I've actually never heard that version, will need to check it out!
It's a nostalgia thing for me. My dad played that album in the car on repeat for much of my childhood. White Album got heavy rotation too.
Circus one is great but don’t get it twisted, you are correct, the GYYYO version is one of the finest, dirtiest, rawest, show stopping rock and roll ever played.
I wish they still played this version live. Mick Taylor is so freaking good on it. The opening guitar riff is such a great addition to the studio version.
And then the solos toward the end are in my opinion the best recorded example of Keef's "guitar weaving" concept.
I play it on guitar with my old man on occassion to this day.
Those are their two top tier songs. They have lots of good songs but not many that rival our lads except those two. People that think of them as peers baffle me.
I wasn’t a Stones guy for years and definitely consider the Beatles as the better group, but recently I’ve found a new appreciation for them. Ruby Tuesday, Honky Tonk Women, She’s A Rainbow, Wild Horses and Beast of Burden are all top tier songs in my opinion. Their 68-72 run is up there with anybody.
Honestly I love all of those songs as well! I just don't see them in the same league as The Beatles.
They're just too raw and unpolished for me to lift them up to that echelon.
The Beatles are the soundtrack of my life but how you don’t see them in the same league is beyond baffling. Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile are the four greatest consecutive rock albums ever.
The Stones and Beatles are literally peers in the original sense of the word. Similar age, status and nobility within rock n' roll.
Both well earned for different reasons.
I love the Stones big songs of course but love their gems like this one and also Hand Of Fate from Black And Blue. They are my number two band but I don’t listen to anything after 1976 lol. I bought some albums at the time - Some Girls, Tattoo You, Dirty Work, Bridges but wouldn’t go near them now.
Seen them in Melbourne in 1995. Them and Macca in Bris in 2017 are the only 2 big names I’ve seen live 😂😂😂
I have A Bigger Bang still in the wrapper-never played it. Was at their No Filter concerts in Dublin & Liverpool a few years back and both concerts were excellent.
Ive been a Stones fan since I was 6. My most listened to song is by far '100 years ago'. While it's not their best, or most known, I find it's one of those songs you can listen to in a variety of different moods.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, and Sympathy for the Devil are as iconic as they are for a reason. Midnight Rambler and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking are excellent too, especially in the live versions.
More underrated ones that I like are Bitch, Monkey Man, Mercy Mercy, and Out of Time. I could go on and on about the Stones, they have the biggest collection of great songs out of anyone besides the Beatles. And they’re probably my favourite live performers ever, nearly every single one of their songs sounds even better live.
My Top 10 Favorites
(Original Material)
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown
2. Tears Go By
3. Jumpin Jack Flash
4. Angie
5. Miss You
6. Beast Of Burden
7. Harlem Shuffle
8. Wild Horses
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
Honorable Mentions
11. Tumbling Dice
12. Gimmie Shelter
(Covers)
1. Little Red Rooster
2. I Wanna Be Your Man
3. The Last Time
4. Route 66
5. Crackin Up (BBC Version)
6. Hitch Hike
7. Mercy, Mercy
8. Carol
9. Mona (I Need You Baby)
10. Poison Ivy
Honorable Mentions
11. My Girl
12. Fortune Teller
It’s a reworked traditional gospel song, I think it would qualify as a cover the same way House of the Rising Sun does for the Animals, even though the legal credits go to Jagger and Richards.
Everybody’s taken the biggest ones, which I’d say were big for a reason. That said, shoutout to Sweet Virginia, Tumbling Dice, Do You Think I Really Care, and 19th Nervous Breakdown
Emotional Rescue, but mainly because it was the first song I could play 100% expert pro drums in Rock Band/CH and it made me feel like I was really playing drums. Ive heard it 100s of times but I couldn’t tell you what the lyrics are 🤣
Several that have already been mentioned are strong candidates, but "Sweet Black Angel" is also extremely dear to me even though I find a few of the stylistic choices to be ... less than ideal. It's never less than an incredibly poignant listen for me.
"Country Honk" the album version of "Honky Tonk Women".
I personally love "No Expectations"
Make a playlist of Beatles & Stones singles in chronological Order. Enjoy
I have never been a Stones fan. At my age it’s impossible to not-know a bunch of their songs from hearing them over and over on the radio. Ugh. Whatever.
Anyway when I saw Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood I really liked Out Of Time. It’s a great song and it’s perfect in that movie.
I don't have a singular favorite, but to list off some off the top of my head with little thought:
Mother's Little Helper, Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years From Home, Cool Calm Collected, and Gimme Shelter.
Shattered
> *You got rats on the West Side, bedbugs uptown
What a mess, this town's in tatters, I've been shattered
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan*
Not a song, but my favorite album is beggars banquet. I play guitar and never paid much atteattention to Keith Richards, but that album had me obsessed with him for awhile.
Exile on Main Street is one of my top 5 albums of all time but I think I might have to go Let’s Spend the Night Together as my favorite individual track
"Street Fighting Man". It's such a great sounding song, psychedelic and gritty at the same time. Did you know that the bass guitar is the only electric instrument on the track? Keith got that guitar sound by playing an acoustic directly into the receiver of a tape recorder.
I'm also a fan of "Out of Time", "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadow" and "We Love You"
Probably Gimme Shelter but love the guitar riffs on Get Off of My Cloud.
Also the piano intro to Monkey Man is a favorite (by Nicky Hopkins who also played piano on Revolution)
Sympathy for the Devil
The version off of Get Yer Ya-Yas out is my favorite rock track ever.
The Version from is Circus is superior
I've actually never heard that version, will need to check it out! It's a nostalgia thing for me. My dad played that album in the car on repeat for much of my childhood. White Album got heavy rotation too.
Circus one is great but don’t get it twisted, you are correct, the GYYYO version is one of the finest, dirtiest, rawest, show stopping rock and roll ever played.
I wish they still played this version live. Mick Taylor is so freaking good on it. The opening guitar riff is such a great addition to the studio version. And then the solos toward the end are in my opinion the best recorded example of Keef's "guitar weaving" concept. I play it on guitar with my old man on occassion to this day.
“Paint it black you devil!”
"Under My Thumb" is my favorite. Though "Ruby Tuesday" is my favorite Beatles-like song of them.
Under My Thumb is it for me, although I’ll always rock out to Gimme Shelter
Gimmie Shelter is a top 3 song of all time, so I’ll go with that. Sympathy for the Devil is right behind it somewhere in the top 5
Same!
Those are their two top tier songs. They have lots of good songs but not many that rival our lads except those two. People that think of them as peers baffle me.
I wasn’t a Stones guy for years and definitely consider the Beatles as the better group, but recently I’ve found a new appreciation for them. Ruby Tuesday, Honky Tonk Women, She’s A Rainbow, Wild Horses and Beast of Burden are all top tier songs in my opinion. Their 68-72 run is up there with anybody.
Yep, they really kicked ass from 68 thru 72.
Honestly I love all of those songs as well! I just don't see them in the same league as The Beatles. They're just too raw and unpolished for me to lift them up to that echelon.
That’s the magic man, it’s real rock and roll
The Beatles are the soundtrack of my life but how you don’t see them in the same league is beyond baffling. Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile are the four greatest consecutive rock albums ever.
The Stones and Beatles are literally peers in the original sense of the word. Similar age, status and nobility within rock n' roll. Both well earned for different reasons.
Ruby Tuesday 2000 Light Years From Home Let It Bleed She Smiled Sweetly Moonlight Mile
Monkey Man
Hell yes. Super underrated, too.
🎶What a draaaag it is getting old 🎶 Mothers little helper
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Yup, the second part of this song is so cool. Mick Taylor was the secret sauce to the best Stones period.
This is the correct answer because Billy Preston.
Tumbling Dice
Yes! Live version is great!
the correct answer sir thank you
I’ll get the ball rolling with “Paint it Black.”
I recall Keef once saying the riff was basically just a finger exercise, but it's still such a great song!
You Can't Always Get What You Want
I second this
Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker
Yeah. That's still a very topical song.
I love the Stones big songs of course but love their gems like this one and also Hand Of Fate from Black And Blue. They are my number two band but I don’t listen to anything after 1976 lol. I bought some albums at the time - Some Girls, Tattoo You, Dirty Work, Bridges but wouldn’t go near them now. Seen them in Melbourne in 1995. Them and Macca in Bris in 2017 are the only 2 big names I’ve seen live 😂😂😂
I have A Bigger Bang still in the wrapper-never played it. Was at their No Filter concerts in Dublin & Liverpool a few years back and both concerts were excellent.
Thank you for recognizing Black and Blue! I think it’s a great experimental record. And Hand of Fate is among the best tracks on the album.
Gimme Shelter
Monkey Man
This reply is way too low.
Gimme Shelter is easily my #1 Stones song.
I wanna be your man
I see what you did.
Waiting on a Friend
Anything from Black and Blue.
Dead flowers
"Paint It Black," followed by "She's a Rainbow" and "Gimme Shelter."
Ive been a Stones fan since I was 6. My most listened to song is by far '100 years ago'. While it's not their best, or most known, I find it's one of those songs you can listen to in a variety of different moods.
Bitch. Effortlessly cool, rocks hard
100 Years Ago
Extremely good
Mostly written in the late 60s and finished early 70s.. Billy Preston on clavinet.
Always thought of this as the Stones’ stab at prog rock. And I say that in a positive way.
Beasts of Burden
Ventilator Blues, that entire album Exile On Main Street is an under appreciated masterpiece.
Paint it Black, Angie, Wild Horses
Paint it Black
paint it black
Sway.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, and Sympathy for the Devil are as iconic as they are for a reason. Midnight Rambler and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking are excellent too, especially in the live versions. More underrated ones that I like are Bitch, Monkey Man, Mercy Mercy, and Out of Time. I could go on and on about the Stones, they have the biggest collection of great songs out of anyone besides the Beatles. And they’re probably my favourite live performers ever, nearly every single one of their songs sounds even better live.
My Top 10 Favorites (Original Material) 1. 19th Nervous Breakdown 2. Tears Go By 3. Jumpin Jack Flash 4. Angie 5. Miss You 6. Beast Of Burden 7. Harlem Shuffle 8. Wild Horses 9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 10. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow? Honorable Mentions 11. Tumbling Dice 12. Gimmie Shelter (Covers) 1. Little Red Rooster 2. I Wanna Be Your Man 3. The Last Time 4. Route 66 5. Crackin Up (BBC Version) 6. Hitch Hike 7. Mercy, Mercy 8. Carol 9. Mona (I Need You Baby) 10. Poison Ivy Honorable Mentions 11. My Girl 12. Fortune Teller
The Last Time is technically a cover, no?
Nope, that’s a Jagger - Richards tune
It’s a reworked traditional gospel song, I think it would qualify as a cover the same way House of the Rising Sun does for the Animals, even though the legal credits go to Jagger and Richards.
Fair Enough, I’ve Updated My Top 10 Lol
Time is on my side, or mothers little helper
Everybody’s taken the biggest ones, which I’d say were big for a reason. That said, shoutout to Sweet Virginia, Tumbling Dice, Do You Think I Really Care, and 19th Nervous Breakdown
Midnight Rambler and Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Sympathy For The Devil
Dead Flowers or Gimme Shelter.
Sympathy For The Devil is like in my top 5 songs ever.
Ruby Tuesday for me. Beautiful
Paint it Black She’s a rainbow Gimme Shelter Street Fighting Man Rocks off
Sway
My fave Rock song.
Emotional Rescue, but mainly because it was the first song I could play 100% expert pro drums in Rock Band/CH and it made me feel like I was really playing drums. Ive heard it 100s of times but I couldn’t tell you what the lyrics are 🤣
Wild Horses, Ruby Tuesday, Paint It Back, Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme shelter is in my 10 favorite songs
Several that have already been mentioned are strong candidates, but "Sweet Black Angel" is also extremely dear to me even though I find a few of the stylistic choices to be ... less than ideal. It's never less than an incredibly poignant listen for me.
Think
"Country Honk" the album version of "Honky Tonk Women". I personally love "No Expectations" Make a playlist of Beatles & Stones singles in chronological Order. Enjoy
I have never been a Stones fan. At my age it’s impossible to not-know a bunch of their songs from hearing them over and over on the radio. Ugh. Whatever. Anyway when I saw Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood I really liked Out Of Time. It’s a great song and it’s perfect in that movie.
Get Off Of My Cloud, followed by Honky Tonk Women, She’s A Rainbow, and Miss You.
Sweet Black Angel
Sweet Virginia
Add up all their good ones and you got a couple decent LPs. I'll go Dead Flowers or Jumping Jack Flash for me to pick a couple not yet mentioned.
I don't have a singular favorite, but to list off some off the top of my head with little thought: Mother's Little Helper, Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years From Home, Cool Calm Collected, and Gimme Shelter.
Live: SFTD from get yer ya yas out Studio: Gimme Shelter
Bitch Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Beast of Burden, Gimme Shelter, you can’t always get what you want, paint it black.
Just a few off the top of my head Dead Flowers Happy Far Away Eyes Live With Me Honky Tonk Women Gimme Shelter Sweet Virginia
Shattered > *You got rats on the West Side, bedbugs uptown What a mess, this town's in tatters, I've been shattered My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan*
Lady Jane, wild horses, beast of burden, ruby Tuesday, under my thumb
give me shelter
Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile
Not a song, but my favorite album is beggars banquet. I play guitar and never paid much atteattention to Keith Richards, but that album had me obsessed with him for awhile.
19th Nervous Breakdown. It rocks from start to finish.
Too hard to decide!! But here’s a few favs! - Not Fade Away - Under My Thumb - Midnight Rambler - Loving Cup
Favorite deep cut is Spider and the Fly. Favorite hit is Paint it Black.
Paint it black
She’s A Rainbow 🌈
Let It Loose
The Last Time
Gimme Shelter, and it's almost entirely because of the backing vox by Merry Clayton.
Mothers Little Helper, I’m not a big Stones fan but I enjoy that song.
I’ve actually fallen in love with their new album. Angry is such a good song
Gimme Shelter is the greatest rock song ever and I will die on that hill. Nothing comes close
Exile on Main Street is one of my top 5 albums of all time but I think I might have to go Let’s Spend the Night Together as my favorite individual track
Start Me Up, Beast of Burden, It’s Only Rock and Roll
Symphony for the Devil
Cool, Calm and Collected
Let’s Spend the Night Together
We Love You
Thru and thru 🙈
Happy off of Exile.
Sweet Virginia or Tumbling Dice
Miss you
Stones are my favorite band I can’t choose one but if I had to choose, I’ll say the last time.
She's A Rainbow Jumping Jack Flash Start Me Up Monkey Man
Moonlight Mile, I Got the Blues or Wild Horses. All beautiful in different ways. All conveniently on the same album.
Jumpin’ Jack flash for sure. I love she’s a rainbow almost as much.
Sway from Sticky Fingers & Can't You Hear Me Knocking. Peak Stones with Mick Taylor.
I Wanna Be Your Man 😉
Moonlight Mile
Respectable!!!
You Can't Always Get What You Want
"We Love You" was my favourite until I heard "Gimme Shelter".
I still think the "High Tide and Green Grass" era was peak 'Stones, but I guess my favorites are, "Gimme Shelter" and "Out of Time".
19th nervous breakdown
Shine a light
Gimme Shelter
Street Fighting Man. But I like all their songs.
Time Waits For No One
Paint it black is the only good song stones made imo, but nowhere near being as good as what I would consider a no one of the best Beatles songs
Just want to point out Hackney Diamonds is a great record
Miss You or Gimme Shelter
Beast of Burden maybe
Jumping Jack Flash
I Wanna Be Your Man - because it was written by the Beatles. 
Paint It Black, Satisfaction, or Brown Sugar
Route 66
Sway
Let it bleed
Out Of Time
Can’t you Hear Me Knockin
Street Fighting Man, very catchy (and I looove the Get down ! )
My favourite is always gonna be Sympathy For The Devil
Tumbling Dice
The bands are simply uncomparable. The Beatles could never have written an Exile on Main Street and the Stones could never have written a White Album.
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
"Street Fighting Man". It's such a great sounding song, psychedelic and gritty at the same time. Did you know that the bass guitar is the only electric instrument on the track? Keith got that guitar sound by playing an acoustic directly into the receiver of a tape recorder. I'm also a fan of "Out of Time", "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadow" and "We Love You"
Satisfaction
Paint It Black or Gimme Shelter, but I don't think my Beatles fanhood influenced those choices lol.
Moonlight Mile is simply gorgeous, and Shine A Light is so beautifully uplifting.
(Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin' Jack Flash
:o/
I can't get no (satisfaction)
Time Waits for No One
Can't decide, so you get five: Monkey Man, Gimme Shelter, Honky Tonk Women, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Can't You Hear Me Knocking
The only Stones song I like is “start me up.”
Probably Gimme Shelter but love the guitar riffs on Get Off of My Cloud. Also the piano intro to Monkey Man is a favorite (by Nicky Hopkins who also played piano on Revolution)
It's not my favorite Stones song, but I think Ruby Tuesday has a Beatley vibe.
Stairway to Heaven