Stray Cat Blues

About Stray Cat Blues

"Stray Cat Blues" is the eighth song on the Rolling Stones' album Beggars Banquet. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Jimmy Miller. Miller's production of the song is very representative of his style, featuring a very prominent hi hat beat, droning piano performed by Nicky Hopkins, a mellotron performed by Brian Jones, all electric guitars (including slide) performed by Richards and vocals from Jagger kept even in the mix. According to Mick Jagger, the song was inspired by "Heroin" by the Velvet Underground, with the intros of both songs being particularly similar. The song is told from the perspective of a man lusting for illegal sex with a 15-year-old groupie, reasoning that "it's no hanging matter, it's no capital crime." A live performance was captured during the Rolling Stones' American Tour 1969 and released on the 1970 live album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!. Additionally, the lyrics are more provocative as the girl's age was changed to 13. Nitzer Ebb covered this song on the "I Give To You" single in 1991. more »

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1970

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I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs 
I know you're no scare-eyed honey. 
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs 
But it's no hanging matter 
It's no capital crime 

I can see that you're fifteen years old 
No I don't want your I.D. 
You look so rest-less and you're so far from home 
But it's no hanging matter 
It's no capital crime 

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat 
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that 
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat 
Bet your mama don't know you scream like that 
I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. 

You look so weird and you're so far from home 
But you don't really miss your mother 
Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear 
But it's no hanging matter 
It's no capital crime 
Oh, yeah 
Woo! 

I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that 
I bet she don't know you can bite like that. 

You say you got a friend, that she's wilder than you 
Why don't you bring her upstairs 
If she's so wild then she can join in too 
It's no hanging matter 
It's no capital crime 

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat 
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that 
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat 
I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that 
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in Dartford in 1962. The earliest settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Ian Stewart (keyboards, piano), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Bill Wyman (bass) and Charlie Watts (drums). Since Wyman's retirement in 1993, the band's full members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood who joined in 1975. Darryl Jones (bassist) and Chuck Leavell (keyboardist) are regular contributors but not full band members. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Rolling Stones in 1989, noting that "critical acclaim and popular consensus has accorded them the title of the “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.”Rolling Stone magazine ranked them 4… more »

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