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waugh-bao · 2 years ago

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Keith: “Suck On The Jugular” is Mr. Watts again. I mean, it's all drums. The arrangement is all to do with the drums. Charlie laid down that beat and I said, 'Well, if you can keep that up for several minutes, we've got a track. 'Hey, no problem.' And he always makes it look like it isn't.

Charlie: It used to be called 'Holetown Prison' and we did that in Barbados near Holetown. That's what we would loosely term a groove song; I like those a lot. We did a whole bunch of those type of songs, but a lot of them didn't get on the record because it wasn't the right time to use them. I like those songs more than our ballads.

(1994)

#Don Was what exactly did you say they couldn’t put on this album?#and how much therapy did you need to cope with hearing it?#(also I was surprised to hear Charlie say that. b/c I think they have so many lovely ballads. and his drumming is maybe the most important #thing to distinguish them from other rock ballads. he had so much subtlety and complexity and can really play soft. it makes ghost songs)#*those songs #the rolling stones #charlie watts #keith richards #old married band #quote

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