tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post856884449999356248..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Subhendu Kar writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-47435495086733030712019-09-15T11:28:28.127-07:002019-09-15T11:28:28.127-07:00Recording began immediately after their previous a...Recording began immediately after their previous album, "Between the Buttons," was released in January 1967 and took all year to complete because sessions were interrupted by drug problems, court appearances, and jail terms, and the entire band was seldom present in the studio at one time. according to bassist Bill Wyman, "Every day at the studio it was a lottery as to who would turn up and what -– if any -– positive contribution they would make when they did. Keith would arrive with anywhere up to ten people, Brian with another half-a-dozen and it was the same for Mick. They were assorted girlfriends and friends." Andrew Loog Oldham, who had managed them since 1963, went to the US rather than devising a strategy for their legal defense and public relations, and was fired, therefore leaving them without a producer. Jagger agreed with Wyman, saying "There's a lot of rubbish on Satanic Majesties. Just too much time on our hands, too many drugs, no producer to tell us, 'Enough already, thank you very much, now can we just get on with this song?' Anyone let loose in the studio will produce stuff like that. There was simply too much hanging around. It's like believing everything you do is great and not having any editing." According to Brian Jones, "It's really like sort of got-together chaos. Because we all panicked a little, even as soon as a month before the release date that we had planned, we really hadn't got anything put together. We had all these great things that we'd done, but we couldn't possibly put it out as an album. And so we just got them together, and did a little bit of editing here and there." The original working title of the album was "Cosmic Christmas" but it was retitled as a parody of the words "Her Britannic Majesty requests..." that appeared inside a British passport. One proposed cover was scrapped by Decca Records as "in bad taste" (it was a photograph of naked Jagger on a cross). Jagger claimed, "There's two good songs on it.... The rest of them are nonsense," and Richards agreed that "the album was a load of crap" though he liked 3 of the songs, including "She's A Rainbow." Notably, along with ""2000 Light Years from Home," it was the only song from the album which the band sometimes performed live. DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-51380498216941035322019-09-15T11:27:59.017-07:002019-09-15T11:27:59.017-07:00"She's a Rainbow" was recorded for t..."She's a Rainbow" was recorded for the Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album, and Bruce Eder called it "the prettiest and most uncharacteristic song" that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote for the group. It begins with Nicky Hopkins playing the piano in an ascending scale, which returns throughout the song as a recurring motif, which is developed by the celesta and strings in the middle 8. The strings were arranged by John Paul Jones. Stones founder Brian Jones played the Mellotron, and the entire band (except drummer Charlie Watts) sang backing vocals, but all of the vocals are hard to hear because they are overshadowed by the music. The strings played out of tune and off-key towards the end of the song. It starts with a carnival barker saying:<br /><br />"Alright there now listen very closely for how to play the game, I'll tell you how to do it. Now luv, all you gotta do, luv, is when the whistle's blown, I want you to give one spin, one spin only on your ball. Any prize, take what you like. One winner, one prize, the pick o' th' stall. Are you all ready?"<br /><br />She comes in colors ev'rywhere<br />She combs her hair<br />She's like a rainbow<br />Coming, colors in the air<br />Oh, everywhere<br />She comes in colors<br />She comes in colors ev'rywhere<br />She combs her hair<br />She's like a rainbow<br />Coming, colors in the air<br />Oh, everywhere<br />She comes in colors<br />Have you seen her dressed in blue?<br />See the sky in front of you<br />And her face is like a sail<br />Speck of white so fair and pale<br />Have you seen a lady fairer?<br />She comes in colors ev'rywhere<br />She combs her hair<br />She's like a rainbow<br />Coming, colors in the air<br />Oh, everywhere<br />She comes in colors<br />Have you seen her all in gold?<br />Like a queen in days of old<br />She shoots colors all around<br />Like a sunset going down<br />Have you seen a lady fairer?<br />She comes in colors ev'rywhere<br />She combs her hair<br />She's like a rainbow<br />Coming, colors in the air<br />Oh, everywhere<br />She comes in colors<br />She's like a rainbow<br />Coming, colors in the air<br />Oh, everywhere<br />She comes in colorsDuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com