*Review* (Single) Paint It Black / Long Long While

*This is part of my ongoing, personal project of listening to every Rolling Stones material released, posted onto this blog for everyone to read and for opinions to flourish. The rating doesn't mean much, because I hate ratings, but might as well.*

Paint It Black / Long Long While

Paint It Black

(Jagger / Richards (and Bill Wyman!)

So what can I even pick out of this to talk about? The sitar? The guitar? The fact that everything fits so nicely together to make what could be The Stones first venture into psychedelic rock? Everything is just so nice: the demanding drum, the beautiful sitar provided by the man of exotic instruments Brian Jones, and what could be the best use of Mick Jagger’s voice on all their records, in this dark psychedelic masterpiece.

10 / 10

Long Long While

(Jagger / Richards)

So this is the kind of song I don’t necessarily like from The Stones, but in a shocking turn of events I like this song. The chorus is pretty cool, and the organ is a nice touch. And, oh, that guitar.

8.25 / 10

18.25 / 10

A fantastic single, pretty much on-par with the US version of the Paint It Black single, and it seems the US is getting more blues than the UK at this point.