“Before They Make Me Run” off SOME GIRLS. These feature Keith on lead vocals and while they may not have set the Top 40 charts ablaze, have a special place in my heart. To that end, I present to you my Top 10 Keith Richards songs. I’m sure Mick Jagger could have sung all the Stones tracks, but we’d be much poorer for it. Much like with Bob Dylan, another take-him-or-leave-him vocalist, I find that hearing Richards sing his own songs adds an extra dollop of sincerity. Time (and cigarettes) haven’t been especially kind to Richards voice, but in a way his rougher sound serves to accentuate his songs with a extra layer of desperation. When Keith sings about hard living and late nights alone, you can hear his suffering in the timbre of his voice. But there’s a haggard, raw quality to it that Mick Jagger’s voice lacks. Keith is 70 and doesn’t look a day over 700.ĭoes Keith Richards have a pleasant singing voice? No. Jagger, 80% of my all-time favorite Stones songs are sung by Richards. But I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that, with all due respects to Mr. This has been viewed by many as a bit of rock n’ roll charity, similar to an arrangement The Beatles had with Ringo Starr. Since 1967’s BETWEEN THE BUTTONS Keith has been allowed to sing lead on at least one song per Rolling Stones album. What’s not so widely-accepted is his ability to sing songs. It’s widely accepted that Keith Richards is a fantastic guitarist and that his ability to write amazing riffs is second to none. Kids these days are more likely to know him as Johnny Depp’s pirate-dad than for “Satisfaction.” That bums me out because Richards has contributed a lot to the world of rock n’ roll beyond his off-stage antics. There’s cheating death and then there’s dropping your pants and taking a huge dump on Death’s chest–Richard’s been doing that for decades. Although to be fair, the joke isn’t that Keith Richards the musician is still alive, it’s that Keith Richards the vagabond-druggie is still alive. It’s sad that Richards (who turns 70 today) has become a bit of a joke simply because he’s managed to not-die. Today is Rolling Stones guitarist/mummified junkie Keith Richard’s birthday.
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