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Most underrated Stones songs?
Apr 6th, 2017 at 9:37pm
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What are Stones songs you feel deserve more recognition by the general public/more radioplay?

My picks:

Dance Little Sister (how this tune wasn't a hit is beyond me)
Play With Fire
Jigsaw Puzzle (loved by fans, not really recognized by the general public)
Hand of Fate
We Love You
Too Much Blood

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Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 6:20am
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Has this ever been played live?:








Anthony R. did a great job on this:

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Reply #2 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 8:25am
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Miss Amanda Jones.  There's a whole TV show in those lyrics.  Tell Dawn French I get points as a finder's fee.

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Down and down she goes
Our Amanda Jones
I said down and down and down and down
She'd look really lovely at home
Til somebody gonna come up and ask her
To live happily ever after, Miss Amanda Jones

On and on she goes
Little Miss Amanda Jones
I said on and on and on and on
Just watch her as she grows
Don't want to say it very obviously
But she's losing her nobility, Miss Amanda Jones

Hey girl don't you realize
The money invested in you
Hey girl you just got to find
Someone who'll really pull your family through

Up and up she goes
Our Amanda Jones
I said up and up and up and up
She looks quite delightfully stoned
She's the darling of the discotheque crowd
Of her lineage she's rightfully proud, Miss Amanda Jones

Hey girl with your nonsense nose
All pointing right down at the floor
Hey girl your suspender shows
And the girl behind you looks a bit unsure

Round and round she goes
The world of Amanda Jones
I said round and round and round and round
The balls and the dinners and shows
The little girl she just wanders about
Til it's time for her coming out, Miss Amanda Jones

Round and round and round
Round and round and round...
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Re: Most underrated Stones songs?
Reply #3 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 8:55am
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You Can't Catch Me
Torn & Frayed
Almost Hear You Sigh
If I Was A Dancer

But most of all, this....because they didnt even put it on an album....the cynic in me believes it was probably because (for the first time) Ronnie would have had to be given a third of the royalties - which turned out to be a lot less on a US-only b-side than it would have been on album that sold about 10 million copies....





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Reply #4 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 8:57am
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Edith Grove wrote on Apr 7th, 2017 at 6:20am:
Has this ever been played live?:








Anthony R. did a great job on this:




No. It hasnt. Its a song that seems to divide opinion very much. A lot of fans seem to really hate it. I think its the best song on that album and one of my favourite songs of theirs.
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Reply #5 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 9:10am
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Reply #6 - Apr 7th, 2017 at 1:06pm
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It Aint Easy
Backstreet Girl
Think
Flight 505
Loving Cup
Gimmeshelter (yes it's that good to still be underrated)
Stray Cat Blues
Its All Over Now
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Reply #7 - Apr 9th, 2017 at 2:47pm
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Winter (perfect in too many ways to describe)
Down In The Hole ( Always a fave...always thought this would be cool in an arena or club show)
Pretty Beat Up (as "funky" was mentioned earlier)
Sweet Black Angel
Cocksucker Blues
Ventilator Blues
and this:

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Reply #8 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 6:17pm
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Forgot to mention
HEY NEGRITA!
and Fingerprint File...Mick Taylor on bass is AWESOME!!
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Reply #9 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 6:38pm
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I love you, dirty fucker
Sister and a brother
Moaning in the moonlight
Singing for your supper
Cause I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
You always seem to haunt me
Always try to haunt me
Serving out injunctions
Shouting out instructions
But I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
And I love you with a passion
In and out of fashion
Always got behind you
When other tried to blind you
But I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
It is such a sad thing
To watch a good love die
I've had it up to here babe
I've got to say goodbye
Cause I had it I had it I had it with you
And I had it I had it I had it with you
Loved you in the lean years
Loved you in the fat ones
You're a mean mistreater
You're a dirty dirty rat scum
I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it I had it I had it with you
I had it with you
I had it with you
I had it with you
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Reply #10 - Apr 10th, 2017 at 6:44pm
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Reply #11 - Apr 12th, 2017 at 6:51pm
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Tell Me
Mona (tops Bo's original. not easy to do)
We Love You/Dandelion (both match the Beatles for that era)
I Got the Blues
Hide Your Love (such a heavy groove; Jagger's piano is first rate and Taylor's guitar brings out his best blues instincts)
Dance Little Sister
Memory Motel
Summer Romance (better than the similar rockers on 'Some Girls')
All the Way Down (shoulda been a classic: nastiness, pathos, jaunty rhythm)
Jump On Top of Me (shoulda been on 'Voodoo Lounge'; like All the Way Down -  pathos, a cold look at time & mortality, and instead of nastiness, a sweetness and honest longing)
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Paranoid Android wrote on Apr 10th, 2017 at 6:44pm:
What SomeGuy said


That he had it with you PA! Enough is enough LOL
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Paranoid Android wrote on Apr 9th, 2017 at 2:47pm:
Down In The Hole ( Always a fave...always thought this would be cool in an arena or club show)
Pretty Beat Up (as "funky" was mentioned earlier)


Love both and, true, they are both hugely underrated. Interestingly, both appear to be Ronnie Wood songs. He does an absolute monster version of Pretty Beat Up on one of his live albums from the Slide on This tour with Bernard Fowler singing. Actually, I think this is it:
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Reply #14 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 3:50pm
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We have so far 40 underrated songs and only two of them mentioned twice

2      Dance Little Sister (how this tune wasn't a hit is beyond me)
2      We Love You/Dandelion (both match the Beatles for that era)
1      All the Way Down (shoulda been a classic: nastiness, pathos, jaunty rhythm)
1      Almost Hear You Sigh
1      Backstreet Girl
1      Cocksucker Blues
1      Down In The Hole ( Always a fave...always thought this would be cool in an arena or club show)
1      Everything is turning to gold
1      Fingerprint File...Mick Taylor on bass is AWESOME!!
1      Flight 505
1      Gimmeshelter (yes it's that good to still be underrated)
1      Hand of Fate
1      HEY NEGRITA!
1      Hide Your Love (such a heavy groove; Jagger's piano is first rate and Taylor's guitar brings out his best blues instincts)
1      Hip Shake (Shake your hips)
1      I Got the Blues
1      I had it with you
1      If I Was A Dancer
1      It Aint Easy
1      Its All Over Now
1      Jigsaw Puzzle (loved by fans, not really recognized by the general public)
1      Jump On Top of Me (shoulda been on 'Voodoo Lounge'; like All the Way Down -  pathos, a cold look at time & mortality, and instead of nastiness, a sweetness and honest longing)
1      Let it Loose
1      Loving Cup
1      Memory Motel
1      Miss Amanda Jones
1      Mona (tops Bo's original. not easy to do)
1      Play With Fire
1      Pretty Beat Up (as "funky" was mentioned earlier)
1      Stray Cat Blues
1      Summer Romance (better than the similar rockers on 'Some Girls')
1      Sweet Black Angel
1      Tell Me
1      Think
1      Too Much Blood
1      Torn & Frayed
1      Ventilator Blues
1      Where the boys go
1      Winter (perfect in too many ways to describe)
1      You Can't Catch Me
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Reply #15 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 3:51pm
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BTW... that could be a great compilation
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Gimmeshelter (yes it's that good to still be underrated)


Agree 250% that sould be the anthem of rock
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Reply #17 - Apr 13th, 2017 at 4:42pm
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In addition to many of those mentioned:

1. Plundered My Soul
2. Let Me Go
3. No Use In Crying
4. The Worst
5. Sleep Tonight
6. Yesterday's Papers
7. Continental Drift
8. Highwire
9. Indian Girl
10. Wish I'd Never Met You/Fancyman Blues/ Cook Cook Blues
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Apr 12th, 2017 at 7:09pm:
Paranoid Android wrote on Apr 10th, 2017 at 6:44pm:
What SomeGuy said

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That he had it with you PA! Enough is enough LOL


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And Yes!
A great compilation...a true "rarities" and off beat...the name of this collection?

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The Wick wrote on Apr 13th, 2017 at 4:42pm:
In addition to many of those mentioned:

1. Plundered My Soul
2. Let Me Go
3. No Use In Crying
4. The Worst
5. Sleep Tonight
6. Yesterday's Papers
7. Continental Drift
8. Highwire
9. Indian Girl
10. Wish I'd Never Met You/Fancyman Blues/ Cook Cook Blues

Two excellent calls there, mate.

"Sleep Tonight" is probably my fave Richards ballad (must have the Ian Stewart piano bit at the end though), and I can't imagine why "Highwire" wasn't a big hit. That mofo's got serious teeth. Should be re-released with every new war - that way it'd be permanently in the charts.


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Think I'm Going Mad - just a beautiful song.  Most of us probably didn't even know it existed until we spent some time on Stones boards.

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sirmoonie wrote on Apr 13th, 2017 at 8:52pm:
Think I'm Going Mad - just a beautiful song.  Most of us probably didn't even know it existed until we spent some time on Stones boards.


Nice one, Moonie. A really great track, should've been on 'Emotional Rescue'.

I discovered it in '83 as the b-side of "She Was Hot" (another great underrated tune) on this groovy lil piece of plastic:
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Through The Lonely Nights is a good one. Should have been on the album.
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Through The Lonely Nights is a good one. Should have been on the album.
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Another fave of mine; it would have been the best ballad on 'IORR' or even 'Goats Head Soup' (it was recorded during those sessions, with Jimmy Page on acoustic).

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