Paint it black lyrics sporcle7/30/2023 Although it was probably the best concert experience of my life, the only disappointment was that they didn't have that song on their playlist for this tour. I saw them again, for the third time on Jat the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I've always like the song, Paint It Black.one of my all-time favorites. Mike from Stone Head, IndianaI saw my first Stone's concert Jat the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.Took The Heavenly Blue In 66' from Long Beach Jagger's song "paint it black" is the music that told of the very "acid" that brought on "colors" that have no description! "Heavenly" is the only words that I can describe it! And black music was the most honest music that we could identify with!.Hl from OklahomaPaint it black was once considered to be in the trailer of the dark knight, but wasn't used due to Nolan not allowing any non-original music in the trilogy, even in the trailers.Jack Hamilton from New ZealandThe band Grip Inc which included Dave Lombardo ex slayer did a killer version of this song.You can find lots of people on the internet confirming the similarity of these 2 songs, but no one can tell where this similarity comes from. There must be some country song/nursery rhyme/gospel song/commercial … where they took inspiration from. The Stones had been touring in the States listening to the radio all day long, Lee Hazlewood lived in the States. Jan Cornelissen from Brasschaat, BelgiumI’m 66 now, and before the day I die, I would like to know the link between “Summer Wine” of Lee Hazlewood and “Paint in black” of the Rolling Stones."Brian's sitar line not only makes the song happen but also turns it into a timeless classic," Danny Garcia, director of the film Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones, told Songfacts. His notable contributions to the group include lead guitar on " Get Off of My Cloud" and recorder on " Ruby Tuesday," but his work on "Paint It Black" may have been his greatest musical achievement. Less than a month later he drowned in his swimming pool at age 27. By June 1969, he was a liability, and the Stones fired him. He was still going strong when this song was released in 1966, but fell off a year later when his drug use caught up to him and his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, left him for Richards. Jones was a founding member of the Stones and key to their early success. Jones did the arrangements for "Paint It Black" and many other songs around this time, but according to Keith Richards, he never presented a finished song to the group, which kept him off the credits. They sold the rights to it during the Sixties to ex-manager Allen Klein.įollow us on Facebookand Twitterfor more super stories.Brian Jones had a lot of input into this song, but was left off the songwriting credits (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are the credited writers). Sadly, for The Rolling Stones, “Paint It, Black” is one of the tunes they no longer control. In the late 1980s, “Paint It Black” became associated with the Vietnam War due to its use in both the ending credits of the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and its use as the theme song for Tour Of Duty, a CBS-TV show about the Vietnam war which ran from 1987-1990.ħ. He revealed, “We always have this moment of hesitation where we don’t know if Keith’s going to get the intro right.”Ħ. Talking on his Absolute Radio show, Stones’ co-guitarist Ronnie Wood disclosed that Keith Richards has trouble remembering how to play this song. Jagger got the line “I turn my head until my darkness goes” from James Joyce’s Ulysses.ĥ. Nearly forty years later, in 2004, it was ranked number 176 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Ĥ. In 1966, the single topped both the United States and the United Kingdom charts, making it the first ever US and UK number one single to feature a sitar. It’s not an original thought by any means. ![]() ![]() ![]() When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death and depression Mick Jagger replied: “I don’t know. Keith Richards later said that the comma was added by the record label, Decca.Ģ.There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. The original version was entitled “Paint It Black” without a comma. Two very good reasons to dig deeper and discover more about a song, music critic Richie Unterberger said, “qualifies as perhaps the most effective use of a sitar in a rock song.”ġ. What’s more, it’s one of our favourite tunes ever. Released in 1966, it was the first single from the fourth album, Aftemath, and became an anthem for the Sixties counter culture. One of the most iconic of their incredible 439 tracks is “Paint It, Black”. Hardly surprising when you learn they’ve been together for over half a century and hold the record for the most recorded songs of all time. The Rolling Stones have probably released more iconic tracks than any other band in history.
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