ROLLING STONES - LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER / RUBY TUESDAY

LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER

Estrenada: 13 de gener de 1967

Llistes: Regne Unit: #3   EUA: #55

"Let's Spend the Night Together" és una cançó escrita per Mick Jagger i Keith Richards, originalment llançada com a single de doble cara A juntament amb "Ruby Tuesday" al gener de 1967. També es va llançar com a primera pista a la versió americana del seu àlbum "Between the Buttons". Aquesta cançó va causar un gran revolució en el seu llançament a causa de la seva lletra suggerent, amb Mick Jagger fent una proposta atrevida per passar la nit amb una dona. La naturalesa obertament sexual de la cançó va portar a la censura, amb moltes emissores de ràdio que es negaven a reproduir-la o que censuraven la paraula "nit" per alleujar el contingut suggerent.

Glyn Johns, l'enginyer de la sessió de "Let's Spend the Night Together", va recordar una anècdota interessant sobre el so de tamborineig al pont de la cançó. Va mencionar que durant la sessió, dos policies van entrar inesperadament a l'estudi de Londres. Per desviar-ne l'atenció de les drogues presents a l'estudi, el manager dels Stones, Andrew Loog Oldham, va fer que els policies enregistressin una presa d'ells picant els seus bastons com a percussió. Sorprenentment, aquest so enregistrat va arribar a la versió final de la cançó.

Els Rolling Stones van enfrontar-se a la censura quan van interpretar "Let's Spend the Night Together" al programa The Ed Sullivan Show el 1967. Per complir amb els estàndards conservadors del programa, van modificar la lletra a "let's spend some time together" ("passem una mica de temps junts"). Mick Jagger va expressar el seu descontentament girant els ulls durant la interpretació, assenyalant la seva frustració amb la censura imposada pels productors del programa.

RUBY TUESDAY

Estrena: 13 de gener de 1967

Llistes: Regne Unit: #3   EUA: #1 (1 setmana)

"Ruby Tuesday" és una cançó enregistrada pels Rolling Stones el 1966, llançada al gener de 1967. La cançó es va convertir en el quart número u de la banda als Estats Units, aconseguint la posició número tres al Regne Unit, com a doble cara A amb "Let's Spend the Night Together". Tot i que els singles sovint eren exclosos dels àlbums d'estudi al Regne Unit, la cançó es va publicar a la versió americana de "Between the Buttons".

Keith Richards va compartir algunes idees sobre "Ruby Tuesday", assenyalant que provenia de les seqüeles emocionals d'una ruptura: "Això és una d'aquelles coses: alguna tia amb qui has trencat, i tot el que et queda és el piano, la guitarra i un parell de calces. I adéu. I així en surt la cançó". Va explicar que el procés de composició fluïa d'aquest sentiment inicial, reflectint la cruesa de l'experiència. Richards va insinuar que la cançó podria haver estat inspirada per l'absència de Linda Keith, afegint humorísticament: "Probablement va ser escrit sobre que la Linda Keith no hi era. No ho sé, s'havia enfadat en algun moment. Era molt ploranera, molt, molt Ruby Tuesday i era un dimarts."

Tot i les turbulències personals, la cançó reflecteix un punt de vista més ampla de l'ètica lliure de l'era hippie en lloc d'expressar amargor o angoixa. Sorprenentment, el so distintiu de la cançó no està dominat per la guitarra de Richards sinó pel flautí de Brian Jones, complementat pel piano de Jack Nitzsche i el contrabaix de Bill Wyman. Mick Jagger, que no va contribuir a escriure la melodia o la lletra, va trobar plaer en interpretar la cançó, reconeixent el seu atractiu perdurable: "És una melodia realment agradable, i una lletra realment agradable. Cap de les quals vaig escriure jo. Però sempre gaudeixo cantant-la."

ROLLING STONES - LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER / RUBY TUESDAY

LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER

Released: January 13, 1967

Charted:  UK: #3    US: #55 

"Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, originally released by the Rolling Stones as a double A-sided single alongside "Ruby Tuesday" in January 1967. It also serves as the opening track on the American version of their album "Between the Buttons." This track caused quite a stir upon its release due to its suggestive lyrics, with Mick Jagger making a bold proposition to spend the night with a woman. The overtly sexual nature of the song led to censorship, with many radio stations refusing to play it or censoring out the word "night" to tone down the suggestive content.

Glyn Johns, the engineer at the session for "Let's Spend the Night Together," recalled an interesting anecdote about the tapping sound in the bridge of the song. He mentioned that during the session, two policemen unexpectedly entered the London studio. To divert their attention away from the drugs present in the studio, the Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, had the policemen record a take of them banging their batons for percussion. Surprisingly, this recorded sound made it into the final version of the song.

The Rolling Stones faced censorship when they performed "Let's Spend the Night Together" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. To comply with the show's conservative standards, they altered the lyrics to "let's spend some time together." Mick Jagger expressed his displeasure by rolling his eyes during the performance, signaling his frustration with the censorship imposed by the show's producers.

RUBY TUESDAY

Released: January 13, 1967

Charted:  UK: #3    US: #1 (1 week)

"Ruby Tuesday" stands as a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966, with its release following in January 1967. Notably, the track became the band's fourth number-one hit in the United States, achieving a position of number three in the United Kingdom, albeit as a double A-side with "Let's Spend the Night Together." Although singles were often excluded from studio albums in the UK, the song found its place in the American version of "Between the Buttons."

Keith Richards shared insights about "Ruby Tuesday," noting it stemmed from the emotional aftermath of a breakup: "That's one of those things - some chick you've broken up with. And all you've got left is the piano and the guitar and a pair of panties. And it's goodbye, you know. And so it just comes out of that." He elaborated that the songwriting process flowed from this initial sentiment, reflecting the rawness of the experience. Richards hinted that the song might have been inspired by Linda Keith's absence, humorously adding, "It was probably written about Linda Keith not being there. I don't know, she had pissed off somewhere. It was very mournful, very, VERY Ruby Tuesday and it was a Tuesday."

Notwithstanding the personal turmoil, the song reflects a broader embrace of the free-spirited ethos of the hippie era rather than expressing bitterness or anguish. Surprisingly, the song's signature sound is not dominated by Richards' guitar but by Brian Jones' plaintive recorder, complemented by Jack Nitzsche's piano and Bill Wyman's upright bass. Mick Jagger, who didn't contribute to the writing of the melody or lyrics, still found joy in performing the song, acknowledging its enduring appeal: "It’s just a really nice melody, and a really nice lyric. Neither of which I wrote. But I always enjoy singing it."