LAST LISTENED TO a few days ago
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty high
RATING
This week was Let It Bleed week. It was on a fairly continuous rotation in the mornings. Funnily enough, You Got The Silver is my least favourite track on the album. Not that that is saying much as in my opinion, Let It Bleed is one of the best Stones albums. It opens on Gimme Shelter (which would probably make my all-time top ten tracks by anyone ever, most days) and ends on You Can't Always Get What You Want, which is not just damned good advice, but also a bloody good song.
You Got The Silver is one of those rare outgings when Keith gets to sings (in fact, it was the first tiime he got a song to himself). His voice is really not all that bad, but you do get the feeling that this is a car with one wheel off. It's the Stones, but not really. Also, i've never been hugely keen on their country-ish style songs, such as this one. It's just a matter of taste, i do realise.
Given all that, i do still like the track. The vocals, for all their roughness, actually fit the down-to-earth feel of the tune. In some ways you can almost hear Jagger singing them, as Richard's phrasing and style clearly echo the singer's. The real star is Richard's slide guitar work, which is really quite pretty, especially over-dubbed on his accoustic strumming. The song is also quite short, building to a satisfying climax that is over and done before you really notice.
2 comments:
Let It Bleed was an excellent album by the Stones - probably the beginning of their most creative era.
Just adding my two cents - my favorite Stones album is Some Girls. I think, front-to-back, it doesn't get any better than this, and the Keith Richards song "Before They Make Me Run" is probably the best one he's ever done (as a lead singer)for the Stones.
I also enjoyed Exile (every Stones fan does), and surprisingly, Voodoo Lounge.
Thanks for the comments. I've never actually tried Some Girls or Voodoo Lounge, but i am quite tempted now.
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