Category: I Said Goddamn

Here are the Stones at Hyde Park in 1969 playing a cover of “I’m Yours and I’m Hers” that is horrendously sloppy, just barely in tune . . . and completely badass.  The Replacements may have been the only other band with the attitude and panache to be simultaneously so bad and so great.

Some background:  this was their first show in two years due to drug busts and Brain Jones’s decline, and their first gig with a 20 year-old Mick Taylor.  They had kicked out Brian Jones a month previously, and sadly, he died two days before this gig.  Jagger begins by reading a portion of Shelley’s “Adonais”  in his honor. They opened with “I’m Yours and I’m Hers” because it was one of Brain’s favorites.  Music begins at about 3:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7fQgg_T9Gk

This is the best imitation I’ve heard of John Lennon’s singing.  However, when you see a video of these guys (as I did for the first time this a.m.), the effect is dampened a bit by the singer, who could pass for a flooring salesman.  And why’s he wearing a saxophone?  Great song nonetheless.

This recent “real people” spoof is one of the best.  Here’s an earlier one, in case you missed it.

A few dull stretches, but fascinating musical discussions beginning at around 11:00 and 21:00.  Dave interestingly links his power-chording to the Ventures, while Jonesy ‘fesses up to lifting the riff to “Sub-Mission” from “All Day and All of the Night.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqikISbga0

For the verses of this song, Steve Marriott or Ronnie Lane ( I assume) lifted the chorus of the Christmas hymn, “Gloria In Excelsis Deo.”  Creative theft at its finest.

Not my favorite Roxy Music tune.  It gets a little proggy in places, as there was still some overlap between glam and prog in the early 70’s.  But things start getting very interesting at around 3:30.

Pete Shelley Dies At 63

I was just reading that “Baby It’s Cold Outside” has been banned from some radio stations.  I can only imagine how this proto-punk classic would go down.  Lyrics aside, here are 2 1/2 minutes of four-chord bliss, with amps cranked to 11 and insane drumming.  Word is, these guys’ live shows were the stuff of legend.

By the way, their name was The Shadows of Knight, without the extra “the” in the YouTube title.