JUDGE AND JURY WALK OUT HAND IN HAND

Where was I? Oh yeah...

I'm Free
Soup Dragons improved it. There, I said it.
Don't be afraid of your freedom.

Jig-Saw Puzzle
An awkward attempt at a "message" song. And of course, the Stones being the Stones, the only part that resonates is the verse that goes on about how hard it is to be the Stones. That stuff about Keith and Brian is especially poignant...

Let it Bleed
To answer the sanctimoniousness of Let it Be with this loose piece of debauchery, well, damn, it just warms the cockles of my heart. Because "You can cum all over me" is a much better balm than "Mother Mary comes to me"...

Little T&A
Purportedly "about" sex, but this has got to be the unsexiest vocal performance in the history of recorded sound. I've got a better chance of getting hard listening to Edison sing Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Mixed Emotions
The simmering tension between Mick and Keith allowed them to cap the '80s with something that actually felt, uh, felt. And it had been a while...

Respectable
That part about talking heroin with the president? Brilliant. But then this kind if meanders. It feels like it could have been so much more, if they would have just pulled back the curtain a little further.

Silver Train
The best thing on Goat's Head Soup. Feels classic, but ultimately it's an empty vessel. And you know what that says about the rest of Goat's Head Soup...

Stray Cat Blues
Mick once claimed, much to the disbelief of an early '70's interviewer, that the end of this was influenced by Heroin (the cap aitch Velvets version, that is).

Sweet Virginia
As inspirational verses go, one can do much worse than "Got to scrape the shit right off your shoes."

Waiting on a Friend
Awww...

We Love You
In which our fair young peacocks get tossed in the jimmy, and produce a little universal-mind love poem for the faithful. But still it tickles me every time.

When the Whip Comes Down
Some Girls was talked up as the Stones "answer" to punk. Gee, what was it, Far Away Eyes? Beast of Burden? The cover of Just My Imagination? No, it was this.

You Can't Always Get What You Want
This might very well be the Stones finest, most fully realized achievement. From the Bach Choir, to the mournful French horn, to the death, frustration, and resolution, to the scream underlying the choir at the end, this works on just about every level. Supreme.