![]() Sticky Fingers (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Jun 03, 2013 - 03:31 Certainly ones with just the zipper cover are not worth too much... check out EBay The cover photo of a male model's crotch clad in tight blue jeans was assumed by many fans to be an image of Mick Jagger, but the people actually involved at the time of the photo shoot claim that Warhol had several different men photographed (Jagger was not among them) and never revealed which shots he used. Among the candidates, Jed Johnson, Warhol's lover at the time, denied it was his likeness, although his twin brother Jay is a possibility. Those closest to the shoot, and subsequent design, name Factory artist and designer Corey Tippin as the likeliest candidate. Warhol "superstar" Joe Dallesandro claims to have been the model. After retailers complained that the zipper was causing damage to the vinyl (from stacked shipments of the record), the zipper was "unzipped" slightly to the middle of the record, where damage would be minimized. The album features the first usage of the band's "tongue & lips" logo, which was originally designed by Ernie Cefalu. Although Ernie's version was used for much of the merchandising and was the design originally shown to the band by Craig Braun, the design used for the album was illustrated by John Pasche. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 10:46 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 08:45 Misterfixit wrote: I hope she still has it .. you can see an earlier post I made about this cover. The one released in Europe — only 500 of them — you could pull the zipper down and observe a relatively large Organ of Extreme Delight and Punishment .... They are worth upwards of $100,000 when you can find one ... no way. My sister had this album with a zipper on it too. I don't think it was that rare. btw - my fav Stones ablum. Every song is great. ( for those who care) |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 08:59 Giselle62 wrote: My mom had this—-and it had the zipper. You can imagine we pre-pubescent girls were a little interested in that cover! I hope she still has it .. you can see an earlier post I made about this cover. The one released in Europe — only 500 of them — you could pull the zipper down and observe a relatively large Organ of Extreme Delight and Punishment .... They are worth upwards of $100,000 when you can find one ... |
| funkyalfonso (Vancouver Island) | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 23:17 Giselle62 wrote: That Joe Dallesandro's "bulge" is showing? Good right after Prine. Was that " Little Jo " on the cover ? |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 12:02 Damn..more and more I'm leaning towards the Stones over the Beatles..not to say the B-boys didn't have a good tune or two.. |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 11:57 Prine and now Stones!!!! Yeah baby...country rock lives! |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 16:33 My mom had this—-and it had the zipper. You can imagine we pre-pubescent girls were a little interested in that cover! |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 16:30 That Joe Dallesandro's "bulge" is showing? Good right after Prine. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 06:30 That's when the Stones were good. Trivia: anyone know the controversy about this album cover? |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 16:51 Wow, it seems that the new draft of Mick Jagger "SuperHeavy" overlapped the new draft of the Rolling Stones! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 12:28 unclehud wrote: Parody, in my opinion. They did a couple of other "country" tunes, perhaps as a gentle slap to the colonies ... ? Why else would they even bother with this genre? Now that is just a plain ol' ignaramoose statement. Country music has a deep, long and rich history and deserves as much respect as any other genre. The only genre of music that one can even consider blanketly disrespecting is commercial pop. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 12:22 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| RobRyan (The lovely hills of Anaheim) | Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 18:07 unclehud wrote: Parody, in my opinion. They did a couple of other "country" tunes, perhaps as a gentle slap to the colonies ... ? Why else would they even bother with this genre? Because... they enjoyed it? |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 07:37 unclehud wrote: Parody, in my opinion. They did a couple of other "country" tunes, perhaps as a gentle slap to the colonies ... ? Why else would they even bother with this genre? Perhaps because they enjoyed "this genre"? They did more than a couple of "country tunes". They were hanging around with Gram Parsons around the time this (and "Wild Horses") was recorded. |
| sharkey (Toronto - Ontario - Canada -Just passing through) | Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 05:42 On_The_Beach wrote: I'm with you. I don't want to have to scroll through pages and pages of generic pictures of Keith Richards' ugly mug just to get to some song comments. Come on Calypsus, ease off the gas just a little, dude. Others like it just the way it is. Carry on Calypsus. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 21:02 rdo wrote: Calypsus and Romeotuma are in a dead heat in the competition to see who can use up the most RP bandwidth. I hope they are paying double the usual rate. I'm with you. I don't want to have to scroll through pages and pages of generic pictures of Keith Richards' ugly mug just to get to some song comments. Come on Calypsus, ease off the gas just a little, dude. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 21:01 Pharlap wrote: is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? Parody, in my opinion. They did a couple of other "country" tunes, perhaps as a gentle slap to the colonies ... ? Why else would they even bother with this genre? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 16:14 ![]() Rolling Stones by bp fallon http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/ Phil Spector & Gene Pitney & Andrew Loog Oldham & The Rolling Stones at the 'Not Fade Away' sessions London 1964 Note how the very famous American record producer/songwriter/millionaire/then-diety Phil Spector is the main man in the studio with this exciting hot English combo that everyone's talking about. The brilliant Stones manager and producer Andrew Oldham - in shades of course and the youngest in the room - worships Spector. American pop star Gene Pitney wrote 'He's A Rebel' which Spector produced by The Crystals, making more millions. The first-ever Jagger-Richards hit song was 'That Girl Belongs To Yesterday' recorded by Gene Pitney. Mick doesn't look wildly happy. Both Spector and Pitney play on the first Stones album and on the much-bootlegged Stones track 'Andrew's Blues' which features lewd-lyrics lead vocals by Spector and Jagger before Phil launches into a mad filthy rap about the delighted Stones manager, with fierce twanging by Brian and Keith and pumping piano by Ian Stewart. Raw, vulgar and excellent. ~bp fallon |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 15:55 ![]() The Rolling Stones Established in 1962 (this photo was borrowed from the Official Site Of The Rolling Stones / Rollingstones.com) . ———————————————————————————————————————— The Rolling Stones are returning to recording a new album, still in preparation. The former bassist Bill Wyman is returning to Band and agreed to record again with the band. This new disc also intends to honor the former keyboardist, Ian Andrew Robert Stewart, already disappeared, which began in the early days of the band. The Rolling Stones have not recorded since 6 years ago, so this new album is creating huge "expectations". ~calypsus_1 . |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 12:28 Cynaera wrote: Thank you, as always, Calypsus_1, for the visuals and supplemental info! *hugs you* Calypsus and Romeotuma are in a dead heat in the competition to see who can use up the most RP bandwidth. I hope they are paying double the usual rate. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 21:22 ![]() Keith Richards by rising70 http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/ . ———————————————————————————————————————————- Keith Richards - Dead Flowers, Live "I wish they had've miked Willie's guitar. Willie Nelson is a terrific guitar player. This proves again that Keith can still bring it!" PeteTSSF |
| ubuntourist (Washington, DC) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 13:41 I read / heard somewhere that the "dead flowers" were of an injectable nature (or perhaps smoke-able)... No opinions as to the "truthiness" of such info, but amusing to consider. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 13:59 reminds me of Big Lebowski |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 13:55 calypsus_1 wrote: ![]() Keith by =FireCaster ©2008-2010 =FireCaster I never thought the very first dude that I would add in my portraits gallery would be Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. I was browsing through my sister's Time magazine when I saw this monumental photo of Keith in a hotel room, posing for Louis Vuitton (for the guitar case). Fuck it's the smallest reference I had to work on! I would like to remain cool when I grow old, but not looking like this. 2H, H, B, HB, 2B and 8B pencils. To be consistent with the creases on his face I didn't use my smudge stick. Bleh. Normally i dont like this style of Drawings. But this one of Keith is perfect! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 13:55 Thank you, as always, Calypsus_1, for the visuals and supplemental info! *hugs you* And the "Y'alternative" comment had me laughing myself into hiccups. Brilliant word-play. I still haven't figured out why I love this song, or why I turn it up whenever I hear it. Maybe it's because I live in a cow-town and I actually might have country music flowing through my veins. Or, maybe it's because it's the Rolling Stones. Or, more likely, it's because I'm a simple dork and I just like what I like and can't explain why. Feh. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 13:54 Love this !! |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 17:02 calypsus_1 wrote: I would like to remain cool when I grow old, but not looking like this. It's sort of an accomplishment just to grow old. |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 17:01 Listen to the beat. Its still rock. Did the Stones ever do a parody? Pharlap wrote: is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 23:47 ![]() Keith by =FireCaster ©2008-2010 =FireCaster I never thought the very first dude that I would add in my portraits gallery would be Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. I was browsing through my sister's Time magazine when I saw this monumental photo of Keith in a hotel room, posing for Louis Vuitton (for the guitar case). Fuck it's the smallest reference I had to work on! I would like to remain cool when I grow old, but not looking like this. 2H, H, B, HB, 2B and 8B pencils. To be consistent with the creases on his face I didn't use my smudge stick. Bleh. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 23:13 The Rolling Stones - "Dead Flowers" Live (1971) |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 17:29 Personnel -studio album: |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 13:16 Pharlap wrote: is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? Why it's Y'Alternative! |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 23:01 posworld wrote: This is the kind of Stones I can do without. Gotta disagree! This is one of the best beer drinking with your buddies sing along songs ever! |
| posworld (Michigan) | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 13:29 This is the kind of Stones I can do without. |
| bentonian (Longmont, CO) | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 13:28 I've used the "I'll put roses on your grave" line more than once! Now I just have to hope I actually get to fulfill it... |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 13:27 last guy on John Prine said keep the country in America....this is just as "country"....what was he TALKING about!?!?!? Great is Gr8 even if there's a twang! |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 15:20 rickhoran wrote: i would add beggar's banquet too. but i am a stone's kinda guy. They produced so much virtuosity, it's almost unfair to have to choose :) |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 03:38 keller1 wrote: In my mind it's a tossup between this one and Let It Bleed for the Stones' high water mark. Whatever ... they're both desert island records. i would add beggar's banquet too. but i am a stone's kinda guy. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 18:33 In my mind it's a tossup between this one and Let It Bleed for the Stones' high water mark. Whatever ... they're both desert island records. |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 18:04 hmmm a set about passing on - hope to hear Angel to Be in here, happiest death song ever! |
| TobalMoreno (Planning your build-out) | Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 09:01 Ah! My favorite set! Radio Hula —> Please Don't Bury Me —> Dead Flowers - it just fits... |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 06:51 Agreed. And Let it Bleed. And Exile. And Ya Yas. lmic wrote: Yep. Pretty much the whole album. |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 17:32 HarrO wrote: 10 Yep. Pretty much the whole album. |
| redstorm (East Coast!........ Lou!) | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 05:44 Misterfixit wrote: Sure, why not? I can't take it with me, that's for sure. It's just green pieces of paper with some old white slave holder's picture on it, anyway. I'm not here to tell anyone what to do with their cash, but those old white slave holders would sure help some poor young people in africa, or heck in the US. i'm just sayin' |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 05:43 Pharlap wrote: is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? If you have to—absolutely must—put a label on it, the term back then was "country rock." Among those in the forefront were The Eagles (early), Poco, The Byrds (later), The Flying Burrito Brothers, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and others. It was in the air, and the Stones on this song and others proved their amazing versatility. Tongue-in-cheek, maybe, but not a parody. My take is that they had too much respect for the originators, country music's pioneers (Frizzell, Williams, Rose, Acuff, Atkins, and others), to mock their music. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 05:38 Pharlap wrote: is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? It's what country music should sound like. |
| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 05:35 is it really "country" or a parody? Or both? |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 14:25 One of my favorite Stones song; I always loved all of their country sounding tunes!! |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 14:18 This is just horrible. Fake country music. |

Country music has a deep, long and rich history and deserves as much respect as any other genre. The only genre of music that one can even consider blanketly disrespecting is commercial pop. 


