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Far Away Eyes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Song by The Rolling Stones
from the album Some Girls
ReleasedJune 9, 1978RecordedOctober-December
1977GenreRockLength4:24LabelRolling
Stones/VirginWriterJagger/RichardsProducerThe Glimmer Twins Some Girls
track listing
"Lies"
(5)"Far Away Eyes"
(6)"Respectable"
(7)
"Far Away Eyes" is the sixth track from rock and roll band the Rolling
Stones' 1978 album Some Girls.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing the
song and was recorded in late 1977 and a DEMO version was called "You
Win Again". A bootleg version with Keith singing exists.
The Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of
Bakersfield-style country music into this song. These included in
particular Ron Wood's use of a pedal steel guitar for a solo and
highlights, an instrument used on other songs from the album like
"Shattered" and "When the Whip Comes Down". Also of note is the plodding
rhythm of Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Richards performed acoustic and
electric guitars as well as sharing duties on the piano with Jagger. In
the lyrics, the lowliness of life and the possibilities in finding love
are dealt with:
So if you're down on your luck and you can't harmonize, Find a girl with
far away eyes, And if you're downright disgusted and life ain't worth a
dime, Get a girl with far away eyes
The verses of the song are half sung, half spoken, with Jagger using a
parodic Southern American English accent:
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield, Listening
to gospel music on the colored radio station, And the preacher said 'You
know, you always have the Lord by your side', And I was so pleased to be
informed of this, That I ran 20 red lights in His honor, Thank you
Jesus, thank you Lord
In a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger said, "You know,
when you drive through Bakersfield on a Sunday morning or Sunday evening
- I did that about six months ago - all the country music radio stations
start broadcasting black gospel services live from L.A. And that's what
the song refers to. But the song's really about driving alone, listening
to the radio." On influences, Jagger stated "I wouldn't say this song
was influenced specifically by Gram (Parsons). That idea of country
music played slightly tongue in cheek - Gram had that in 'Drugstore
Truck Drivin' Man', and we have that sardonic quality, too." Asked by
the interviewer if the girl in the song was a real one, Jagger replied,
"Yeah, she's real, she's a real girl."
The Rolling Stones have performed "Far Away Eyes" sporadically since its
introduction to their canon of work, most recently on the A Bigger Bang
Tour in 2006. A captured performance appears on the 2008 live album
Shine a Light.
[edit] External links
Complete official lyrics
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Far Away Eyes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Song by The Rolling Stones
from the album Some Girls
ReleasedJune 9, 1978RecordedOctober-December
1977GenreRockLength4:24LabelRolling
Stones/VirginWriterJagger/RichardsProducerThe Glimmer Twins Some Girls
track listing
"Lies"
(5)"Far Away Eyes"
(6)"Respectable"
(7)
"Far Away Eyes" is the sixth track from rock and roll band the Rolling
Stones' 1978 album Some Girls.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing the
song and was recorded in late 1977 and a DEMO version was called "You
Win Again". A bootleg version with Keith singing exists.
The Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of
Bakersfield-style country music into this song. These included in
particular Ron Wood's use of a pedal steel guitar for a solo and
highlights, an instrument used on other songs from the album like
"Shattered" and "When the Whip Comes Down". Also of note is the plodding
rhythm of Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Richards performed acoustic and
electric guitars as well as sharing duties on the piano with Jagger. In
the lyrics, the lowliness of life and the possibilities in finding love
are dealt with:
So if you're down on your luck and you can't harmonize, Find a girl with
far away eyes, And if you're downright disgusted and life ain't worth a
dime, Get a girl with far away eyes
The verses of the song are half sung, half spoken, with Jagger using a
parodic Southern American English accent:
I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield, Listening
to gospel music on the colored radio station, And the preacher said 'You
know, you always have the Lord by your side', And I was so pleased to be
informed of this, That I ran 20 red lights in His honor, Thank you
Jesus, thank you Lord
In a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger said, "You know,
when you drive through Bakersfield on a Sunday morning or Sunday evening
- I did that about six months ago - all the country music radio stations
start broadcasting black gospel services live from L.A. And that's what
the song refers to. But the song's really about driving alone, listening
to the radio." On influences, Jagger stated "I wouldn't say this song
was influenced specifically by Gram (Parsons). That idea of country
music played slightly tongue in cheek - Gram had that in 'Drugstore
Truck Drivin' Man', and we have that sardonic quality, too." Asked by
the interviewer if the girl in the song was a real one, Jagger replied,
"Yeah, she's real, she's a real girl."
The Rolling Stones have performed "Far Away Eyes" sporadically since its
introduction to their canon of work, most recently on the A Bigger Bang
Tour in 2006. A captured performance appears on the 2008 live album
Shine a Light.
[edit] External links
Complete official lyrics
news:alt.music.novelty