*Review* (Single) Paint It Black / Stupid Girl

*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 / Stupid Girl

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

Stupid Girl

(Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)

*Copied from Aftermath (UK)*

This song made me chuckle at first for how it sounded, and then I chuckled for how the lyrics are written. And then I chuckled again about the lyrics themselves. It’s a harsh song, but the lyrics are written so silly, and then sung with the amount of passion not associated with harsh, and it’s funny. At the same time, there’s probably some emotion Jagger put into this. Some truth that we should probably know with all that touring with crazy fans.

As a B-side to such a song as Paint It Black, the only thing it has in common is the psychedelic rock ties (an organ on this and a sitar on the other.)

8.75 / 10

18.75 / 20

Oh yeah, it’s a brilliant single. Even when the B-side doesn't fit the mood much, both sides provide excellent music.