What song would you most like to hear to kick off a Stones concert?

Here are a few that come to mind:

If You Can't Rock Me
When the Whip Comes Down
Rough Justice

She Said Yeah.....Let Me Go.....Rip This Joint....Dance Little Sister

Sweet little sixteen.

Around and Around

If you can't rock me.

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

It seems all of the opening songs have fit the bill........my only real problem was with Not Fade Away in 94. The show didn't really seem to get cranked until they followed it with Tubling Dice. The 94 TD was favorite version.

can't fail with jjf.

under my thumb!!!!its a gas...;;;///'

IF YOU CAN'T ROCK ME!

"got to be worked on
don't have no bark nor bite..."

1969- JJ Flash
1972- Brown Sugar
1975-Honky Tonk Women
1978 -Let It Rock
1981-Under My Thumb
1989-Start Me Up
1994- Not Fade Away
1997= Satisfaction
1999- JJ Flash
2002-Brown Sugar or Street Fighting Man
2005-Start Me Up

2008- One Hit

best opening song ever: Start Me Up!

Street Fighting Man on the Licks Tour was god-damn-ass-kicking.
The hardest rocking versions ever.
I still love watching the HBO show when they opened with SFM.
JJF in 69 and 99 was also great, not to speak of the 02/03 club shows.
I would have prefered HTW for the ABB tour, directly followed by Shattered or She's So Cold, then Rough Justice, then Paint It Black.

Start Me Up Rules. There is no question in my mind. I have heard it a million times, and wasn't a huge fan when it first came out, but I gotta admit that it just works. It's all in the riff that is known by everyone who has ever owned a radio. That's why JJF and Brown Sugar work as well.

start me up is a great opener, but a bit too easy nowadays. I would have liked this tour to kick off with Rough Justice. Around and Around is another great possibility.

Brown Sugar
Street Fighting Man

Dont really matter 'cause what ever they spit out ...I'll chew on



ROCKMAN

Around And Around, would be good...anything with a nod to the early days.

IORR seemed to work well for the '02 warm up concert.

"Welcome to the Jungle" as part of a Gn'R reunion and subsequent tour w/ the Stones

Around and Around is a GREAT suggestion! Start Me Up is great as an opener, but if not played in the opening slot, I'd prefer not to hear it all, but I know they won't do that. It has become an obligatory warhorse.

It should be something upbeat and fast and something most everyone knows. How about Respectable? IORR? How about this one for the right wing reactionaries to piss about, Star***ker?! One last suggestion, although it has been played a lot lately, and not necessarily well, a new, fresh intro could make Sympathy a great opener!

On with the Show

Under my thumb was great in 81

Mother's Little Helper - "What A Drag It Is Getting Old......"

I also think that "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" segueing into "Love Is Strong" at the break would be great.

I'm in the minority here, but I love Not Fade Away as an opener... not saying it's the best opener, but it opens slow and within a minute just "captures" you... especially the way the stones arrange it...

Why the &^%$#@ they don't play this song more often I'll never understand because they have it down cold.

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-01-05 21:01 by BornOnTheBayou.

A totally new one, Dancing with mr.D and then straight into Star star. Should be awesome!

It was nice for fans, but for the average audience, 98 %, a rock blockbuster is needed I think.

apart from Sympathy, Gimme Shelter, JJF, Brown Sugar, Rocks Off and other sacred masterpieces, I'd say She Said Yeah. It's driving me poor heart hazy!

diggin' in the vaults, eh?
and I thought Nikkibong was back posting.

slow season - we need a friggin' tour anouncement

I was just looking for the "She Said Yeah Appreciation Thread"...

I think JJFlash is the best opening song of all songs ever made so thats my answer! Its the perfect start of a show.