angel stabbed him in the back 5 times and was put on trial for murder, but a jury found him Not Guilty (Self Defense)

There were three other deaths at Altamont, including two people who were run over by a hit-and-run driver.

[spin]

82. That must have been one wild concert. (n/t)

[rurallib]

57. "Mother's Little Helper" and "Miss You"

[red dog 1]

60. I'll put 'em both up as Honorable Mentions.

[Rustynaerduwell]

61. Moonlight Mile, and it's sort of sequel, Memory Motel

[red dog 1]

64. I'll add 'em to the list

[Generic Brad]

65. This is like asking which of your children you love the most

Each one is special and loved in its own way. You just can’t pick a favorite.

[red dog 1]

67. Hey, 11,111

Isn't that supposed to be good luck?

I agree..It's hard..
[ I just thought it might get people's minds off of the horror that is Trump]

[50 Shades Of Blue]

68. My all-time favorite is Blue Turns to Grey from the December's Children LP

[red dog 1]

73. Thanks for posting that

I'm ashamed to admit that I'd never before even heard of that one.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

83. My pleasure! :)

[aka-chmeee]

70. Favorite has always been "It's all over Now"

but I like"You can't always get what you want" and "Sympathy for the Devil". Actually, can't think of any that I really don't like.

[red dog 1]

72. I'd forgotten about "It's all over Now"....Great Stones song!

So I just put it at the top of the Honorable mentions list

[aka-chmeee]

85. It gave me an alternative to the Beatles which I promoted until my sister

stopped screaming over the Beatles at which time I could like them too.

[Major Nikon]

74. Before They Make Me Run

[red dog 1]

77. Thanks for that

I'll add that one to the list.

[Major Nikon]

79. Lot's of reasons why it's my favorite

For one thing it demonstrates the musical depth of the Rolling Stones minus Mick. Another is there's a good bit of history contained in the lyrics. Finally it's just a great tune.

[Vinnie From Indy]

76. Dead Flowers - Can't ya hear me knockin'

Like both!

[red dog 1]

81. Me too

Dead Flowers might be the most underrated Stones song.

[lame54]

78. Sway

[Tikki]

84. "My Obsession" (1967) or "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadow).."

Not a favorite band, but I will give them their props...

Tikki

[lilactime]

87. Blue Turns to Gray

[red dog 1]

88. That's 2 votes for that one, so I'll add it to the list

[Beausoleil]

89. No "Honky Tonk Women"?

It's in my top ten.

I know it's difficult because in my humble opinion the Stones are the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

I picked Wild Horses for the survey but I could have picked 6 or 7 others.

[KayF]

90. Tumbling Dice! n/t