![]() Wandering Spirit (1993) [ larger cover art ] |
When all the twelve Apostles try to ring me on the phone
Take a message but I wouldn't return their call
For I have no eyes to see him and I thought I lost my way
And I know I've lost the keys to your door, well, ah
And I climbed the highest mountain and I looked down on the sea
And I saw a ship a-sail to the shore
I took a passage to the East and I journeyed to the West
I made love from Battambang to Baltimore
I said, oh, am I running in a race?
I said, oh, am I getting anyplace?
I said, oh, can I make it?
I'm a wandering spirit
Yes, I'm a wandering spirit
Oh yes, I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, yes I am a restless soul
I'm a wandering spirit, there's no place that I can call my own
I was a glutton at the banquet and I spilt the finest wine
Trod the pyramids and ruins of Angkor
I kissed the Mona Lisa and I breakfasted with kings
And I touched the nerves of nature in the raw
I said, oh, am I running in a race?
I said, oh, take that smile right off your face?
I said, oh, I can't make it?
I'm a wandering spirit
Oh yes, wandering spirit
Oh yes, wandering spirit, no escape, no parole
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
There's no place that I can call my home
I said, oh, am I running in a race?
I said, oh, take that smile right off your face?
I said, oh, I can't make it?
I'm a wandering spirit
Oh yes, a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, looking for a place to go
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit
I'm a wandering spirit, no escape, no parole
I'm a wandering spirit, I'm a lost and lonely soul
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Apr 29, 2013 - 12:07 Enjoy this pic! Original! calypsus_1 wrote: ![]() Mick Jagger 2008 by ~JSaurer ©2008-2010 ~JSaurer the old rolling stone, still hard working on stage pencil scetch, 2008 |
| kdarwish (Turku, Finland) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 01:31 Love it, soulful, and Jagger energy, thank you. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 16:48 h8rhater wrote: Not to knock Keith as Life is a great book and his critiques of Jagger entertaining but... Keith also talks about his own solo efforts as if they are the greatest thing since sliced bread in the book. Neither of their efforts away from the Stones have much to recommend them. Some decent songs can be found in both their efforts but, they clearly need each other to produce greatness. Good point, but this song is still pretty good for a solo Mick effort. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 08:38 fatcatjb wrote: Life is a great read and you're spot on...I see it all so clearly, perhaps for the first time keller1 wrote: Since I read Keef's autobiography I laugh right out loud when I hear any of Jagger's solo stuff. Keef is absolutely dead on, and absolutely devastating. Not to knock Keith as Life is a great book and his critiques of Jagger entertaining but... Keith also talks about his own solo efforts as if they are the greatest thing since sliced bread in the book. Neither of their efforts away from the Stones have much to recommend them. Some decent songs can be found in both their efforts but, they clearly need each other to produce greatness. |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 23:19 Life is a great read and you're spot on...I see it all so clearly, perhaps for the first time keller1 wrote: Since I read Keef's autobiography I laugh right out loud when I hear any of Jagger's solo stuff. Keef is absolutely dead on, and absolutely devastating. |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 05:55 best stones song in decades! |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 20:18 msymmes wrote: A big fat ZERO for me. I'm nearing the end of Keith Richards' biography. Trust me, he would agree with you! Personally, I like some of Mick's solo stuff, including this. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 18:17 A big fat ZERO for me. |
| Red_Dragon | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 12:41 the_prof wrote: Great song; too bad not avail. in digital format. huh? |
| Roguewarer (Southfield, MI) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 12:30 renostve999 wrote: good god.....this thing is almost 20 years old???!!!! I'd never heard it before and, as my toe's a tappin' away, I'm finding that I like it quite a lot. Thanks RP for the introduction to some new, old music. I know! Same here! Good gracious. I actually *LIKE* this... |
| Imkirok (The Arctic Hinter Land) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 12:30 renostve999 wrote: good god.....this thing is almost 20 years old???!!!! I'd never heard it before and, as my toe's a tappin' away, I'm finding that I like it quite a lot. Thanks RP for the introduction to some new, old music. Same hear. Never heard this before, but love it. Hearing this type of stuff might have caused me to be a bigger Stones/Mick fan way back when. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 11:31 pomalley wrote: Want to hear the best "Use Me" cover out there. Listen to Mick and Lenny K on this album. There's some soul there. A little-known track for sure. Quite good. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 11:31 keller1 wrote: Since I read Keef's autobiography I laugh right out loud when I hear any of Jagger's solo stuff. Keef is absolutely dead on, and absolutely devastating. Yep. I enjoyed the book and all the comments re Mick. I DO like this song, but not much other solo work. Hard to imagine the size of his EGO. |
| renostve999 | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 12:12 good god.....this thing is almost 20 years old???!!!! I'd never heard it before and, as my toe's a tappin' away, I'm finding that I like it quite a lot. Thanks RP for the introduction to some new, old music. |
| pomalley (Land of Lincoln) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 12:08 Want to hear the best "Use Me" cover out there. Listen to Mick and Lenny K on this album. There's some soul there. |
| mesiegfried | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 13:07 I really don't care for the Stones, but I am liking this song. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 15:53 Since I read Keef's autobiography I laugh right out loud when I hear any of Jagger's solo stuff. Keef is absolutely dead on, and absolutely devastating. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 20, 2011 - 19:12 the_prof wrote: Great song; too bad not avail. in digital format. Last time I looked, CDs were a digital format: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002IUO |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Jan 20, 2011 - 13:23 Mick Jagger looks like a meth addicted Nick Cave on this cover. Or perhaps I should say that Nick Cave looks like a better fed Mick Jagger. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 20, 2010 - 03:53 the_prof wrote: Great song; too bad not avail. in digital format. It's on CD, no? Just get the CD and use iTunes to rip the track to MP3 to shove on an iPod/MP3 player. |
| the_prof (Jersey) | Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 10:12 Great song; too bad not avail. in digital format. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 19:28 deanofox wrote: Still cool after all these years! Although he does have a face like a blind cobbler's thumb. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying - what a GREAT description! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 26, 2010 - 18:44 diannemck56 wrote: I've been listening to The Stones for 43 years and have always loved them, specifically Mick. I remember when I went to buy this album when it first came out I asked the young people working at the record store if they had the new Mick Jagger CD. They looked at me puzzled and said, "Is he that guy that has that Steven Tyler look going on?" Great story! I would have done the same. Too bad that most music stores are staffed with people who wouldn't know their Stones from their Stone Roses. Jagger has another cool song called "Old Habits Die Hard," which I love. It got played a lot, and then just dropped off the radar. Standard radio is SO jaundiced! Thank all the cosmos for RadioParadise! ![]() |
| Buns (Up The Creek,Paddleless) | Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 18:22 There is a lawsuit in this for John Fogarty(My baby left me). I like the song but in listening to the intro couldn't place the difference. |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 10:44 I've been disliking the Stones for 43 years myself...and actually like this tune. A sure surprise for me...great energy. Maybe because this doesn't sound like the Stones...that I like it. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 22:16 ![]() Mick Jagger 2008 by ~JSaurer ©2008-2010 ~JSaurer the old rolling stone, still hard working on stage pencil scetch, 2008 |
| diannemck56 (Sacramento) | Posted: May 06, 2010 - 13:56 I've been listening to The Stones for 43 years and have always loved them, specifically Mick. I remember when I went to buy this album when it first came out I asked the young people working at the record store if they had the new Mick Jagger CD. They looked at me puzzled and said, "Is he that guy that has that Steven Tyler look going on?" |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 07:39 He looks like Nick Cave after an all night drinking/coke/heroin binge. If he wasn't a musician he could be on one of those "This is your face on drugs" posters. And of course I'm only mocking his appearance because I've never been a fan of the Stones in general and Mick specifically. |
| deanofox (Yorkshire, England) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 07:38 Still cool after all these years! Although he does have a face like a blind cobbler's thumb. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 02:20 Cover photo is from Mick's Avatar audition. "I'm not putting the tail on unless I get the part." |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 07:38 h8rhater wrote: And still he lands the Brazilian babes while you sit alone in your flat playing pocket pool. How sad for you. Oh dear oh dear....Clearly you envy old Mick...it's never too late. No need for "pocket pool" here old fellow/gal.....I'm blessed with a gorgeous wife and amazing children...oh and a palatial home. How much do you pay at the "Y"...? |
| Droidac (Blacklight District) | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 07:22 What's wrong with dying your hair? Some people just don't like grey. I started going grey when I was 13 (thanks mom!), and sometimes I dye and sometimes I don't. I'm not try to hang on to my youth, I just occasionally get tired of the grey. If the end result is a more youthful look, that's a nice benefit, but not the main goal! |
| h8rhater | Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 07:22 EssexTex wrote: It's not about his age so much as how he looks for his age.....he resembles one of those hairless cats. I'm sure you are a far better example of a man or woman of Micks advancing years, whether it be down to surgery or not. And still he lands the Brazilian babes while you sit alone in your flat playing pocket pool. How sad for you. |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 10:01 cosmiclint wrote: How dare he age! y' know, the problem I have re: aging & Mick Jagger (and Paul McCartney) is that their dyed hair creates the impression of old men trying to be twenty and thinking no one knows. I'm not trying to ridicule them. I just think it's sad. ![]() ![]() |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 13:44 |
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 07:55 arsenault wrote: looks like mick is having an argument with his doppelganger boyfriend on the other side of the bed... is this a bad time mr. jagger? Seems like he was on a bed with a chick on She's the Boss. Maybe he just likes beds. |
| AdyMiles (Wolverhampton, UK) | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 07:51 I like some of Mick Jagger's songs, but this sucks |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 11:39 jonahboo wrote: back in '93 i really liked this album - thought it had some real good songs on it So, how do you feel about here in '09? |
| Sleepytyme (Left Coast, California) | Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 17:31 Is that Don Covay on vocals? |
| jonahboo | Posted: Apr 27, 2009 - 13:26 back in '93 i really liked this album - thought it had some real good songs on it |
| federico (Padova, Italy) | Posted: Apr 06, 2009 - 16:33 marmelock wrote: Nope.... Jimmy Rip! indeed! I stand corrected ... |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 06:50 federico wrote: jeff beck, IIRC Nope.... Jimmy Rip! |
| miam (Sweden) | Posted: Mar 06, 2009 - 03:14 arsenault wrote: looks like mick is having an argument with his doppelganger boyfriend on the other side of the bed... is this a bad time mr. jagger? Haha. I agree! ![]() |
| federico (Padova, Italy) | Posted: Feb 18, 2009 - 15:40 stkman wrote: damn good guitar jeff beck, IIRC |
| arsenault (long beach cali US and A) | Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 22:55 looks like mick is having an argument with his doppelganger boyfriend on the other side of the bed... is this a bad time mr. jagger? |
| stkman (Texas) | Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 22:29 damn good guitar |
| arsenault | Posted: Jan 01, 2009 - 22:27 this is rubbish...spoiled a great run.. |
| TimeWaster (The lower of the two Dakotas) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 23:26 I've never heard any of his solo stuff. This is pretty good... |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Oct 15, 2008 - 06:47 fredriley wrote: I'm not usually a fan of ol' Rubberlips or the Stones, apart from their Blues work which is feckin' brilliant, and this is no exception - real driving blues rock. 8 from the Nottingham jury. I think the Stones are one of the great country bands, but I agree with you on this tune —- really rockin. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 15, 2008 - 06:46 I'm not usually a fan of ol' Rubberlips or the Stones, apart from their Blues work which is feckin' brilliant, and this is no exception - real driving blues rock. 8 from the Nottingham jury. |





