Paint It Blue: Songs Of The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones, Various Artists - Blues - Modern/Electric | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: House of Blues
• ASIN: B000003QYR
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,938 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #99 in Music > Blues > Slide Guitar

Track Listings

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want

2. Tumbling Dice

3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

4. Wild Horses

5. Honky Tonk Women

6. Sway

7. Ventilator Blues

8. Beast of Burden

9. Under My Thumb

10. It's All Over Now

11. Midnight Rambler

12. Heart of Stone

13. Moonlight Mile

Editorial Reviews

Traks: 1 Luther Allison - You Can't Always Get What You Want 4:37 2 Johnny Copeland - Tumblin' Dice 4:15 3 Junior Wells - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 6:30 4 Otis Clay - Wild Horses 4:40 5 Taj Mahal - Honky Tonk Women 6:12 6 Alvin "Youngblood" Hart* - Sway 6:12 7 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown* - Ventilator Blues 4:46 8 Holmes Brothers, The - Beast Of Burden 4:46 9 Lucky Peterson - Under My Thumb 4:22 10 Bobby Womack - It's All Over Now 3:14 11 Larry McCray - Midnight Rambler 4:19 12 Joe Louis Walker - Heart Of Stone 5:54 13 Alvin "Youngblood" Hart* - Moonlight Mile 4:28

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Blues We Trust, August 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Paint It Blue: Songs Of The Rolling Stones (Audio CD)

I dig the Stones as much as anyone (*Let It Bleed* is one of my favorite albums), but I think those of you who compared this album to the original Stones versions are missing the point. The caption on the cover says it clearly: "This Ain't No Tribute." What it is is something more complex, and much more interesting. It takes songs by the Stones--the crown princes of rock and roll--and gives them back to the tradition that inspired them in the first place. The Stones paid tribute to the blues through their songs, and they made something entirely new and beautiful out of the traditional blues. The artists in this compilation bring these songs back home to the blues tradition, and create something new and beautiful in the process. (You'll also hear the close kinship between blues and country, a kinship that is often overlooked in the artificial division between modern blues, country, and rock and roll.) It's an example of what's so wonderful about the musical process as a whole--the organic melding of traditions and innovations to create beauty in sonic form. This album is a lesson in music history, but it's also just some damn good music. Get it, listen, learn, and love!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It only gets better, November 3, 2005

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James A. Dirmeyer "imperial frog" (Deltona, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paint It Blue: Songs Of The Rolling Stones (Audio CD)

I've had this cd for about 7 years now and every now and then pull it out for a listen and each time I leave with a new song that I feel is the best and a need to search out a few cds from the artist who cover them . The last time was about a month ago and it hasn't been out of my car since. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"...brilliant. "Sway"...unforgettable. "Beast of Burdon"...outstanding. This last time has been "Ventilator Blues" by the late Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.

I don't like to say that these guys did the Rolling Stones better than Mick and the gang, but on these songs...they did.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Umm....yeah!!!, October 31, 2003

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Michelle L Whitty (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paint It Blue: Songs Of The Rolling Stones (Audio CD)

Ok. Just think about this....

Stones? Blues? Rock 'n' Roll? What else do you need? Exactly, a nice beer and you are set. Enjoy this cd forever. It makes the blues and rock and country come together like never before. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is simply the best rendition of any song that I have ever heard. Unfortunatly I only have enough money to buy 1 for a present or else I would buy a thousand to give to everyone. It's perfect. As a Music Educator, a Music Theorist, and a Composer, this is the finest CD that one could ever buy. Enjoy!