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Moon Is Up
(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

Windmill Lane Recording Studios, Dublin, Ireland, November 3 - December 11, 1993
and Don Was’ Private Studio & A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, US, January 15 - April 23, 1994

Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
Keith Richards - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tambourine
Charlie Watts - drums
Ron Wood - wah wah pedal steel guitar
Darryl Jones - acoustic bass
Chuck Leavell - harmonium
Benmont Tench - accordian air whoosh
Bernard Fowler - backing vocals
Bobby Womack - backing vocals

The moon is up, the sun is down
You can't have it both ways round
Oh baby, won't you listen to me
We are worlds apart, you see
Where are you now, crying out loud
Where did you go when I needed you

The sun sinks behind the clouds
And hides his tears without a sound
The moon looks on reflectively, so
Spare a thought for me and you
Where are you now, dark are the clouds
Where did you go when I needed you to

The moon is up, the sky is black
I'll sail away and won't come back
The sun goes down, the stars will rise
And dance across the darkened skies

The sun goes down, the moon comes up

The moon is up, the sun goes down
And you can't have it both ways round
So come on baby and listen to me
Cause we are worlds apart, you see

The sun goes down, the moon comes up

Produced by Don Was & The Glimmer Twins

First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Voodoo Lounge” 2LP
(Virgin Records V 2750) UK, July 11, 1994

In fact, the "drums" Charlie is playing, were a trash can in the stairwell.
Great atmosphere!

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

This sounds like a Jagger solo effort here. The atmospherics are interesting but it's an unremarkable track that screams only too loudly that the Stones have entered the twilight of their career. For this later period my benchmark is the question - would this song have got on a Stones album in the 70s. Unfortunately I don't think it would have.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-02-04 11:37 by Silver Dagger.

I should agree (I used to hate it)...I kinda like it now for some reason. Spherical tune.






Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-02-04 11:52 by Redhotcarpet.

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Silver Dagger
The atmospherics are interesting but it's an unremarkable track that screams only too loudly that the Stones have entered the twilight of their career.

Spot on. It's one of those tracks, I agree.

In fact it's a Keith track through and through, and it's freakin amazing.
No fence around this baby! I love it.

There's some audience-shot footage floating around of the only (I think?) concert performance of this
at Shepherd's Bush, and that's freakin amazing too.

i always liked it....it has a special athmosphere, sounds interesting i like the lyrics too...

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with sssoul
There's some audience-shot footage floating around of the only (I think?) concert performance of this
at Shepherd's Bush, and that's freakin amazing too

Here you go, starts at about 2:00.





Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

A very good song. A great arrangement, too. And a great harmonica solo. A hidden gem of the VL album. One of my favourite tunes from the post-89 reunification era.

Embarrassing lightweight piffle.

Drew

The closest the Stones ever have been to the Cars! Not necessarily a bad thing.

It's an nnovative little song. I like it, even though it's far from a masterpiece. It worked remarkably well live at the Shepherd's Bush, imo.

Thank you kindly, marcovandereijk!
Dig Keith's move sliding over to Ronnie on his knees -
I'm pretty sure he breaks the law of gravity there :E

Innovative number indeed

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billwebster
A very good song. A great arrangement, too. And a great harmonica solo. A hidden gem of the VL album. One of my favourite tunes from the post-89 reunification era.

I agree

Yeah, Great Tune...

2 1 2 0

Always liked this song... fun variety from my favorite band.

Seems inspired by this track:

i liked it ok until i starting hating the rolling stones. now it sucks.

I used to dislike it...now I simply loathe it!

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treaclefingers
I used to dislike it...now I simply loathe it!

loathing is better. one should be passionate about one's music - loving or loathing - either works.

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andrewt
Seems inspired by this track:

Yeah, funny, the verses are in the same style.

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with sssoul
In fact it's a Keith track through and through

Any demo with Keith singing it? you can almost hear him sing it, very Keithish

found it lol





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Not a demo though, would be interesting to hear him on acoustic with a relaxed vocal

A very innovative song
Some people say that the VL album is so retro (?????????)

example of a discussion on IORR

poster#1 - I hate this song - it's Jagger solo. Terrible.

poster#2 - Yes, totally agreee, it sucks.

poster#3 - In fact it's a Keith track

poster#2 - Wow, so this is Keith? I like this song very much.You can almost hear Keith sing it, very Keithish

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013-02-04 21:04 by with sssoul.

Always enjoyed this track. The Shepards Bush performance was a highlight on that tour.

8,2

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with sssoul
... proudmary, doesn't it make any difference to you at all
that after I pointed out that it's a Keith track,
people continued to post that they dislike it?

Do you like the track, or have any insights about it?

with sssoul, I pointed out only what struck me as funny (and typical, too) - and not about "people" but one poster who changed his mind after leaning about KR's origin of the song. This is a joke and rather harmless...
My opinion of the song - regardless of it being Jagger's or Richards' - not much to talk about. Lyrics are pointless, I can't stand the songs with a meaningless set of words