I dont get it. Why does everyone hate this song so much. I love it. It's like, in my top 3 favorites. I'm open for criticism from both sides. But I just dont get it. Why is it "bad?"

"She's got a mind of her own, yeah, and she use it mighty fine..."

i like it.

Tongue in cheek never works for the Stones (except for Faraway eyes). The brass is ok tho.

I love the brass. The mariachi feel to it just makes the song.

"She's got a mind of her own, yeah, and she use it mighty fine..."

I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. It's a song I will never put on intentionally put on, but I do have the power to sit through it. It's the horns, and the story of the indian girl that I'm just not interested in. One of the ONLY Stones song I don't really dig.

I like it. we even recorded a version of it in my living room / recording studio about two years ago. after a lot of alcohol consumption. sounds pretty good. as a matter of fact i'm gonna go look for it...........

Where was the negativity on Indian Girl anyway??? Any links???

Look under John Nicholles post "reason for buying emotional rescuse." He isnt saying it, but others say some crap about it. Thats where I got it from...

"She's got a mind of her own, yeah, and she use it mighty fine..."

I love it

I don't hate it. It's kind of a weird song, but on an album the band themselves once said shouldn't be taken too seriously.

i haven't listened to it in years but get it stuck in my head sometimes - i like the fact its on the fanclub DVD - i think when ron and his son are walking around delhi, india. i usually think of the song as about american indians but don't know why - maybe because i listened to it when i was a pre-teen and hadn't learned much about other cultures yet...

I think it's a love/hate song - sometimes you love it sometimes you just hate it. I tend to love it but that flip-flop feel continues.

Mabe it's because it contains many typical "patterns" from the mid seventies period: great music and feel, but also some pretenciousness on Micks part. Look at those mariachi horns for example: I love them too ... the spaghetti western feel ... but who would deny that they are kitchy?

Let's just ask the girl in the song: what would she think of it? And then compare it to "Memory Motel" ...

Keef4Life, next time think twice before you use the word 'everyone'!

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Very wierd when ER came out. The album was delayed (several times) and the radio stations played it in little doses before hiting the racks and it was a very wierd feeling, hearing Summer Romance and then Indian Girl.

I can hear better the Marichi horns in "All About You"

Not everyone. I like it.

Because the lyrics are a joke, and the song is crappy.

simply because it is a real bad song! The way Mick sings is horrible!

I don't hate it. Nice melody.....

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Perry

I don't hate any Stones-songs....but there's some I don't care for.
Indian Girl would fit well in on Primitive Cool, I think.

what do you mean "everyone", kemosabe? Me likes....

I always thought it sounded great until I started reading IORR! Lyrics are a little cheesy, but WTF.

required reading:
[iorr.org]

I like the song...I still need to buy the CD.

little queenie...I thought it was about a Native American girl....now I need to relisten to it after reading your post (see below)....and I even lived in India for a year as a child!



little queenie said:
i think when ron and his son are walking around delhi, india. i usually think of the song as about american indians but don't know why - maybe because i listened to it when i was a pre-teen and hadn't learned much about other cultures yet...

it's very obviously about Latin American girls. duh.

thank you, nikki...

Thanks, nikki, it seems like that would be obvious to all.

It'as not about the girl at the 7-11. Luke, have you been drinking again?

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> Tongue in cheek never works for the Stones (except
> for Faraway eyes). The brass is ok tho.

I like it very much.and its tongue in cheek with a serieus undertone...some very true facts about mid-America indians...latin people I know love it and it is BillWymans fav of the album..therapy time again sw Soul!!!

excellent atmospheric tune..........feels like your wandering in the u.s. southwestern desert.............too bad Dylan didn't write it with his own lyrics

I like and and always have, wouldn't say its in my top of Stones songs but I also don't get why some many people hate it and says its one of their worst.

I don't hate it, I love it!!! All ER is great.