sábado, 6 de fevereiro de 2021

1244 – The Rolling Stones – Sweet black angel (1972)

 


Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em outubro de 1970, dezembro de 1971 e março de 1972. Foi lançada no compacto que tinha Tumbling dice como Lado A. Foi tambem lançada no disco Exile on Main St. um mês depois.


Fala sobre a ativista dos direitos civis Angela Davis. É uma das raras canções de cunho politico dos Stones. Davis estava sendo acusada de assassinato na época.


Jagger canta e toca gaita. Richards e Mick Taylor tocam as guitarras e fazem backing vocals. Bill Wyman toca baixo e Charlie Watts toca bateria. Richard Washington toca marimba e Jimmy Miller, o produtor, toca percussão.


A letra:


Got a sweet black angel
Got a pin up girl
Got a sweet black angel
Up upon my wall

Well, she ain't no singer
And she ain't no star
But she sure talk good
And she move so fast

But the gal in danger
Yeah, de gal in chains
But she keep on pushin'
Would ya take her place?

She countin' up de minutes
She countin' up de days
She's a sweet black angel, woh
Not a sweet black slave

Ten little niggers
Sittin' on de wall
Her brothers been a fallin'
Fallin' one by one

For a judge they murdered
And a judge they stole
Now de judge he gonna judge her
For all dat he's worth

Well de gal in danger
De gal in chains
But she keep on pushin'
Would you do the same?

She countin' up de minutes
She countin' up de days
She's a sweet black angel
Not a gun toting teacher
Not a Red lovin' school mom
Ain't someone gonna free her
Free de sweet black slave
Free de sweet black slave

Got a sweet black angel
Got a pin up girl
Got a sweet black angel
Up upon my wall

Well, she ain't no singer
And she ain't no star
But she sure talk good
And she move so fast

But the gal in danger
Yeah, de gal in chains
But she keep on pushin'
Would ya take her place?

She countin' up de minutes
She countin' up de days
She's a sweet black angel, woh
Not a sweet black slave

Ten little niggers
Sittin' on de wall
Her brothers been a fallin'
Fallin' one by one

For a judge they murdered
And a judge they stole
Now de judge he gonna judge her
For all dat he's worth

Well de gal in danger
De gal in chains
But she keep on pushin'
Would you do the same?

She countin' up de minutes
She countin' up de days
She's a sweet black angel
Not a gun toting teacher
Not a Red lovin' school mom
Ain't someone gonna free her
Free de sweet black slave
Free de sweet black slave


A versão dos Stones:



A versão de Butterfly on a Wheel:



A versão de Chad Stokes and Matt Embree:



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