Thursday, March 19, 2020

Rolling Stones, Can't you hear me knocking



As you start going stir crazy, ponder the Rolling Stones, one of a handful of bands that legitimately qualifies as the greatest of all time. This was recorded in 1971. Songs like Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash and Start Me Up get more airplay, but there's nothing like this. This song has it all. Keith Richard's ragged guitar, the saxophone coda and some great Keith backing vocals. The saxophone has 1971 written all over it. Mick Taylor on lead guitar, a 22 year-old prodigy who joined in 1969 and left in 1974, supposedly because being in the band was hazardous to his health, and because the band was denying him proper songwriting credits. Someone is playing the bongos. By 1971, Mick Jagger was also perfecting his vocal style.The Stones had a few good years left in the studio before lapsing into average-land and eventually a seasoned concert act.

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