Wild Horses

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:25 pm

I've always liked this tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhyTsZuhvfk

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:46 pm

A great version of a great song.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:57 pm

Possibly the best version on film, from maybe 1985-ish?

In Rio they butchered it; Jagger's voice was from some kind of cartoon.

Keith Richards played a 10-string Guild viola caipira ("cowboy guitar" in Portuguese) instead of the usual 12er. That made it worth watching.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:00 pm

Just tuned my acoustic to Open G and did my best to cop the chords. I never realized how gorgeous the chord voicings were on this tune!

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:07 pm

Sweet!

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:59 am

Yup, great version.
(Though the video quality was terrible.)

Ya know, every time I hear this song I can't help think of the "Gimmie Shelter" scene of them listening back in the studio to WH, with Richards tapping his snakeskin boots.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:12 am

Keith's voice is awesome.

peewee · Post by **peewee** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:03 am

From what I read many moons ago, Keef actually used a "high strung" acoustic guitar for this LP track. Some folks call it a "Nashville tuning"; where the octave strings from a 12 string set are used. The 1st two strings - the E and B - are unchanged. Then, the lower 4 strings - G through E - are tuned an octave above standard tuning. Only the low E is wound and the others are plain.

Here's a link to help explain it better:

http://www.guitartips.addr.com/tip164.html

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:03 am

Sean, ya know, call me crazy but I always thought that KR has a GREAT backup voice for this kind of folk-blues-country type of stuff.
And fits in and complements Mick's voice really well.

For singing lead, it never seemed to work as well for some reason.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:10 pm

I hear you, Mark--alone he can sound sort of strangled and lacking in timbre. But he blends in a fine way with harmonies, even with some of the sloppy, out of tune back-ups...it just works. But I love his vocals on "Happy" and I also think contrasting him to a singular rock voice like Jagger probably sways us more than he deserves. Of course, I'm a big fan. Keith is easy to criticize, bloody difficult to imitate.

Unless you're Johnny Depp.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:25 am

Mark K - yup, perfectly put.
Agree 10,000%.
About "Happy" too.

Uh-oh. Approaching the magic number . . .

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:52 am

I love all of the Keef sings with the Stones and on his solo albums.

If you like his style, check out some of the Izzy Stradlin records. He's the reincarnation of a living legend.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:33 am

good one... is that Phil Specter in the background?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:01 am

It looks indeed like Keef was using the Nashville tuning and not his usual G-tuning. I gotta try this...

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:05 pm

He is not in Nashville tuning in the video. Jes' plain open G, as Charly, Jerry, and others who saw me play it this weekend can attest to.