Daily Song Discussion #128: Child of the Moon : r/rollingstones Skip to main content

Get the Reddit app

Scan this QR code to download the app now
Or check it out in the app stores
r/rollingstones icon
r/rollingstones icon
Go to rollingstones
r/rollingstones
A banner for the subreddit

A community dedicated to the Greatest Rock and Roll band on Earth, The Rolling Stones! All are welcome.


Members Online

Daily Song Discussion #128: Child of the Moon

This is the B-side from the Rolling Stones’ 33rd single. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? How would you rank it among the rest of the band’s discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Studio version

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results

  1. Sing This All Together: 5.37/10

  2. Citadel: 7.74/10

  3. In Another Land: 6.1/10

  4. 2000 Man: 7.83/10

  5. Sing This All Together (See What Happens): 5.14/10

  6. She’s a Rainbow: 9.7/10

  7. The Lantern: 8.02/10

  8. Gomper: 5.99/10

  9. 2000 Light Years from Home: 9.16/10

  10. On With the Show: 5.29/10

  11. Dandelion: 8.28/10

  12. We Love You:

  13. Child of the Moon:

Share
Sort by:
Best
Open comment sort options

9.5 I love this song. Favorite song to put on as I'm going to bed as the sun comes up after a night of... having eaten a tiny piece of paper. Way back when I did that kind of thing, at least.

u/Disastrous_Ride_1915 avatar

9. A grossly underrated track.

u/Ihadsumthin4this avatar

⬆️

More replies
u/theeeeht avatar

9.5 - an almost perfect song. Criminally underrated and great music video too!

u/Chic0late avatar

9

9.5

9

8

very good one

u/Stunning-Celery-9318 avatar

9.5/10 beautiful poetic lyrics from Mick on this one, the guitar is crunchy, Charlie on point, and Brian adds some great sax work to top it off. It deserves more recognition, wish it had made an album.

One of their finest psychedelic-tinged tracks and a great companion to the iconic A-side.

8/10

u/Loud-Elephant-1418 avatar

8. It should have been on Satanic Majesty's

9.9

u/Mk72779 avatar

10. Would have been a hit for a lot of bands, Stones had so many good songs that many don’t know about and this is certainly one of them.

9

Extremely underrated

u/Alice_The_Great avatar

9. It's very dreamy sounding, Mick using a softer voice, musically very relaxing

u/Ihadsumthin4this avatar

Yeahhhh!! 'Dreamy' could not be a better fit. Makes ya feel 17 again.

More replies

9.5

u/Big_Plankton4173 avatar

10

u/ZioDioMio avatar

10

u/seanshammgod avatar

8

u/Ihadsumthin4this avatar

A pet among pets. From first moments it welcomed me amid the crackle of my sweet just-opened More Hot Rocks vinyl.

10/10

u/southtampacane avatar

Wow. Haven’t heard that one in 20 years easy. That is a great song. Give it a 9.

u/UpgradedUsername avatar

9, and the video is fantastic as well.

7. It’s an ok b side