Rolling Stones Top Ten: Ruby Tuesday (#9)

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Along with the early rock favorite Neil Sedaka I’m counting down my favorites by The Rolling Stones. Can’t believe it’s taken this long for me to get to them! In memory of Charlie Watts I’m looking my top ten from the Stones, and here’s the next song. #9: Ruby Tuesday Great song, lousy restaurant. Seriously, there are three restaurant chains I’ve decided I’m not hungry enough to eat at a second time, and Ruby Tuesday’s is one of them. (The other are Applebee’s and TGIFriday’s.) But this isn’t about eating. This is about a terrific ballad. I need to do another one of those countdowns like I did last year showing songs that people still know and hear that are 40 and 50 years old. You’ll probably hear this song that’s nearly fifty five years old on your classic rock station today. Well, for good reason. It’s a good song. And music isn’t milk: it doesn’t get sour as it gets old. Ruby Tuesday Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards From Between the Buttons, 1967 Nothing’s gained and nothing’s lost: