The Complete Works: Ranking All 374 Rolling Stones Songs

An honest look at the world’s greatest rock-and-roll band.

By David Marchese

http://www.vulture.com/2017/05/whats-the-best-rolling-stones-song-of-all-time.ht...

Some Guy wrote on May 9^th, 2017 at 3:27pm:

34?????? Are you fucking serious?

gypsymofo60 wrote on May 9^th, 2017 at 4:56pm:



Post of the year, and we're not even half-way through May.

I'll be on this like a fly on shit for days.
Hey Negrita at 359?????
No fucking imagination mate!
Black And Blue is one of the best Rolling Stones albums ever.
And I mean it man!
B&B is so underrated it's not true.
Meanwhile..........Back to the list.
Who is this Dickjammer  anyway?

Not sure how you can split hairs like this...lists are always a laff and like assholes everyone's got one. Beast of Burden much too high for me and Satisfaction at #8? Indian Girl?..nailed it!

Edith; Your rabbit fucker...should get himself a errmmm chick, NO?

gypsymofo60 wrote on May 10^th, 2017 at 5:13pm:

13.

“Street Fighting Man,” Beggars Banquet
Jagger’s line, “What can a poor boy do / except play in a rock ‘n’ roll band?” sums up so much of the promise and ultimately futile political power of rock music. And if that doesn’t do it for you, Keith’s rocking acoustic guitar and Charlie’s off-the-beat drum accents surely will.

OK! Good review of Undercover for once. Usually slagged off as barrel of shite. Makes a nice change to see it not so much up the charts luv but, nicely reviewed. And, a nod to the Cheeky Mix. Bare me arse? I don't fucking fink so!

Al you need to do is look how dirty work ranks within this list to know it's BS:

(Even as a ranking on it's own it makes little sense)

61. “One Hit (to the Body),” Dirty Work
83. “Back to Zero,” Dirty Work
117. “Dirty Work,” Dirty Work
137. “Fight,” Dirty Work
174. “Winning Ugly,” Dirty Work
167. “Had It With You,” Dirty Work
199. “Too Rude,” Dirty Work
227. “Hold Back,” Dirty Work
342. “Sleep Tonight,” Dirty Work
368. “Key to the Highway,” Dirty Work
370. “Harlem Shuffle,” Dirty Work


And WTF? : 195. “Sweethearts Together,” Voodoo Lounge

Paranoid Android wrote on May 11^th, 2017 at 2:19pm:

374.

“Sing This All Together (See What Happens),” Their Satanic Majesties Request
The gaudy album from which this song comes isn’t nearly as much of a post–Sgt. Pepper’s trend-chasing psychedelic disaster as is commonly believed. Except, that is, for this song, a full eight-and-a-half-minute musical blart.

Keep all your comments coming!!!

Midnight Rambler is in my top ten. Maybe it's my #1.

Start Me Up at #18 ?
Should trade places with Where The Boys Go at #205.

I'm beginning to think Marchese ranked these from an all-time playlist and just added his commentary when he had time.

BILL PERKS wrote on May 11^th, 2017 at 6:57pm:

I reckon this guy's a Steely Dan fanatic who got the Stones list by mistake. A 6 week run thru the catalogue, a pint with  a Stones convention, and Bob's your Aunt.
Who'd even bother with Sing This All Together, at all?

To continue my last post re. YCAGWYU:

Interesting info is written on the video screen for "TAPS":


Of course y'all know this but just thought I'd post specific horn opening which follows the choir's opening verse for YCAGWYW-

I need Help. Sorry. I'll click on "Alert Moderator" button on last unsuccessful post.

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on May 16^th, 2017 at 8:36pm:

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I'm so sorry I still can't get it to work. I post videos all the time on eoms, probably close to maybe 500 videos by now. Once in a great while I'll run into a YT that will only post as a link but usually I can get it to work as a fully posted video. I tried 2 different Taps videos & also the Stones GS video. I've tried every possible code.
I'm making sure the YT media brackets are positioned exactly right. Sorry to take up your time, thanks for trying to help.

O.K. So I can at least post the videos as a link. I've tried these 2 Links- they both DO WORK Yay! (I just omit clicking on the YT icon in order to at least get the Links to work right).

This is the US Military Taps, with some interesting info re. the history of "Taps."



This is the Stones'YCAGWYW After the opening choir verse STARTING AT .55 seconds are the haunting,mournful 22 seconds of the horn.

gypsymofo60 wrote:
Holy shit!
What an entrance!
I am pleased you liked my pontificating old rubbish Tauk. Thankyou!
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I wasn't aware that you possess a "Pontificating Old Rubbish". Is that some type of an antique? A painting or perhaps a recycled material sculpture like a bust of an old speech-making politician? If I ever encounter it I'm sure I'd like it just fine. 


And re. my "entrance"-thanks for noticing my prolonged entry. But to be honest, it was so prolonged of an entrance that it was becoming embarrassing. Ya, sure, I like to make a good entrance once in a while but I don't like staring into the Great White Abyss of videos that won't post. It's such an empty feeling. 

I'm in heaven. Feels so good. 

I warned you all I'd be like a fly on shit forever with this list stuff. Here's a few from a dickhead in the UK in some nonsensical crap I borrowed from a library, that's the old building falling to pieces down, or up your street. The one with the creepy old vines wrapping themselves all around, where you may chance to spy some wizened old crone waffling about the degradation of the written word.

Anyway, list thingy, Number one, and I shit you not people is....BUS STOP by the Hollies?
Now; I have long thought The Hollies to be somewhat under-rated as far as the 60s are concerned but, Bus Stop? come on.

My "I'm in heaven. Feels so good" comment was my way of saying thanks to Voodoo Child for saying because I find that to be just about the highest compliment anyone could ever give me. ...(which, now that I think about it, might be the ONLY thing anyone can ever think of to compliment me on)    Naturalust said that "tauk you rock" to me way back like 2 1/2 years ago when I very first started posting which was on iorr. It's a good sign that I'm in the right place.

So, good going so far here....although I always go through a initial period of anxiety when starting on a new Stones forum...Everything goes at first so well that I'm always anxiously waiting for my Freshman Hazing/Initiation to come upon me with no specific forewarning-Surprise can be the best tactic of course for the Hazers. So I'll brace myself.

So I guess that tells ya a little about how my mental state functions.

I'm actually the happiest when I'm being harassed (or as Freya Gin might say, being "punished" in some way) because it's only then that I'm not anxious about when it will start. 

Thanks for encouraging me to post. Y'all know how to say the right thing to actually encourage someone to continue to write posts on your forum.   

It looks like I joined here back on April 8th but I had some technical problem preventing me from logging in until just a couple days ago.

Sometimes, in the face of yet more new technicalities to constantly learn in today's world, I rebel and react by shutting down all use of technical things. But then I get real hungry when I refuse to use my microwave.

However, I'm promising myself I have to exercise more restraint and not spend EVERY waking moment addicted to this...IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN ENTRAPPED IN THIS STONES OBSESSION FOR 2 1/2 years now: 1200+ posts on iorr in about 6 months before my banning in spring 2015. Now I have 1200+ on eoms plus 48 in last year or so on shidoobee.

My point being, I'm wondering how can I possibly have anything new to say? Well, I guess I've had my ways of getting around that...at least I amuse myself if not anyone else by rarely saying anything of any real substance. (No, that's not a drug reference.) 

mofo-Yes, you're right..Like we said in the 70's "If it feels good do it." 

Also, "Have a nice day!" (Come to think of it I'll bet that there would be no smilies/emojis today if it weren't for that ubiquitous 70's yellow round circle with the smiling face on it that said that about have a nice day! And we didn't think that fad would last! Ha!                       

O.K. I'm up for all the rankings now..."the tauk abides."

Ta Ta for now.

me, tauk, wrote: I'm in heaven. Feels so good. 

you, mofo wrote: Which film was it from?
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me, tauk, say: mofo-I just now this minute finally figured out your play-on-words-joke. It only took me 1 1/2 days to get it. I often laugh before I understand  a joke. I know that's not always a good idea but I'm easy that way.

The Stones tracks, all of 'em from this wankers great list.
At no. 10 Gimme Shelter
33. Yes folks that's the next one on the list; Sympathy For The Devil.
60. Midnight Rambler
74. Satisfaction
121. Mother's Little Helper
129. Wild Horses
136. Let It Bleed.
156.YCAGWYW.
322. Honky Tonk Women
332. Lady Jane
375 Jumping Jack Flash
390. Paint It , Black
398. Angie
648. Memory Motel
672. 2000 Light Years
714. Play With Fire
726. Brown Sugar
766. Ruby Tuesday
And finally; at 858. Sister Morphine.

Some interesting additions:
502 Fox On The Run
659. The End by The Doors, surely top 20.
Deuce by Kiss, no. 720
Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas, no. 742
Whole Lotta Love  807??????
Meglomania, Sabbath, no. 989 At least top 30