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The Rolling Stones — Salt of the Earth
Album: Beggar's Banquet
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Released: 1969
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Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the lowly of birth
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
Let's drink to the salt of the earth

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
Say a prayer for his wife and his children
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth

And when I search a faceless crowd
A swirling mass of gray and
Black and white
They don't look real to me
In fact, they look so strange

Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead

Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
And a parade of the gray suited grafters
A choice of cancer or polio

And when I look in the faceless crowd
A swirling mass of grays and
Black and white
They don't look real to me
Or don't they look so strange

Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's think of the lowly of birth
Spare a thought for the rag taggy people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth

Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Let's drink to the two thousand million
Let's think of the humble of birth
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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth
Posted 5 months ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]





Posted 1 year ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Going to miss Charlie watts
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]


Posted 3 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Rather harsh commentary on Bob Dylan's Dream ...

(left side of the album cover)
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
hmmm..that isn't the cover on my copy of "Beggar's Banquet".  Is that from a Europe or newer release?
Posted 3 years ago by Chwkbud    [ Reply ]
I'd forgotten about this gem. Will have to dig out BB for a spin.
Thanks RP; entertaining as ever.
Posted 3 years ago by BuellRider    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
{#Cheers}  here's to the hard working people....BTW...my ass hurts...my back hurts...I have carpal tunnel....my eyes hurt...WORKING IN A CUBE IS HELL!


True story, all kidding aside.  My bro did not graduate high school.   Works his ass off in construction and is well-off and one of the few genuinely happy people I have ever met in my life.  He tells me honestly there is no place he'd rather be than at work.  Me? Masters degree and commensurate "career".  Miserable.......  
 

I suspect that cube farms may become a thing of the past....   (because COVID)
Posted 4 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 macadavy wrote:
Revolutionary Rolling Stones:
"Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Let's drink to the two thousand million
Let's think of the humble of birth"

 

I'm sure that this would be considered revolutionary today - just not in the "usual" direction.
Posted 4 years ago by a_geek    [ Reply ]
Revolutionary Rolling Stones:
"Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Let's drink to the two thousand million
Let's think of the humble of birth"

Posted 5 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
 Prodigal_SOB wrote:

 I have long said that my three favorite country bands are Ray Charles, the Stones, and the Dead in that order.

 
I like your choices!
Posted 7 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
 amyhukill wrote:
So nice to hear a stones song that isn't rediculously over played! Thanks

Great tune
 

 


Posted 7 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
The Rolling Stones sing that there were 2,000 million people in 1969.  Now, only 51 years later, there are 7,800 million of us.  Yikes!
Posted 8 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I have always felt the Stones were at their best when they went country!{#Yes}{#Clap}

 
 I have long said that my three favorite country bands are Ray Charles, the Stones, and the Dead in that order.
Posted 10 years ago by Prodigal_SOB    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Don't go away angry. Just... just go away.

 

indeed
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
that has to be thier worst song - never have heard this
Posted 11 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]

It was quite moving when they sang this at the 911 Benefit concert for the responders.{#Cheers}


Posted 11 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Is it me, or is the guitar in those opening chords a semi or so out of tune? Ol' Rubber Lips' singing surely is. Not one of the Stones finest, IMO. Other songs on the album are the dog's bollox, mind.


 

A Ricky double hum-bucking 12-string with the "e" set detuned.
Posted 11 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}  here's to the hard working people....BTW...my ass hurts...my back hurts...I have carpal tunnel....my eyes hurt...WORKING IN A CUBE IS HELL!


True story, all kidding aside.  My bro did not graduate high school.   Works his ass off in construction and is well-off and one of the few genuinely happy people I have ever met in my life.  He tells me honestly there is no place he'd rather be than at work.  Me? Masters degree and commensurate "career".  Miserable.......  
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my churches loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Nice treatment this, but I'm tired of the overplayed and relentlessly FM hyped Stones, even if it's a tune seldom heard there and welcome here. Worse, by the early '80s Jagger became a parody of an impersonator of Paint it Black Jagger.  It's the paradox of a classic band and music that was both overplayed and overrated, they wore out their welcome. From now on, I'll give the Stones two votes: 8 for being irreplaceable, but a 4 for the contempt of familiarity. And after Some Girls, Jagger was no longer a good vocalist, so chances are I just turn off the speakers or change the channel. 
 
Don't go away angry. Just... just go away.
Posted 11 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
I liked that recent cover better.  You can barely understand what they are saying.  Does this need to be "remastered"?
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
this song always warms my heart. just love it.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Being in tune is highly overated.

Synergy can overcome that.
Posted 12 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Keef sings! Now if we can just get "Happy" up and going here, we'd get to hear more of his lovely, nasally warble.

Posted 12 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
So nice to hear a stones song that isn't rediculously over played! Thanks

Great tune
 
Posted 12 years ago by amyhukill    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Is it me, or is the guitar in those opening chords a semi or so out of tune? Ol' Rubber Lips' singing surely is. Not one of the Stones finest, IMO. Other songs on the album are the dog's bollox, mind.

 
   I'm sure it is and it's Keith on this one..so yeah, it's perfectly out of tune

Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

no idea! But certainly not the "German" cover!
 
It certainly WAS this sleeve image I bought it with back in the 80s. Guess where.

Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Nice treatment this, but I'm tired of the overplayed and relentlessly FM hyped Stones, even if it's a tune seldom heard there and welcome here. Worse, by the early '80s Jagger became a parody of an impersonator of Paint it Black Jagger.  It's the paradox of a classic band and music that was both overplayed and overrated, they wore out their welcome. From now on, I'll give the Stones two votes: 8 for being irreplaceable, but a 4 for the contempt of familiarity. And after Some Girls, Jagger was no longer a good vocalist, so chances are I just turn off the speakers or change the channel. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
A great ending to one of the Stones' finest. Every time I hear this album or Let it Bleed or Exile, it makes me wish the Stones still made records like this.
Posted 13 years ago by mike_chouinard    [ Reply ]
Is it me, or is the guitar in those opening chords a semi or so out of tune? Ol' Rubber Lips' singing surely is. Not one of the Stones finest, IMO. Other songs on the album are the dog's bollox, mind.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I'm never sure whether the comments here are truly ignorant or just snarky.  Trying not to dip my toe in the water anymore, because invariably, when I do I end up with a piranha gobbling my comments and regurgitating something that in no way resembles what I said...

Wow - that was almost creative... {#Eek}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Michael Philip Jagger, alumnus London School of Economics
 
{#Clap} Well played sir!

Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}How come you never hear songs like this from the Stones? You always hear the same &$^%*#&$*# songs...RP is always refreshing, playing things we don't hear every day. Thanks!

Posted 13 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:

I think "unbelievably" is the key word in your question. Mick Jagger isn't exactly a man of the people, so the song doesn't ring true. I think that explains why the song escaped you (and everyone else) for 40 years.

 
It never escaped me.  You may want to stick to using first-person narration when stating an opinion.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Best LP they put out, due imo to Nicky Hopkins and Dave Mason. Slide by Brian was nice too.
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Paul_in_Australia wrote:
I have never heard a "British" accent in my life and I lived there for 30 years 
 
...it's called BBC received and it's fallen out of use over the past thirty years:  witness trans-atlantic english as a similarly obsolescent cultivated accent...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 jim1964 wrote:

Kind of like why the folks at NASA never really believed Elton John was a real astronaut when he sang Rocket Man.
 
{#Lol}    {#Clap}  I love this song anyway. Keith could pass for a homeless man (possibly even a dead one badly-embalmed.) And I don't think it's that Charlie Watts is a BAD drummer - he's just lazy. {#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:

I think "unbelievably" is the key word in your question. Mick Jagger isn't exactly a man of the people, so the song doesn't ring true. I think that explains why the song escaped you (and everyone else) for 40 years.
 
Kind of like why the folks at NASA never really believed Elton John was a real astronaut when he sang Rocket Man.
Posted 14 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
There ya go.
Posted 14 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
These guys are horrible!  What kind of music is this?  Worthless hacks.
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Nice!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
I love in "Rock and Roll Circus" when they play this song, Mick is holding a lyric sheet in front of him.  Awesome stuff.  It's easy enough to find on Youtube.
Posted 14 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
 Precisely.  While this is great music off my fave Stones album, it was ultimately just blue collar poseur art.  Look to Billy Bragg or even Mark Knopfler for the real deal.  

Shimmer wrote:

I think "unbelievably" is the key word in your question. Mick Jagger isn't exactly a man of the people, so the song doesn't ring true. I think that explains why the song escaped you (and everyone else) for 40 years.
 

Posted 14 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
 sandpebble wrote:
Sing it Keith!!!
 
Keith in the right channel... Mick in the left!
Back ground singers all over the place. {#Jump}


Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Sing it Keith!!!
Posted 14 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
 gjeeg wrote:
How did this unbelievably class-conscious song escape me for the past forty years?
 
I think "unbelievably" is the key word in your question. Mick Jagger isn't exactly a man of the people, so the song doesn't ring true. I think that explains why the song escaped you (and everyone else) for 40 years.

Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
peter_james_bond wrote:
"Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead"

How could they know about the Wizards of Wall Street in 1968? {#Cheers}
Michael Philip Jagger, alumnus London School of Economics

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Why does the lead singer effect such a strong English accent?

;-) 
I have never heard a "British" accent in my life and I lived there for 30 years 
Posted 14 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I have always felt the Stones were at their best when they went country!{#Yes}{#Clap}

 
I guess this is countryish because of the strong acoustic guitar and slide? I like this.
Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 OldFrenchie wrote:
Why is it that just because this is the Stones, it has to be loved and revered?
Can't a guy just not like the sound of a song, despite who performs it?
This is a 4 at best.
 
4 out of 4, yes, agreed.

Posted 15 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
 tom-kenna wrote:

My favorite Stones LP. This must be the English Album cover.

 
no idea! But certainly not the "German" cover!


Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I have always felt the Stones were at their best when they went country!{#Yes}{#Clap}


 

Ooooh - is that what the "MONGOLS" think...? Interesting!
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Another proof that Charlie is one of the lousiest drummers ever born!

How can he boss a jazz-band?
I just don't get it!

...and certainly dislike this anti-Stones song!
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

I have always felt the Stones were at their best when they went country!{#Yes}{#Clap}


 
Interestig...i hear more blues in this than country...but I agree that this is the stones at their finest!

Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]

I have always felt the Stones were at their best when they went country!{#Yes}{#Clap}


Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 gjeeg wrote:
Jesus.
How did this unbelievably class-conscious song escape me for the past forty years?

My appreciation of the Stones just grows with the years.

Maybe if Mick had enunciated better, their message would have been better heard.
 
Ditto & well said

Posted 15 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
I can't drink right now...I'm working. {#Wink}
Posted 15 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 roccoeugene wrote:
Hooray for the stones deep cuts!
 
My favorite Stones LP. This must be the English Album cover.

Posted 15 years ago by tom-kenna    [ Reply ]
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I am working too hard to drink{#Arghhh}
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
 roccoeugene wrote:
Hooray for the stones deep cuts!
 
Any deep cuts from any great band, RP at its best...{#Sunny}

Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
let's drink hard to working people
Posted 15 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Let's drink to the hard working people! {#Cheers}

Posted 15 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
This is why I LOVE Radio Paradise! Never heard this song before. Thanks Bill!
Posted 15 years ago by ord_mike    [ Reply ]
 birdland wrote:
Maybe you had to be there. I don't know. I'm tired of trying to pump sense into heads. When I first heard Beggars Banquet, I was 12. It blew my little mind, along with all the rest of the stuff that was happening then. In that context, I have a fondness for the sound of these songs. But they don't just remind me of that, they show me the brilliance of effort they represent in time, when I lay that context over what's available today - even the peak of brilliance today. They are hard to match in so many ways.

I love this.
 
Well said  — sad but true IMHO ... {#Cheers} Let's drink!

Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Hooray for the stones deep cuts!
Posted 15 years ago by roccoeugene    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
one of the all time greats. this is rock and roll at its most powerful. the Stones at their best recorded during a brief magical time when they could do no wrong.
 
I agree. Their studio albums from Beggar's Banquet to Exile on Main Street were second to none.  (IMHO).

Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
"Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead"

How could they know about the Wizards of Wall Street in 1968? {#Cheers}
 
Because the "Wizards of Wall Street" did the same damned thing in 1898 and 1929 that they did in 2000-2008. It's that whole "learn from history so you don't have to repeat it" thing.

Or something like that. Good times! {#Wave}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
one of the all time greats. this is rock and roll at its most powerful. the Stones at their best recorded during a brief magical time when they could do no wrong.
 

The Stones are called "the world's greatest rock and roll band" but one has to all the way back to this album or perhaps "Let It Bleed" to have a sense of why this was once true.

Posted 15 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
one of the all time greats. this is rock and roll at its most powerful. the Stones at their best recorded during a brief magical time when they could do no wrong.
Posted 15 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Jesus.
How did this unbelievably class-conscious song escape me for the past forty years?

My appreciation of the Stones just grows with the years.

Maybe if Mick had enunciated better, their message would have been better heard.
Posted 15 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
"Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead"

How could they know about the Wizards of Wall Street in 1968? {#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
And a great version of JJFlash!

jagdriver wrote:
snitramc wrote: For a good rendition of this song, as well as many English invasion bands, do check out the DVD called "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus". It was filmed in a BBC studio around 1967. It features Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithful, The Who, John Lennon/Yoko/Eric Clapton, the Stones, and others. It rocks, especially when the Stones do Sympathy for the Devil. They close the film with this song and it made me feel very different about this song. I like the gospel feel at the end.

===========

To this I might add that the drummer playing behing Clapton and Lennon is none other than Mitch Mitchell, who passed away a couple of days ago. There's also a couple of numbers by Taj Mahal, with Jesse Ed Davis on guitar (the latter played on Lennon's Rock 'N' Roll release).
This is a terrific release, Sympathy For the Devil aside. Parachute Woman, Jigsaw Puzzle, Factory Girl... all great tunes!




Posted 15 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Like the weird guitar sound too. They played this at the Concert for NYC.


Posted 15 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
 jim1964 wrote:
I just love the piano playing with the chorus at the end.

 
That would be Nicky Hopkins, who also played with Quicksilver Messenger Service.

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I just love the piano playing with the chorus at the end.

Posted 16 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
snitramc wrote: For a good rendition of this song, as well as many English invasion bands, do check out the DVD called "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus". It was filmed in a BBC studio around 1967. It features Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithful, The Who, John Lennon/Yoko/Eric Clapton, the Stones, and others. It rocks, especially when the Stones do Sympathy for the Devil. They close the film with this song and it made me feel very different about this song. I like the gospel feel at the end.

===========

To this I might add that the drummer playing behing Clapton and Lennon is none other than Mitch Mitchell, who passed away a couple of days ago. There's also a couple of numbers by Taj Mahal, with Jesse Ed Davis on guitar (the latter played on Lennon's Rock 'N' Roll release).
This is a terrific release, Sympathy For the Devil aside. Parachute Woman, Jigsaw Puzzle, Factory Girl... all great tunes!

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
still, a big fav of mine.
saw shine a light this past weekend. great stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Why is it that just because this is the Stones, it has to be loved and revered?
Can't a guy just not like the sound of a song, despite who performs it?
This is a 4 at best.
Posted 16 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
Maybe you had to be there. I don't know. I'm tired of trying to pump sense into heads. When I first heard Beggars Banquet, I was 12. It blew my little mind, along with all the rest of the stuff that was happening then. In that context, I have a fondness for the sound of these songs. But they don't just remind me of that, they show me the brilliance of effort they represent in time, when I lay that context over what's available today - even the peak of brilliance today. They are hard to match in so many ways.

I love this.


Posted 16 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
A totally underrated tune from the rock and rolling uglies.  "Jigsaw Puzzle" is another.  Total respect for longevity and their love for playing - see "Shine a Light"
Posted 16 years ago by MTachyon    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
Ok, I'll probably get flamed for this.

Sloppy playing, crappy intonation on Mick's vocals...this just isn't their best....

 

Sloppy playing, Keith's opening vocals and craggy backups out of tune.......a CLASSIC  YEAH — Bring in the Choir ——Did you hear this at the Concert for Heroes after 9-11 — Amazing Moment — great underrated album - sloppy and fabulous- just like Exile......Rock and Roll
And if you don't like this than you don't like rock and roll
Posted 16 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Great song! One of the best old bluesy Stones songs, I think. 
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by DELTA__9__FOOLS    [ Reply ]
Doesn't get much better than Charlie's playing on this.
Posted 16 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Wow, I have been noticing the Stones everywhere lately (in the movie theater, on the radio, their own station on Sirius and even here on RP). I am enjoying rediscovering them. They were one of the few things my Dad and I always agreed on.
Posted 16 years ago by catey    [ Reply ]
That's MY bathroom goddamit!
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
A failed effort.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Love the song, hate the vocals here, meh.
Posted 16 years ago by BlueHeronDruid    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
I can't either, now that you mention it.
Scroll down...it's an awfully boring cover.
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
the Stones at their transcendent best. powerful, still.
Posted 17 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Pharlap wrote:
Ah the original cover, which was deemed too racy for the American consumer. I remember somehow getting a facsimilie of the Import cover and gluing it over my domestic cover. I'd been looking at that since 1969 and can't remember what the "real" US cover looked like.
I can't either, now that you mention it.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Ah the original cover, which was deemed too racy for the American consumer. I remember somehow getting a facsimilie of the Import cover and gluing it over my domestic cover. I'd been looking at that since 1969 and can't remember what the "real" US cover looked like.
Posted 17 years ago by Pharlap    [ Reply ]
Ok, I'll probably get flamed for this. Sloppy playing, crappy intonation on Mick's vocals...this just isn't their best....
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
ronniegirl wrote:
Ah, when the lads were young! As were we all then!
i agee i saw the film was taken back there,esp when they talk about what was really going on then....spanish tony the dealer,hes in the crowd too.....he he
Posted 17 years ago by aandyy    [ Reply ]
snitramc wrote:
For a good rendition of this song, as well as many English invasion bands, do check out the DVD called "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus". It was filmed in a BBC studio around 1967. It features Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithful, The Who, John Lennon/Yoko/Eric Clapton, the Stones, and others. It rocks, especially when the Stones do Sympathy for the Devil. They close the film with this song and it made me feel very different about this song. I like the gospel feel at the end.
Ah, when the lads were young! As were we all then!
Posted 17 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
The line about drinking to the two thousand million reminds me that when this came out in 1968, there were less than three billion people on Earth. In 2007, we're going on seven billion. Yikes!
Posted 17 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
suddenchad wrote:
The single most overlooked and underrated Stones song ever. You people who complain about the tempo? Listen to the whole thing. It builds and builds and gets fast at the end. It's a really uplifting, almost spiritual song in my opinion.
I'm with you, bro.
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
ch83575 wrote:
There was also a great banquet shot inside that also didn't appear in the dumbed down version. My father-in-law has the original... i have the dumbed down :-(
I might be remembering this backward... perhaps he has the white cover and that is the on with the cool inside, and mine is a re-issue with the great cover but without the inside art. Either way this and Let it Bleed are probably my two favorite stones albums.
Posted 17 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
junebaby65 wrote:
Love this album, their best 60's release. This album cover was deemed to be too offensive since it's a photo of a rather nasty toilet area. This was just too much to take back then so a rather generic cover was put in its place.
There was also a great banquet shot inside that also didn't appear in the dumbed down version. My father-in-law has the original... i have the dumbed down :-(
Posted 17 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
snitramc wrote:
check out the DVD called "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus". They close the film with this song and it made me feel very different about this song.
I just acquired this DVD by donating to our local PBS station...and it's so very cool.
Posted 17 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
junebaby65 wrote:
Love this album, their best 60's release. This album cover was deemed to be too offensive since it's a photo of a rather nasty toilet area. This was just too much to take back then so a rather generic cover was put in its place.
Like this one? I had never seen the original cover art until today (thank you RP)! What was considered offensive in the 60's is NOTHING today.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
YEAH! I got my coffee mug raised high (in lieu of a pint)
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Lotus_Miata wrote:
Hey... this is a different album cover from the one I remember. Why?
Love this album, their best 60's release. This album cover was deemed to be too offensive since it's a photo of a rather nasty toilet area. This was just too much to take back then so a rather generic cover was put in its place.
Posted 17 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
For a good rendition of this song, as well as many English invasion bands, do check out the DVD called "The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus". It was filmed in a BBC studio around 1967. It features Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithful, The Who, John Lennon/Yoko/Eric Clapton, the Stones, and others. It rocks, especially when the Stones do Sympathy for the Devil. They close the film with this song and it made me feel very different about this song. I like the gospel feel at the end.
Posted 17 years ago by snitramc    [ Reply ]
Hey... this is a different album cover from the one I remember. Why?
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
The single most overlooked and underrated Stones song ever. You people who complain about the tempo? Listen to the whole thing. It builds and builds and gets fast at the end. It's a really uplifting, almost spiritual song in my opinion.
Posted 17 years ago by suddenchad    [ Reply ]
I see the pace and tone of the song differently. Spend eight or more hours on your feet day after day, and you'll feel the way they sound. As a tribute to the schlubs who keep the world running, it's fitting for the song to be one step above dirge tempo. c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
PacificNWPariah wrote:
Indeed!
Belly up to the bar!
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
beansoup wrote:
MrsAustin wrote:
They sound old and tired...whaddyknow, they are. Time for meds and to bed boys.
This song is almost 40 years old. They were in their mid 20s I think? Like it or not, its still classic Stones. Not old or tired imo.
Even though i know you (beansoup) are right, i still have to agree with MrsAustin :) I like the Stones a lot and Beggar's Banquet is one of my favourite Stones album, but this song i always skip.
Posted 17 years ago by themarty    [ Reply ]
thanks for playing this song. first time i've ever heard it not on my own hi-fi. it is truly great
Posted 17 years ago by MatClarke    [ Reply ]
Indeed!
Posted 17 years ago by PacificNWPariah    [ Reply ]
Listen closely and you'll find that there's a whole lot of drinkin' going on.
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Let's drink to the Orange County heads. Timothy Leary we loved you!
Posted 17 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
One of their five best albums IMHO.
Posted 17 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
siloco wrote:
this almost sound like Mick doing Zimmerman... nice underexposed track...
Sympathy demos were done with Dylan phrasing and Satisfaction was initially written as a kinda of Dylan-style song. he was big influence on them. magnificent song. I saw the Stones play this year, and they still have the goods.
Posted 18 years ago by saskganesh    [ Reply ]
MrsAustin wrote:
They sound old and tired...whaddyknow, they are. Time for meds and to bed boys.
This song is almost 40 years old. They were in their mid 20s I think? Like it or not, its still classic Stones. Not old or tired imo.
Posted 18 years ago by beansoup    [ Reply ]
Go Sir Mick!
Posted 18 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]