Paint it, Black (cover) The Ribbon Device

‪Paint it, Black (cover) The Ribbon Device 20/6/11‬

‪If you cant make it to one of our shows then, make requests.‬
‪Iif you would like us badly cover a song please drop me an email. ‬
‪cheese Mat‬
‪mat@theribbondevice.com‬

‪Mat Creedon: Vocals & Sitar‬
‪Joe Kennedy: Bass‬
‪Joel Green : Drums‬

‪"Paint It, Black" is a song released by The Rolling Stones, on 13 May ‬
‪1966 as the first single from their fourth album Aftermath.[1] It was ‬
‪originally titled "Paint It Black" without a comma. Keith Richards has ‬
‪stated that the comma was added by the record label, Decca.[1]‬

‪The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Brian Jones ‬
‪contributed to the song's signature riff. Bill Wyman claims in his books‬
‪ that the song was a collective effort of the group, a 'Nanker-Phelge' ‬
‪one, but mistakenly credited to Jagger/Richards at the end.‬

‪The single reached number one in both the United States and the United ‬
‪Kingdom charts in 1966. In 2004 it was ranked number 174 on Rolling ‬
‪Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the US ‬
‪and UK, it was the first number one single to feature a sitar on the ‬
‪recording. It is featured in the videogame Guitar Hero III: Legends of ‬
‪Rock.‬

‪The song began with Wyman playing organ at a recording session, in ‬
‪parody of the group's former co-manager Eric Easton, who had been an ‬
‪organist. Charlie Watts accompanied the organ by playing a vaguely ‬
‪Middle Eastern drum part; Watts' drum pattern became the basis for the ‬
‪final song. Brian Jones contributed the song's signature sitar riff ‬
‪(having taught himself to play after a visit with George Harrison), and ‬
‪Jagger contributed the to lyrics, seemingly about a man mourning his ‬
‪dead girlfriend. More literally, it is about using the visual trick of ‬
‪painting everything black in the mind's eye. Both electric and acoustic ‬
‪guitars and the background vocals are provided by Richards. The piano is‬
‪ played by Jack Nitzsche.[2]‬

‪The bass was also overdubbed by Bill Wyman playing on the bass pedals of‬
‪ a Hammond B3 organ.‬

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