“Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.”
Classic British Invasion music has always been my favorite genre and while I have long loved The Beatles, The Who, The Zombies, and The Kinks, I’ve never been all that much into the Stones. I never disliked them per se, they just never really knocked me out.
I recently went through their whole catalogue and am liking Phase 01 (1963 – 1968) and Phase 02 (1969 – 1976) of the band much better. While before, I simply wrote off my disinterest in, say, the universally-acclaimed Exile on Main Street as a blind-spot on my part, now I sorta ‘get it’.
Here’s my iPod-ready list of their best songs:
1. Come On (1963)
2. Walking The Dog (1964)
3. Poison Ivy (1964)
4. Around and Around (1964)
5. Empty Heart (1964)
6. Time Is On My Side (1964)
7. It’s All Over Now (1964)
8. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (1965)
9. Down Home Girl (1965)
10. You Can’t Catch Me (1965)
11. Heart of Stone (1965)
12. Off The Hook (1965)
13. The Last Time (1965)
14. Satisfaction (1965)
15. Play With Fire (1965)
16. She Said Yeah (1965)
17. Get Off My Cloud (1965)
18. I’m Free (1965)
19. As Tears Go By (1965)
20. I’d Much Rather Be With the Boys (1965)
21. Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind (1965)
22. Mother’s Little Helper (1966)
23. Stupid Girl (1966)
24. Lady Jane (1966)
25. Under My Thumb (1966)
26. Out Of Time (1966)
27. It’s Not Easy (1966)
28. Take It Or Leave It (1966)
29. What To Do (1966)
30. 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966)
31. Paint It Black (1966)
32. Sad Day (1966)
33. Don’t Lie To Me (c. 1966)
34. Think (c. 1966)
35. Hear It (c. 1966)
36. The Sleepy City (c. 1966)
37. Blue Turns To Grey (c. 1966)
38. Let’s Spend the Night Together (1967)
39. Ruby Tuesday (1967)
40. Connection (1967)
41. She Smiled Sweetly (1967)
42. All Sold Out (1967)
43. My Obsession (1967)
44. Miss Amanda Jones (1967)
45. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow (1967)
46. Backstreet Girl (1967)
47. Sittin’ On A Fence (1967)
48. Sing This All Together (1967)
49. Citadel (1967)
50. 2000 Man (1967)
51. She’s A Rainbow (1967)
52. The Lantern (1967)
53. We Love You (1967)
54. 2000 Light Years From Home (1967)
55. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1968)
56. Sympathy For The Devil (1968)
57. Street Fighting Man (1968)
58. Stray Cat Blues (1968)
59. Let It Bleed (1969)
60. Midnight Rambler (1969)
61. Gimme Shelter (1969)
62. You Got The Silver (1969)
63. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1969)
64. Live With Me (1969)
65. Monkey Man (1969)
66. Honky Tonk Women (1969)
67. I Don’t Know Why (1969)
68. Downtown Suzie (1969)
69. Brown Sugar (1971)
70. Sway (1971)
71. Wild Horses (1971)
72. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (1971)
73. Bitch (1971)
74. Dead Flowers (1971)
75. Moonlight Mile (1971)
76. Rocks Off (1972)
77. Rip This Joint (1972)
78. Tumbling Dice (1972)
79. Loving Cup (1972)
80. Happy (1972)
81. Turd on the Run (1972)
82. Ventilator Blues (1972)
83. Let It Loose (1972)
84. All Down The Line (1972)
85. Soul Survivor (1972)
86. Plundered My Soul (1972)
87. So Divine (1972)
88. Dancing With Mr. D (1973)
89. Coming Down Again (1973)
90. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (1973)
91. Angie (1973)
92. Silver Train (1973)
93. Can You Hear The Music (1973)
94. Star, Star (1973)
95. If You Can’t Rock Me (1974)
96. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (1974)
97. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (1974)
98. Dance Little Sister (1974)
99. If You Really Want To Be My Friend (1974)
100. Short and Curlies (1974)
101. Fingerprint File (1974)
102. Hand Of Fate (1976)
103. Fool To Cry (1976)
104. Miss You (1978)
105. When The Whip Comes Down (1978)
106. Lies (1978)
107. Respectable (1978)
108. Beast of Burden (1978)
109. Shattered (1978)
110. Let Me Go (1980)
111. Emotional Rescue (1980)
112. She’s So Cold (1980)
113. Start Me Up (1981)
114. Hang Fire (1981)
115. Little T&A (1981)
116. Waiting on a Friend (1981)
117. Undercover of the Night (1983)
118. She Was Hot (1983)
119. Tie You Up (The Pain Of Love) (1983)
120. Wanna Hold You (1983)
121. Too Much Blood (1983)
122. It Must Be Hell (1983)
123. One Hit (To The Body) (1986)
124. Had It With You (1986)
125. Keith Richards – Take It So Hard (1988)
126. Keith Richards – Struggle (1988)
127. Keith Richards – I Could Have Stood You Up (1988)
128. Keith Richards – Make No Mistake (1988)
129. Keith Richards – You Don’t Move Me (1988)
130. Keith Richards – How I Wish (1988)
131. Mixed Emotions (1989)
132. Hold On To Your Hat (1989)
133. Rock and a Hard Place (1989)
134. Almost Hear You Sigh (1989)
135. Slipping Away (1989)
136. Keith Richards – Wicked As It Seems (1992)
137. Love Is Strong (1994)
138. You Got Me Rocking (1994)
139. Sparks Will Fly (1994)
140. The Worst (1994)
141. New Faces (1994)
142. Out of Tears (1994)
143. I Go Wild (1994)
144. Sweethearts Together (1994)
145. Baby, Break It Down (1994)
146. Thru and Thru (1994)
147. Flip The Switch (1997)
148. Thief in the Night (1997)
149. Rough Justice (2005)
150. She Saw Me Coming (2005)
151. This Place Is Empty (2005)
