Mick Jagger finds it hard to choose his favorite Rolling Stones song.
Hard to Choose
The 82-year-old musician has confessed that it is difficult to pick a single favorite track from the “hundreds” of songs the Gimme Shelter rockers have released in over six decades in the music industry.
In an interview with NBC’s Willie Geist, Jagger said, “I mean, there’s so many different styles. I mean, you’re running the gamut of Sympathy for the Devil. You know, Start Me Up, Angie, Honkey Tonk Women.”
Favorite Albums
However, the Stones frontman was able to single out some of his favorite albums.
Jagger said, “I think Sticky Fingers is really good. I think Beggars Banquet is really good. I think Hackney Diamonds is pretty good, too.”
In reference to the Stones‘ 1978 album Some Girls, he added, “There’s some Rolling Stones albums that have eight tracks. I mean, you only have eight tracks, and you were like 30 years old? Come on, what were you doing?”
“Won’t Stop” Making Music
The Rolling Stones will release their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, next month, and Jagger’s bandmate Keith Richards claimed that the singer “won’t bloody stop” making new music.
The guitarist told The Guardian newspaper, “Mick’s been very prolific lately, which is one reason this album has come out so quick, because he won’t bloody stop.”
“And the momentum from Hackney Diamonds was such that this is basically carrying on in the same breath. I was just letting it roll – we had enough stuff if we wanted to keep pushing, and so Mick and I gave each other the usual wry look and said: ‘Yeah, let’s keep pushing.'”
Less Tension
Richards also explained that the often turbulent dynamic between himself and Jagger has softened as the pair have gotten older.
He insisted, “No, there’s not as much jousting. He’s broken his sword, he’s broken his lance. It’s another thing that Mick and I gave up, probably down to age. Or at least he hasn’t come at me for a while, so I presume we have.”
Richards, 82, says his long relationship with Jagger has shaped how the pair work together on Stones material.
He said, “I’ve known Mick, I think, roughly since preschool, so let’s say about four years old.”
“And when you’ve known a chap that long, you always say: ‘Listen to me, boy, I’ve known you since you were four …’ And that seems to have an effect.”