This Place Is Empty

About This Place Is Empty

"This Place Is Empty" is a song from the Rolling Stones' 2005 album A Bigger Bang. It is the first of two songs on the album sung by Keith Richards, the other being "Infamy". In promotional video on the Rolling Stones official website, Richards stated the song started one evening in his Connecticut home when his wife was out without him. He said he was sitting on a couch with the guitar and the song sparked. The final version is a bittersweet ballad where Richards pines for his familiar face: It was formally recorded in Mick Jagger's estate in France. The song is notable for its clear piano opening and raspy vocal imprint. Largely an acoustic song, Richards performs guitar with Jagger performing slide guitar. Richards also performs bass and piano for the recording. Jagger played drums on the original recording, but Charlie Watts' drumming was later added. The song was played on certain dates of the 2006 A Bigger Bang Tour set list, often alongside "Happy". more »

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2005

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Walk right in, sit on down 
And make yourself at home 
Come on baby, you're just like me 
And you hate to be alone 

It's funny how things go around 
It's crazy but it's true 
This place is empty, oh so empty 
It's empty without you 

Come on, bait your breath 
And make me feel at home 
You and me we're just like all the rest 
And we don't want to be alone 

It's funny how things go around 
But go around they do 
This place is empty, empty 
So empty without you 

It's empty without you
Come on, simmer down 
And treat me sweet and cool 
At least by now you have learned 
How to love a fool 

It's funny how things turn around 
It's crazy but it's true 
This place is empty, so empty 
So empty without you

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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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