Re the technique discussion. "Technique" does _not_ mean fast, busy, complicated, etc. playing. Technique is rather just the way that one is playing--just the way one's fingers/hands/etc. are moving to produce the notes, for example, the touch one uses to get particular tones, and so on. There is just as much technique in a song like this as there is in, say, an Emerson, Lake and Palmer tune. The thing to focus on is the nuances, and the Stones were masters of technique in that sense.
Guitarist Keith Richards: "To me Factory Girl felt something like Molly Malone, an Irish jig; one of those ancient Celtic things that emerge from time to time, or an Appalachian song. In those days I would just come up and play something, sitting around the room. I still do that today."
This is a song about poverty. And was Mick Jagger's first attempt at a serious song. Dave Mason, who played acoustic guitar for Jimi Hendrix, plays mandolin on this song. Ric Grech plays fiddle. Drummer Charlie Watts: "On Factory Girl, I was doing something you shouldn't do, which is playing the tabla with sticks instead of trying to get that sound using your hand, which Indian tabla players do, though it's an extremely difficult technique and painful if you're not trained."
I could listen to The Rolling Stones for hours every day, forever. Every song is so different but I just love these laid back, country type songs that they do like this one, Wild Horses, No Spare Parts and way more. These type of songs make me think of long hot summer days and sitting on my back porch. Then you have the songs that just make you want to dance like Brown Sugar and Start Me Up and Starfucker. I haven't met a Stones song I don't like.
This has a very raw, old, hillbilly/Appalachian sound to it, but I wonder where that sound originated? Quite genius these lads, thank god we have been graced by their existence.
@okicuru12 yeah, it is strange that they were able to tap into those modes (and many others) as well as they were. For a tune like this, you'd swear they grew up in West Virginia or something.
...her knees way too fat... waitin' for my fak-to-ree gurl. Good Stones unplugged album b4 it was chic. 5 guys playin and 3 guys rollin... takes me back.
this beautiful song is what i like about the early stones. they still wrot e about the characters that they knew personnaly, and could still realat e to at the time
This is my favorite stones song ever, it makes me think of a lot of good times in my life (I dont know why Im only 19, and none of the vocals hit on a personal level) and when I tell people, even some stones fans, they dont know what Im talking about, lol
Damn!!!! Yesterday I said that Between the Buttons was my favorite stones Record, after listening to it for the first time. I think this ties with it. THese are the best 2 stones Records I've ever heard. Beggars Banquet and Between the Buttons are the best 2 stones albums.
@noblesiner I like The album Between the Buttons but If I would have to choose 5 of my favorite stones albums because I can't leave any out it would be .Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed. Sticky Fingers, Goats Head Soup, and Exile on Main St.
@rlee64 Oh I so agree with you that this is one of the best of all time. Certainly it's the Stones best. I never could understand the hype of "Exile" because it's four predecessors were superior albums to exile. Maybe because the Beatles broke up that album got so much attention ??
To me The Stones were best from "Beggars" to "Sticky"
@mlmr11 -- I also like "Beggers" better than "Exile". I think maybe the musicians admire technical things in Exile that I don't care about. I like to keep my simple pleasures simple and don't care about technical stuff. Just saying.
@factChecker01 Well I think you might be on to something there. I'm a musician myself . I appreciate the quality of the songs more so than the technical aspect of music whereas the Stones are concerned. When I listen to the Stones I listen for the song. If I listen for technique I would listen to Yes .
I took a history class where we studied the factory girls in Lowell Massachusetts. The professor would drone on and on about these girls working in the factory. I was so bored all I could do was think of the Rolling Stones, and draw pictures in the margins of my notebook of a "factory girl."
There isn't a tune out of place in this entire album. Pure magic from great musicians and two composers in the top of their shape. Talk about a timeless song!
@UbaldoMiquica - I couldn't agree with you more. You put that so well! I bought this album with my paper route money when I was only 11; and, I rode 15 miles to the next city where the old "AMES" store once was to buy it. And....it was worth every pedal to get there and back! I STILL have that same "Beggar's Banquet" album, and, it STILL hasn't lost its lustre! :)
I'm a Stones Freak and this little gem is in my top ten Stones songs of all time. Classic.
telecasterhst69 2 days ago
great song
shanehenning26 1 week ago
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Re the technique discussion. "Technique" does _not_ mean fast, busy, complicated, etc. playing. Technique is rather just the way that one is playing--just the way one's fingers/hands/etc. are moving to produce the notes, for example, the touch one uses to get particular tones, and so on. There is just as much technique in a song like this as there is in, say, an Emerson, Lake and Palmer tune. The thing to focus on is the nuances, and the Stones were masters of technique in that sense.
KingRundzap 1 week ago
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KingRundzap 1 week ago
Guitarist Keith Richards: "To me Factory Girl felt something like Molly Malone, an Irish jig; one of those ancient Celtic things that emerge from time to time, or an Appalachian song. In those days I would just come up and play something, sitting around the room. I still do that today."
RoboSlater 1 month ago
This is a song about poverty. And was Mick Jagger's first attempt at a serious song. Dave Mason, who played acoustic guitar for Jimi Hendrix, plays mandolin on this song. Ric Grech plays fiddle. Drummer Charlie Watts: "On Factory Girl, I was doing something you shouldn't do, which is playing the tabla with sticks instead of trying to get that sound using your hand, which Indian tabla players do, though it's an extremely difficult technique and painful if you're not trained."
RoboSlater 1 month ago
@RoboSlater good info! thanx!
carrier3232 4 weeks ago
I could listen to The Rolling Stones for hours every day, forever. Every song is so different but I just love these laid back, country type songs that they do like this one, Wild Horses, No Spare Parts and way more. These type of songs make me think of long hot summer days and sitting on my back porch. Then you have the songs that just make you want to dance like Brown Sugar and Start Me Up and Starfucker. I haven't met a Stones song I don't like.
Yellow4494 1 month ago 2
This has a very raw, old, hillbilly/Appalachian sound to it, but I wonder where that sound originated? Quite genius these lads, thank god we have been graced by their existence.
okicuru12 1 month ago
@okicuru12 yeah, it is strange that they were able to tap into those modes (and many others) as well as they were. For a tune like this, you'd swear they grew up in West Virginia or something.
KingRundzap 1 week ago
@okicuru12 Irish folk tunes
wkg55 1 week ago
@wkg55 It's always got to be Irish, hasn't it. English people had folk music.
RichMichael1980 35 minutes ago
The mind blowing thing is that this is literally a two-chord song by my reckoning. The genius of Keith is to squeeze much out of little.
JuanDeSoCal 3 months ago 2
@JuanDeSoCal , right!
JimBowie1133 1 month ago
...her knees way too fat... waitin' for my fak-to-ree gurl. Good Stones unplugged album b4 it was chic. 5 guys playin and 3 guys rollin... takes me back.
scottmmeyer 3 months ago
My mom was a factory girl!
Henry8544 3 months ago
Like how the Stones just got back to playing music on this one forgetting about the hits. Great stuff. Many say one of their best albums.
probrojeffro 3 months ago
@probrojeffro Many are correct in their thoughts my friend!
glimmertwinsproduct 2 months ago
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May I recommend the book 'A Pop Revolution, the transatlantic music scene 1965 to 1969' by the invisible man. The author is a big fan of this track.
garyw930 4 months ago
An orgasm to the ear canal.
scottmackeen 4 months ago
love this song but i had to be the one dislike,
The350cutlass 4 months ago
@The350cutlass Why for goodness' sake!? Why?
Erbgrinder 4 months ago
Charlie's beat is unbeleivable, his beat is incredible.........freak
jimbeaux70427 5 months ago
classic!
19GirlBad 5 months ago
this beautiful song is what i like about the early stones. they still wrot e about the characters that they knew personnaly, and could still realat e to at the time
chrisjohnfan 6 months ago
The only glaring error of this album cover is that there is actually paper on the roll.
spacedoginnebraska 6 months ago
Side 2 from beggars banquet is pure class
bretadounitedfc 6 months ago
I'll take a 'Factory Girl' over a 'Street Fighting Man' any day.
jwalsh671 6 months ago
anyone noticed "bob dylans dream"?
pipsqueek14 7 months ago 3
Remeber them Factory,s--id watch the clock-time goe,s slow-
don,t watch the clock--its time to go--Remember that?
jimmatera 8 months ago
"she ain't come out yet" is the best line in a song of great lines!
KMGDA49 8 months ago
She's got no money anywhere? YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT!
lgvhnI5s 9 months ago
This is my favorite stones song ever, it makes me think of a lot of good times in my life (I dont know why Im only 19, and none of the vocals hit on a personal level) and when I tell people, even some stones fans, they dont know what Im talking about, lol
Zanm1991 10 months ago
Damn!!!! Yesterday I said that Between the Buttons was my favorite stones Record, after listening to it for the first time. I think this ties with it. THese are the best 2 stones Records I've ever heard. Beggars Banquet and Between the Buttons are the best 2 stones albums.
noblesiner 10 months ago
@noblesiner I like The album Between the Buttons but If I would have to choose 5 of my favorite stones albums because I can't leave any out it would be .Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed. Sticky Fingers, Goats Head Soup, and Exile on Main St.
stickysul3stance 5 months ago
One of the greatest albums of all time.
rlee64 1 year ago 32
@rlee64 There're a couple i like a little more. Exile on Main Street and Lei It Bleed are they name, but i don't know who's are them.
Huisihuilke 3 months ago
@rlee64 Oh I so agree with you that this is one of the best of all time. Certainly it's the Stones best. I never could understand the hype of "Exile" because it's four predecessors were superior albums to exile. Maybe because the Beatles broke up that album got so much attention ??
To me The Stones were best from "Beggars" to "Sticky"
mlmr11 3 months ago
@mlmr11 -- I also like "Beggers" better than "Exile". I think maybe the musicians admire technical things in Exile that I don't care about. I like to keep my simple pleasures simple and don't care about technical stuff. Just saying.
factChecker01 3 months ago
@factChecker01 Well I think you might be on to something there. I'm a musician myself . I appreciate the quality of the songs more so than the technical aspect of music whereas the Stones are concerned. When I listen to the Stones I listen for the song. If I listen for technique I would listen to Yes .
mlmr11 3 months ago
@rlee64 rock n roll doesnt get any better than this!!!!!!
carrier3232 4 weeks ago
I took a history class where we studied the factory girls in Lowell Massachusetts. The professor would drone on and on about these girls working in the factory. I was so bored all I could do was think of the Rolling Stones, and draw pictures in the margins of my notebook of a "factory girl."
mwelle1 1 year ago 15
@mwelle1 describes my whole high school education!
tattoofthesun 10 months ago
There isn't a tune out of place in this entire album. Pure magic from great musicians and two composers in the top of their shape. Talk about a timeless song!
UbaldoMiquica 1 year ago
@UbaldoMiquica - I couldn't agree with you more. You put that so well! I bought this album with my paper route money when I was only 11; and, I rode 15 miles to the next city where the old "AMES" store once was to buy it. And....it was worth every pedal to get there and back! I STILL have that same "Beggar's Banquet" album, and, it STILL hasn't lost its lustre! :)
classiclistener01 1 year ago
one of my faves by the stones always loved there country far away eyes sweet virgina etc
MrNINTENDOJOE 1 year ago
Mick, not one of my favourite songs you penned bout me, in fact only the "curlers in her hair" & "standing in the rain" applied to us.
But, as you always told me, "No song is ever really only about 1 person, but you and the curlers in your hair, I'll never forget."
For the record, there was a VERY good reason both of us will never forget that day...Your "Stray Cat Blues" Gal...LA Woman in London, 1968...
Still have dreams of when we were together, after all the years....~Miss You~
TheDreamwalker2 1 year ago