dead flowers - stones - acoustic cover

"Dead Flowers" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the rock and roll band Rolling Stones off of their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Recording on "Dead Flowers" began on December 15, 1969 at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama.

According to some interpretations, the song is about a man whose girlfriend left him and because of his sadness turns to drugs to make him feel better:
" Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac, making bets on Kentucky Derby Day, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon, and another girl can take my pain away "

"Dead Flowers" is said to refer to heroin. The needle and spoon are also paraphernalia common with heroin use. The song is notable for its use of the Stones' core members each playing their respective instruments, with Ian Stewart on piano and singer Mick Jagger taking up acoustic guitar.

The song appears on Sticky Fingers (1971) and Stripped (1995). The Stones performed the song on September 29, 2006 during their A Bigger Bang Tour at Louisville's famed Churchill Downs, in reference to the previously quoted line from the song. A live cut from their 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour can be found on the 1995 live album Stripped.

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• dead
• flowers
• stones
• acoustic
• cover

[mariolovestones]

yes its cool!!

good job

[dazzelya]

Nice

[howlinblues88]

Very nice cover!

[Saltrockcop]

You do great! It sounds good!

[achct21]

Very nice acoustic spin on a great song. Good voice too! Check out my version if you would like. It is also acoustic but not live like yours. It is more of a studio production.

[Saltrockcop]

Great job! Also see our version of this song!!!

[dexydonovanroger]

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[JoostVanKommer]

I thought Townes van Zandt wrote it? good job!!

[ericandjordo]

the beggining riff is pretty cool. my friend and i covered this as well, let me know what you think.

cheers!

[cgraf420]

not perfect, but a good cover!! I enjoyed it a thousand times more then kesha's version... :| keep on rockin.

[ivanrollingstone]

bravo

[celloprofundo]

Rock-n-roll is getting out of yer own way..and energy...No offense, but I bet you could do a great Donovan cover..love the guitar part, is that an Ibanez?