No good, can't speak, wound up, no sleep.
Sky diver insider her, skip rope, stunt flyer.
Wounded lover, got no time on hand.
One last cycle, thrill freak Uncle Sam.
Pause for bus'ness, hope you'll understand.
Judge and jury walk out hand in hand.
Dietrich movies, close up boogies,
Kissing cunt in Cannes.
Grotesque music, million dollar sad.
Got no tactics, got no time on hand.
Left shoe shuffle, right shoe muffle,
Sinking in the sand.
Fade out freedom, steaming heat on,
Watch that hat in black.
Finger twitching, got no time on hand.
24th January 2008 09:44 PM
ebmp
This is the best example of Keith's vocals hamonizing with Mick's
24th January 2008 09:52 PM
TampabayStone
quote:ebmp wrote:
This is the best example of Keith's vocals hamonizing with Mick's
Agreed! I can't even count the number of reasons why EXile is the greatest album and that's without even knowing this lyric...Kissing cunt in Cannes!!!
24th January 2008 09:54 PM
Throwaway
Keith on bass, Jagger slurrin' words like a mother, and then comes one of Bobby's finest solos. Pure bliss, and its probably barely in the top ten on the album.
24th January 2008 09:55 PM
Riffhard
"Kissing cunt in Cannes" has got to be one of their best bad boy lyrics. It's right up there with "I betcha keep yer pussy clean" and "Ali Macgraw was mad at you for giving head to Steve McQueen."
One of the things that always attracted me to the Stones was their ability to make raunch sound so goddamned cool.
Riffy
24th January 2008 10:20 PM
duck
one of my favs
24th January 2008 11:36 PM
Jaggedblues
A beautiful song from rock's loftiest album.
25th January 2008 12:17 AM
Child of the Moon
I still can't quite pinpoint why this song is so incredibly great, but I know that it is. There are so many factors at work here...
Casino Boogie. What a fuckin' brilliant tune.
25th January 2008 12:17 AM
glencar
THOSE are the lyrics? LOL Pretty groovy tune.
25th January 2008 04:26 AM
CrissCrossMind
"Watch that hat in black." ... or ...
watch that cat is black ... CCM
25th January 2008 07:37 AM
speedfreakjive
great song, they should have played it at The Beacon
25th January 2008 09:03 AM
gimmekeef
Thanks Some Guy..you have given me a reason to pull Exile out and blast it tonight while I sip some Highland Park 12!
25th January 2008 09:16 AM
Some Guy
quote:gimmekeef wrote:
Thanks Some Guy..you have given me a reason to pull Exile out and blast it tonight while I sip some Highland Park 12!
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25th January 2008 09:18 AM
glencar
quote:CrissCrossMind wrote:
"Watch that hat in black." ... or ...
watch that cat is black ... CCM
OR "wash the hat in black"
25th January 2008 12:36 PM
Steel Wheels
Casino Boogie is one of their best songs. Played loudly through a kick ass stereo system reveals their genius. The Rolling Stones are the Greatest for a reason, and this is one of them!
25th January 2008 01:46 PM
Mel Belli
Lyrics by Keith, no? Cut-and-paste technique? That would explain why nothing makes any sense. Great song, in any case.
25th January 2008 02:26 PM
sammy davis jr.
It's in the top three of my all-time favorite Stones songs. Very hypnotic groove, great fade out leads by MT. Jagger claims to not like it much, which figures.
27th January 2008 11:39 AM
andrews27
I liked the "Kissing cunt in Cannes" line better when I thought it was "Can't stand cutting cane." (Slavery reference.) Keith's harmony vocal puts that "cane" sound on it.
F**k! How great it would be if they were smart enough that Mick sang the one and Keith sang the other right on top of it!
[Edited by andrews27]
27th January 2008 01:56 PM
fireontheplatter
i really dig the music to this song..but they vocals/lyrics sound like a bunch of nonsenseable babble to me.
if someone can break the song down..go right ahead
27th January 2008 02:56 PM
CrissCrossMind
I would not say the song is about nothing or anything ... each of us are to hear our own experiences & applied knowledge with the song as usual ... it may have been a "Bowie" moment ... with the cut paste thing ... free association of whatever comes to mind in the South of France ... and you can dance tio it ... CCM
27th January 2008 03:09 PM
speedfreakjive
quote:CrissCrossMind wrote:
I would not say the song is about nothing or anything ... each of us are to hear our own experiences & applied knowledge with the song as usual ... it may have been a "Bowie" moment ... with the cut paste thing ... free association of whatever comes to mind in the South of France ... and you can dance tio it ... CCM
for me, the songs about a hangover - confused words, 'wound up, no sleep',
27th January 2008 06:56 PM
andrews27
quote:
Grotesque music, million dollar sad.
I always heard, "Protest music - million dollar fad."
It sounds like an old headline regurgitated into the song, which seems to describe Mick's state of mind after shuttling back and forth between the casinos and the Nellcote basement.
You have to accept some imperfections in Keno's site. I'm the guy that, a few years ago, supplied him the last line about John Wayne in "Star Star" (from my ungarbled Canadian copy), and got him to change "Make you shut your eyes to every woman that you meet," in "Shine a Light" to the more artful pun, "Making bloodshot eyes at every woman that you meet." The latter sounds more like the record, and more like Mick describing Keith, waking up in his clothes and Berber jewelry.
[Edited by andrews27]
27th January 2008 08:17 PM
Casino Boogie
As far as groove goes, maybe only Fingerprint File rivals this track. Ridiculous how it's never been played live.
27th January 2008 08:35 PM
Glimmer Twin
Great song from the greatest album ever. Thanks.
4th February 2008 08:26 PM
no night together
well thanks agent, for some reason it was ages since I listened to this great song. to me too, lyrics are disconnected but if you walk around nellcote, have a tour around the surronding crowded places you get the glue to nearly (or all) the pieces.
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