Obviously, a lot of the best material has a foreboding edge to it - Sympathy, Paint it Black, Gimme Shelter, even Jack Flash. After Altamont, they stopped writing this way for the most part. When have they veered back in that direction tho? Dancing With Mr D?



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Down In The Hole.





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Sweethearts Together

Back To Zero ..............


I worry about my great grandchildren
Living ten miles beneath the ground
I worry about their whole existence
The whole damn thing's in doubt
Back to zero, that's where we're going
Back to nothing, that's where we're heading
Straight to meltdown, that's where we're going
Back to zero, right now, right now



ROCKMAN

Doom and Gloom!

Too Much Blood. One of the darkest songs I've ever heard!

Hand of Fate - quite a dark tale if you ask me.

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Hand of Fate - quite a dark tale if you ask me.

Now, I do not find 'Hand of Fate' dark, because I hear acceptance/ resignation
and maybe just sheer funkiness and jam.

Rockman nailed it.

Oh and I didn't know if 'dark' meant... devilish? Death? Despressing?

But what comes to my mind with the question is Keith singing
'All About You' Emotional Rescue. I can barely listen to it,
it's so tormented.



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Too Much Blood & Hand of Fate are what sprang to mind

the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

In my opinion, "Sway" is the only time post-Altamont that they really came close to that "foreboding edge."

They lost their nerve, gave up that messianic flavuh in the early 70's, became good-time rock'n'roll clowns, and laughed all the way to the bank.

Un-der Cover of the Niiiiighhht!

"Hear the screams from Center 42
Loud enough to bust your brains out
The opposition's tongue is cut in two
Keep off the streets 'cause you're in danger"

After all, what could be darker that night? Seriously, though, the promo video was actually banned in some places. Then you have Mick and director Julien Temple on TV talking about it -- you can tell how delighted Mick is to be at the center of controversy once again, grinning and behaving very much like his 1967 self as he explains to "the Establishment" why they shouldn't fly off the handle about such things.

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Hand of Fate - quite a dark tale if you ask me.

Now, I do not find 'Hand of Fate' dark, because I hear acceptance/ resignation
and maybe just sheer funkiness and jam.

Yes there's acceptance and resignation - to his fate...and his fate is being determined by all the darkness that has unfolded.


"I'm on the run, I'm prison bound
The hand of fate is heavy now
I killed a man, I'm highway bound"

"Yeah, I gunned him twice
Yeah, and I watched him die, watch out boy
Yeah, I watched him die"

"I shot that man I put him underground
I put him underground
Yes I did"

etc., etc., etc.

(And of course , there's funkiness and jam lol)

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Feel on Baby and Tie You Up, although lyrically not so much, musically have a very dark atmosphere.

Doom and Gloom. . . .

One Hit (To The Body)

I second "Down in the Hole"
darkest dark

Undercover Of The Night fits probably.

Pretty Beat Up.

Down In The Hole.

That's it. Nothing past UNDERCOVER has any darkness to it.

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Undercover Of The Night fits probably.

Pretty Beat Up.

Down In The Hole.

That's it. Nothing past UNDERCOVER has any darkness to it.

Laugh, I Nearly Died doesn't exactly make me smile or laugh, but I tend to agree..

Break The Spell has some darkness to it as well - musically (music is the strongest mood-shaper in music anyway), that is.



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Love Is Strong is very dark.

Sister Morphine
Sway
Dead Flowers

Fingerprint File has a nasty vibe.

Flip The Switch

"what would it take to bury me..

I can't wait, I can't wait, ..to see..."

Heaven

Doom and gloom...

I'm surprised no one's listed Heartbreaker. That one always struck me as dark.

Highwire came to mind too:
We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
Another Munich we just can't afford
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne


Gunface
Gonna go downtown
Gonna get my gun
Gonna dress real sharp
Gonna beat my drum
I ain't gonna lie

Gonna walk so slow
Gonna talk just right
And my diamond ring
Gonna shine so bright
I ain't gonna lie

I've got a debt to repay
I ain't gonna cry
I put a gun in your face
You'll pay with your life

And I got my ears
And I got my eyes
And I got my narks
And my alibis
I won't waste your time

You made one false move
You made one mistake
When the juice is squeezed
That's the way it breaks
You'll pay for your crime

Your tongue lickin' way out of place
I'll rip it out
I'll stick a gun in your face
You'll pay with your life

I taught her everything
I taught her how to dream
I taught her everything
I'm gonna teach her how to scream
I taught her all she knows
I taught her how to lie
I taught her everything
I'm gonna teach her how to cry

And you cause me hurt
And you cause me pain
And you turned the tap
On my burning rage
And I can't put it out

Gonna leave no sign
Gonna leave no trace
Gonna leave this town
In a state of grace
Give me the power



Actually I feel all of BTB has a bit of dark vibe to it, though it's very much a NYC vibe at that. And between these and other songs listed, I'd say Mick and Co. have gone there a fair amount since Altamont.

I guess though it is hard to be mired in controversy and anti-establishment when you've now joined this group yourself....



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Flip The Switch

"what would it take to bury me..

I can't wait, I can't wait, ..to see..."

Definitely.That one is real.

That old stuff was dark.

Most of the newer songs are more like insincere and predictable to me.

Anything they did in the 80's make me sad and depressed. In fact the whole decade makes me want to forget.

gunface and doom and gloom represent the darker of the later songs.