.....the more I listen to this song recently, the more I love it.........it did not have this effect on me before.

Wonder what this one is about...



John

"It's about a guy on the run who's gotta say goodbye, and he doesn't really know how to say it."
- Keith Richards, 2002, quoted on [www.timeisonourside.com]

... i shouldn't take it so hard, i know :E

yeahh love this song!

Always loved it: never understood the bashing of it.

great night song...love it

.....what I am really loving is the bare bones aspect of the song.... yeah the vulnerability in Keith's voice is touching, and it reminds me a little of what Rick Rubin was doing with Cash......... Maybe this is what Keith's collaboration with Merle Haggard will be like.........I can only hope.

The title of this song gets a wider and unintentional meaning after some rusty guitar work by the riff master during the last leg of A Bigger Bang tour. Anyway, a great song IMO.

>> what I am really loving is the bare bones aspect of the song <<

go on, Rip This - please & thank you, i mean! it's always a great gift
when people point out what they love about the music.

my little remark up there about not taking it so hard was only sort of a joke:
this track is so very doleful that it can be hard for me to take.
it's strange that it's got that sort of unfinished quality about it,
but at the same time the melancholic effect of it is so complete ... how does he do that?



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It`s my favourite song with Keith on the vocals and one of the best Stones` ballads.

its a great keith track. its a terrible stones track, thats why it gets a bad wrap. I love it.

OLDKR

I am not very much in this song yet,but in that kind of songs Keith shines.He has the best voice for that songs.Sooooo warm
Can anyone tell the chords you can use on this song?



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oldkr Wrote:
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> its a great keith track. its a terrible stones
> track, thats why it gets a bad wrap. I love it.
>
> OLDKR


Could you provide some evidence why it's a terrible Stones track?

could you read my post properly? No, seriously it gets flack because its a jazz infused ballad when many seem to tend toward an earthier, rougher siode to the stones sound and particularly keiths input to that. I like the track, but from the standpoint of the criticism it has recieved it would fit the criteria for being a bad stones track in this context.

OLDKR

it feels like a tom waits tune and i really like it

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> it feels like a tom waits tune and i really like
> it

that's right rooster.....gruff nicotine laden wraspy Tom Waits like.....beautiful.................

re: OlDKR
to me it's an exquisite, raw and simple Stones country ballad that is really mature.......at this stage in their careers it's almost an un updated sound that they should be embracing and doing more of..........

rip this: couldn't agree more!

OLDKR

Sounds to me like the lyrics were pretty made up on the spot!!

Losing my touch.... way to much

Not one of his best

>> Sounds to me like the lyrics were pretty made up on the spot <<

smile: yep! and there's a scene in the Four Flicks documentary of him doin it, too:
"kind of got my fingers burnt - [how-do-i-get-out-of-this-one pause] that's well learnt" :E

Kinda got the feel of being knock out quickly as does the other extra tracks on forty licks

Shame really

"smile: yep! and there's a scene in the Four Flicks documentary of him doin it, too:
"kind of got my fingers burnt - [how-do-i-get-out-of-this-one pause] that's well learnt" :E"

actually he sings that well hurt

OLDKR

Oldkr got it right in my mind
Not a Stones tune, but what a great tune!
I also love Keys To Your Love which is very much a Mick solo song done by the Stones.

For that matter "Streets Of Love" is a Mick solo song to me.
When I watched them play it live its all about giving MJ the entire spotlight and stage and just hanging back until it's over and then rocking again on the next track.

I do like it though! Its not a bad MJ solo song.

ablett Wrote:
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> Kinda got the feel of being knock out quickly as
> does the other extra tracks on forty licks
>
> Shame really


I don't get that impression at all. Keith was writing words on the fly in the documentary, but when has Keith ever claimed that he delivers finished product to the Stones? That's more Mick's routine. The lick and melody to Losing My Touch i'm sure he had, and there are quotes from Ronnie Wood claiming that KR knew that he wanted Wood to play steel pedal on this tune so some was in his head and some was already real.
I thought Keys to Your Love and Losing My Touch were brilliantly crafted pieces, both equally showcasing their enormous talent and incredible diversity as songwriters. More like those please!

I think it aint a true Stnes track, theres only Charlie on it, except for Keith

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> I think it aint a true Stnes track, theres only Charlie on it, except for Keith


Plus Darryl, Ronnie and Chuck.

Chords anyone?

it's a skipper for me

It's a lovely and very touching song. I used to cry whenever he did it live...

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> I used to cry whenever he did it live...


It has never been played live.

StratoGR Wrote:
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> Chords anyone?


From memory...I believe the song is in C. So noodle around with C and F chords and you'll slip into it.



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