Moss 3

Three rounds in and the moss is still growing. I honestly thought I’d bottomed out the barrel with the last two, but the deeper I go into these sub-folders, the weirder the connections get. This session feels like the heaviest of the lot—moving from the sheer soul-power of Aretha and Ike & Tina to the raw basement noise of Reagan Youth without blinking. It’s a jagged, high-energy run through the Stones' catalog that trades the obvious radio edits for a bit more grit and some serious volume. This is my latest Pick for when the original versions just feel a little too safe and you need something that stays deep in the red. What does that drivel even mean? I think it means it may be a while before you get volume 4.

Moss 3

38 The Residents - Satisfaction

39 Scorpions - Start Me Up

40 Deep Purple - Paint It Black

41 Grand Funk Railroad - Gimme Shelter

42 Opium Jukebox - Brown Sugar

43 Ike & Tina Turner with The Ikettes - Honky Tonk Women

44 Reagan Youth - Rocks Off

45 Death Of Samantha - Salt Of The Earth

46 The Shop Assistants - Respectable

47 Deana Carter - Ruby Tuesday

48 The Pink Fairies - Street Fighting Man

49 Johnny Cash - No Expectations

50 The Ultra 5 - Off The Hook

51 Anakelly - Under My Thumb

52 Shake Keane with the Ivor Raymonde Orchestra - As Tears Go By

53 Jason & The Scorchers - 19th Nervous Breakdown

54 Etta James - Miss You

55 Aretha Franklin - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Moss 2

Since I posted Volume 1 yesterday, I’ve been digging through my hard drive and realizing just how much of this stuff I've hoarded. It’s actually a bit overwhelming trying to narrow it down when you have fifty different versions of the same song. I tried to keep this second pick just as scattered as the first one. You’ve got everything from the Scorpions to some really quiet, dusty country takes that I’ve always liked. I threw in the Brave Combo track just because it’s so weird it had to go somewhere. It’s mostly just me clicking through folders and picking the tracks that actually made me stop and listen. I’m nowhere near the end of this list, and I am sure I could get a third volume out soon. This batch should bridge the gap while I keep digging through the rest of the mess. Plenty more to come.

Moss 2

19 Bjork and PJ Harvey - Satisfaction

20 Echo & The Bunnymen - Paint It Black (Live)

21 Bryan Ferry - Sympathy For The Devil

22 Scorpions - Ruby Tuesday

23 Peter & The Test Tube Babies - Mother's Little Helper

24 The Family Cat - Rocks Off

25 Inspiral Carpets - Gimme Shelter

26 What Noise - Under Cover Of The Night

27 Brave Combo - No, No, No, Cha, Cha, Cha

28 Marcus King - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

29 The Primitives - As Tears Go By

30 Sammy Kershaw - Angie

31 Maren Morris - Dead Flowers

32 Blue Mountain - Torn & Frayed

33 Everest - Sweet Virginia

34 Handsome Family - Faraway Eyes

35 Barbara Kessler - You Got The Silver

36 The Henry Kaiser Band - Tell Me

37 Hem - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Moss 1

I really am too clever for myself (at least I think so). Hence the title. This pick of the Rolling Stones covered tried not to be too obvious. Of course there is a little obvious, but doing the trademark genres all over the place, a little loony and a little sane. It's mostly just versions I like. I have so many covers of Stones songs, that I was sure I had made this pick before, but I could not find it, so here it is, with another one waiting to be dropped in. Be patient.

Moss 1

01 Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

02 Motörhead - Jumpin' Jack Flash

03 The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid - I'm Free

04 Jah Wobble & Jon Klein - Start Me Up

05 Ministry - Under My Thumb

06 Laibach - Sympathy For The Devil

07 Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter

08 Opium Jukebox - Ruby Tuesday

09 D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

10 The Residents - Paint It Black

11 Cowboy Junkies - Moonlight Mile

12 Angry Samoans - Miss You

13 Psychic TV - As Tears Go By

14 Sundays - Wild Horses

15 Dr. Phibes - 2,000 Light Years From Home

16 Rotary Connection - The Salt Of The Earth

17 Polyphonic Size - Mother's Little Helper

18 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Jamaican Stones

I already had a Country Stones pick and some of the songs that made it onto my Fakin' Jamaican series had Rolling Stones songs on them, but I always knew I would have to make a compilation pick of just the Stones doing Fake Jamaican reggae and ska. Here it is. Songs that have a slight reggae or ska feel to them by the Rolling Stones and a couple by solo members. It's not everything, but it's a good dent. Find the rest yourself and leave a comment on what you find. The cover is sort of like the Country Stones one is: cheesy but works for me. That really is a background of Jamaican bud.

Jamaican Stones

01 Rolling Stones - Too Rude

02 Rolling Stones - Hey Negrita

03 Keith Richards - The Harder They Come

04 Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back

05 Rolling Stones - Send It To Me

06 Rolling Stones - Indian Girl

07 Rolling Stones - Crackin' Up

08 Rolling Stones - I Got A Letter

09 Rolling Stones - Everything is Turning to Gold

10 Rolling Stones - Luxury

11 Rolling Stones - You Don't Have To Mean It

12 Rolling Stones - Feel On Baby

13 Rolling Stones - Get Up, Stand Up

14 Keith Richards - Words Of Wonder

15 Rolling Stones - Never Stop (Start Me Up)

16 Rolling Stones - Cherry Oh Baby

17 Ron Wood - I Can Feel The Fire

18 Mick Jagger - Running Out Of Luck

What's The Connection? Stonesque 2

Yesterday was most of the intro for this connection, But I have to mention two bands that, to me can sound like the Stones too much. One is the Chocolate Watchband. When I first heard I Ain't No Miracle Worker, I could have sworn that it was the Rolling Stones. Same thing for some Aerosmith. And the pouty lips may have something to do with the latter.

What's The Connection? Stonesque 2

0 The Charlatans - Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over

21 Pretenders - My City Was Gone

22 Queens Of The Stone Age - If I Had A Tail

23 New Radicals - You Get What You Give

24 The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

25 Ed Sheeran - Sing

26 Chocolate Watch Band - I Ain't No Miracle Worker

27 Green On Red - This Time Around

28 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

29 Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm Falling

30 Cheap Trick - I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends

31 Wolfmother - I Ain't Got No

32 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Brenda

33 Tommy Stinson - It's A Drag

34 Noel Redding Band - Hold On To What Youve Got

35 Kenny Brown - Goin' Back To Mississippi

36 Mink DeVille - Gunslinger

37 Aerosmith - Draw The Line

What's The Connection? Stonesque 1

I actually made a connection for the Beatles first, but haven't posted it yet. I actually thought I did, but oops. I was wrong. So this gets posted first. Songs that sound like the Rolling Stones, to me. Easy enough. They have all kinds of genres just among their own songs, so this will be a little all over as well. Since I made these, I saw that another site has made a comp that has way more than here. Oh well, I have a couple they don't have. Either way it is somewhat subjective. Some barely sounds like Stones. Others like the Chocolate Watchband sound so much like them in several songs, that they were mistaken for them a few times.

What's The Connection? Stonesque 1

01 Chocolate Watch Band - Gone And Passes By

02 Cage The Elephant - Back Stabbin' Betty

03 Paul Westerberg - Dirty Diesel

04 The Black Crowes - Jealous Again

05 The Sky - Make It Tight

06 Humble Pie - 30 Days In The Hole

07 Soft Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Toilet {2}

08 Shoes - Hot Mess

09 Flamin' Groovies - High Flyin' Baby

10 Drive By Truckers - 3 Dimes Down

11 Primal Scream - Rocks

12 Georgia Satellites - Stellazine Blues

13 The Raconteurs - Blue Veins

14 Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul

15 The Cult - Love Removal Machine

16 The Romantics - Rock You Up

17 The Standells - Dirty Water

18 Iggy Pop - Kill City

19 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Country Stones Pick

The Rolling Stones played a lot of Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues and, surprisingly, a lot of country songs. A friend recently posted a compilation of Rolling Stones Love songs. It's a good collection/playlist. I made this one. There are a few tracks missing, but my criteria tends to be what fits on a CD, so if you want those last few tracks on your own playlist, you will have to add it yourself. I will list them at the end. If I missed one, let me know in the comments. The cd cover is cheesy, but works for me.

Country Stones Pick

01 Rolling Stones - Torn And Frayed

02 Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine

03 Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes

04 Rolling Stones - Congratulations

05 Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now

06 Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia

07 Rolling Stones - Sweet Black Angel

08 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

09 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

10 Rolling Stones - I Got The Blues

11 Rolling Stones - Country Honk

12 Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler

13 Rolling Stones - No Expectations

14 Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor

15 Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers

16 Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile

17 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

18 Rolling Stones - Loving Cup

Bonus Tracks

Rolling Stones - Let It Loose

Rolling Stones - Memory Motel

Rolling Stones - Time Waits For No One

Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend