It’s a kind of groovy song.
I’m Ghost, Living in a ghosttown

Great harp by Mick

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Chris Fountain
Where can i hear the new song?

I found it on You Tube

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mattleeuk
What did everyone think?

I love it, fabulous groove

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Maybe someway to the song
Laugh, I Nearly Died
Which I liked very much. But a bit different. I don’t know precisely to put in words

Harlem shuffle kind of groove - glad to see new material

How did they know the lockdown was coming in 2019? Micks connection to elites like Bill Gates?

From RollingStone:

"In a new interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music, Jagger said he wrote the song with Keith Richards over a year ago. “It wasn’t written for now, but it was just one of those odd things,” he said. “It was written about being in a place which was full of life but is now bereft of life so to speak…I was just jamming on the guitar and wrote it really quickly in like 10 minutes.”

"He changed some of the lyrics to reflect the times. “Keith Richards and I both had the idea that we should release it,” he said. “But I said, ‘Well I’ve got to rewrite it.’ Some of it is not going to work and some of it was a bit weird and a bit too dark. So I slightly rewrote it. I didn’t have to rewrite very much, to be honest. It’s very much how I originally did it.”

"The Stones have been slowly picking away at a new album for the past few years. Richards told Lowe that this song was recorded at a Los Angeles studio in early 2019. “It’s sort of eerie when suddenly it’s coming to life,” he said. “I mean the ghost comes to life… I had said to Don [Was] about a month or so ago, ‘Hey, this is a time for the ghost town track.’ And then Mick called me and said the same thing and that great minds think alike.”

"The band hasn’t released an album of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. “I don’t just want it to be a good album, I want it to be great,” Jagger said. “I’m very hard on myself. If I write something or if I write something with Keith Richards or whatever, it’s going to be great. It can’t just be good.”

"The one bit of good Stones news in the middle of all this, however, is that Jagger and Richards have plenty of extra time on their hands now. “We’ve got another five or six tracks and there’s a lot of sort of soul feel about it for some reason without anybody intending to,” Richards said. “Obviously right now we’ve got nothing else to do but write some more songs, right?”

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mattleeuk

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Chris Fountain
Where can i hear the new song?

Living In A Ghost Town

Thanks!!! I just heard the song and i love the VooDoo Lounge feel although they are definitely talking about current situation.

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wupperstein
The sound of Mick´s harmonica reminds me of "Sweet Neocon" from a Bigger Bang

Thankfully its ten times better than that atrocity.

Reminded me a bit of 'Love is strong' to be honest.

A fine song. They all sound good on it. Mick's voice and harp playing elevates it significantly.

harmonica reminds me of the harp in Miss You....

Fantastic. I like it the more I listen to it. It has a good groove. I like the changes where it gets more intense, and then the part where it slows down a lot to that sparse reggae. And I suspected that it would have a big hook, and it did!

Just heard it in full on the radio!

Nice enough tune, the harmonica work is very reminiscent of "Love Is Strong" (imo).



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Not that bad, could be a hit. Streetfighting man in 1968 and Ghost Town in 2020.

Not sure who's playing on there but I'll be so bold as to say that the production/musicianship is better on this than anything on ABB, which is not saying a lot of course.

What does he sing at 1:18 : "Trump (?) is _____ screaming" ?

Gotta love the "Life was so beautiful than we all got locked down" at 00:50
or "If I wanna party, it's a party of one" at 3:46

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Bjornulf

Nice groovy tune. Makes My day. Makes me Happy

Love it. Love these guys
Thank you very much

I think I like the song.

Anyone else who still has to wait like me 70 mins before the full song is available on YouTube?

New Stones!

Big tip of the cap to Deathgod.

Love it! Our amazing band has made this a memorable day!

On the 7th day God created The Rolling Stones

It’s a mixture of Love is strong, Harlem Shuffle, Always hear you sigh and probably some other Stones tunes.

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but I like it. I’m glad they’re productive and put out fresh music.

Excellent news!! ROCK!!!!

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bye bye johnny
New Stones!

Big tip of the cap to Deathgod.

Indeed.
Very nice to know this was coming

Thy came very, very, close to releasing it completely out of the blue to all of us though, gotta give them credit

*double posted

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IT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME!!!

And what about Charlie's drumming???!!!

Love it!!!

Thank you Rolling Stones, I love this song.

Big shoutout to Deathgod!
It's available on iTunes now, here in Seattle!
Really enjoying it now!

Yes nice job Deathgod--thanks for looking out.