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Blue And Lonesome

Composer: Marion Walter Jacobs
Recording dates: ca. 7th April onwards

Recording location: London, British Grove Studios
Producer: Don Was & The Glimmer Twins


First Released: 2nd December 2016 The Rolling stones CD 'Blue & Lonesome'
Label: Polydor Records 571 494-2


Line up:
Vocals: Mick Jagger
Guitar: Keith Richards
Guitar: Ronnie Wood
Bass: Darryl Jones
Drums: Charlie Watts
Harmonica: Mick Jagger
Piano: Matt Clifford
Organ: Chuck Leavell

Lyrics:

Blue And Lonesome

I'm blue and lonesome
As a man can be
I'm blue and lonesome
Whoa-oh
As a man can be
I don't have headaches
Over myself
My love is gone away from me

Baby, ple-e-ease!
Come on back home to me
Baby, ple-e-ease, yeah
Come on back home to me
Yeah my, heart is full of misery
Baby, you won't be sweet to me

(harmonica & instrumental)

I'm gonna cast my trouble
Down in the deep blue sea
I'm gonna cast my trouble
Yeah, down in the deep blue sea
Let the whales and the fishes
Have a fuss over me.

Note: Info taken from NZentgraf.de and WWW

The only real great track on B&L.

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

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DandelionPowderman

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

My opinion is bullshit?

No, it's bollocks. Dandelion P said so quite clearly, see? :E

_{I'm just joking, Monsoon. Your opinion is your opinion, of course}



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-02 12:05 by with sssoul.

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Monsoon Ragoon

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

My opinion is bullshit?

Of course not! But you forgot to say it was your opinion, didn't you? So did I, come to think of it

ROCKMAN



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-02 12:30 by Rockman.

I think they nailed it. Like the other Little Walter tunes, they sound much like the original, this is one where the guitar work shines!

Although I prefer Mick's vocals on the other 3 little walter covers, this one I think Little Walter outdoes Mick.

Still, a wonderful cover, a great choice, and they certainly do it justice!

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with sssoul
No, it's bollocks. Dandelion P said so quite clearly, see? :E

_{I'm just joking, Monsoon. Your opinion is your opinion, of course}

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

What can I say, except, I love me some Mick Jagger.
The vocals, his lament, he's yelling he's missing me, wants me to come home,
then harps like a desolate prisioner.
Yah, I got the blues for you.

ETA: guitars are good, too.



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Heavy stuff. Very nice guitar-work, vocals, and harp, but the song itself is a downer, with its bluer-than-blue vocals and dirge-like beat.

Drew



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The whales and fishes perk it up a little, though :E

Atmosphere is everything on this song. I let them take me into the swamps, cast a spell
on me and infect me with their lonesomeness. All I can do is drown with them in misery.
Brilliant playing by the whole band.

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

One of the best tracks on what is a fantastic album, personally I prefer the slower, heavier songs.

Never heard the original before.

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That pretty much says all that needs to be said.

As for the cover version? ..........................meh.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

I still think the intro sounds like it's gonny lead in to Harlem Shuffle.



"I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon."

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I still think the intro sounds like it's gonny lead in to Harlem Shuffle.

Excellent observation!

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

Respectfully disagree here. Slow blues can't get more emotional and neck-hair raising than on their take of Walter's "Blue & Lonesome". It's one of the, if not the standout track(s) on the album. IMO, at least.

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

Respectfully disagree here. Slow blues can't get more emotional and neck-hair raising than on their take of Walter's "Blue & Lonesome". It's one of the, if not the standout track(s) on the album. IMO, at least.

That's all right

But what about Little Rain - inferior to Blue And Lonesome?

PS: Don't forget that he said ut was THE ONLY great track on the album - I disagree strongly!



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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

My opinion is bullshit?

YES! It's WRONG!

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DandelionPowderman

But what about Little Rain - inferior to Blue And Lonesome?

PS: Don't forget that he said ut was THE ONLY great track on the album - I disagree strongly!

Little Rain is definitely not inferior to Blue And Lonesome! I love the album as a whole, so it's impossible for me to point out "weak tracks" - if anything, it depends on the mood for me which tracks I prefer to others at any given time. For example, I can usually not listen to Goin' Home from Aftermath in the morning, but it's still a great "night track" and one of my favourites from the early Stones. But Blue And Lonesome being "the only great track on the album"? Naaaaaaah, not at all.

To me "Blue and Lonesome" stood out as the best song the very first time I listened to the album.

Now, after having listened to the album 10 to 20 times, it is still my favorite track.

This has nothing to do with the fact that it is the title track.

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Monsoon Ragoon

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Monsoon Ragoon
The only real great track on B&L.

Bollocks! It's not even the best slow track

My opinion is bullshit?

Nope, just incorrect

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with sssoul
The whales and fishes perk it up a little, though :E

Ha! But I then went back ^ to article posted by Rockman:
'paints a vivid picture of how dark his moods could get'
I'm gonna cast my troubles in the deep blue sea,
let the waves and the fishes have a fuss over me.

I dunno man, it is depressing. Sometimes it is. I got nothing cheerful here.

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with sssoul
The whales and fishes perk it up a little, though :E

Ha! But I then went back ^ to article posted by Rockman:
'paints a vivid picture of how dark his moods could get'
I'm gonna cast my troubles in the deep blue sea,
let the waves and the fishes have a fuss over me.

I dunno man, it is depressing. Sometimes it is. I got nothing cheerful here.

Agreed. This song is the deepest shade of blue that exists, and the problem for me is there's nothing to hold onto here to transcend and escape the feeling.

Drew

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But what about Little Rain - inferior to Blue And Lonesome?

PS: Don't forget that he said ut was THE ONLY great track on the album - I disagree strongly!

Little Rain is definitely not inferior to Blue And Lonesome! I love the album as a whole, so it's impossible for me to point out "weak tracks" - if anything, it depends on the mood for me which tracks I prefer to others at any given time. For example, I can usually not listen to Goin' Home from Aftermath in the morning, but it's still a great "night track" and one of my favourites from the early Stones. But Blue And Lonesome being "the only great track on the album"? Naaaaaaah, not at all.

It almost sounds like we're in agreement here

the more I listen to it the more I like it and the guitar work and lament from Jagger is just ridiculously good...the most sincere and honest he's sounded in decades....this record hits the reset button...what will they do next?....

It`s great. I hope that`s not because I haven`t heard the original. I was about to say that everything that reminds me of The Animals` "House of The Rising Sun" is good. Then I came to think of Pink Floyds`s "High Hopes", that is a bit too similar for it`s own good. Well, back to B&L, the slower tracks are the best. It`s easiest to count the lesser tracks, IMO, such as "I Gotta Go", "Hate To See You Go", and "Just Like I Treat You".

I mean it's great, but the only thing that's slightly bothering me is Ronnie's hysteric out of tune bends throughout the song. I get it, it's a nod to the original, but it becomes a bit too much, maybe he could have done it more subtle.

It's also the song that started it all, as far as this record goes. Keith's brainchild. Keith and Ronnie had a plan going into pre-production rehearsals. And it worked. Great song too!