Top 25 songs - What the fans want!

In IORR 28 you were asked to vote for 3 of the songs you wanted to hear at the upcoming 97/98 tour. These are the results. A total of 2091 votes for songs were entered. Angie was a clear winner, getting votes from all over the world, like 226 other Stones songs. These are the top 25 songs.

Mick and Keith, please, these are the songs the hard core fans expect you to play during the new tour. Please! And some new Bridges To Babylon stuff too, of course! The list gives postion, title and number of votes given:

1 Angie (72)

2 Sympathy For The Devil (65)

3 Gimme Shelter (61)

4 Midnight Rambler (61 )

5 Satisfaction (58 )

6 Ruby Tuesday (56 )

7 Can't You Hear Me Knocking (47)

8 Paint It Black (36)

9 Under My Thumb (33)

10 Wild Horses (33)

11 Stray Cat Blues (29)

12 Start Me Up (27)

13 Star Star (26)

14 Brown Sugar (24)

15 Monkey Man (23 )

16 Honky Tonk Women (23)

17 Bitch (22)

18 It's Only Rock'n Roll (22)

19 Beast Of Burden (21)

20 One Hit To The Body (21)

21 Sway (20)

22 Jumping Jack Flash (19)

23 Hand of Fate (19)

24 Loving Cup (19)

25 Memory Motel (19)

So what do you think? Too many oldies? May be? I didn’t know Angie was that popular. And a lot of you want to hear Can't You Hear Me Knocking.

By the time you get to hear Bridges To babylon, Anybody Seen My Baby, Already Over Me and the other new songs, I am sure you want these too. And what happened to the more recent songs? I guess it takes time to absorb all the new tracks, but Love Is Strong should be in there, with lots other new tracksd also, may be.

Then to the winners. Out of all the letters and votes that was submitted, three winners have been randomly picket to win a surprise gift. The surprise gift will be a large size glossy photo from the Bridges To Babylon press conference, plus a unique 2Cd set of Stones music. These are the winners:

1. Terry Richards, England, voting for 19th Nervous Breakdown, The Last Time, Around & Around - 2. Klaus Schönekaes, Germany, voting for Waiting On A Friend, Little T&A, Wanna hold You - 3. Grasiela Cecatto, Brazil, voting for Love Is Strong, Wild Horses, Satisfaction

Then an extra price for the most original letter, submitted by Magnar Glimsdal, Norway (shortened a bit): The stage is all dark. The concert is about to begin. A huge thunder and lightning is on, and out jumps Mick, singing "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?". The the song is over, thunder is over, and a huge rainbow is appearing over the stadium, and Mick is on to the next song "She’s A Rainbow". Then the rest of the concert follows, loads of great songs. After the first final, they are doing another one, and they do "The Last Time". When Mick with tears in his voice is singing "This Could Be the Last Time", he replies "Oh No!", and the show is over, everyone is in tears!