*Review* (Single) Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook

*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.*

Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook

Little Red Rooster

(Willie Dixon)

This is my opinion, and probably an opinion that a lot of people will not agree with, but these covers lack the heart the originals had. It makes them bland. Jagger just couldn’t reach appropriate blues voice on this one.

3/10 (ß Look, ratings by 10 now, which make low ratings look even worse)

Off The Hook

(Jagger / Richards)

Wow, that’s a drastic change from the a-side, and a much better change, even if the way Mick says hook is a bit funny. I enjoyed it, even if it was a simple song.

7.5/10 (or 3.75/5, see how weird that looks)

10.5/20

The B-side really dominates this for me. I think it’s a fun tune, and belongs up front. Little Red Rooster has some fine instruments backing it, but with Jagger up front he needs to work on getting some soul. That’s what blues is all about.