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Suzie Q
(Stanley J. Lewis Broadwater / Dale Hawkins)

Regent Sound Studios, London, UK, September 28 & 29, 1964

Mick Jagger - vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Brian Jones - electric guitar

Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q
I love you
My Suzie Q

I love the way you walk
I love the way you talk
Love the way you walk
I love the way you talk
My Suzie Q

Say that you'll be true
Say that you'll be true
Say that you'll be true
And never leave me blue
My Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q
Oh Suzie Q
Honey, I love you
My Suzie Q

Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham

First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “12 x 5” LP
(London PS 402) US, October 17, 1964

ROCKMAN

Pure Magic....when I Heard it with Creedence...

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Damn I hope I'm not the only one who had no idea the Stones had done this tune.
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Love it. The hand claps are a bit rough but Keith's early guitar work is pretty damn cool.

peace

Good song. Guess some of us don't know they did this song back on their 1st album unless we were born back then.

Peace.

Damn I hope I'm not the only one who had no idea the Stones had done this tune

yeah but naturalust didn't you say not long back that ya don't care
for any of the early Jones era Stones .... Ya gotta get rid of that
new television and buy all those 60's era albums ..............Piece of Peace



ROCKMAN

It might have been done more impressive by others, but isn't it pure fun to see and hear
our boys venturing into this classic with so much energy?





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

A great rocker

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Rockman
Damn I hope I'm not the only one who had no idea the Stones had done this tune

yeah but naturalust didn't you say not long back that ya don't care
for any of the early Jones era Stones .... Ya gotta get rid of that
new television and buy all those 60's era albums ..............Piece of Peace

I probably did say that but I'm open to change... I generally don't care for much of the early rock and roll like Buddy Holly and Elvis or even the Beatles pre-Rubber Soul. The early Chicago and Delta blues guys are the oldest stuff in my collection and I am indeed missing a huge chunk of stuff between them and Let It Bleed.

Guess I have that to look forward to, but I'm still sittin' on the fence. It'll take more than Suzie Q to get me to take the jump.

peace

Love the cha-cha style drums intro. Very old school Sunday Night At The London Palladium type showbiz sound that for those cats who remember that show.

But hey, just dig that fantastic Keith riff homing in on teenagers across the globe like some extra-terrestrial communication from a faraway galaxy. Get a load of that wild sound kids because you'll be hearing a lot more of that glorious driving beat that is starting to takeover the airwaves.

What a fantastic 1.50 seconds of pure, thrusting and lustful come on uttering from Mick's lips. It must have had girls everywhere quivering with excitement as he raucously bellows this love call.

If you wanna let people know what the savage, young Stones were like then this is as good a place as any to start. Pure magic.



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BroomWagon
Good song. Guess some of us don't know they did this song back on their 1st album unless we were born back then.

Peace.

It's actually off their 2nd album.

It's ok I suppose but completely outclassed by CCR's brilliant cover.

Drew

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Naturalust

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Rockman
Damn I hope I'm not the only one who had no idea the Stones had done this tune

yeah but naturalust didn't you say not long back that ya don't care
for any of the early Jones era Stones .... Ya gotta get rid of that
new television and buy all those 60's era albums ..............Piece of Peace

I probably did say that but I'm open to change... I generally don't care for much of the early rock and roll like Buddy Holly and Elvis or even the Beatles pre-Rubber Soul. The early Chicago and Delta blues guys are the oldest stuff in my collection and I am indeed missing a huge chunk of stuff between them and Let It Bleed.

Guess I have that to look forward to, but I'm still sittin' on the fence. It'll take more than Suzie Q to get me to take the jump.

peace

Have a few spins of She Said Yeah first

keith burns on that one.. one of the reasons I took up guitar was to learn those solo breaks

Man, I had forgotten about that one. I love the "garage band" sound. Keith's intro reminds me of the beginning of an oldie called Psychotic Reaction by The Count Five.

Shit, I always thought that song was written by CCR.

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LuxuryStones
Shit, I always thought that song was written by CCR.

I always thought Creedence did the best version.

The alternate version (with sound enhanced in this clip), with studio chatter including count in by Brian.

It just stood out for me when I first heard it as a teen...woulda been fantastic if they had stretched it out another minute or so cause Keith WAS smokin!!

ROCKMAN

Heard today the sad news about the place in which this track was recorded - as was last week's "Surprise Surprise" as well, and seemingly at same session. Regent Sound Studio, and seemingly the whole "Tin Pan Alley" of London, Denmark Street is soon dead and gone. One important sight less to visit in London...

"Suzie Q" is not very memorable track from their second album, but I think it has aged well. Who can resist that youthful energy and dedication? It rocks, babe! The clapping sits there well, but it is The Glimmer boys shining there, especially Keith's guitar is mean and apt, including some of his best runs from the early days. I have never being ashamed one bit to introduce this version to my CCR fan friends.

- Doxa

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Doxa
I have never being ashamed one bit to introduce this version to my CCR fan friends.

- Doxa

Of course not, but how many of 'em liked it better than the amazing version CCR managed to pull off? The song was custom made for their swampy sound!

peace

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Doxa
I have never being ashamed one bit to introduce this version to my CCR fan friends.

- Doxa

Of course not, but how many of 'em liked it better than the amazing version CCR managed to pull off? The song was custom made for their swampy sound!

peace

Well, none I guess, since the CCR version is so iconical (and for a good reason), but I think the strengthess of Stones version is its rocking, 'boy energetic' nature, being clearly different in compared both to CCR version as to the original Dale Hawkins one (I think CCR actually is more loyal to the original than the Stones). The 'feel' is different. Especially Jagger's vocals sound very original, 'Jaggerian', compared to almost any other "Suzie Q" interprators. Probably the Stones sound too busy for both CCR and Hawkins fan ears.

- Doxa



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Gimmie the Stones garage-rock take over the Creedance colour by numbers version any day



ROCKMAN

I agree, Rockee, but, but... the darn good singing on CCR's take is just too hard to ignore

I love the song and I am also a fan of CCR,
but all those who fall from one orgasm into the next listening to CCR should give this a listen:

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This is Quicksilver Messenger Service on Nov.6th, 1966 at the Fillmore,
predates the CCR version for one and a half year!

And thanks for the additional info Rockman!

Is there any old Blues or Rock'n'Roll song out there,
that you haven't got any of your priceless press clips for?



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Is there any old Blues or Rock'n'Roll song out there,
that you haven't got any of your priceless press clips for?

Oh yeah!!! shit loads that I can't find info on .......



ROCKMAN

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Rockman
Is there any old Blues or Rock'n'Roll song out there,
that you haven't got any of your priceless press clips for?

Oh yeah!!! shit loads that I can't find info on .......

Hook me up when you have the lyrics to Becky Dean by Leadbelly

I'm playing the track with my band, but it's impossible to transcribe the words...

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Rockman
Gimmie the Stones garage-rock take over the Creedance colour by numbers version any day

I wish I could agree, but when it comes to ' Suzie Q ' and ' I put a spell on you ' Creedence versions is completely unbeatable, just as Stones version of ' I wanna be your man ' is compared to the original.



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Might this be something?

Becky Dean, she was a gamblin' gal;
She winned de money an' she winned it fair.
Becky Dean, she was a gamblin' gal;
She winned de money, an' she winned it fair.

Becky Dean, she had her games on the groun',
She winned all the money the skinners laid down.
Becky Dean, she had her games on the groun',
She winned all the money the skinners laid down.

She started to hit one wid a singletree,
Might 'a' heared de rascal holl'in',
"Honey, doncha murder me."
She started to hit one wid a singletree,
Might 'a' heared de rascal holl'in',
"Honey, doncha murder me."

Becky Dean walked all de way f'om Eas' St. Louis,
When she didn' have but de one thin dime;
Didn' spen' it for whisky, honey, an' neither for wine,
She spent it all on "de sake of de man of mine."

This is the las' word that Becky Dean said,
"I love my baby when he's dead."
This is the las' word that Becky Dean said,
"I love my baby when he's dead."