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The Top Five Songs of.... The Rolling Stones

Henry IrvingHenry Irving
edited September 2008 in Not Sports Related
To celebrate the V & A buying the original Rolling Stones Tongue logo for £50k the top five of the greatest rock and roll band in the world (and SE London/Kent Boys to boot)

5. It's only Rock and Roll - "If I could stick a knife in my heart suicide right on stage would it be enough for your teenage lust would it help to ease the pain?" Great debunking of the myth that rock and roll actually matters

4.Sympathy for the Devil - 9 mins of funky soul about Lucifer - Why the Stones were better then the Beatles

3. Sway - laid back and raunchy

2. Wild Horses - "childhood living is easy to do"

1. Gimmie Shelter - Used in just about every Martin Scorsese movie ever but why not when it is so atmospheric and menacing.
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  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    For me they have to be (in no particular order)

    Gimmie Shelter
    Miss You
    You can't always get what you want
    Angie
    Fool to cry
  • CarterCarter
    Gimme Shelter
    Love is Strong
    Fool to Cry
    Brown Sugar
    Street Fighting Man
  • ShrewShrew
    19th nervous breakdown
    as tears go by
    stray cat blues
    its all over now
    paint it black

    is this last seasons sountrack ???
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Get off My Cloud
    Paint it Black
    Gimme Shelter
    Sympathy for The Devil (live on get your ya ya's out)
    Brown Sugar
  • ThreadKillerThreadKiller
    wild horses

    sympathy for the devil

    gimme shelter

    you can't always get what you want

    ruby tuesday
  • StigStig
    Brown Sugar
    Honky Tonk Woman
    Miss You
    19th Nervous Breakdown (though Nash the Slash's version is better)
    Emotional Rescue
  • StigStig
    edited September 2008
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving

    4.Sympathy for the Devil - 9 mins of funky soul abut Lucifer - Why the Stones were better then the Beatles

    Who is better the Stones or the Beatles was, is and always will be the wrong question. The right question is, who was better the Monkees or The Kinks? If you're a school kid the answer should be The Monkees as they were an entertainment force the likes of which had never been seen before (despite being totally manufactured). If you're an adult the answer should be The Kinks as they wrote better songs than the other 60s/70s groups put together, with the possible exception of Pink Floyd.
  • Can-addickCan-addick
    Sympathy for the Devil
    Paint it Black
    All Down the Line
    Hand of Fate
    Dead Flowers

    Wow. This one was really hard, and I could choose any of about twenty. The one constant is that so long as Ruby Tuesday isn't there, I'm happy...
  • BadgerBadger
    In no particular order

    As tears go by
    come on
    little queenie
    child of the moon
    have you seen your mother baby,standing in the shadow?
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving

    4.Sympathy for the Devil - 9 mins of funky soul abut Lucifer - Why the Stones were better then the Beatles[/cite]
    [cite]

    Who is better the Stones or the Beatles was, is and always will be the wrong question. The right question is, who was better the Monkees or The Kinks? If you're a school kid the answer should be The Monkees as they were an entertainment force the likes of which had never been seen before (despite being totally manufactured). If you're an adult the answer should be The Kinks as they wrote better songs than the other 60s/70s groups put together, with the possible exception of Pink Floyd.[/cite]

    yes the Kinks wrote great songs. Not sure how Pink Floyd got in there but this month's Uncut magazine has the top 30 Pink Floyd songs.

    I like the Monkees too but they never did Waterloo Sunset
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  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    No one gone for Satisfaction. Interesting.

    Was tempted to include Play with Fire, All Down the Line, Country Honk and Jumpin' Jack Flash
  • MCSMCS
    awesome band, cant even decide what i want in the top 5.

    never really post on music threads, this one and oasis, had to, will come back with my top 5 if i can.
  • StigStig
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite] Not sure how Pink Floyd got in there but this month's Uncut magazine has the top 30 Pink Floyd songs.

    Typical of Uncut, just copying us.

    http://www.charltonlife.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18035
  • shirty5shirty5
    Paint It Black
    Jumpin Jack Flash
    Anybody Seen My Baby?
    Get Off My Cloud
    You can't always get what you want
  • red_murphred_murph
    1) Monkey Man
    2) Jumpin' Jack Flash
    3) Gimme Shelter
    4) Sympathy for the Devil
    5) You can't always get what you want
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    Don't know where to start - would have to pick about 100.
    In any case, they'll all be the same songs as others have already said.


    Okay, first Stone's record I ever heard, really bluesy, made a big impression on a little kid: Little Red Rooster
  • GorgeousGeorgeGorgeousGeorge
    edited September 2008
    I'm with you threadkiller but would just change "gimme shelter" for "she's a rainbow"

    Have you seen her dressed in ....blue?
  • OaksterOakster
    No one mentioned Far Away Eyes from 1978's Some Girls LP.

    Great song.
  • les_saysles_says
    bitch
    rocks off
    gimme shelter
    sister morphine
    stray cat blues
  • Red FraggleRed Fraggle
    1. Start Me Up
    2. Paint It Black - Has to be played very loudly. Not sure the neighbours appreciate this one. Used to stay up to watch Tour of Duty mainly for this song.
    3. Sympathy for the Devil (Guns did a good version of this)
    4. Gimme Shelter
    5.You can't always get what you want
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  • Big WilliamBig William
    The number of people of a certain age who have told me they were in Mick Jaggers class in Dartford is such that the number of pupils in 5C that year must have been in the 100's. We need something like Colin Camerons Charlton book to check up on them...

    However,
    1. The last time
    2. 19th nervous breakdown
    3. Under my Thumb
    4. Its all over now
    5. Tumblin' Dice
  • HarryAMuseHarryAMuse
    1.Gimme Shelter
    2.Paint It Black
    3.Tumblin' Dice
    4.Ruby Tuesday
    5.Sympathy For The Devil
  • WasCharleyOneWasCharleyOne
    Tumblin' Dice
    Sister Morphine
    Memory Motel
    As tears go by
    Moonlight Mile
  • Off_itOff_it
    [cite]Posted By: GorgeousGeorge[/cite]I'm with you threadkiller but would just change "gimme shelter" for "she's a rainbow"

    Have you seen her dressed in ....blue?

    Have you seen her dressed in .... GOLD?
  • Off_itOff_it
    Man, this is a difficult one Henry - I do like a bit of Stones!

    Tonight I'd go for the following, in no particular order (but tomorrow it will probably be different!)

    Paint it Black
    Angie
    Ruby Tuesday
    As Tears Go By (good shout WasCharleyOne)
    Gimmee Shelter
  • Alex WrightAlex Wright
    Well, for me......

    1 Brown Sugar
    2 Street Fighting Man
    3 It's only Rock and Roll
    4 Gimmie Shelter
    5 Tumbling dice
  • bingaddickbingaddick
    1. It's Only Rock & Roll
    2. Honky Tonk Women
    3. Angie
    4. Get Off of My Cloud
    5. I can't Get No Satisfaction

    But I could have picked many more
  • Chirpy RedChirpy Red
    1) Waiting On a Friend
    2) Heaven
    3) Miss You
    4) Start Me Up
    5) Emotional Rescue

    I effin love the Stones.
  • bingaddickbingaddick
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]No one gone for Satisfaction. Interesting.

    Was tempted to include Play with Fire, All Down the Line, Country Honk and Jumpin' Jack Flash

    I did. Was tempted with Start me up, Jumpin Jack Flash, Brown Sugar, Emotional Rescue, and Jivin' Sister Fanny
  • BangkokaddickBangkokaddick
    Watched Shine a Light on the plane back to Bangkok. Worth a look for all Stones fans.

    My five:

    Gimme Shelter (seems the most popular; in most lists)
    Sympathy For The Devil
    Midnight Rambler
    Brown Sugar
    'Jumpin' Jack Flash
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