12.28.2010

KEITH RICHARDS: THRU AND THRU


Keith Richards Photo: Sante D'Orazio

Just finished the gigantic memoir of Keith Richard's called "Life". I really enjoyed the book and all the emotions behind the creation of the world's greatest rock band. Actually I came away with feeling that I wanted to meet Keith and hang out for a bit. Read online recently that someone said that the great love of Mick Jagger's life was Keith. That bond is a river running through the entire book.


Keith Richards "Life"

"By turns earnest and wicked, sweet and sarcastic and unsparing, Mr. Richards, now 66, writes with uncommon candor and immediacy....He gives us an indelible, time-capsule feel for the madness that was life on the road with the Stones in the years before and after Altamont; harrowing accounts of his many close shaves and narrow escapes (from the police, prison time, drug hell); and a heap of sharp-edged snapshots of friends and colleagues...



But Life...is way more than a revealing showbiz memoir. It is also a high-def, high-velocity portrait of the era when rock 'n' roll came of age, a raw report from deep inside the counterculture maelstrom of how that music swept like a tsunami over Britain and the United States.

It's an eye-opening all-nighter in the studio with a master craftsman disclosing the alchemical secrets of his art. And it's the intimate and moving story of one man's long strange trip over the decades, told in dead-on, visceral prose without any of the pretense, caution or self-consciousness that usually attend great artists sitting for their self-portraits....


Mr. Richards has found a way to channel to the reader his own avidity, his own deep soul hunger for music and to make us feel the connections that bind one generation of musicians to another. Along the way he even manages to communicate something of that magic, electromagnetic experience of playing on stage with his mates, be it in a little club or a huge stadium." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times )

First heard "Thru and Thru" on an episode of "The Sopranos". Haunting and beautiful, honestly I had no idea it was a Stones tune. Found this great video of Keith singing it. I love a lot of the Stone's songs that feature Keith on vocals. Loved Keith's turn as Captain Jack Sparrow's father too. See a clip HERE Keith sure made a great gnarly pirate!


THRU AND THRU
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

You know that we do take away
We deliver too
Open 24 hours babe
Just waiting on a call from you
Waiting on a call from you

Well I'm in the yellow pages
You just take a look
Look me up under services
You know it's just an open book
Babe it's just an open book
It's just an open book
Well baby

Any minute, any hour
I'm waiting on a call from you
And you know this heart is constant
I'm your lover, baby
Thru and thru
Lover, baby, thru and thru

I only found out yesterday
I heard it on the news
What I heard really pissed me off
Cause now I got those fucking blues
I got those awesome blues
Babe I got those nothing blues

Any minute, any hour
I'm waiting on a call from you
And you know this heart is constant
I'm your lover, baby
Thru and thru
Lover, baby, thru and thru

You know that we do take-away
That we deliver, too
We're open 24 hours, baby
We're waiting on a call from you
But any minute, baby, any hour
I'm waiting on a call from you
You know that this heart is constant
I'm your lover, baby
Thru and thru
Lover, baby, thru and thru
Lover, baby, thru and thru
Lover, baby, thru and thru

2 comments:

Lori Seth said...

Oh Kim, you too?! I felt as if I had lost a friend when I finished the book! I was actually sad lol What a class act, all that he has done and been through. He held nothing back, honest to a fault! I really hope he can come come up with more stories and write another book. I am not a guitarist, and he even states, when you come to that section, if you aren't, to just skip it. Hell no! I read it ALL! lol So happy he kicked the drug's. That gives me, us, more time with Keef ♥ Ive watched all of the youtube videos on this last tour, he is at his happiest when he plays. My hope is they take a little break and start again, this time with the Detroit area included. I have seen them twice, first time Brian was still with us. 1965 Cobo Hall. Second was at the Pontiac Silverdome. 1980's, with Mick Taylor. They over sold tickets, people were sitting on the stairs. Keith was BEAUTIFUL both times. Long Live the Riff Master. he is a true LEGEND! :)

Lori Seth said...

Thru and Thu, Ive got the fucking blues, waiting on a call for you . Give me your number Keith, I will call you anytime anyday lol OMG...........Now I have the Blues hahahahahahahaha BRAVO! ♥

Could you even imagine coming face to face with this mesmerizing gift of a man ? I would be in heaven . Just to say hello, shake his j=hand or even a hug. Can't even fathom a picture with him. Damnit! lol :)

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