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with sssoul
when our good marcovandereijk pointed out that the songwriters are using "Lady Jane" in the DH Lawrencean sense,
it alllllll fell into place. on bended knee indeed :E
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with sssoul
when our good marcovandereijk pointed out that the songwriters are using "Lady Jane" in the DH Lawrencean sense,
it alllllll fell into place. on bended knee indeed :E
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DiscoVolante
One of my least favorite Stones periods. Nor very keen for baroque pop. But still a good song!
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Doxa
By the way, if we are looking for distant cousins to this gem, I think Jagger's "Angel in My Heart" is closest, followed by "New Faces". Of course, Hopknins' piano in "She's A Rainbow" have also that baroque feel...
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Doxa
A good catch, DP!. "Sittin On A Fence" is one of my favourite Stones ballads ever, and I have always wondered why it didn't make AFTERMATH. But yeah, actually it being someway too close to "Lady Jane" might explain a lot. They didn't want to give such 'soft' impression altogether by having two such ballads in the same album. I think that also explains why later pieces like "Waitin On A Friend" or "Worried About You" not making the albums at the time of their recording since there were too many similar songs to choose from. It is also usual that same kind of songs come in groups - certain same ideas or feelings popping in the mind and one make some different versions of them...
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24FPS
I would even say that the Stones were more successful than the Beatles in creating an aural past era without being campy. Another example is 'Backstreet Girl'.
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DaveG
Wouldn't waiting at her ease mean that he was at her beck and call?
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DaveG
I think waiting at one's ease makes a bit more sense than waiting at one's eaves! Wouldn't waiting at her ease mean that he was at her beck and call?
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71Tele
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite periods...If Keith had never started playing open G, and the Stones had ended in 1967, they still would have been one of the greatest pop bands ever.
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24FPS
I would even say that the Stones were more successful than the Beatles in creating an aural past era without being campy. Another example is 'Backstreet Girl'.
... really?
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24FPS
I would even say that the Stones were more successful than the Beatles in creating an aural past era without being campy. Another example is 'Backstreet Girl'.
... really?
To my particular ears, really. Eleanor Rigby sounds very modern. Lady Jane & Backstreet Girl sound are very acoustic and sound like they could have been performed in other centuries by minstrels of the day. I'm transported to another age with those songs. Eleanor Rigby's subject is loneliness in the modern world. To my ears.