Must be in the blood.” “Paint, It Black” was a turning point. I like to think the engineers went mad because of the pop flavored darkness The Stones created with “Paint, It Black” Keith Richards once called “Paint It Black,” “ That song is another one of those semi-gypsy melodies we used to come up with back then. Charlie Watts discussed the drums of “Paint, It Black” when he said, “ On “Paint It Black” the drum pattern might have been suggested by Mick and by listening to “Going to a Go Go.” Engineers never liked recording ride cymbals in those days, We all used to have the kind that Art Blakey used, with the inch-long or so rivets, so the cymbals would cover everything, and the engineers would go mad.” Bill was playing an organ, doing a takeoff of our first manager who started his career in show business as an organist in a cinema pit.”īill’s organ must have been otherworldly because even though Richards gave Brian Jones props for his sitar strings as the inspiration for “Black” in 1966, in 2003 Keef admitted, “ I must say in retrospect that what actually made ‘Paint It Black” was Bill Wyman on the organ, because it didn’t sounds anything like the finished record until Bill said, “You go like this.””īut what about those wicked drumbeats that literally created the pounding scene in Crossfire Hurricane almost 50 years later. Also, the fact that we cut it as a comedy track. Did you know that “Paint It Black” was birthed in a recording session as a comedy track? Keith Richards explained when he said, “ What’s amazing about that one for me is the sitar. Brian playing the sitar makes it a whole other thing.” Keith Richards said discussing how “Paint, It Black” was crafted in the studio. “ We’d been doing it with funky rhythms and it hadn’t worked, and he started playing like this and everybody got behind it. Morgan edited the kids pounding with Charlie Watts clever drum beat of “Paint It Black.” The amazing thing is I can still feel the pulsating beats in my head from Hurricane and makes me want to hear “Paint, It Black” again. The specific scene featuring “Paint It Black” starts off in Paris with a bunch of kids pounding the stage waiting for The Stones to hit the stage.
Brett Morgan who superbly directed Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, turned the Stones lives into a living and breathing visual canvas of hits, trips and memories all rolled into a film that’s perfectly documented in Crossfire Hurricane.īrilliantly directed by Bret Morgan, Crossfire Hurricane tells the unparalleled journey of our favorite rock band from its blues obsessed teenagers in the early sixties inception to The Stones undisputed status as bad boys of rock royalty. If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "aForget the Songs-365: Mach Dos: Day 316Īlthough not my favorite vintage 1960’s Stones cut, I’ve had “Paint It Black” in my head since I watched the premiere showing of Crossfire Hurricane documentary celebrating 50 years of one of the most dangerously successful rock and roll bands in history-The Rolling Stones. There is a 2006 novel called Paint it Black by Janet Fitch.Irish rock legends U2 did a cover of the song as a special B-side in 1991.This song is one of the Rolling Stones' most popular so you've probably heard it when your aunt or uncle switched over to the classic rock station on a long road trip. Because everyone deserves a happy ending.Īlso there's a sitar in the song-which is easily the most underrated instrument, and the best part of this 60s rock classic. This is why the intro is sad and moody before erupting into a guitar riff from Richards. Songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (who is Captain Jack Sparrow's dad) actually wrote "Paint It Black" about depression and the colors it evokes. We're really surprised that Home Depot or Ikea hasn't licensed it for one of their ads yet. "Paint It Black" is definitely the definitive song about home remodeling. This line was sung by the Rolling Stones in the song "Paint It Black," written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, on the album Aftermath (1966). Freedom Dreams The Rolling Stones Imagination Art Music Context
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