You get to see different ways of building from the same blocks. It’s kind of like identical twins who have different paths in life. “Wicked as It Seems” is certainly a cousin of “Love Is Strong.” In fact, maybe a little closer related than that. ” Were they in the same mental space for you, or how did you see that? It’s interesting that “ Wicked as It Seem s ,” off Main Offender, sounds like a musical cousin of a later Stones song, “ Love Is Strong. With the Winos, it was wonderful to play with these guys who’d grown up listening to the Stones and hear their take on it. He’s always retained the essence of what Charlie Watts does with the Rolling Stones, which it’s a unique thing and I’ve never met another drummer who’s so sensitive to what Charlie did, you know? And, I mean, sometimes Steve can fool me, and I think it’s Charlie. I think that first off, Steve Jordan grew up listening and admiring Charlie Watts. It’s tremendously hard to articulate, but there’s similarities as drummers, right? And it does seem like there’s obviously some similarities in feel they have the same rhythmic spirit in some ways. Obviously it was Charlie Watts, rest in peace, who recommended Steve Jordan to you in the first place. And I can never actually put it into words because you can only experience it when it’s happening, you know? But, yeah, I’ve always loved to drag the beat back and this thing all depends with the drummers, but with certain drummers you can play around with the time until it’s almost gone round in a full circle. I’m so far behind the beat, it’s almost in front. It’s funny, I was listening to some of the other songs you play bass on in the Stones’ catalog and on the studio recording of “Happy.” It’s fascinating how far behind the beat you are on bass and how that contributes to the sound. It’s just chasing me around the back, you know what I mean? That’s a pretty obscene image there, Keith. I don’t know, the bass has always been something like licking me from behind, you know what I’m saying. And since I’ve been living in Jamaica for, off and on, for, like, 10 years or so, Robbie, bless his heart … Robbie Shakespeare was a great friend of mine, he’s just passed away. I said, “I’ll take the bass on this.” Reggae, it’s made for bass music. At the same time, “Words of Wonder,” I just thought was a lovely song that Waddy had written, and me, I’ve been living in Jamaica for years. So sometimes I think I should have stayed on it. I always have, though I mean with the Stones, I’m the bass on “Sympathy for the Devil.”Īnd “Jumping Jack Flash,” “Happy,” and others. Actually, through the years, I mean, I loved playing bass. What do you remember about jumping on the bass in that one?įirst off, it was Waddy Wachtel that came up with the song. Not sure the world had ever heard you playing reggae bass before. On “Words of Wonder,” which is a reggae track, that’s you on bass. This is going be around.” And funnily enough, here we are. It’s the timeless thing, how it’s turned out … Mind you, a lot of the Stones stuff was like that too, but I’ve been listening to Main Offender again, and I remembered what Waddy and Ivan and Steve had said: “Man, this record’s not just a one timer. With Main Offender, you could not name the year it was recorded just by listening to it. There was something about all these guys I’d sort of known about and met and as friends, and the chance to be able to put such a rare bunch together was one of those little miracles for me. I still, after all, play with Steve Jordan because he’s with the Stones, but that’s another story. And this was my way, and I enjoyed it immensely. But in retrospect, I realized that the Rolling Stones were in their own bubble and there was bound to become a point where we would have to stretch our wings in one way or another. Mainly, it was because I was offended to have to make solo records at the time, because it had never been on my schedule to sort of go solo. To me, there is a certain amount of “Up yours, Mick.” And of course, at the same time, it is not the main theme. How did that affect the energy going into this one? Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Talk Is Cheap, your debut solo album, was made very much in a mode of - not to put words in your mouth - “Fuck you, Mick.” But Main Offender was after Steel Wheels, after the Stones got back together, so it was a little different. Get the embed code Keith Richards - Miscellaneous Album It When You Leave3.Wicked As It Seems4.Words of Wonder5.You Win AgainKeith Richards Lyrics provided by I'm sticking to you, baby, until I arrive
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