Best Song on Exile on Main St

I did a quick google search and couldn't find another Steve Hoffman Forums thread like it. Thought that was pretty unfair for the greatest album of all time. Sorry if there actually is a thread already.

 

Let It Loose, for me; even if only for the background singers at the end

 

Torn and Frayed, one of my favorite Stones tracks.

But I could also make the case for about 10 other songs off that record.

 

Sometimes I really, really think it's Soul Survivor...

 

Sweet Virginia

 

They're all the best song, but if you're asking "favorite" I guessed if push comes to shove I'd pick "Loving Cup."

 

I could pick 6 or 7 or 9 different songs as my favorite. "Happy" gets the nod though.

 

That actually used to be my least favourite, but it's grown on me quite a bit. Now its my second least. Ventilator Blues is the only song on the album I don't love

 

One of my all-time favorite albums.

I'll go with "Rocks Off". In that sense, the rest of the album is all downhill. Just kidding...

"Let It Loose" is darn close as a runner-up. Love that song...

 

Yep, a great one. It's funny -- if I tried to rank the songs on that album, it's probably put Tumbling Dice around 7th.

And Tumbling Dice is a freaking great song. The vast majority of bands would give up body parts to have a song as good as Tumbling Dice in their repertoire.

 

Soul Survior
They saved the best for last.

 

Happy

 

"Torn and Frayed"

 

I love the album so much that if forced to pick a "least" favorite, I might say "Soul Survivor" or "Casino Boogie" and yet they are still "B+ songs"! I'd miss them if they weren't in the context of the album.

 

You really prefer something like Turd On The Run over Soul Survivor?

 

I still do. Every album needs a song where you get up and dance

 

Tumbling Dice was the most memorable for me.

"Turd on the Run" is just what it is... a turd

 

haha, those are my 2nd and 3rd least favourites. And you also love Let It Loose

 

Happy, of course.

 

The only song I really don't like is Sweet Black Angel. As a lyricist, Mick had problems when he tried to hit the nail too squarely on the head (remember "Sweet Neocon"?) I'm down with the idea of writing a song about Angela Davis, he just doesn't pull it off.

Not a terrible song, but to me the weakest on the album.

 

Not that anyone asked me, but "Turd On The Run" is in my Top 5 for the album and "Soul Survivor" probably last!

It just shows how good the double is. And that personal taste is very...personal.

 

Yes, "Let It Loose" is just amazing. Very emotional, for a Stones song.

 

I think "Tumbling Dice" is the song I might hum from time time. And "Happy".

 

I've always loved the energy and exuberance of Rocks Off. Of course, the lyrics...well, um...

 

Let It Loose