The Rolling Stones — As Tears Go By
Album: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)Avg rating:
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It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin' things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin' things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
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Such an amazing song - would be perfect if only the 12-string had been in tune.
GREAT TUNE!! ICONIC!! I was 11yrs old when this came out, & I bought the 45. Brings back memories! Thanx RP! 
My sister had the Italian version of this on a 45. She loaned it to a local DJ and never got it back. Even so, I can still hear Mick singing in Italian in my head. "Il sole sta per tramontaaaaa...."
One of the first albums I bought- Sam Goody $3.00 ($6 for double albums).
Bill Wyman just turned 80. YIKES.
https://variety.com/2016/music/festivals/bill-wyman-stone-rolls-into-his-80s-with-zeps-plant-van-morrison-and-others-1201904265/
https://variety.com/2016/music/festivals/bill-wyman-stone-rolls-into-his-80s-with-zeps-plant-van-morrison-and-others-1201904265/
As classic as it gets ...... lots of memories
This is not a judgement or criticism, but for some reason, I'm reminded of Spinal Tap singing "All the Way Home"
1st time in eleven years!!
I guess we can expect it again in 2026, when I'll finally be retired (if not alive)...
I guess we can expect it again in 2026, when I'll finally be retired (if not alive)...
Johray63 wrote:
Yeah, she released a recording of it before they did.
Though people, who still believe in the "war" between those two bands won't agree, the Stones, in a way, followed in the Beatles' footsteps. But who didn't, somehow?! I believe they wrote this for Marianne Faithful.
Yeah, she released a recording of it before they did.
Still excellent (look! mop-top Willem Defoe on the cover photo)
Fifty Years. Sometimes they missed by a jot. Toss the strings on this original and listen to a modern live version.
i just love the brian jones-era stones stuff.
Nice transition from Supergrass's "Evening of the Day"
A very evocative song - makes me think of black & white newsreels of Mick and poor, doomed Brian Jones. Well done for playing this.
Yeah - think it was for Marianne.
Art_Carnage wrote: The Stones, trying to out-Beatle the Beatles.
Though people, who still believe in the "war" between those two bands won't agree, the Stones, in a way, followed in the Beatles' footsteps. But who didn't, somehow?!
I believe they wrote this for Marianne Faithful.
Art_Carnage wrote: The Stones, trying to out-Beatle the Beatles.
hmm. i don't think so...but i can see why someone would.
aha!!! It all makes sense now!!!
I read somewhere that two of them were locked / locked themselves in a bathroom and had to come up with a song before they could leave. Wonder if its got a blue plaque on the wall?
Such an amazing song - would be perfect if only the 12-string had been in tune.
That helps to make it "special". ...sometimes imperfection can be a GOOD THING!