"START ME UP" isn't on "Emotional Rescue," (But, Gazza probably meant it was tried out/re-recorded for "possible use" on "Emotional Rescue" in 1979, it was not re-recorded/changed, at that time). SMU was still a reggae tune in 1979. "Start Me Up" wasn't changed until 1980. Here's what I found:
"Emotional Rescue" was released in June 1980, then, "Sucking In The Seventies," (regarded as a substandard compilation) was released, then "TATTOO YOU" in 1981.
"By the time Richards went to Paris to meet Jagger in October to start work on the next STONES album, "Tattoo You," (this was Paris 1980, 1980's section, page 308) everything between them was copacetic." (Victor Bockris)
"Two of the four songs recorded in the October-November sessions at Pathe-Marconi
in Paris, (this is a 1980 reference again) were celebrations of their friendship, [Keith and Mick's] the loving "Waiting on a friend" and "Neighbor's."
"By the time Richards joined the rest of the band menbers in the fall of 1980 to hammer out songs for a new album, everyone noticed the change in him."
However, the mood changed, and only "three" new songs were recorded for the new album. (From VB, KR)
Yes, "the Stones turned to their rich inventory of material and relying on tracks recorded between 1975 and 1979, put together an album that would be their most successful of the decade." (V
But, as I quoted before, (from Bockris) it appears that this is what happened to "START ME UP" and this in the Fall of 1980: "It was Jagger, for example, WHO DUSTED OFF a 1979 Richards tune called "START ME UP," and by turning it from a Reggae song into a rock track and speeding it up, made it into one of the most successful singles of their career..."I found it,"Mick remembered, "put it together, wrote the lyrics, put it on, and Keith said, 'I can't believe it, it's just wild.'" Jagger also brought in Clearmountain to mix "Tattoo you." (VB, 309-310)
"Tattoo You" was released August, 1981. So, it appears that, "START ME UP" was REWORKED for "Tattoo You" in 1980, and not in 1979 for "Emotional Rescue," and that it was still a Reggae tune and only then, switched to the "Rock gem" in 1980, the version that we all know and love today.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2005-01-03 00:37 by Demon.