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Miss Amanda Jones
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, August 3 - 11, 1966 and
Pye Studios & Olympic Sound Studios, London, UK, November 8 - 26, 1966

Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - vocals, electric guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Ian Stewart - piano, organ

Down and down she goes, oh Amanda Jones
I said down and down and down and down
She'd look really lovely at home
‘Til somebody gonna come up and ask her
To live happily ever after, miss Amanda Jones

On and on she goes, little miss Amanda Jones
I said on and on and on and on
Just watch her as she grow
Don't wanna say it very obviously
But she's losing her nobility, miss Amanda Jones

Hey girl, don't you realize the money invested in you
Hey girl, you just got to find someone who'll really pull your family through

Up and up she goes, oh Amanda Jones
I said up and up and up and up
She looks quite delightfully stoned
She's the darling of the discotheque crowd
Of her lineage she's rightfully proud, miss Amanda Jones

Hey girl, with your nonsense nose all pointing right down at the floor
Hey girl, your suspender shows and the girl behind you looks a bit unsure

Round and round she goes, the world of Amanda Jones
I said round and round and round and round
The balls and the dinners and show
The little girl, she just wanders about
‘Til it's time for her coming out, miss Amanda Jones

Round and round and round, round and round and round...

Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham

First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Between The Buttons” LP
(Decca SKL 4852) UK, January 20, 1967

Where's Brian? He was becoming the fifth wheel.

A 60's pop song. Forgetabble and messy fun.

Mathijs

One of those songs I would vote for if they put it on an internet poll for the next
setlist. The lyrics give us a nice picture of the London scene at the time. Puts this
song in a line with Play with fire.

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

One of the pillars of my Stones' foundation. The seed of what would be Exile, the sexy chaos - yes the structure and the sound is 60 pop, but r'n'r is about to take over! Boogie bass lines, rock and roll guitar, Keith's bu vocals - A GREAT track!

C

Absolutely brilliant pop song that pre-dates punk and new wave by a good 10 years. This crazy ditty really captures the dizzy spin of what it must have been like trawling the clubs of Carnaby Street-era London with all the debutantes and early groupies trying to capture a pop star.

At the heart of the song is the misogyny that informed much of Aftermath and most of the Stones classic mid-60s singles, Jagger taking a pot shot at the 'debs' trying to make the scene.

And let's not forget the manic sound that Keith cranks out of his guitar, like a speeding sports car careering home in the early hours from some London club.

Fans recently remarked on the new found sense of danger when Mick Taylor rejoined the Stones for Midnight Rambler. Well there's plenty of danger on this track, especially in Keith's up and down guitar that sounds like it could crash and burn at any moment.



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Too bad they neved played this song live.
Brilliant groove.

I always heard 'losing her nobility' as 'losing her ability' and assumed it was a reference to someone becoming increasingly dependent on drugs...a thinly veiled reference to Mister Jones perhaps, I once thought.

If the production on Buttons had been a little less murky, this track would be much better known to posterity. As it stands it tends to be a song that only the kind of people who spend their spare time discussing the Stones appreciate. It rocks, plain and simple - and Mick's phrasing and expression is excellent.

Forgettable for you perhaps, but I always loved the guitar work on this tune.

I love this thing [kicking off shoes] - let's dance!

One of my favorite Stones guitar songs. Keith's guitar is excellent. kind of captures the Swinging London of the 60's.

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mitchmitchell
Where's Brian? He was becoming the fifth wheel.

He might have played the hammond organ on this.

Great little track, with some infectious guitar and lyric.

I picture Brian sprawled out on a couch somewhere while this was being recorded. or maybe in jail?



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Oahhh. great song for me.,,.I simply love it....



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the guitars always remind of what the faces ended up doing - love this song

I like it

Listen to Bill's bass part . . never heard him sound better.

I never liked the song. To be honest, i never liked the whole album too (except 3-4 tracks). There is... how to say... there is a intense element of pop childishness here. But, fortunatelly, in 1968 came out the epic Stones material...

Great song.... Infectiously catchy






What a drag it is gettin' old

Gone are the days when Mick and Keith could pen 5 or 6 smash hits per album.

did anyone see the 1980's movie, "some kind of wonderful".. lead character that lea thompson plays is amanda jones, after this song... the other main charachters are "keith" and the drummer chick "watts"... and there's a cover of miss amanda jones in the movie too...

And another thing - with that guitar this is not a pop song its rock and roll with some pop elements in it!

Love it!

Agreed, this is about as much a pop song as Around and Around or Carol.

A funny Kinky Pop song nothing more

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Yeah, Miss Amanda Jones is better than anything the Stones have put out in 25 years.

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mitchmitchell
Where's Brian? He was becoming the fifth wheel.

On the album cover.

Well this version it's a complete other song (sound a bit as Stupid girl)................





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