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And it sure been a cold, cold winter
And the wind ain't been blowin' from the south
It's sure been a cold, cold winter
And a lotta love is all burned out
It sure been a hard, hard winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And I hope it's gonna be a long, hot summer
And a lotta love will be burnin' bright
And I wish I been out in California
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round
It sure been a cold, cold winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And the fields has all been brown and fallow
And the springtime take a long way around
Yeah, and I wish I been out in Stone Canyon
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round
Sometimes I think about you, baby
Sometimes I cry about you
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna keep you warm
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna but I can't afford you
And the wind ain't been blowin' from the south
It's sure been a cold, cold winter
And a lotta love is all burned out
It sure been a hard, hard winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And I hope it's gonna be a long, hot summer
And a lotta love will be burnin' bright
And I wish I been out in California
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round
It sure been a cold, cold winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And the fields has all been brown and fallow
And the springtime take a long way around
Yeah, and I wish I been out in Stone Canyon
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round
Sometimes I think about you, baby
Sometimes I cry about you
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna keep you warm
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna but I can't afford you
| buddy | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 06:23 This tends to be an underrated album these days, but back in 73 they were at one of their many creative peaks and this was a gem. This song was one of my favs back then and brings back memories that are at once fond and wistfully sad...beautiful people in my life then that have fallen away over the years...exciting discoveries almost daily...to be young and knowing you'd live forever and the best days would surely come if you just didn't push on it...and I still miss her after all these years, my beautiful bride, so brilliant and strong and forever young, in the Spring of her life, nothing but a field of all possibilities ahead of her...before her own Winter came all too soon...I still love the girl you were back then, baby, when you still loved me unabashedly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 06:17 Love this! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jchap5 (Just Short of the Rainbow) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 14:47 Stratocaster wrote: Ohhhh....I missed this 2 days ago. Damn. I have loved this song for almost 40 years. And, while I can play it anytime I want on my iPod....there is nothing like being surprised by a favourite song on the radio. Well said. Over time, instant gratification becomes somewhat less gratifying. The beauty of RP is the variety and element of surprise. I find myself going to my itunes library only if I don't have internet access, pandora if I really just have to focus on work. I can't work to RP, because I am inevitably drawn onto the site to see what comments have been posted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| atthetone | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 07:00 One of the best albums of all time (imho), Bit of a country music feel to it,with some blues thrown in. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 06:58 Been so long since I've heard this that I almost forget I ever did. Great tune. Everything works. Jagger's really singing, the guitar is not half dead, and the lyrics speak to everyone. Rock on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| paradisepig (Inverness-Scotland) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 06:56 I am also enjoying this ...  ...most excellent guitar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| zigzag | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 22:48 It's so weird hearing the Stones when they had someone who could actually play guitar. Mick Taylor - sublime. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| joelbb | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 22:46 linzie wrote: Haven't heard this....but I like it, I like it a LOT! Ditto. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| linzie | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 19:53 Haven't heard this....but I like it, I like it a LOT! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 06:53 Thank you Master DJ! Very Cool August choice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| merkin_muffley (Down the rabbit hole.....) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 10:36 This is really good, didn't know they had it in them. Will get the album, via the link of course. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| voodoodaddy (People Born Round Don't Die Square) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 10:34 Sometimes it's just so easy to forget how good these guys were at their peak. Peace. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Deep in the heart of South California) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 10:33 mjmurphy61 wrote: Probably my favorite stones song of all time! Lots of friends who are stones fans make a wierd face when I say this like they don't know what song I'm talking about. Thanks for playing this! Unique. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| h8rhater | Posted: May 29, 2012 - 12:48 rconlon wrote: At least something from the Stones I haven't heard a bazillion times. Quite nice Bill. Look deeper... there's a lot more where this came from. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 19:15 been listening to them casually for 20 years and have never heard this song. what a catalogue! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 05:54 Ohhhh....I missed this 2 days ago. Damn. I have loved this song for almost 40 years. And, while I can play it anytime I want on my iPod....there is nothing like being surprised by a favourite song on the radio. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| steeler (Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth) | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 09:22 A very underrated album. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| eddief (Los Angeles) | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 22:14 Strings. Lovely. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamster (Thousand Islands Canada) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 05:17 I'm with you, not a big fan but this is one of their songs that I like. Byronape wrote: As a rule, I don't like the Stones with the exception of a few select songs. This is added to the list of songs I like. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 15:08 Can't believe they released a version of this with Star Star censored of one variation of the most useful word in the English language. What fuckers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 14:24 mjmurphy61 wrote: Um. The album title says "goats head soap"! Ha! You do have to use a specially-blended soap to wash a goat's head; you didn't know about that? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 05:31 Yeesh! What a feckin' awful wail at the start - it hurt my ears and I had to mute. I'm a semi-fan of the Stones, but this is one is a real sucker and no mistake. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 13:03 As a rule, I don't like the Stones with the exception of a few select songs. This is added to the list of songs I like. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mjmurphy61 (Saint Louis, MO) | Posted: May 15, 2011 - 22:47 Um. The album title says "goats head soap"! Ha! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mjmurphy61 (Saint Louis, MO) | Posted: May 15, 2011 - 22:45 Probably my favorite stones song of all time! Lots of friends who are stones fans make a wierd face when I say this like they don't know what song I'm talking about. Thanks for playing this! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jersey_birdman | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 08:59  Yes! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rconlon (The Jersey Shore) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 13:10 At least something from the Stones I haven't heard a bazillion times. Quite nice Bill. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 13:09 Oh, man - this is what rock and roll SHOULD be. I love it that I've never heard it before, even with my advanced years. Excellent work from Mick and the boys. Thanks to whoever uploaded it, and thanks and praises be to Bill and Rebecca for putting it on the playlist.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| h8rhater | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 13:08 Barman wrote: I think that many of these songs would have been highly praised if they had been included in Exile on main street - and they could have been, since the most of them were composed in the very same period. They would have fit nicely in It's Only Rock and Roll, another incredibly under-appreciated (along with Goats Head Soup), Rolling Stones album. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 13:07 Need to get this and "It's Only Rock and Roll" even if just for the Mick Taylor guitar playing! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| contractor07 (Ann Arbor Michigan) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 13:05 Digging this  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barman (Milan, Italy) | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 06:27 treatment_bound wrote: Cool, I certainly stand corrected. Somebody out there remembers Goats Head. It sure is nice to hear Stones' cuts which haven't been played to death once in awhile. Once in college (Univ. of Minn.) on the local campus station, they offered to play any requests they had in their library on a show after midnight. Being a bunch of goofs up at 2:00 AM, we called in for Star Star, thinking there was no way in hell they'd play it. Much to our surprise, it made it on the air (for about 2 minutes, anyway). The DJ must have been a Tull fan or something... I think that many of these songs would have been highly praised if they had been included in Exile on main street - and they could have been, since the most of them were composed in the very same period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| scrubbrush | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 16:13 This song makes me sentimental for my college dorm room, cheap beer and fewer responsibilities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 16:08 bbryan wrote: Kind of a Stones take on Van Morrison... Ahhh yes, maybe that's why I don't like it...... Got a whiny quality to it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bbryan (Don't believe everything you think) | Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 08:58 Kind of a Stones take on Van Morrison... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 17:52 Cynaera wrote: Gone. Pulled. Censored. Good try, Calypsus_1, but the forces of censorship have won again. And now, they're trying to rewrite history because certain parts of it are not "acceptible." This scares me. Cynaera: Thanks! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 08:51 Very nice! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 08:49 Great album! This track......meh. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 12:53 rickhoran wrote: when i was a kid i had the 45 with silver train and angie. i never listened to angie, but i played the hell out of silver train. Actually now being elderly, when i listen to this i turn up winter, coming down again and star star. treatment_bound wrote: Yeah, outside of Angie & Heartbreaker, the rest of this album has pretty much been forgotten by everyone. Track listing All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Cool, I certainly stand corrected. Somebody out there remembers Goats Head. It sure is nice to hear Stones' cuts which haven't been played to death once in awhile. Once in college (Univ. of Minn.) on the local campus station, they offered to play any requests they had in their library on a show after midnight. Being a bunch of goofs up at 2:00 AM, we called in for Star Star, thinking there was no way in hell they'd play it. Much to our surprise, it made it on the air (for about 2 minutes, anyway). The DJ must have been a Tull fan or something... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 08:55 when i was a kid i had the 45 with silver train and angie. i never listened to angie, but i played the hell out of silver train. Actually now being elderly, when i listen to this i turn up winter, coming down again and star star. treatment_bound wrote: Yeah, outside of Angie & Heartbreaker, the rest of this album has pretty much been forgotten by everyone. Track listing All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 08:45 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: Well... here's one you don't hear everyday. Thanks Bill! Yeah, outside of Angie & Heartbreaker, the rest of this album has pretty much been forgotten by everyone. Track listing All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 08:41 I know that I owned this thing "back in the day" but it's like I've never heard this thing before. Strange KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: Well... here's one you don't hear everyday. Thanks Bill! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 00:28  Rolling Stones Tribute by ~IVANPS . T.T my first time whit acrilics....and its decent! + the Rolling stones are one of my favorite rock bands almost 40 years rock,n rolling XD, ( he is the guitarist Keith Richards one of the best on earth lol ). succeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 11:45 Well... here's one you don't hear everyday. Thanks Bill! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peace_tode (Atlanta) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 15:47 Very smooth Stones. I like it alot! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernö (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 15:44 Weird coincidence. I bought this album on vinyl just yesterday, and remember thinking to myself that I haven't heard it on RP. Nice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 15:43 calypsus_1 wrote: The Rolling Stones - "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" Live (1964): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 15:40 Angie....Aaaaaangie...... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 07:11 The Rolling Stones - "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" Live (1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||