Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones

I've taken a new liking of The Rolling Stones, after listening to disc 1 of their greatest hits collection Forty Licks. One of the new songs that really struck a chord with me is Honkey Tonk Women. It's jangly telecaster driven guitars and an oh-so simple backbeat just made me smile when I tried to listen to it. The bass guitar also just comes in at around the chorus. The horns also add a certain vibe to this Stones song. It's just so danceable and will probably be in my list of songs I like to dance to. I like the backing vocals as well. There is no doubt that Honkey Tonk Women belongs to the pantheon of Rolling Stones songs.

I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis,
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride.
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind.

It's the Honky Tonk Women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the Honky Tonk blues.

I laid a divorcee in New York City,
I had to put up some kind of a fight.
The lady then she covered me with roses,
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.
It's the Honky Tonk Women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the Honky Tonk blues.

(yeah!)
It's the Honky Tonk Women

Gimme, gimme, gimme the Honky Tonk blues.

(yeah!)
It's the Honky Tonk Women

Gimme, gimme, gimme the Honky Tonk blues.

Don't Stop by The Rolling Stones

I've had some respect for The Rolling Stones (I was more familiar with the Beatles) for quite sometime before Don't Stop was released as the carrier single for the comprehensive best of collection of the Rolling Stones aptly titled "Forty Licks"

The song just shows how much they haven't changed and that rock n' roll and writing a good song ain't rocket science.

The video for this song featured images referenced from Stone's hits such as Satisfaction, Paint It Black.

Well you bit my lip and drew first blood
And warmed my cold, cold heart
And your wrote your name right on my back
Boy your nails were sharp

Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop

Well I love your screams of passion
In the long hot summer night
But you pepper me with poison darts
And twisted in your knife

Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop

Well the only thing I ask of you
Is to hand me back some pride
Don't you dump me on some dusty street
And hang me out to dry

Ah, Don't stop
Honey don't stop
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Ah Honey

I'm losing you
I know your heart is miles away
There's a whisper there where once there was a storm
And all that's left is that image that I'll find a way
And some memories have tattered as they've torn

Don't stop
Don't stop
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Honey Honey (don't stop)
Baby don't stop
Baby don't stop
Come on honey don't stop
Play on baby
Don't stop
Baby baby don't stop
Ah honey don't stop
Don't ya stop

I know I got ya some picture that I filed away
Honey don't stop
Don't you stop