Susie Q (again)

The Rolling Stones No.2
Side 2, Track 6
"Susie Q" (Eleanor Broadwater/Dale Hawkins/Stan Lewis) – 1:50





Same as the 12x5 version. Don't really have anything more to add except to note, once again, how good it is – it's clear that at this point in their career, the Stones couldn't really do much with their own compositions, but given some better material, they could really rock.

UPDATE: I just listened to it again, and it really kicks ass. Go Stones!

Susie Q

12 x 5
Side 2, Track 6
"Susie Q" (Eleanor Broadwater/Stan Lewis/Dale Hawkins) – 1:50





This is the old swamp rockabilly number – finally, something the Stones can really sink their teeth into. Mick's slurring vocal, Charlie Watts' neo-"What'd I Say" beat, Keith's biting solo – this might even be the definitive version: more rocking than the Dale Hawkins' original, less sprawling that CCR's psychedelic extravaganza.