Underrated Rolling Stones Songs

My favourite Stones song is 2000 Man; used magically in the film 'Bottle Rocket'. Other songs, like that one, from this time period do not get the credit I think they deserve. 1968-72 is amazing but, earlier Stones is just as good.

My Top 3 Underrated Songs:

Sitting On A Fence (sterio)
It's Not Easy (mono)
What To Do (mono)

Honourable Mention:

Flight 505 - Great lyrics.


Yours?

 

"Tell Me" Yes the Rolling Stones doing a Merseybeat type song and a good one IMO
"Play With Fire"
"Mother's Little Helper"
"Citadel"
"Monkey Man"
"Dead Flowers"

 

Let it Loose

 

Connection

 

I've always been a big fan of
singer not the song

 

64-67 Stones is beyond magical.

 

Moonlight Mile

 

"Hand Of Fate", "Jigsaw Puzzle" and "She Smiled Sweetly" immediately come to mind..

 

I Don’t Know Why
Winter
Brilliant Mistake
Always Suffering
Mean Disposition

 

Slipping Away - Steel Wheels

Tops - Tattoo You

Baby Break it Down - Voodoo Lounge

 

After owning the Hot Rocks compilations for decades (along with Aftermath, Buttons and Majesties), I've been spending the last two years enjoying the Mono box set, finally hearing all the 60s albums in their entirety. There are so many brilliant deep cuts, it's like discovering the band all over again! My ten underrated favorites from 1964-69:

She Said Yeah
I Am Waiting
Think
Sad Day
Ride On, Baby
Citadel
2000 Man
Child of The Moon
Jigsaw Puzzle
Monkey Man

 

Let Me Go
All The Way Down
Break The Spell
Low Down
Look What The Cat Dragged In

 

The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

 

Fingerprint File

 

Always enjoyed this B-side that gets overlooked. On par with side two of Tattoo You.

 

Might as well post my ten underrated faves from 1971-89:

Can't You Hear Me Knocking
All Down The Line
100 Years Ago
If You Can't Rock Me
Time Waits For No One
Before They Make Me Run
Just My Imagination
Send It To Me
She Was Hot
Sad, Sad, Sad

 

Well, the entire Between The Buttons LP is underrated, for a start. I would also single out She Smiled Sweetly. It's the rare song where Jagger admits to emotional weakness and how he is reliant on a woman's help. Kind of a role reversal from his usual persona.

Other candidates:

Think
One More Try
Factory Girl
I Got The Blues (love the organ part)
Surprise Surprise
High and Dry
Sway...

... etc., etc...

 

Monkey Man
Hang Fire
Heartbreaker

 

Summer Romance from Emotional Rescue which I think as an album is underrated as well

 

Sway is one of their best.

 

...guys, guys...all great choices here...but how's everyone forgotten, We Love You??

 

Good boy.

 

I Am Waiting
Child of the Moon (rmk)
Coming Down Again
Let It Loose
Sad Sad Sad
Torn and Frayed

 

I don't think many of these (generally wodnerful) songs are actually underrated. Except by maybe the Stones themselves. Wish they would play a couple smaller venues with a special setlist drawing from some of the songs on this thread.

 

She’s A Rainbow

...is a flowery power poppy sweetly flavored cotton candy confection.