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saltoftheearth
Great song, and it's a shame they did not release the only live Version they did in the modern era (just forgot where and when it was but it was great!).
I regret that they don't have a 'ballad section' in their setlists where they perform songs like this. They would make very touching moments in between the 'rockers'.
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saltoftheearth
I regret that they don't have a 'ballad section' in their setlists where they perform songs like this. They would make very touching moments in between the 'rockers'.
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René
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She Smiled Sweetly
(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 - lead vocals, tambourine
Keith Richards - electric guitar, bass, organ, harmony vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Jack Nitzsche - piano
Why do my thoughts loom so large on me
They seem to stay, for day after day
And won't disappear, I've tried every way
But she smiled sweetly, she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly and says don't worry
Oh, no, no, no
Where does she hide it inside of her
That keeps her peace most every day
And won't disappear, my hair's turning grey
But she smiled sweetly, she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly and says don't worry
There's nothing in why or when
There's no use trying, you're here
Begging again, and ov'r again
That's what she said so softly
I understood for once in my life
And feeling good most all of the time
Cause she smiled sweetly, she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly and said don't worry
Oh, no, no, no
Oh, no, no, no
Oh, no, no, no
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Between The Buttons” LP
(Decca SKL 4852) UK, January 20, 1967
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saltoftheearth
I regret that they don't have a 'ballad section' in their setlists where they perform songs like this. They would make very touching moments in between the 'rockers'.
Remember on Voodoo Lounge they would do three ballads? Mick would never do that now.
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Silver Dagger
I'd say that 66/67 was probably their most creative era and they had the good fortune of having peer pressure from the the likes of The Beatles and The Beach Boys who were also veering off the beaten pop track to come up with modern chamber music masterpieces like God Only Knows and Eleanor Rigby.
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Silver Dagger
I'd say that 66/67 was probably their most creative era and they had the good fortune of having peer pressure from the the likes of The Beatles and The Beach Boys who were also veering off the beaten pop track to come up with modern chamber music masterpieces like God Only Knows and Eleanor Rigby.
And I sure hear the Kinks on "Between the Buttons."
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swiss
Do we know anything about who wrote this? I have always wondered whether this was a mostly Keith contribution
(during last gasps of the Linda Keith era).
- swiss
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Silver Dagger
I'd say that 66/67 was probably their most creative era and they had the good fortune of having peer pressure from the the likes of The Beatles and The Beach Boys who were also veering off the beaten pop track to come up with modern chamber music masterpieces like God Only Knows and Eleanor Rigby.
And I sure hear the Kinks on "Between the Buttons."
Oh God yeah - Face To Face must have had a big influence and those wonderful songs like Dead End Street, Well Respected Man and Dedicated Follower Of Fashion.
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Silver Dagger
I'd say that 66/67 was probably their most creative era and they had the good fortune of having peer pressure from the the likes of The Beatles and The Beach Boys who were also veering off the beaten pop track to come up with modern chamber music masterpieces like God Only Knows and Eleanor Rigby.
And I sure hear the Kinks on "Between the Buttons."
Oh God yeah - Face To Face must have had a big influence and those wonderful songs like Dead End Street, Well Respected Man and Dedicated Follower Of Fashion.
Connection owes a lot to Party Line as well. The verses on those two songs are very similar melodically ("I wish I had a more direct connection" vs. "Everything is going in the wrong direction")
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Green Lady
I've always heard it as "You're here - BEGIN again". Doesn't make any more sense than "begging", but I'm sure that's what Mick sings.
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saltoftheearth
Great song, and it's a shame they did not release the only live Version they did in the modern era (just forgot where and when it was but it was great!).
I regret that they don't have a 'ballad section' in their setlists where they perform songs like this. They would make very touching moments in between the 'rockers'.
30th September 2002, New York City, Roseland Ballroom