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Rolling Stones songs: All the Rage

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I like to be in a classic look/ I wanna be cool and smart/ I want a face who’ll launch a thousand ships/ And break a million hearts…

Written by: Jagger/Richards
Recorded: Dynamic Sounds Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov-Dec. 1972; Overduns at Mick Jagger’s home studio, Pocé-sur-Cisse, France, Apr. 2020
Guest musicians: Nicky Hopkins (piano), unidentified musicians (cowbell, percussion)
*Data taken from Martin Elliott’s book THE ROLLING STONES COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS 1962-2012

From the The Rolling Stones – All the Songs, The Story Behind Every Track book:
This song dates from the Goats Head Soup sessions in Jamaica. Mick Jagger says of it: “That’s like a very Rolling Stones rock track. That wasn’t finished, it didn’t have a finished vocal or many lyrics, [so] I had to finish that one. But the guitar parts, I think, were all done. Might have added percussion, but that’s what you would have done anyway—[added] a bit more maracas and stuff afterwards.” This composition by the Glimmer Twins appeared on a number of bootleg versions with the provocative title of “You Should Have Seen Her Ass.”

The reason it was not properly completed at the time is probably because it sounded a bit too much like “Silver Train” (a number that was included on Goats Head Soup), with elements of “Brown Sugar” and “Honky Tonk Women.” The words by Sir Mick Jagger evoke a rock star reflecting on the passing of time (I know the clock is ticking) and who now wants to get out of “this cage”—created by fans and the public—before sinking into insanity. This inner rage is pure Rolling Stones!

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