“With flowers and my love both never to come back” – The flowers from the funeral and her in the hearse. “I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black” – The hearse and limos. The song seems to be about a lover who died: It’s not an original thought by any means. When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death, Mick Jagger replied: “I don’t know. There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. This is written from the viewpoint of a person who is depressed he wants everything to turn black to match his mood. Every time this is used in a commercial or TV show, Klein’s estate (he died in 2009) gets paid. With Klein controlling their money, The Stones signed over the publishing rights to all the songs they wrote up to 1969. In 1965, The Stones hired him and signed a deal they would later regret. The Stones former manager Allen Klein owned the publishing rights to this song. The song peaked at #1 in the Billboard 100, #1 in Canada, #1 in the UK, and #4 in New Zealand in 1966. After Brian left they played mostly blues-rock along with a little reggae-influenced music later on. Along with some blues they ventured into pop, rock, and a bit of psychedelia. The Stones were more adventurous in the mid-sixties. Whatever song they wrote, Jones would play a different instrument to color the song. Brian Jones plays a sitar on this record. It’s menacing with a dash of eastern influence. Of all of the Rolling Stones riffs…this one is one of the most memorable.
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