Song analises?!
Question: Could anyone help me analise the lyrics to the song "you cant laways get what you want" by the rolling stones. i already did it myself, but my teacher said that we have to be an expert so i want to hear other peoples opinions ty
Answers: Could anyone help me analise the lyrics to the song "you cant laways get what you want" by the rolling stones. i already did it myself, but my teacher said that we have to be an expert so i want to hear other peoples opinions ty
I personally think it's what the title and chorus says...'you can't always get what you want, but you get what you need'. I also found these interpretations from wikipedia.com and songfacts.com as to some other areas of the song.....
from wikipedia:
Much has been made of the lyrics reflecting the end of the overlong party that was the 1960s, as a snapshot of Swinging London burning out. That's a valid interpretation, but it should also be pointed out that there's also an uplifting and reassuring quality to the melody and performance. This is particularly true of the key lyrical hook, when we are reminded that we can't always get what we want, but we'll get what we need.
And from songfacts:
There are 2 theories as to the identity of "Mr. Jimmy," who appears in the third verse. It could be a reference to Jimmy Miller, who was The Stones' producer at the time, but it might also refer to Jimmy Hutmaker, a local character that wanders the business district in Excelsior, Minnesota, a trendy artist community outside Minneapolis near Lake Minnetonka. Hutmaker, who is known as "Mr. Jimmy," has some disabilities but seems mentally sharp most days, although he tends to talk to himself a lot. He walks miles every day and is cared for by the local shop owners, whom he still visits on a regular basis (he turned 72 in 2004).
The Stones performed in Excelsior on their first US tour in 1964, and were not well received. Mick Jagger went into a local drugstore to get a Cherry Coke. Back then a cherry coke was a coke with real cherries in it and drug store soda fountains were the place you usually found them. The store didn't have cherry cokes and Mr. Jimmy, standing in line behind Jagger, commented, "Well, you can't always get what you want." Mr. Jimmy was at the Stones next show in Minneapolis. Legend has it that Jagger sent a limo to pick him up, but it is more likely that a local businessman worked it out so he could go