This song stays in my head all day...funny song I like it...ahhh afraid to ask...do you like this song!!!????Cheers.

Don't be afraid, this is a f**king great song! Like your style.

I like it, a bit. The quiet part is so....eh..."gentle English", but the part where the drums and bass and everything comes in, is good.
I liked it at the Dick Cavett Show 1972 video

all right......Its a long journey from Elmore James to the innocence of''Í am waiting,but the R&S find the right mood here via folky acoustic guitars and Brian Jones dulcimer. This is the young Stones at their most convincingly romantic,making pop that explodes into moments of yearning. Jagger s lyrics are unusually obscure,erupting during the chorus to fine melodramatic effect-Mick sings in embracing,soothing tones,and shows rare restraint during quieter moments, followed with burst of emotion. IOORR....

I love it!! It has a folkish style I can't nail down (the verse parts): is it appalachian?? American Indian??
This is the kind of song that set them completely apart from the Beatles' and their influence of the day.

rooster Wrote:
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> all right......Its a long journey from Elmore
> James to the innocence of''Í am waiting,but the
> R&S find the right mood here via folky acoustic
> guitars and Brian Jones dulcimer. This is the
> young Stones at their most convincingly
> romantic,making pop that explodes into moments of
> yearning. Jagger s lyrics are unusually
> obscure,erupting during the chorus to fine
> melodramatic effect-Mick sings in
> embracing,soothing tones,and shows rare restraint
> during quieter moments, followed with burst of
> emotion. IOORR....


That was really Great words!

Cheers Erik...That aftermath thing is so strange sometimes...vey rude songs like Stupid girl and UMT...and on the other hand...Take it or leave it!!!!!I got a weakness for I an waiting..Thought.

I took the words right out of my b...everybody should play it now....it will not leave you...and ofcourse Im waiting foo 2007!!!!!Gonna make some money Im not done with the greatest band!!!!I want more!!!!

I don't hear IAW as 'innocence' exactly, more an emotional or spiritual experience that happens to resonate both as a timeless song and as perfect a snapshot of its era as Beggars, Exile, or Some Girls were of theirs...I'm struck by the yearning and anticipation mixed with anxiety and a tinge of dread. "Like a withered stone / fears will pierce your bones....Oh yes we will find out."
Or is it winter storm? (I think its withered stone)

rooster Wrote:
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> I took the words right out of my b...everybody
> should play it now....

Ha ha I thought so! Cheers anyway!

Great song.

I recall a radio documentary on the Stones in the early 70's--they played it when they talked about Mick and Keith jailed during their '67 drug bust.

Also used to good effect in the film "Rushmore."

The song does sound great in Rushmore. I was about to post exactly the same thing! Great movie btw.

People sometimes forget what great pop songs the Stones wrote(Sittin on a Fence!!!)....The Ramones did a version of Out of Time!!!Imagine they covered ...Take it or leave it!!!Now its to late for that!Yes our band out lived everyone!!!

On Youtube:

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> rooster Wrote:
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> > I took the words right out of my b...everybody
> > should play it now....
>
> Ha ha I thought so! Cheers anyway!


I meant my brains!!!!Ha!!!

For me, this is the quintessential song of agony and uncertainty by the Stones. It is the voice of the question that we always ask ourselves: when will someone come out and notice me, love me, care about me, worry about me? It feeds upon our basic human need to be, well, needed. It tells us we can't hold out on our own for very long - we need the support, the knowledge that others are there for us. It's about so many things, it's about love, it's about just having assurance that things will be alright.

I love this song even more because of how surgically it was used as Max Fischers sort-of "theme" in Rushmore. When I hear this song, images from that film pop up in my head, which are exactly the images I think the Stones intended to evoke from this song.

It's encased in time: it sounds like 60s Stones. It's a perfect 60s song, it's a perfect melancholy song. I can't get enough of it!

And the fact that it's on probably their greatest early album, Aftermath, makes it even better.

JJK you articulated what I was trying to say more fully than I could, and it's an all time fave, intimate, haunting, scary

Jumpin'JackFrash Wrote:
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> For me, this is the quintessential song of agony
> and uncertainty by the Stones. It is the voice of
> the question that we always ask ourselves: when
> will someone come out and notice me, love me, care
> about me, worry about me? It feeds upon our basic
> human need to be, well, needed. It tells us we
> can't hold out on our own for very long - we need
> the support, the knowledge that others are there
> for us. It's about so many things, it's about
> love, it's about just having assurance that things
> will be alright.
>
> I love this song even more because of how
> surgically it was used as Max Fischers sort-of
> "theme" in Rushmore. When I hear this song,
> images from that film pop up in my head, which are
> exactly the images I think the Stones intended to
> evoke from this song.
>
> It's encased in time: it sounds like 60s Stones.
> It's a perfect 60s song, it's a perfect melancholy
> song. I can't get enough of it!
>
> And the fact that it's on probably their greatest
> early album, Aftermath, makes it even better.

The right words at the right time!!!

Jumpin'JackFrash Wrote:
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> For me, this is the quintessential song of agony
> and uncertainty by the Stones. It is the voice of
> the question that we always ask ourselves: when
> will someone come out and notice me, love me, care
> about me, worry about me? It feeds upon our basic
> human need to be, well, needed. It tells us we
> can't hold out on our own for very long - we need
> the support, the knowledge that others are there
> for us. It's about so many things, it's about
> love, it's about just having assurance that things
> will be alright.
>
> I love this song even more because of how
> surgically it was used as Max Fischers sort-of
> "theme" in Rushmore. When I hear this song,
> images from that film pop up in my head, which are
> exactly the images I think the Stones intended to
> evoke from this song.
>
> It's encased in time: it sounds like 60s Stones.
> It's a perfect 60s song, it's a perfect melancholy
> song. I can't get enough of it!
>
> And the fact that it's on probably their greatest
> early album, Aftermath, makes it even better.

For me, it's about Mister D. (death)

Rooster, I thought you meant "book"! Well, your brain is a book, too.
I really like Ride On Baby, from the after-Chess-but-before-JJF-years, that's one of my favourites, but I think you started a thread about that one, some time ago.

Look what you done!!!But that wasnt from aftermath '''right'?

I think it's "winter storm," not "withered stone." Though that would be a nice self-referential touch...

For me Aftermath is the way up to the peak of songwriting
which in my weird mind occur 1967-71 (with some later
heights like around 1973, 77-78, and later).
Wonderful album no matter if its UK or US issues.

Micwer!!!Thanks never saw that one!!!Now Im playing that one all night long!!

Little Red Rooster at YouTube, always worth seein' & hearin'...

Jaaaa...Baboon good choice!!I Have a film with Howlin Wolf!!!When is that radio show of yours???

rooster Wrote:
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> This song stays in my head all day...funny song I
> like it...ahhh afraid to ask...do you like this
> song!!!????Cheers.



Like it?....you bet I do.

the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

Please tell me bout this movie!!??

A fantastic song....absolutely brilliant!

According to the ever-reliable bv at [www.iorr.org]

Lindsey Buckingham covers "I Am Waiting" on new solo album
Fleetwood Mac frontman Lindsey Buckingham performs an acoustic cover of “I Am Waiting” on his upcoming solo album “Under The Skin,” which is set for U.S. release on Oct. 3.

Should be a good version. Lindsey has some great ballads on his last solo album, 1992's Out Of The Cradle. There is a little info about the album here: [www.amazon.com] They should be posting 30 second sound samples pretty soon.