Posted November 16, 200717 yr My Rolling Stones All-Time Top 20 Songs As Rob mentioned about the Second Greatest Band In the World Ever. (Behind The Beatles). I thought it might be a good idea to post my 20 favourite tracks by the legendary Rock'n'Roll Band...... So starting things off: 20. Let It Loose pqJcnWkekI8 Taken from their seminal 1972 album Exile On Main Street this track has a soulful feeling, the song being one of the band's prominent forays into soul and gospel during the Exile era. "Let It Loose" has never been performed live. The song was featured in Martin Scorsese's 2006 film The Departed and included on its soundtrack.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 19. She's A Rainbow LeB-O-uHx1k This was featured on their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. It is most famous for its vibrant piano by Nicky Hopkins, Brian Jones' use of the mellotron, and its rich lyricism by Jagger. "Have you seen her all in gold, Like a queen in days of old? She shoots colours all around like a sunset going down. Have you seen a lady fairer?" John Paul Jones, later of Led Zeppelin, arranged the strings of this song during his session days. Released as a single in the USA it reached US#25. The song was used in an 1999 Apple iMac commercial advertising its availability in several new color options. The song also features in the advertisement "play-Doh" for Sony Bravia showing in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Portugal, Spain and France from October 5th 2007.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 18. Child Of The Moon 289FiBbHb-M This 1968 B-side was recorded in the same sessions as it's A-side "Jumping Jack Flash" & the Beggers Banquet" album with producer Jimmy Miller. It features Nicky Hopkins on keyboards.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 17. The Last Time wGD87fmdr6o "The Last Time" was recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 with the assistance of Phil Spector, whose producing-style can be heard throughout the track. Released in early 1965, "The Last Time" reached # 1 in the U.K. and # 9 in the U.S. It is rumored that Brian Jones invented the main guitar riff of the song (which repeats throughout the song - one of the first pop songs to do this.) A performance of this song by the Stones is one of the few recordings from the early years of Top of the Pops to still exist, and is therefore often shown on nostalgia shows in the UK. In 1997, former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham sued English rock band the Verve for using a sample of The Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of "The Last Time" in their hit song "Bitter Sweet Symphony". While the Verve had worked out an agreement to use the sample, Oldham successfully argued that the band used more than the amount they had legally agreed upon. This led to Allen Klein suing the Verve on behalf of his ABKCO Records, which owns the rights to all Stones material from the 1960s. Before the suit could reach courts, the Verve settled out of court, eventually relinquishing all writing credits to Jagger and Richards, even though they didn't write one line of verse. Ironically, many musicologists, critics and historians said to be heavily based on a traditional gospel song called "This Could Be The Last Time" first recorded by the Staple Singers!
November 16, 200717 yr Author 16. Play With Fire E3DBRbrbHnc This was the 1965 B-side to "The Last Time". The song was written late one night in January 1965 while the Stones were in Los Angeles recording with Phil Spector at the RCA Studios. Spector provided the song's bass as well as a tuned-down electric guitar. Jack Nitzsche provided the song's distinctive harpsichord arrangement and tamtams. The song's lyircs talk of the singer's relationship with a high society girl, disparaging the lifestyle much in the same way that "19th Nervous Breakdown" would in a more uptempo feel.
November 16, 200717 yr Is it just me that whenever you read 'The Last Time' you have to finish off the rest of the lyrics either out loud or in your head...? Love it.
November 16, 200717 yr 16. Play With Fire E3DBRbrbHnc This was the 1965 B-side to "The Last Time". The song was written late one night in January 1965 while the Stones were in Los Angeles recording with Phil Spector at the RCA Studios. Spector provided the song's bass as well as a tuned-down electric guitar. Jack Nitzsche provided the song's distinctive harpsichord arrangement and tamtams. The song's lyircs talk of the singer's relationship with a high society girl, disparaging the lifestyle much in the same way that "19th Nervous Breakdown" would in a more uptempo feel. OH I love this one, so wish I had headphones :( the song only lasts for what seems 2 mins so I used to have to have it on repeat for longer..... :funky:
November 16, 200717 yr Author 15. Monkey Man AFFmwfQ4SH4 Featured on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Featuring an unmistakable opening of twinkling piano and whining guitar, "Monkey Man" was recorded in April of 1969. The lyrics are dense but certainly not leaden, with Jagger at one point singing: “ Yes, I'm a sack of broken eggs. I always have an unmade bed, don't you? ” It is thought the song is about the use of drugs which the Stones were taking part in at the time. The song is probably best remembered for its center and ending. An extended guitar solo by Richards takes over from Jagger's singing near the middle of the song and leads into an arching piano solo by Nicky Hopkins. After Jagger resumes singing with the refrain of "I'm a monkey man." He at one point begins to scream and wail the line in what many consider to be one of his greatest displays of vocal range. While the song has been used in many movies and television shows such as Entourage and was covered on an episode of 21 Jump Street it is probably best remembered for its use in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 14. 2000 Light Years From Home 2VRH76HalKI From their 1967 psychedelic rock album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is famous for its space-like atmosphere. It appeared as the b-side to the single, "She's a Rainbow". Jagger reportedly wrote the verses to the track whilst under detention in Brixton prison, following the notorious police raid on Keith Richard's "Redlands" home.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 13. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) StJeoyjXw8I From their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"'s lyrics tell two stories: one based on the true story of New York City cops who shot a boy because they mistook him for a bank robber, and the second of a ten year old girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. It was seen as the Stones' most politically inclined work since Beggars Banquet's "Street Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil". The song is noted for its use of "wah-wah" guitar by Mick Taylor. Richards played bass and Billy Preston played the piano and organ. Released only as a single in the USA it hit USA#15.
November 16, 200717 yr Author 12. Get Off Of My Cloud l20L9SFqbBw Released as a single in 1965, the follow up to (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and matched the former single's success as a transatlantic chart-topper. The lyrics are defiant and rebellious, which was common practice for the Rolling Stones around that time; they were beginning to cultivate their infamous "bad boy" image. The Stones have said that the song is written as a reaction to their sudden popularity after the success of "Satisfaction". The song deals with their aversion to people's expectations of them. “ I was sick and tired, fed up with this and decided to take a drive downtown; It was so very quiet and peaceful, there was nobody, not a soul around; I laid myself out, I was so tired and I started to dream; In the morning the parking tickets were just like a flag stuck on my windscreen ”
November 16, 200717 yr Author 11. Wild Horses WdqvIHJ56nU From their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Recorded between December of 1969 and February of 1970, "Wild Horses" is said to have been originally written by Richards in response to having to leave his then-infant son Marlon to go on tour with the band. Although it is said Jagger re-wrote most of this song to reflect the end of his relationship with Marianne Faithfull, Jagger himself said in the liner notes to the 1993 Stones collection "Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones", "Everyone always says this was written about Marianne but I don't think it was; that was all well over by then. But I was definitely very inside this piece emotionally." “ I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie; I have my freedom but I don't have much time; Faith has been broken, tears must be cried; Let's do some living before we die ” The Flying Burrito Brothers first recorded a version of the song that was released in 1970. Gram Parsons had befriended Jagger and (particularly) Richards the previous year, but fell out over songwriting credits as he claimed he had played a significant part with writing the lyrics.
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