9/20/2023 0 Comments Who wrote paint it black![]() ![]() There it is our Flashback Friday for this week is Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Well, my old man does.) Its not a quality issue if that were the case, we could discuss the dozens of bands who get little to no airplay (King Crimson. It is therefore understandable that films such as Full Metal Jacket and the TV series Tour of Duty would use Paint it Black as a theme. Paint It Black is a 2016 American film directed by Amber Tamblyn and co-written with Ed Dougherty based on Janet Fitch s 2006 novel of the same name. The tone of the song, bleak and dark, resonated with the era in which it was released – Vietnam and the height of the Cold War. Paint it Black has been used in countless scores for Films, TV series and computer games. Thankfully for us being a multi-instrumentalist it didn’t take Jones long to arrange the basic melody for the song and turn what could have been an ordinary song into a rock classic. In particular he was fascinated by the potential of the sitar. Having become bored with conventional guitar melodies Jones started to become interested in exploring the potential of Eastern instruments. Erkin Koray Bir Eyll Akam 1962 (The Rolling Stones Paint It Black 1966) Posted on September 27, 2015. The other notable fact about Paint it Black is that it was the first number one to feature a sitar, a proper pub quiz question if ever there was one!Īlthough Jagger and Richards wrote Paint it Black it was guitarist Brian Jones that developed and played the catchy sitar riff that has made the song so memorable. The Stones have been endlessly covered over their near-six decades under the spotlight but, this one is perhaps the best. After all the Rolling Stones really do know how to write a catchy riff.īut for me Paint it Black is an absolute classic tune and one of the first things I tried to learn when I first picked up the guitar.įirst released on the 6 th May 1966 the song was written by Jagger and Richards and went to number 1 in both the US and the UK. What is more there aren’t that many Rolling Stones songs that most of guitarists haven’t tried to play. From Jumping Jack Flash to Brown Sugar, Gimme Shelter to Honky Tonk woman the hits go on and on. Let’s face it when it comes to the Rolling Stones there could have been any number of their songs which we could have selected for our Flashback Friday. Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones Album: Aftermath (U.S. With a great riff played on the sitar Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones is a rock classic and our Flashback Friday for this week.įlashback Friday – Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |