LAST LISTENED TO last night
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT fairly good
RATING
If this song was by any almost other band, it would be a very good song. As a Stones song it only qualifies as good. Which is a shame, but really there's no changing it. It is a song that is essentially split in two pieces: firstly the actual with-words song, then an extended jam piece with some funky percussion.
The song portion is a good piece of blues rock, being especially notable for Billy Preston's soulful organ and some choppy guitar chords. The chorus is also pretty catchy and, as with the rest of this portion, there is something of a Southern feel to it. More than any other Stones song, this clearly inspired the Black Crowes who took the sound and pushed it out over a whole, very good, album.
The second portion of the song takes place mostly through two solos. First up is Bobby Keyes on tenor sax. He played on many Stones songs of the period and, against the odds (just think of your sax solos in rock history), produces a tasteful solo. New boy on guitar Mick Taylor is on next and gets the longer solo. It's blue in tone and quite laid back with some nice, understated support from both Preston and Keyes. Taylor runs on until Keyes's sax comes back in more forcefully just before the end of the tune.
All in all, it is a pretty good song. However, it is no Gimme Shelter, so it will never be anything better than good.
3 comments:
I disagree, this is a killer tune and probably the best thing on 'Sticky Fingers'. The sax solo is sublime and the riffing in the main section almost perfect to my ears.
I plan to listen to this so many times tonight that it will surely be in my head tomorrow.
no, no, no. maybe it's the wine talking but i have to rate Brown Sugar and Sister Morphine above this one. I mean, i do love the riffing, but , it's NOT AS GOOD AS GIMME SHELTER. Away and listen to Shake Your Money Maker. Pah.
This is clearly a very good song. At this time it is important to point out i deny all knowledge of having any opinion to the contrary. It should also be made clear that the rating for this song has not just changed from three to four stars. Further, to even mention that any contrary opinion regarding the quality of this song may have existed is to risk, at best, internal exile. Do you want to be disappeared? In fact, why is this discussion even happening. It's not. It never happened.
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