stones sixties songs

For my money, The Rolling Stones were at their best during the mid-sixties, when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones had a major hand in the creative direction of the band. He played harmonica, recorder, piano, harpsichord, organ, accordion, mellotron, dulcimer, vibraphone, saxophone, marimba, sitar and guitar, for starters. This gave the music an extremely layered sound, a sonic festival for the ears.

Between April 1966 and December 1968, the band had a whopping four records come out. It started with Aftermath, continued with Between the Buttons, Their Satanic Majesties and ended with Beggars Banquet. By comparison, it's taken the last eight years for Oasis to release the same amount of albums.

The era was a departure from their improvisational Blues-based style, the Stones were moving towards the same sort of compositional melodic Psychedelic Pop The Beatles were practicing at the time. Commercial enough for Top 40, yet with an edge to keep it interesting. The following tunes are a nice snapshot of what I feel was the band's most inspired period - enjoy!


The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years From Home

The Rolling Stones: Mother's Little Helper - 3MB

The Rolling Stones: Stupid Girl - 4MB

The Rolling Stones: Paint It, Black - 5MB

The Rolling Stones: Ruby Tuesday - 5MB

The Rolling Stones: Dandelion - 4MB

The Rolling Stones: She's A Rainbow - 6MB

The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years from Home - 7MB

The Rolling Stones: No Expectations - 6MB

The Rolling Stones: Child Of The Moon - 3MB

The Rolling Stones: Parachute Woman - 3MB