Brian Jones played maracas, oboe, alto saxophone, and harpsichord on that 1967 song. Shortly thereafter, things soured. Allegedly, the following exchange between Jagger and Jones occurred during the recording of "You Can't Always Get What You Want":
Jones meekly asked an agitated Jagger, "What can I play?" Jagger's terse response was 'I don't know, Brian, what can you play?'
A year later, Jones was dead. I'm looking for the source of that quote. I think it's in Keith Richards' "Life" however I can't word search it.
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Speaking of let it bleed, oh man, I was going to tell you this because it was shocking.
I have the cleanest floor in the world.
Washed the floor. Then really washed it by removing the bottom of the stove and getting everything under there. Even electrical dust and snips of wire from original electrical installation. Actually physically lying flatly on the floor and sliding under and reaching all the way to the back. Then cleaned that up.
Later I was photographing tater tots and rotated on my bare foot and felt something YEOW really felt it! Right there pinpointed where my big toe metatarsal connects at the medial cuneiform JAB right there, and I go >>flick<< and something I couldn't see flicked off.
Something invisible.
Pleased with resolving the problem I resumed photographing tater tots. And when I was done there were red dots all over the floor, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, red smudge, dot, red smear, dot, dot, dot. Really red Dark red. And I go, "Oh shit. now fix that. So I pushed a rag around and cleaned it all up saw that it stopped and ate my tater tots.
Looked down and there are red dots all over the carpet below where I 'm sitting. My foot continued to bleed. Big time. Dots all over the place down there.
So then it was drag out the industrial carpet cleaner. It sounds exactly like a jet turbine, and I mean exactly.
But the kitchen floor is cleaner than just that two scrubbings in a row. I put regular soap in the dishwasher and checked, no suds. So I added more and the machine pushed soapy water all over the floor. To mop it up I threw my laundry on it. Then washed that. So it's a triple win, dishes, floor, laundry all involved in washing each other.
I just went to try and find the quote using Google Books. It is now a book selling site only, I think. I could not see a search function.
Didn't Brian Jones continue on to become Spinal Tap's first drummer?
The Beatles were choir boys compared to the Rolling Stones, those horrible gits.
Merry Clayton's performance on Gimme Shelter includes my favorite and most powerful vocals of all time. This isolated vocals track is just awesome, and soul-stirring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqXyjbgs5rU#t=14
Thanks for that, Lipperman.
I've seen that quote in a couple of different places. Keith tends to recycle the same stories over and over. I've got his book and a couple of other Stones apocrypha at home so I'll look in the indexes tonight.
Oh, Chip. lol
The idea that Keith Richards could outlive me is motivation for me to stay healthy. How Richards made it this far is a mystery.
The idea that Keith Richards could outlive me is motivation for me to stay healthy. How Richards made it this far is a mystery.
Everything he has taken has killed anything alive that could possibly kill him. What bacterium is going to want to go near that cesspool? And he clearly has the constitution of Rasputin when it comes to poisoning. SO he can only die from old age or violence.
This also reminds me of my theory that Ozzy Osbourne was the most intelligent human being who ever lived, once. IMagine all the brain cells he has murdered through the decades, and he can still (sort of) function. Einstein had nothing on him! (And Einstein had nothing on von Neumann.)
So Jagger killed Jones then. Prick. And what did Mick play other than the sexy androgynous dwarf?
And what did Mick play other than the sexy androgynous dwarf?
David Bowie's meat flute?
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