Let It Bleed

About Let It Bleed

"Let It Bleed" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and featured on the 1969 album of the same name. It was released as a single in Japan in February 1970. Ian Stewart plays piano on this track (his only appearance on the album) while Bill Wyman plays autoharp. The song opens with a slide piece and quickly moves into a solo acoustic guitar capo on the 3rd fret strumming the chords of A, D and E before bass, drums and piano join in, respectively. Wyman's autoharp can be heard somewhat faintly during the first verse with noticeable 'ping' sounds coming from it around the 0:40-0:50 mark but it is mostly inaudible throughout the track after the 0:55 ('she said my breasts') minute mark. The lyrics include a number of drug and sexual references, including an invitation for "coke and sympathy," a reference to a "junkie nurse" and Jagger's suggestions that we all need someone to "bleed on," "cream on" and "come on" them. However, to Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger, the song is mainly about "emotional dependency," with Jagger willing to accept a partner who wants to lean "on him for emotional support."Unterberger also asserts that "Let It Bleed" may be "the best illustration" of the way the Rolling Stones make "a slightly sloppy approach work for them rather than against them." He also praises Jagger's vocals, stating the song represents "one of his best vocals, with a supremely lazy approach that seems to be both affectionate and mocking at the same time." more »

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1984

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Well, we all need someone we can lean on 
And if you want it, you can lean on me 
Yeah, we all need someone we can lean on 
And if you want it, you can lean on me 

She said, "My breasts, they will always be open 
Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me 
And there will always be a space in my parking lot 
When you need a little coke and sympathy" 

Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on 
And if you want it, baby, well you can dream on me 
Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on 
And if you want to, well you can cream on me 

I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement 
When you drunk my health in scented jasmine tea 
But you knifed me in my dirty filthy basement 
With that jaded, faded, junky nurse 
Oh what pleasant company 

We all need someone we can feed on 
And if you want it, well you can feed on me 
Take my arm, take my leg, oh baby don't you take my head 

Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on 
Yeah, and if you want it, baby, well you can bleed on me 
Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on 
Yeah, yeah, and if you want it, baby, why don'cha bleed on me 
All over 

Ahh, get it on rider, get it on rider , get it on rider 
You can bleed all over me 
Get it on rider , get it on rider, get it on rider 
You can cum all over me

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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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