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flilflam
Slave-Wood? Keith
Rain Fall Down-Jagger? Seems so,
Can't You Hear Me Knocking-Taylor, according to Jagger, but others say Keith. KEITH!
Heart of Stone-Jones? Keith
Bitch-Keith or Taylor? Taylor
Someone help me out. I am trying to compile a list of all Stones songs whose opening notes are not played by Richards.
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flilflam
I had always assumed that Keith, since he wrote all or most of the songs, was the one to play the opening chords to kick off the tune. I have always wondered who played the opening licks for these songs. Was it Jagger, Wood, Taylor, or maybe a guest guitarist such as Wayne Perkins?
Slave-Wood?
Rain Fall Down-Jagger?
Can't You Hear Me Knocking-Taylor, according to Jagger, but others say Keith
Heart of Stone-Jones?
Bitch-Keith or Taylor?
Someone help me out. I am trying to compile a list of all Stones songs whose opening notes are not played by Richards.
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flilflam
I had always assumed that Keith, since he wrote all or most of the songs, was the one to play the opening chords to kick off the tune. I have always wondered who played the opening licks for these songs. Was it Jagger, Wood, Taylor, or maybe a guest guitarist such as Wayne Perkins?
Slave-Wood?
Rain Fall Down-Jagger?
Can't You Hear Me Knocking-Taylor, according to Jagger, but others say Keith
Heart of Stone-Jones?
Bitch-Keith or Taylor?
Someone help me out. I am trying to compile a list of all Stones songs whose opening notes are not played by Richards.
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Ron Wood, 1982
That number came about from Keith and I in a hotel, you know... idea swaps. And it eventually came around to, What was that one you were working on, Woody? So I thought, Oh, great, here's my chance. I immediately made up this riff.
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Ron Wood, 2003
All of us, independently and together, were into reggae, and it was also a mood of the time. I had this particular lick that I took into the studio and the others said, What are we going to start with? and I said, I've got this song. Charlie was sitting behind his kit, so he was already into it and then Keith and Mick both got into the motion of it. That was Hey Negrita, which came together very easily. The key to getting a song across in this band is never to try and write all the words. If you've got the rhythm, you're lucky! Let Mick write the words and then you're in with a chance.
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baxlap
Jagger plays acoustic on Moonlight Mile.
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baxlap
Jagger plays acoustic on Moonlight Mile.
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DandelionPowderman
<Ventilator Blues is Mick Taylor.>
(Quotes found on time is on our side)
Actually not: [www.timeisonourside.com]
Both Taylor and Keith play slide on this track, and I think it's been confirmed here many times that it's Keith playing the opening riff, not Taylor.
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baxlap
Jagger plays acoustic on Moonlight Mile.
really? it´s not taylor??
if so .. wow i have to rethink about Sir Mick Jagger.
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DandelionPowderman
<Ventilator Blues is Mick Taylor.>
(Quotes found on time is on our side)
Actually not: [www.timeisonourside.com]
Both Taylor and Keith play slide on this track, and I think it's been confirmed here many times that it's Keith playing the opening riff, not Taylor.
I guess it will always remain a mystery, but the fact that this is the only song they
ever gave songwriting credit to Mick Taylor, is a strong indication that he's the one
to come up with the idea of the song. In the case of Ventilator Blues I'd say the general
idea of the song IS the opening riff.
I know it is open for discussion whether providing a riff to a song should be considered
something to get songwriting credits for. But as I said, this will always remain one
of the mysteries of The Stones.