I know I've dreamed you, a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living, after we die
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day
Nicely done. Thank you. My favorite Stones song. Speaks to me like few other songs.
Posted by: altered states at April 14, 2015 5:15 PMI'm guessing it's no coincidence that you chose this song on what today's Google Doodle is calling the anniversary of the Pony Express! Well played, sir, well played.
Now for the Emmylou Harris cover of Leonard Cohen's Ballad of a Runaway Horse?
Posted by: Patrick at April 14, 2015 6:20 PMThe Rolling Stones? Any of 'em still alive?
Posted by: chasmatic at April 14, 2015 10:01 PMGram Parsons was hanging out with the Stones and was spending lots of time with them around the time Wild Horses was recorded. Listen to Gram's version of the song with the Flying Burrito Brothers, and tell me that he didn't write it. He certainly owned it. Because of his infatuation with the Stones and their whole image, he would have been happy to have Jagger/Richards claim authorship. Then again, where do great songs come from? Oftentimes it's collaboration at a conscious or unconscious level.
Posted by: Seppo at April 15, 2015 7:57 AMThere was a powerful poignancy when the Stones are listening to this song in the Muscle Shoals studio in the Maysles' documentary, Gimme Shelter. My favorite scene.
Posted by: Nancy at April 15, 2015 8:48 PMThanks for the tip, Seppo. I'll check out the Parsons version as well.
Posted by: altered states at April 16, 2015 9:26 AMPatti Smith's Horses were wilder...
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