This is likely my only shot. Assuming I get to see the Stones at Summerfest, it may well be the one opportunity left to see a legendary band I’ve never experienced live before, despite having been a fan since I was a kid.
Here, then, are the 10 songs (in no particular order) I’d love to hear the Stones play on June 23 at the Marcus Amphitheater, regardless of whether or not any of them is likely...
"Get Off My Cloud"
One of the best moments in rock and roll. As a drummer, I want to see Charlie do this one.
"Dead Flowers"
This one seems like a gimmie since the Stones are expected to play "Sticky Fingers" in its entirety.
"Memory Motel"
A sappy, long-time favorite from "Black and Blue," the first Stones record I can remember being released and the first one I devoured, along with the "Hot Rocks" comps.
"Out of Time"
Two reasons: it’s a brilliant song and, secondly, because it would surely start a discussion about the experience itself.
"King Bee"
Down and dirty Slim Harpo cover from the first record.
"Far Away Eyes"
Hearing the b-side to "Miss You" will make me feel 12 all over again and remind me of plugging coins into the jukebox in the Pizza Hut in Glens Falls, N.Y. to play it.
"Wild Horses"
Keith's love song to his infant son – and Mick's to Marianne Faithfull – is one of my all-time favorites. See "Dead Flowers."
"She’s a Rainbow"
This send-up of, or tribute to, psychedelia is one of the band’s most alluring compositions, whether or not John Lennon was right that it was an attempt to copy "All You Need Is Love."
"Happy"
Gotta hear Keef belt out at least one, and this is surely the best.
"Honky Tonk Woman"
Because I can’t imagine a more rock and roll experience than the Stones playing "Honky Tonk Woman" ... even when they’re in their 70s.
Which Stones tunes are on your wish list for what could very well be the last time the band plays Milwaukee? Post them using the talkback feature below or via Facebook.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
