You Can't Always Get What You Want ...
But if you try sometime ...
you might find, you get what you need ...
No truer words have ever been spoken...
well, maybe they have - but for the sake o' the blog, they haven't...
I was sitting here having my java about a week after the last Ocho-rific Song o the Day (2/14/11) feeling so stressed out
because I hadn't posted in a week and my traffic was starting to wane. As badly as I wanted to take the time to write, I just didn't have the time or energy to do it. I continued on, getting whipped around and sucked under in the hurricane of "to-do"s.
About a week ago, after a long day of organizing and cleaning in my 500ish square foot apartment/art studio/office with the help of my wonderful Mom; I settled into a bubble bath of lavender and chamomile (nabbed from my great-nephew-to-be's shower basket) with a fabulous book loaned to me by a videographer friend...
Find Ignore Everybody on Amazon - in Book Form or Kindle
...and as I read this book it really and truly occurred to me for about the ten thousandth time that we're all in charge of our own destiny. It occurred to me that I have control over every second of my day and only I can allow those moments to be dwindled away. It occurred to me that the way I do things doesn't have to work for other people...and that's a comforting thought.
So, what I've wanted for the last couple of months has been to write...
What I've gotten was overwhelming stress, emotional suffocation, headaches and tingling in the extremities... Did I need that? It's entirely possible that I did... because it's caused me to really start cracking down on my projects and realize that what I need to do is resume operating by MY priority list as opposed to the priority list of others... in all areas.
Therefore the Ocho-rific Song o the Day has returned.
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::Here's what you need to know
about the return of the
Ocho-rific Song o the Day::
But if you try sometime ...
you might find, you get what you need ...
No truer words have ever been spoken...
well, maybe they have - but for the sake o' the blog, they haven't...
I was sitting here having my java about a week after the last Ocho-rific Song o the Day (2/14/11) feeling so stressed out
because I hadn't posted in a week and my traffic was starting to wane. As badly as I wanted to take the time to write, I just didn't have the time or energy to do it. I continued on, getting whipped around and sucked under in the hurricane of "to-do"s.
About a week ago, after a long day of organizing and cleaning in my 500ish square foot apartment/art studio/office with the help of my wonderful Mom; I settled into a bubble bath of lavender and chamomile (nabbed from my great-nephew-to-be's shower basket) with a fabulous book loaned to me by a videographer friend...
Find Ignore Everybody on Amazon - in Book Form or Kindle
...and as I read this book it really and truly occurred to me for about the ten thousandth time that we're all in charge of our own destiny. It occurred to me that I have control over every second of my day and only I can allow those moments to be dwindled away. It occurred to me that the way I do things doesn't have to work for other people...and that's a comforting thought.
So, what I've wanted for the last couple of months has been to write...
What I've gotten was overwhelming stress, emotional suffocation, headaches and tingling in the extremities... Did I need that? It's entirely possible that I did... because it's caused me to really start cracking down on my projects and realize that what I need to do is resume operating by MY priority list as opposed to the priority list of others... in all areas.
Therefore the Ocho-rific Song o the Day has returned.
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::Here's what you need to know
about the return of the
Ocho-rific Song o the Day::
- I do take requests, I like to call them suggestions ...
- feel free to post them in the comments.
- feel free to post them in the comments.
- The Ocho-rific Song o the Day posts on Monday thru Friday - beginning tomorrow (4/25/2011) you can look forward to five days of the most highly read Ocho-rific Songs o the Day EVAH - along with background insights and brand new posts beginning on Monday, May 2.
- The Ocho-rific Song o the Day posts on Monday thru Friday - beginning tomorrow (4/25/2011) you can look forward to five days of the most highly read Ocho-rific Songs o the Day EVAH - along with background insights and brand new posts beginning on Monday, May 2.
- I don't get "paid" (per se) for writing the Ocho-rific Song o the Day ... it's my little brainchild and outlet for my Love O' Music. Each post takes somewhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours to create ... depending on what kind of goodies I find while researching.
- I don't get "paid" (per se) for writing the Ocho-rific Song o the Day ... it's my little brainchild and outlet for my Love O' Music. Each post takes somewhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours to create ... depending on what kind of goodies I find while researching.
- NOW, there ARE ways I can make money with the Ocho-rific Song o the Day and it doesn't involve the need for you to buy Amway or join a "jogging-suit and kool-aid" club. :) I earn money based on blog traffic. It's not an enormous amount ... but there are people making enormous amounts ... so your traffic helps. It also helps when you share the Ocho-rific Song o the Day with your friends who are music lovers (thus creating more traffic)... or even on your page if you happen to thoroughly enjoy the blog post on a particular day.
- NOW, there ARE ways I can make money with the Ocho-rific Song o the Day and it doesn't involve the need for you to buy Amway or join a "jogging-suit and kool-aid" club. :) I earn money based on blog traffic. It's not an enormous amount ... but there are people making enormous amounts ... so your traffic helps. It also helps when you share the Ocho-rific Song o the Day with your friends who are music lovers (thus creating more traffic)... or even on your page if you happen to thoroughly enjoy the blog post on a particular day.
- Another way that I make money from the Ocho-rific Song o the Day is through my Amazon links. For example, underneath the pic of that book I mentioned above is a link that will escort you diiiirectly to that book on Amazon. Now, if you happen to purchase the book - I make a particular commission (to which I do not yet totally understand the structuring of) ... if you don't buy that particular item, but continue on through Amazon via "my link" and make other purchases - I make a commission (though slightly smaller) off of those purchases as well. I'm not "asking" you to buy anything, but if I add a link to something that tickles your fancy - I greatly appreciate you going through this site to buy it. In addition, if you often buy off of Amazon, but I'm the first person who's ever mentioned having an "Amazon Affiliate Account", I'd be as pleased as punch if you'd just hop over and go through my link to buy on Amazon.
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- Another way that I make money from the Ocho-rific Song o the Day is through my Amazon links. For example, underneath the pic of that book I mentioned above is a link that will escort you diiiirectly to that book on Amazon. Now, if you happen to purchase the book - I make a particular commission (to which I do not yet totally understand the structuring of) ... if you don't buy that particular item, but continue on through Amazon via "my link" and make other purchases - I make a commission (though slightly smaller) off of those purchases as well. I'm not "asking" you to buy anything, but if I add a link to something that tickles your fancy - I greatly appreciate you going through this site to buy it. In addition, if you often buy off of Amazon, but I'm the first person who's ever mentioned having an "Amazon Affiliate Account", I'd be as pleased as punch if you'd just hop over and go through my link to buy on Amazon.
Ocho-rific Song o the Day...
A squirmy young Mick Jagger in the video directly below-1969
::from SongMeanings.net::
I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
No, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need
I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was dead
I said to him
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
You get what you need, yeah, oh baby
I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need
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I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
No, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need
I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was dead
I said to him
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
You get what you need, yeah, oh baby
I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need
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::WIKI "FACTS"::
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by The Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written primarily by Mick Jagger with assistance from Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone (magazine) in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by The Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written primarily by Mick Jagger with assistance from Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone (magazine) in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" was recorded on 16 and 17 November 1968 at London's Olympic Sound Studios. It features the London Bach Choir opening the song, highlighting throughout, and bringing it to its conclusion. Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones' producer at the time, plays drums on this song instead of Charlie Watts. Al Kooper plays piano and organ and also played the French horn intro, while Rocky Dijon plays congas and maracas. Nanette Workman sings backup vocals, but she is credited as "Nanette Newman".[citation needed]
Of the song, Jagger said in 2003,[citation needed] "'You Can't Always Get What You Want' was something I just played on the acoustic guitar - one of those bedroom songs. It proved to be quite difficult to record because Charlie couldn't play the groove and so Jimmy Miller had to play the drums. I'd also had this idea of having a choir, probably a gospel choir, on the track, but there wasn't one around at that point. Jack Nitzsche, or somebody, said that we could get the London Bach Choir and we said, 'That will be a laugh.'"[1]
In his review of the song, Richie Unterberger says, "If you buy John Lennon's observation that the Rolling Stones were apt to copy the Beatles' innovations within a few months or so, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is the Rolling Stones' counterpart to Hey Jude". Jagger said in 1969, "I liked the way the Beatles did that with 'Hey Jude'. The orchestra was not just to cover everything up - it was something extra. We may do something like that on the next album."[2]
Though popular on modern classic rock radio stations, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was not released as a single, but rather as the B-Side to "Honky Tonk Women", albeit in an edited form (4:49) without the choral section. One of the Stones' most popular recordings, it has since appeared on the compilations Hot Rocks, Singles Collection, Forty Licks, Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007 edition), Singles 1968-1971 (single version), and Slow Rollers.
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A more recent performance below,
though I couldn't find a year on it and didn't have time to track it down...
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A more recent performance below,
though I couldn't find a year on it and didn't have time to track it down...
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::Extra Goodies::
-from SongFacts.com-
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 wandered the business district in Excelsior, Minnesota, a trendy artist community outside Minneapolis near Lake Minnetonka. Hutmaker, who is known as "Mr. Jimmy," had some disabilities but seemed mentally sharp most days, although he would talk to himself a lot. He walked miles every day and was cared for by the local shop owners until his death on October 3, 2007.
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. (thanks, Chris Hall - Athens, GA, and the good people at the Excelsior chamber of commerce)
The London Bach Choir tried to have their name removed from the album when they found out it was called Let It Bleed and contained "Midnight Rambler," a song about a serial killer.
The "Chelsea Drugstore" was in Chelsea; the King's Road, in fact, which "Swung" just as much as Carnaby Street in its day. But it wasn't a drug store (not officially anyway), it was a pub. Stanley Kubrick filmed part of A Clockwork Orange there. But the most devastating fact about the Chelsea Drugstore is that the place is now a McDonalds. (thanks, Kevin - london, England)
This was released as the B-side of "Honky Tonk Women." The version on this single is shorter than the one on the album. It was released July 3, 1969, the day after Brian Jones died.
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Until next time...
-from SongFacts.com-
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 wandered the business district in Excelsior, Minnesota, a trendy artist community outside Minneapolis near Lake Minnetonka. Hutmaker, who is known as "Mr. Jimmy," had some disabilities but seemed mentally sharp most days, although he would talk to himself a lot. He walked miles every day and was cared for by the local shop owners until his death on October 3, 2007.
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. (thanks, Chris Hall - Athens, GA, and the good people at the Excelsior chamber of commerce)
The London Bach Choir tried to have their name removed from the album when they found out it was called Let It Bleed and contained "Midnight Rambler," a song about a serial killer.
The "Chelsea Drugstore" was in Chelsea; the King's Road, in fact, which "Swung" just as much as Carnaby Street in its day. But it wasn't a drug store (not officially anyway), it was a pub. Stanley Kubrick filmed part of A Clockwork Orange there. But the most devastating fact about the Chelsea Drugstore is that the place is now a McDonalds. (thanks, Kevin - london, England)
This was released as the B-side of "Honky Tonk Women." The version on this single is shorter than the one on the album. It was released July 3, 1969, the day after Brian Jones died.
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Until next time...
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