The Songs canon

Sourced and sung.

Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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6 songs
SortEditorial Year Title
Subject·Violence✕clear
Gimme ShelterThe Rolling Stones
Rock

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones
1969 · From Let It Bleed

Merry Clayton's voice cracking on "murder" is the sound of the sixties ending, mid-take, in one syllable.

★ 9.4
Sympathy for the DevilThe Rolling Stones
Rock

Sympathy for the Devil

The Rolling Stones
1968 · From Beggars Banquet

Faithfull handed Jagger Bulgakov, Richards turned the folk sketch into samba and played both bass and the solo.

★ 8.9
Post-punk · Rock

Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2
1983 · From War

Mullen's marching snare was cut at the foot of a Windmill Lane stairwell, and Bono insisted it was no rebel song.

★ 7.6