I've been getting into Between the Buttons, and am right now sitting in the shadows from the blazing Mexican sun, digging Yesterday's Papers. Great eerie-pop song.

But who sings those brillian call and response backing vocals from about 1.20 onwards?

Pay - puhs!

Love it!

of course, I should've done a search before posting, not immediately after... I see it was talked about a few years ago, and I kind of got an answer to my question

We don't want to talk about the same topics over and over do we ><

Anyways, great album BtheBs! Now on to She Smiled Sweetly



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I always thought there were more Stones involved in the backing vocals than Mick & Keith. Clearly another voice in there, Bill or Brian?

I think they had stopped doing back up vocals by 1966, unfortunately. Brian had a cool, husky voice.

It's really hard to tell since their voices and singing styles have changed so much since this was recorded. It's not hard for me to hear only Mick and Keith in there. Also, Jagger is/was obviously capable of singing quite differently when he wanted to...he has sometimes impersonated Keith so well on harmony over-dubs it was impossible say it wasn't Keith singing.

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It's really hard to tell since their voices and singing styles have changed so much since this was recorded. It's not hard for me to hear only Mick and Keith in there. Also, Jagger is/was obviously capable of singing quite differently when he wanted to...he has sometimes impersonated Keith so well on harmony over-dubs it was impossible say it wasn't Keith singing.

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Or vice versa. Sometimes Keith can sound a strong as Mick.

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I think they had stopped doing back up vocals by 1966, unfortunately. Brian had a cool, husky voice.

That is true, but perhaps they joined in on this one song? Again, it just sounds different.

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... Jagger is/was obviously capable of singing quite differently when he wanted to...he has sometimes impersonated Keith so well on harmony over-dubs it was impossible say it wasn't Keith singing.
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Who knew Mick Jagger is the Frank Gorshin of rock & roll! I'm curious - on which tracks does Mick imitate Keith on BG vocals? I'd love to give those tracks a fresh listen

i remember reading recently (probably here!) that Mick does all the backup vocals on Start Me Up. I had always heard Keith there.

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... Jagger is/was obviously capable of singing quite differently when he wanted to...he has sometimes impersonated Keith so well on harmony over-dubs it was impossible say it wasn't Keith singing.
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Who knew Mick Jagger is the Frank Gorshin of rock & roll! I'm curious - on which tracks does Mick imitate Keith on BG vocals? I'd love to give those tracks a fresh listen

Well...Plundered My Soul is a very good recent example.

<<on which tracks does Mick imitate Keith>>

That "Ohhh Yeeeaahh!" at the beginning of Rocks Off.

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... Jagger is/was obviously capable of singing quite differently when he wanted to...he has sometimes impersonated Keith so well on harmony over-dubs it was impossible say it wasn't Keith singing.
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Who knew Mick Jagger is the Frank Gorshin of rock & roll! I'm curious - on which tracks does Mick imitate Keith on BG vocals? I'd love to give those tracks a fresh listen

lol. I'm not really that sure since he did such a good job! But according to Mick some of the tracks on Exile have that treatment. Probably many more throughout the years. Never hurts to give Exile a fresh listen in any case. I'm guessing the years where Keith was often unavailable due to his scheduled appointments with Morpheus would have the most occurrences but maybe the true music scholars like DandelionPowderman can be more specific.

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And the first song Mick wrote on his own?

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And the first song Mick wrote on his own?

Correct.

BTW, I don't think Mick imitated Keith. Keith had a higher pitch at that time. In fact, he still has.

I wonder what Mick thinks of the line 'Who wants yesterday's girls' nowadays....



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Thanks, all, for the info/speculation on Mick mim-Mick-ing Keef .

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...Keith was often unavailable due to his scheduled appointments with Morpheus...

Good one!

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BTW, I don't think Mick imitated Keith. Keith had a higher pitch at that time. In fact, he still has.

Wish I could remember the source but in one interview Mick was asked about Keith's B/G vocals on a specific song and Mick said that it was all him on the vocals and that he could do a pretty good impression of Keith's singing. Pretty sure it was referring to an Exile track and that kind of make sense since Mick complained that he had to finish that record all by himself. That 2003 quote from Timeissonourside is below:

"At the time Jimmy Miller was not functioning properly. I had to finish the whole record myself, because otherwise there were just the drunks and junkies. I was in L.A. trying to finish the record, up against a deadline. It was a joke.

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BTW, I don't think Mick imitated Keith. Keith had a higher pitch at that time. In fact, he still has.

Wish I could remember the source but in one interview Mick was asked about Keith's B/G vocals on a specific song and Mick said that it was all him on the vocals and that he could do a pretty good impression of Keith's singing. Pretty sure it was referring to an Exile track and that kind of make sense since Mick complained that he had to finish that record all by himself. That 2003 quote from Timeissonourside is below:

"At the time Jimmy Miller was not functioning properly. I had to finish the whole record myself, because otherwise there were just the drunks and junkies. I was in L.A. trying to finish the record, up against a deadline. It was a joke.

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When you mention it, I think I read that interview as well!

Hm, can't be Casino Boogie, Sweet Viriginia, Torn And Frayed or Loving Cup. Keith's too prominent there.

Rip This Joint?

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BTW, I don't think Mick imitated Keith. Keith had a higher pitch at that time. In fact, he still has.

Wish I could remember the source but in one interview Mick was asked about Keith's B/G vocals on a specific song and Mick said that it was all him on the vocals and that he could do a pretty good impression of Keith's singing. Pretty sure it was referring to an Exile track and that kind of make sense since Mick complained that he had to finish that record all by himself. That 2003 quote from Timeissonourside is below:

"At the time Jimmy Miller was not functioning properly. I had to finish the whole record myself, because otherwise there were just the drunks and junkies. I was in L.A. trying to finish the record, up against a deadline. It was a joke.

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When you mention it, I think I read that interview as well!

Hm, can't be Casino Boogie, Sweet Virginia, Torn And Frayed or Loving Cup. Keith's too prominent there.

Rip This Joint?

Possibly, but if Mick was as good as he says he was, how can we really tell? We would all be floored if if was on something like Sweet Virginia. We'll have to keep an eye out for Mick's quote.

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This came from an interview with the guy who engineered the overdubs for Start Me Up and a few others from that era in France. He said Mick did an outstanding imitation of Keith vocals and just overdubbed them on that song as well as Waiting On A Friend. I no longer have the link but it's buried in an IORR thread.

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This came from an interview with the guy who engineered the overdubs for Start Me Up and a few others from that era in France. He said Mick did an outstanding imitation of Keith vocals and just overdubbed them on that song as well as Waiting On A Friend. I no longer have the link but it's buried in an IORR thread.

That's right. But did any of us believe Keith did back up vocals on those songs?