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The Sicilian
The song has everything, and more. It has a great riff, brilliant bass lines, a wicked drum beat, fantastic keyboards, a sexy sax, magnificent singing, chorus, and falsetto. It is mesmerizing, funky, rockin' and so cool.
There are solos, changes in tempo, the opening drum beat, a chorus at the start, sprinkles of a Hammond organ, the lyrics are minimal and upfront. I think it is as good as it gets. Slave is a Stones masterpiece.
This song needs to be in the setlist.
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duke richardson
so much to love about this song..
great drum sound, right off
lyrics which function more as an instrument..
great changes in dynamics, bringing the jazz element ..
inspired guitar playing, a weave with the Rollins sax..
its a masterpiece all right..
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CousinC
It's one of those minor classics.
I remember when I first got Tattoo You in 81 Slave was the song coming from my speakers very loud again and again.
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duke richardson
so much to love about this song..
great drum sound, right off
lyrics which function more as an instrument..
great changes in dynamics, bringing the jazz element ..
inspired guitar playing, a weave with the Rollins sax..
its a masterpiece all right..
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TheGreek
One of my favorites and a damn shame as this was never put in the setlist and given the proper treatment and the masterpiece that it really is from the groove and vibe right down to the late great Sonny Rollins masterful fill on sax
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Palace Revolution 2000
I be repeating myself here, because I mentioned this in the last 'Slave' thread we had, but to me 'Slave' riff always reminds me of the "Negrita" riff.
I love that clip Sicilian posted. It makes me feel like I got an 'in' on Jagger's thinking; at where exactly he would place the cowbell within the bar. Now I can say "Jagger? yeah man, I see right through him".