Goat’s Head Soup – A Little History!
April 12, 2005
The Rolling Stones Goat’s Head Soup
Inpired by Jamaican “Mannish Water” which they first experienced in Negril!
Recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica.
Following the enormous success of Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street, Goat’s Head Soup found the Rolling Stones jetting down to Jamaica in 1973 and tweaking their rebellious image with a bit of voodoo imagery. Kicking things off with “Dancing With Mr. D.,” the Stones picked up the thread of “Sympathy For The Devil” and gilded their already hedonistic reputation with some Satanic allusions. References to Beezelbub aside, Soup offered up some of the Stones’ more heartfelt ballads including “Angie,” “Winter” and “Coming Down Again.”
Of course, being known as “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band” means a number of songs more than back up this moniker. Among them are “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker),” propelled by Mick Taylor’s wah-wah pedal and Billy Preston’s electric piano, and the twang and slide guitar of “Silver Train.” With an abundance of cheeky attitude despite a slew of slow songs, the Stones close Goat’s Head Soup with a backhanded tribute to groupies called “Star Star.”
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