pt. 2 of All Things Considered's Stones spots...

Charlie picks a song.


which one will he talk about?

I hope its Paint It Black

that song got me when I first heard it on a car radio in 1966

I still remember listening to those pounding toms and mad cymbal / hi hat crashes

Loved Keith last night. It will be fun to hear what Charlie has to say.

This week, All Things Considered is talking to The Rolling Stones one by one, in honor of the band's 50th anniversary. Each of the Stones was asked to pick one song from their archive to discuss. Drummer Charlie Watts — at 71, the eldest statesman in the bunch — chose the song that gave the group its first No. 1 hit in the U.S.
"I chose 'Satisfaction,'" he says. "It was just the first really big record we ever made. It's an iconic riff. It just sums up the whole period, really."

Released in 1965, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is built around a simple three-note riff by Keith Richards. Watts says that, although he's the band's timekeeper, on stage he generally follows Richards' lead rather than the other way around.

"He usually starts the intros, and very much when we were in the early period of our existence," Watts says. "Monitors were kind of nonexistent, so I had to have his amplifier quite close to me, and they weren't very big amplifiers. With an audience shouting, I needed that to know where the changes came, because you could very rarely hear Mick."

Speaking of Mick Jagger, he made a guest appearance in Charlie Watts' conversation with NPR's Melissa Block while the two were discussing the song's distinctive beat.

[www.npr.org]

"Goin' well, this interview, innit?"

It had never occurred to me before about the beat on "Satisfaction" being similar to "Pretty Woman" - but he's right.

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"Goin' well, this interview, innit?"

Charlie <3

Four minutes of Satisfaction clip, two minutes of that scintillating conversationalist Mr. Watts. The funniest part is when Mick sticks his head in the door to provide Charlie with the correct answer. I think those two are more likely the old married couple in the band.

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Four minutes of Satisfaction clip, two minutes of that scintillating conversationalist Mr. Watts. The funniest part is when Mick sticks his head in the door to provide Charlie with the correct answer. I think those two are more likely the old married couple in the band.

Yes, the economist and the graphic designer do make for quite the compatible couple, particularly when it comes time to design the touring stage. The drunken junkies on guitar, they make up the other pair. Would be a boring band if all 4 members were the exact same, don't you think?

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Four minutes of Satisfaction clip, two minutes of that scintillating conversationalist Mr. Watts. The funniest part is when Mick sticks his head in the door to provide Charlie with the correct answer. I think those two are more likely the old married couple in the band.

Yes, the economist and the graphic designer do make for quite the compatible couple, particularly when it comes time to design the touring stage. The drunken junkies on guitar, they make up the other pair. Would be a boring band if all 4 members were the exact same, don't you think?

Yes, Mick and Charlie are the comfortable married couple, while Keith and Mick are the battling lovers - can't live with each other, can't live without each other - and Ronnie is the lovable child, always eager to please. There you have it, the physcology of The Rolling Stones, in one sentence.

Charlie's always been the mystery man. Yet, he's been the rock as well.
About as un-rock'n'roll as they come, yet he's never been away.

I still say they should pull a jazzy-r'n'b recording. Could be sweet.