Re: Back of My Hand, The Storm, other great blues songs
Date: September 13, 2005 02:21
Mick Jagger interview 1994
Can you write on demand?
Mick Jagger
Yeah. I wrote the B-side of the single Love Is Strong. Don Was Said, "Well, you know, we should have the B-sides done this week." It was always, like, next week we were gonna do the B-sides.
Then we went there the last night in Dublin, Don said, "Well we should really have done the B-sides." I said, "Well I didn't do any B-sides. I didn't write any B-sides.
He said. "Well, couldn't you just go and write them?" This is like at the end of the six weeks, and I said, "Don, I feel, like really tired. I do not want to write the B-sides."
And he said, "well, why can't you just go in the corner of the cafateria and do them?" I said, "Okay I'll try it"
So I went in and wrote "The Storm" and the next one, which is called "Jump On Top Of Me," and the next one which is called ah......(Laughs.) I forgot what I called it! It's called "Drive" or something--I don't know --"Ride All Night" or something. I can't remember, I changed it.
But anyway, I wrote the three of them in one go. Walked in the room and just sat down and played them. And then we did them all in one take. So they were written and played all in one take. So that's writing on demand. And then I'll finish the lyrics up later.
ROCKMAN