just been listening to this song, its nice. Is keith singing about anyone? does the song have a special meaning?

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

Some say about Anita; some say about Jagger; some may say about MT

I heard that it's maybe about his dog?

I've always heard it was Anita... lovely song..

This was the tune that held up the release of E.R. cause it took forever for Keith to figure out if he had unintentionally knicked the song from someone else.

One of his bests i.m.h.o

"Well my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

Wonderful mellancholic song in the same fashion that coming down again. Great wind section. A very underrated song, maybe because MT does'nt play in it?

keith´s best

I found this on the great "Time Is On Our Side" website about "All About You".So it's about Mick?


That song was hanging around for 3 years. After researching to make sure it wasn't somebody else who wrote it, I finally decided that it must have been me. But... I AM proud of it.
- Keith Richards


Charlie: The classic one on this album is the one Keith's done. I mean, I didn't know what... right up until about 2 months before the album... has now come out.
Mick: Which one are you talking about, Charlie?
Charlie: I mean, I didn't know...
Mick: Which song... ?
Bill: All About You.
Mick: Oh, All About You.
Bill: The "train song".
Mick: Yeah.
Charlie: Yeah.
Ron: Train Song, that's what we knew it as.
Charlie: Yeah, Keith's, yeah... Oh nobody knows...
Bill: It's just a track called Train Song.
Charlie: And I never knew what Keith was going to (put) on it, I never knew what he wanted... But it was a great track to play. That's being a drummer, you know?
Ron: He ended up singing that too, which is quite pleasing.
Charlie: Yeah, it's great. But I mean...
Mick: It's not me singing it (laughs).
Charlie: How he made a song out of it, I don't know.
- Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman & Ron Wood, 1980


It had a little bit of sentimental input there about his feelings for Mick at the time. Just listen to the lyrics.
- Bobby Keys


I went through a very tough thing in the early 80s with Mick. So you get some songs like All About You, to name just one. There's more on some of the Winos records.
- Keith Richards, 2002

All About You

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Well if you call this a life
Why must I spend it with you?
If the show must go on
Let it go on without you
So sick and tired hanging around with jerks like you

Who'll tell me those lies
And let me think they're true?
What am I to do
You want it, I got it too

Though the LAUGHS MAY BE CHEAP
That's just cause the joke's about you
I'm so sick and tired hanging around with dogs like you
You're the first to get LAID, always the last bitch to get paid

Oh, tell me those lies
Let me think they're true
I heard one or two
They weren't about me, they weren't about her
They were all about you

I may miss you
But missing me just isn't you
I'm so sick and tired hanging around with dogs like you

Tell me those lies
Let me think they're true
I heard one or two, and they weren't about me, they weren't about her
They're all about you
I'm so sick and tired
What should I do
You want it, you get it...
So how come I'm still in love with you?

I am in love with this song lately.

I love the ending where Keith sings -

You want it - want it want it want it want it
You get it - get it get it get it get it

it's just so emotional and inventive.

"Well my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

in that Kris Needs biography Keith says even his kids thought it was about them.
he confirms the view that it's about both Mick and Anita, but adds that it's mostly about himself.

(that's one of about three good bits in the book, so please don't mistake that for a recommendation)

It's a wonderful track and the not knowing in regards to the subject matter only adds a touch of mystique.

<some may say about MT>

LOL! Never heard that one before

my favourite keith ballad!
a fantastic piece of music....

one of keef's best .great voice with some much emotion .

I never got who the jerks and dogs are. If it's a kiss off to Anita that's not a very kind thing to say. So presumably Mick?

Great song with rare emotion from Keith.

I've read where Keith has said it is about both Mick and Anita.
It is a really pretty song. One of Keith's best. I still love "The Worst" and think his vocals are the best on that track.

love the song, studio and in concert on b2b tour....love ER...one of my faves....

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Silver Dagger
I never got who the jerks and dogs are. If it's a kiss off to Anita that's not a very kind thing to say. So presumably Mick?

isn't a kiss-off unkind by definition? I don't see the conflict.

Anyone know the chords?

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

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I love the ending where Keith sings -

You want it - want it want it want it want it
You get it - get it get it get it get it

it's just so emotional and inventive.


hey marshall - i totally agree, i mentioned that very part on a thread here about best backing vox.(iorr.org)

especially clear on headphones, it sounds like a dimly-lit 2am lone-drinking session...

(...er, not that i'd know )i



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