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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
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HMS
This is what the lyric sheet of the original LP says:
cuddle up baby cuddle up tight
cuddle up baby keep it all out of sight
undercover undercover undercover of the night
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cuddle up baby keep it all out of sight
cuddle up now honey sleep with all out of sight
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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
I felt the same when I heard High Wire for the first time.........
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Tops
I really like the song. I think it's a bit underrated.
Live - Too thin in 89. Ron and Keith were not into it at all. They should have done a rougher guitarversion. Like the treatment they gave Miss You in 1981/82.
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Stoneage
Of course this song was impossible to play live. Even though they tried....
And succeeded, imo. This is an excellent live version.
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DandelionPowderman
Keith is lost on the SAL-version
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Keith is lost on the SAL-version
Well, Keith is not very good either on the 1989 version, I think.
This is clearly not a song for him.
In the SAL version, there are a few instants where he sort of hits the right mark, but whether that's on purpose or pure luck is hard to tell. But it manages to give it a bit of a rough edge.
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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
I almost choked on my morning banana when I read this.
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Stoneage
The political allusion in that song was so vague it was almost non-existent. Typically Sir Michael. "Highwire" on the other hand was more straightforward. A very much forgotten song though.
Unfortunately. Highwire belongs to their greatest songs ever. I remember very well the immense excitement I felt when I first listened to it. What a great, great song! The guitars, the drums, the vocals - what a treat!
I almost choked on my morning banana when I read this.
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I believe it's not "cuddle up, baby, keep all I say" -
I believe it's "curl up, baby, keep out of sight"
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HMS
This is what the lyric sheet of the original LP says:
cuddle up baby cuddle up tight
cuddle up baby keep it all out of sight
undercover undercover undercover of the night
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cuddle up baby keep it all out of sight
cuddle up now honey sleep with all out of sight
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I dont care for the song but it's ok if one compares to their 80s output.
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24FPS
They really had balls releasing this. It was SO different from anything before or since. It's just STONES music. And Mick knew it wouldn't be super popular, with it's political overtones (which were spot on to the current situation). It just roars out of the speakers and slashes and clicks. Too bad this monumental single got associated with perhaps the crappiest album of their career.
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24FPS
They really had balls releasing this. It was SO different from anything before or since. It's just STONES music. And Mick knew it wouldn't be super popular, with it's political overtones (which were spot on to the current situation). It just roars out of the speakers and slashes and clicks. Too bad this monumental single got associated with perhaps the crappiest album of their career.
The "current situation" in 1983 was the Falklands War. Which Jagger didn't dare to touch. Of course....