We had a triple play of 3 consecutive songs from the "Exile On Main Street" album in 1872. #93 was "Stop Breaking Down." Then #92 was "All Down The Line," and finally #91 was "Sweet Black Angel." "All Down The Line" was on the flip side of "Happy" as a single, and "Sweet Black Angel" was the flip side of "Tumbling Dice."

"Stop Breaking Down" or "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" is a Delta blues song recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937. Described as an "upbeat boogie with a strong chorus line", the song became popular largely through later interpretations by other artists. The Rolling Stones recorded "Stop Breaking Down" for their 1972 Exile on Main St. album. They interpreted the song somewhat differently from the earlier versions, with prominent slide guitar work by Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger providing the harmonica and guitar.






Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "All Down the Line" is a straight-ahead electric rock song which opens side four of Exile on Main St.. Featured on the recording are Jagger on lead vocals and backing vocals with Richards and Kathi McDonald. Bill Wyman performs electric bass while Bill Plummer performs acoustic standup bass. Mick Taylor performs the electric slide guitar while Richards performs electric rhythm guitar. With Charlie Watts on drums, producer Jimmy Miller performs maracas. Bobby Keys and Jim Price lend support on saxophone, and trumpet and trombone, respectively. Nicky Hopkins performs on piano.

The Rolling Stones famously gave a Los Angeles radio station a demo of "All Down the Line" to play while they drove around and listened to it on the radio, but "All Down the Line"'s biggest claim to fame may be its near constant appearance on the Rolling Stones' tours since the release of Exile on Main St..

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “Sweet Black Angel” is one of the few outright political songs written by the Rolling Stones. A country-blues ballad, it is about civil rights activist Angela Davis, who was facing murder charges at the time. Steve Kurutz writes in his review:

Having never heard of Angela Davis, a listener could easily overlook the political lyrics and get lost in the circular acoustic plucking or the washboard rhythm that propels the song so well. Yet, by knowing the case history one realizes how deft and clever Mick's lyrics could be, even if he hides behind his best backwoods diction and garbled annunciation [sic] obscure[s] the point.

Davis is not mentioned by name in the lyrics:

Well de gal in danger, de gal in chains, but she keep on pushin', would you do the same?
She countin' up de minutes, she countin' up de days.
She's a sweet black angel, not a gun toting teacher, not a Red lovin' school marm;
Ain't someone gonna free her, free de sweet black slave, free de sweet black slave


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #90 is next. It's the first of 3 songs on the countdown from the "Goats Head Soup" album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frt_f0eP_Hs

Song #90 is "Winter" from the "Goats Head Soup" album in 1973. The song bears many similarities to "Moonlight Mile" from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Credited to singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, "Winter" is actually the work of Jagger and the Stones' lead guitarist at the time, Mick Taylor. It was the first song recorded for the album and does not feature Richards.

About the song, Bill Janovitz says in his review, "Here they were in sunny Jamaica, and the Stones were writing and recording an entirely convincing and evocative picture of a Northern Hemisphere winter. Perhaps they were so happy to be escaping the season they felt that starting the sessions with "Winter" could transition them out of the old and into the new climate. Though it bemoans many of the negatives of the season [in the] lyrics ... [it] seems to simultaneously celebrate the season as something inherently beautiful, with other evocations of holiday scenes and wanting to wrap a coat and keep a lover warm."

“ It's sure been a hard, hard winter; My feet, they're draggin' 'cross the ground; And I hope it's gonna be a long, hot summer; And the light o' love will be burnin' bright ”
“ And I wish I'd been out in California, When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out; But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle, And the restoration plays have all gone 'round ”

Recording began at Kingston's Dynamic Sound Studios in November and continued into December 1972. Jagger opens the song with the rhythm guitar piece and is accompanied by Taylor's "country-like licks" on lead. Taylor also plays slide guitar. Nicky Hopkins performs the song's accompanying piano while Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts perform bass and drums, respectively. The strings were arranged by Nicky Harrison.

Despite his considerable contribution to the song, Taylor never received official credit from Jagger or Richards.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


As we break into the 80s, song #89 is the longest song on the countdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU_HPlL0eJ0

Song #89 was "Goin' Home" from the "Aftermath" album in 1966. On the American version of the album it was "Going Home." Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Goin' Home" is a long blues-inspired track that is notable as one of the first songs by a rock and roll band to break the ten-minute mark and the longest recorded song on any Stones album. While many bands had experimented with length in live performances, and Bob Dylan had written many songs by this point which reached the five/six-minute mark, "Goin' Home" was the first "jam" recorded expressly for an album. In an interview with the magazine Rolling Stone, Richards said:

It was the first long rock and roll cut. It broke that two-minute barrier. We tried to make singles as long as we could do then because we just liked to let things roll on. Dylan was used to building a song for 20 minutes because of the folk thing he came from.

That was another thing. No one sat down to make an 11-minute track. I mean 'Goin' Home', the song was written just the first 2 and a half minutes. We just happened to keep the tape rolling, me on guitar, Brian [Jones] on harp, Bill [Wyman, on bass] and Charlie [Watts, on drums] and Mick. If there's a piano, it's Stew [Ian Stewart].

Jack Nitzsche, a regular Stones contributor throughout the 1960s, here performs percussion.

The song, while lengthy, is built around a common theme, as opposed to later Stones songs of great length like "Midnight Rambler" or "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" which are divided into distinct sections punctuated by differing instrumentations. "Goin' Home" plays as a long jam, eventually deconstructing Richards' guitar piece, Jagger's lyrics, and Watts' drum lines which build in power as the song progresses. Jagger's lyrics are called "a basic expression of [his] pining for his girl and determining to go home and get him some. It's the bumpety-bump, ascending chorus of announcing his intentions to go home that's the most 'pop' element of the song."




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #88 is next. It's from 1983:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaKEcCAeSe8

Song #88 is "Undercover of the Night" from the "Undercover" album in 1983. The song was largely a Mick Jagger composition, with guitarist Keith Richards going as far as saying, "Mick had this one all mapped out, I just played on it". Jagger later said that the song "was heavily influenced by William Burroughs’ ‘Cities of the Red Night,’ a free-wheeling novel about political and sexual repression. It combines a number of different references to what was going down in Argentina and Chile." The song was likely written in Paris in late 1982, where recording began on the album.

In 2003, guitarist Ronnie Wood described the fractious writing as "just me, Mick and Charlie [Watts]... [We] took it up into some wonderful adventures with all these different changes... There was a great percussive and acoustic version, which is the kind of song it should be. The final polished, glossed-up version may have been Mick's vision of the song..."

The lyrics see Jagger explore the then-ongoing political corruption in Central and South America:
“ All the young men, they've been rounded up;
And sent to camps back in the jungle;
And people whisper, people double-talk;
Once proud fathers act so humble. ”

"Undercover of the Night" is one of the few songs by the Rolling Stones which overtly explore political ideas. Recording began in early 1983 and was resumed later that summer at New York City's famed Hit Factory. There are two versions of this song, one featuring usual Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and the other featuring guest Robbie Shakespeare. The song features Sly Dunbar, Martin Ditcham, Moustapha Cisse and Brahms Coundoul, on various instruments ranging from bongos to timpani. Organ on the piece is performed by Chuck Leavell, who later became the Rolling Stones' regular pianist.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Up next is song #87. It is the most recent song on the countdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFGWVKXxm0

Song #87 is "Doom And Gloom" from the "Grrrh" album in 2012. The song's opening riff is played by Jagger. Richards commented on Jagger being the driving force behind the song and Jagger playing the opening riff: "I don't give a damn. He'd never have learned how to play that without me teaching him how to do it."




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #86 is next. It's another track from "Exile On Main Street."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwsl-SuOEXc

Song #86 is "Ventilator Blues" from "Exile On Main Street" in 1972. “Ventilator Blues” marks the only time guitarist Mick Taylor was given credit alongside regular Stones scribes Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, even though the exact amount of Taylor’s input remains unknown. The song features Keith Richards on electric slide guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, Taylor on lead guitar during the outro, Mick Jagger on vocals, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Bobby Keys and Jim Price on saxophone and trumpet respectively.

The song itself is a low and lumbering blues number, with Bill Janovitz saying in his review, “the instrumental arrangement clearly aims for the Chess Studios approach.” Jagger double tracks the lead vocal, a studio technique rarely used in Rolling Stones recordings. Janovitz concludes, “Jagger takes the Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf inspiration of the song's origins and does his best to betray the fact that he is a skinny middle-class English kid, convincingly delivering the time-bomb lyric with appropriate swagger.”

When your spine is cracking and your hands they shake;
Heart is bursting and your butt's going to break;
Woman’s cussing, you can hear her scream;
Feel like murder in the first degree
Ain’t nobody slowing down no way;
Everybody’s stepping on their accelerator;
Don’t matter where you are;
Everybody’s going to need a ventilator

On pianist Nicky Hopkins notable contribution, Janovitz says, “[Hopkins plays] a rhythmically complex piano part on the verses, weaving in and out of the swooping guitar lick on the first verse and then building as the arrangement continues, playing nervous, jittery right-handed upper-register trills. The pianist creates scary tension on an already claustrophobic and malevolent-sounding song.” The song is noted for its rising and falling chord progression, punctuated by the saxophone of Bobby Keys and the trumpet and trombone of Jim Price. Keeping beat is Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass who, although frequently absent during the recording sessions for Exile, made it on this occasion. The Rolling Stones have performed “Ventilator Blues” live only once, at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on opening night of the 1972 North American Tour in support of Exile on Main Street.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Okay, song #85 is up and it takes us back to 1964:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwgZ8Xj1Og4

Song #85 is "Carol" from 1964. It was featured on the Stones first album "The Rolling Stones" in the UK and "Englands Newest Hit Makers" in the USA. The band usually did good versions of Chuck Berry songs. In fact the earliest known recording of the band, a practice session from 1962 has them doing "Johnnie B. Goode." This is from when they were known as Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. They sound terrible then, as you can hear on this video:





But they must have kept practicing every day, because about 8 months later they sound much better on this reading of "Roll Over Beethoven."





RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
085 - Carol -----------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #84 is another remake of a 1950s classic, also on the band's first album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2OIvFg-ljc

Song #84 is "I'm A King Bee" from 1964. It was included on the band's first album. The song was done originally by Slim Harpo in 1957. The Stones arrangement generally follows Slim Harpo's, but includes a slide-guitar break by Brian Jones. The personnel consisted of Jagger on vocals and harmonica, Jones on slide guitar, Keith Richards on acoustic guitar, Bill Wyman on bass guitar, and Charlie Watts on drums. Later, Mick Jagger commented "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm a King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?"





RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
084 - I'm A King Bee ------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol -----------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #83 is next. It takes us to 1989 for the band's last top 10 chart hit in the USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImNf2KQ9xRw

Song #83 is "Mixed Emotions" from the "Steel Wheels" album in 1989. "Mixed Emotions" was the last top 10 hit that the Stones had in America, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was a heavy collaborative effort between Jagger and Richards. Richards brought his own music to the sessions along with most of the song's lyrics, the rest being filled in by Jagger in the studio.

The song is an upfront rocker, with Richards, Jagger and Ronnie Wood sharing guitar duties. Piano and organ were provided by Chuck Leavell, the Stones' touring keyboardist since the 1980s. Backing vocals are provided by Jagger, Richards, Sarah Dash, Lisa Fischer, and Bernard Fowler, the latter two longtime touring vocalists for the Stones. Brass was provided by the Kick Horns while Luis Jardim provided percussion. Charlie Watts handled drums while Bill Wyman played bass.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
083 - Mixed Emotions -----------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee ------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol -----------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up at #82 is the first of 9 tracks on the countdown from the "Sticky Fingers" album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5DbMQgIOQ

Song #82 is "I Got The Blues" from the "Sticky Fingers" album in 1971. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "I Got the Blues" is a slow-paced, bluesy song in 6/8 time. It features languid guitars with heavy influence of both blues and soul feel. Recorded during the months of March through May 1970, the song features Mick Jagger on lead vocals, Keith Richards on harmony vocals, Mick Taylor and Richards on guitars, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums, and Billy Preston on Hammond organ. Stones' recording veterans Bobby Keys and Jim Price performed on the saxophone and trumpet, respectively.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
082 - I Got The Blues -----------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions -----------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee ------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol -----------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up at #81 is a song from 1965:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsojoK7M3qo

Song #81 is "The Spider And The Fly" from the US version of the "Out of Our Heads" album in 1965. In the UK is was the flip side of the "Satisfaction" single. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The lyrics speak about what the band, especially the leader, will do after their gig is over:

Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin'
Wondering what I'll do when I'm through tonight

Smokin', mopin', maybe just hopin'
Some little girl will pass on by

Jagger explained in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, "I wasn't really that mad about it, but when you listen to it on record, it still holds up quite interestingly as a blues song. It's a Jimmy Reed blues with British pop-group words, which is an interesting combination: a song somewhat stuck in a time warp." It features early use of the Rolling Stones' "ancient form of weaving" by guitarists Richards and Brian Jones. Jagger performs harmonica on the recording while Jack Nitzsche provides percussion and keyboards.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
081 - The Spider And The Fly ---------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues -----------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions -----------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee ------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol -----------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #80 is next. It takes us back to 1968:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woMmjOgT6Us

Song #80 is "Parachute Woman" from the "Beggars Banquet" album in 1968. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Parachute Woman" is a blues song and is one of the famous Beggars Banquet songs recorded on a cassette player and double-tracked for effect. Bill Janovitz comments in his review of the song:

The result is a raw and murky but atmosphere-filled blues track that spotlights Mick Jagger's mumbled sexual boasts and intense harmonica playing. With barely veiled innuendo – just enough to make it comical – Jagger makes like a modern-day Muddy Waters: "Parachute woman will you blow me out?/My heavy throbber's itching just to lay a solid rhythm down."

Mick Jagger is on lead vocals and Keith Richards is on electric lead guitar, and Brian Jones plays acoustic rhythm guitar. It is disputed whether the harmonica is played by Jagger and/or Brian Jones. Some sources give it as either Jones or Jagger but some have stated that it may have been by the both of them on separate harmonicas. Charlie Watts provides drums and Bill Wyman plays the bass.

"Parachute Woman" was only ever performed live by the Rolling Stones two times. The first performance was during the 1968 Rock and Roll Circus and appears on the subsequent album. It would also be performed once during the 2002 Licks Tour, more than 30 years after its initial live debut.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
080 - Parachute Woman ----------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
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Song #79 is another one from "Exile On Main Street."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NehZl_X3hjQ

Song #79 is "Rip This Joint" from "Exile On Main Street" in 1972. Jagger's breakneck delivery of the song's lines spells out a rambling tale set across America from the perspective of a foreigner. Richards notes the tempo of the song: "It's one of the fastest ones of the lot and it really keeps you on your toes".

In his review of the song, Bill Janovitz comments:

The result is a frenetic pace that approaches the tempos played by hardcore punk bands roughly ten years later, certainly recognizing the raw excitement of early roots rock & roll years before ... Though the band most likely did not sit down and preconceive it as such, the record seems to set out to cover nothing less than the wide-open spaces of America itself via the nation's music – from urban soul to down-home country to New Orleans jazz. 'Rip This Joint' sets the tone for this journey, as a modern-day "Route 66" travelogue from Birmingham to San Diego.

Recording began in late 1971 at Richards' rented home in France, Villa Nellcôte, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. With Jagger on lead vocals, Richards sings back-up and plays all electric guitars, and Charlie Watts plays drums. Bill Plummer provides upright bass for the recording while Nicky Hopkins performs Johnnie Johnson-like piano. Bobby Keys plays two saxophone solos, Jim Price performs trumpet and trombone.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
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Up next at #78 is the first of 4 songs on the countdown from the "Some Girls" album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPt7P_XJg1k

Song #78 is "Far Away Eyes" from the "Some Girls" album in 1978. It was issued on a single as the flip side of "Miss You." Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing and composing the song, which was recorded in late 1977. A bootleg version with Richards singing exists. The Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of Bakersfield-style country music into this song. These included in particular Ronnie Wood's use of a pedal steel guitar for a solo and highlights, an instrument used on other songs from the album such as "Shattered" and "When the Whip Comes Down." Also of note is the plodding rhythm of Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Richards performed acoustic and electric guitars as well as sharing piano duties with Jagger.

In a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger said, "You know, when you drive through Bakersfield on a Sunday morning or Sunday evening - I did that about six months ago - all the country music radio stations start broadcasting black gospel services live from L.A. And that's what the song refers to. But the song's really about driving alone, listening to the radio." On influences, Jagger stated "I wouldn't say this song was influenced specifically by Gram (Parsons). That idea of country music played slightly tongue-in-cheek - Gram had that in 'Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man', and we have that sardonic quality, too." Asked by the interviewer if the girl in the song was a real one, Jagger replied, "Yeah, she's real, she's a real girl we used to know, we miss her."




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Up next at #77 is one from "Between The Buttons" in 1967:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvC7znbBxRQ

Song #77 is "Connection" from the "Between The Buttons" album in 1967. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (but mostly Richards), features vocals by both of them and is said to be about the long hours the band spent in airports. The lyrics contain much rhyming based on the word connection. The lyrics also reflect very heavily the pressures the band was under by 1967:

My bags they get a very close inspection, I wonder why it is that they suspect 'em, They're dying to add me to their collection, And I don't know, If they'll let me go

The song was written before Jagger, Richards and fellow Rolling Stone Brian Jones were arrested by the police for drugs.

Although it was never released as a single, it is a popular live song. The song itself is built on a very simple chord progression featuring a repetitive drum pattern, Chuck Berry-like lead guitar from Richards, the piano of Jack Nitzsche, tambourine and organ pedals by multi-instrumentalist Jones, and bass by Wyman. Jagger, Jones, and Wyman later overdubbed handclaps. Jagger said in 1967, "That's me beating my hands on the bass drum."


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
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Song # 76 is up now. It was listed on 9 different ballots in the voting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4x_oSD8ZZU