There are some songs that are "about" some Stones members. Can you name a few?

This is what I know...


Shine a Light
-> Brian Jones

Coming Down Again
-> Brian Jones

All About You
-> Mick Jagger

Stewed And Keef (aka Brian's Blues)
-> Brian Jones

Andrew's Blues
-> Andrew Loog Oldham



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Live With Me (mentioning Keith) "...my best friend he shoots water rats...".

I believe All About You is mainly about Anita.

One Hit (To The Body) - about Mick

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I believe All About You is mainly about Anita.

No it's about Mick. Keef confirmed it in 1997.

Jig Saw Puzzle.

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I believe All About You is mainly about Anita.

No it's about Mick. Keef confirmed it in 1997.

He also has confirmed that it is about Anita

But you're right, when I look through his quotes - seemingly, it's mostly about Mick - although he started writing it as early as in 1977.

Waiting On A Friend, Sweethearts Together, Mixed Emotions and many more are about Keith.

Jigsaw Puzzle is about each member.

If You Can't Rock Me - ("The band's on stage...)

I think that most songs on Dirty Work is about then-current relationship between Mick and Keith (esp. Had It With You).



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Hey Keith, what you´re doing...
It´s time to get off, get out

had it with you
from Dirty Work

Baby Break it Down -Voodoo Lounge

C*cksucker Blues.

Right, Keith has indeed said All About You is about both Mick and Anita.
The best thing he's said about it, though, is that it's mostly about himself.

Sweethearts Together :E

I've always thought Almost Hear You Sigh is metaphorically about the fallout between him and Mick at that time, considering it comes from the Talk Is Cheap sessions and the song is about something recently lost, like the Stones....

"Hold On To Your Hat" seemed directed at Keith from Mick

agree!!!

Yakety yack and yap yap...

Torn & Frayed - "On stage the band has problems; they're a bag of nerves on first nights" as wells as "Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless".

Angie?

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Angie?

It's about heroin. (NOT angela bowie, NOT angela richards etc etc)

Torn and Frayed seems to be very much about Keith (to me).

I had this long conversation one night a long time ago, with a couple of good friends and some wine, we went through the classic albums, and basically the premise emerged that you can make a pretty convincing argument, that TONS of Stones songs, quite a few, have lyrics that are basically Mick writing about "you" and the "you" is often Keith. PARTICULARLY Exile, a good chunk of which is full of clues, if you look at the lyrics in the right lens, about where things started to go sour between those two.

"Soul Survivor" -- look at all the pirate imagery (pure Keith) and the classic line, "where you are, I won't be," which turned out to pretty much foreshadow their studio, songwriting and onstage relationship from 1978 to the present day. The song is Mick saying to Keith, I wish I never had brought you -- it's gonna be the death of me! You, and your pirate ways, are causing me a bunch of headaches and problems!

Rocks Off, Casino Boogie (grotesque music, million dollar sad), Torn & Frayed, even "Turd On The Run" (remember, junkies often get the runs), where he is literally trying to physically hang on to the person who is running away from him, to the point of ripping their clothes, and he "lost a lot of love over you.... The list goes on....

Later years, Had it With You, certain songs on Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, etc

But Exile is full of them, if you know where to look!

"The band's on stage and it's one of those nights,
the drummer thinks that he is dy-na-mite...."

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Angie?

It's about heroin. (NOT angela bowie, NOT angela richards etc etc)

Why?

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Torn and Frayed seems to be very much about Keith (to me).

Why?

"Torn And Frayed"

Hey let him follow you down,
Way underground wind and he's bound.
Bound to follow you down,
Just a dead beat right off the street.
Bound to follow you down.
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites.
On stage the band has got problems,
They're a bag of nerves on first nights.
He ain't tied down to no home town,
Yeah, and he thought he was reckless.
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.
And his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it.
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,
Who's gonna help him to kick it?
Well his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.

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Bliss
"Torn And Frayed"

Hey let him follow you down,
Way underground wind and he's bound.
Bound to follow you down,
Just a dead beat right off the street.
Bound to follow you down.
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites.
On stage the band has got problems,
They're a bag of nerves on first nights.
He ain't tied down to no home town,
Yeah, and he thought he was reckless.
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.
And his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it.
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,
Who's gonna help him to kick it?
Well his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.

Yeah, I guess it can be interpreted that way.

I always thought it was about touring, or playing in a touring band...

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Angie?

It's about heroin. (NOT angela bowie, NOT angela richards etc etc)

Why?

Okay, if it is about heroin then couldn't it be (indirectly) about one or two band members that were heavily into "the stuff" at that time? It was 1973, right?

Little by Little - is about tiny Stones members



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"Torn And Frayed"

Hey let him follow you down,
Way underground wind and he's bound.
Bound to follow you down,
Just a dead beat right off the street.
Bound to follow you down.
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites.
On stage the band has got problems,
They're a bag of nerves on first nights.
He ain't tied down to no home town,
Yeah, and he thought he was reckless.
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.
And his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it.
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,
Who's gonna help him to kick it?
Well his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.

Yeah, I guess it can be interpreted that way.

I always thought it was about touring, or playing in a touring band...

>>And his coat is torn and frayed,
It's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away,
Let it steal your heart away.

To me, this is just Keith...a wreck, a shambles, but passionately in love with the music he plays.

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Turning To Gold
if you look at the lyrics in the right lens, about where things started to go sour between those two.

"Soul Survivor" -- look at all the pirate imagery (pure Keith) and the classic line, "where you are, I won't be," which turned out to pretty much foreshadow their studio, songwriting and onstage relationship from 1978 to the present day. The song is Mick saying to Keith, I wish I never had brought you -- it's gonna be the death of me! You, and your pirate ways, are causing me a bunch of headaches and problems!

Rocks Off, Casino Boogie (grotesque music, million dollar sad), Torn & Frayed, even "Turd On The Run" (remember, junkies often get the runs), where he is literally trying to physically hang on to the person who is running away from him, to the point of ripping their clothes, and he "lost a lot of love over you.... The list goes on....

This is stretching it waaaaaaaaaaay past the breaking point, IMO.

I Can't Get No Satisfaction

Get Off Of My Cloud

As Tears Goes By

Must be many more Mick or Keith wrote with the I or Me or My

My, My, My, My
Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (Oh my)
I'm in no hurry I can take my time (Oh my)

....................... Lets Spend The Night Together - Jagger/Richards



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