This is such a great album yet so underrated. From the same album, you have to check out 2000 Light Years From Home. It's like nothing The Stones ever recorded, and has an incredible beat!!!
Good choice. Pianist Nicky Hopkins was an exceptional piano player and contributed greatly to the Stones, as well as other bands. His work on John Lennon's Jealous Guy is also fabulous. For other listeners, there is a video out there that is more fun to watch along with the great music, full of beautiful women.
When I was younger I knew a gal named Rainbow whose parents named her after this song. "She's a Rainbow" has been used in several notable television commercials in the decades since its release, mostly commercials advertising computers, televisions, and software (for an example from 2020, search UA-cam using the query Adobe Photoshop: Fantastic Voyage). John Paul Jones features on several hits by Donovan too, like "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The Stones were tracking after The Beatles, but doing it their way and taking it a bit further with the flower power magician costume get ups. Another track from Their Satanic Majesties Request that you gotta hit is "2000 Light Years from Home". Charlie Watts really grooves hard on that one.
You have to realize that after the Beatles released Sgt Peppers in early 1967, most of the other big name groups like the Stones, the Beach Boys, Tommy James and the Shondells and many others went insane trying to emulate the Beatles. I was a fairly new teenager (14) when Sgt Peppers came out and even I realized that it single handedly changed music forever.
The title comes from the wording on the British Passport that says “Her Britannic Majesty requests…” they wanted to release it as “Her Satanic Majesty Requests” but the record company said no so it was changed to “Their” The cover art was done by the same photographer as Sgt.Peppers. It was their only psychedelic type album and wasn’t critically acclaimed at the time. After the Stones went with a grittier rock sound. It was mostly completed before Sgt.Peppers but it was released after Sgt.Peppers was released so a lot of people said that the Stones were copying the Beatles, I feel it was just the vibe in the air and no copying was done.
1967 London was a tumultuous year. Summer of Love, everyone on LSD, drug busts sent Mick & Keith to jail, many great psychedelic albums. Along with this album were beatles "St.Peppers", Jimi hendrix "Are You Experienced?", Cream "Desraeli Gears", Pike Floyd "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", Small Faces "Ogden's Not Gone Flake", and more. What a fun time it must have been. Everyone knew each other and partied hardy!! Legend says that the inspiration for this song was that femme fatale, Anita Pallenberg. Anita started as Brian's girlfriend until she ran off with Keith, and had a very realistic sex scene with Mick in some obscure trippy film, which almost caused a rift between Keith and Mick. Keith and Anita were a couple for quite a few years and had 3 kids. I LOVE this song ❤
That's a really good album. Totally underrated. As John Lennon said in an interview, "the Stones were always trying to copy us", in regards to this album. Allegedly , Lennon and McCartney are singing back up on the album. I think there was lots of strange shit going on around both the bands at this time period in their careers.
It is a great tune and a real departure from their Bluesy Rock n Roll roots. Here they drew on English folk and Classical influences mixed with some Beatles psychedelia. That period in the mid 1960s saw them grow as songwriters and exploring different musical avenues. The Beatles were the biggest band in the world at the time and the Stones had to keep up with them with consistent hits and remaining trendy which they successfully pulled off. The whole album is a real departure from what they were initially all about....I used to hate listening to 'Satanic majesties request' until I listened to it buzzed on weed....then it became a masterpiece!! When I was 18 it was a favorite record to listen to with my friends at our stoner parties!! Check out '2000 light years from home' from the same album.
I love me some psychedelic Stones! "Dandelion" is another in this same vein. Everyone was experimenting with mind expansion at the time. There's a great illustrated version of this song worth a watch.
this is an insanely underrated album... comparing the album to Sgt Pepper is completely pointless... it's like comparing honey to mustard... two different things
The psychedelic era had a lot to do with the vibe of this album. The great Nicky Hopkins on piano. JPJ arranged the strings? Cool! So yeah, more Stones please. Between the Buttons and Aftermath are good old albums. There's loads more.
I was never much into Stones in the 60s, but this album was really growing through the years. Its true that Sgt Pepper changed a lot. Hendrix break through among the music artists in London, starting his concert (with the whole rock elite in the audience: Beatles, Stones, Beck, Clapton etc) with a cover of Sgt Pepper, 4 days after its release(!). The cover of Zappa's "We're only in it for the money" is a beautiful parody of the Sgt. Pepper album. So much changed 67-68 preparing for the prog the following 10 years. You should check Arthur Brown's hit "Fire" from Summer of 68, preparing for Sabbath, Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Cooper and the metal. But, please, check the TV video - it explains all! It was a real hit both in the UK and US - and it is real fire!
I tell ya another good one around this time period is ruby tuesday,but the live version from steel wheels(89) tour is much better than the original,great lyrics.
This is such a great album yet so underrated. From the same album, you have to check out 2000 Light Years From Home. It's like nothing The Stones ever recorded, and has an incredible beat!!!
Good choice. Pianist Nicky Hopkins was an exceptional piano player and contributed greatly to the Stones, as well as other bands. His work on John Lennon's Jealous Guy is also fabulous. For other listeners, there is a video out there that is more fun to watch along with the great music, full of beautiful women.
Also played in Jerry Garcia Band
Love the Brian Jones era of the Stones. Nicky Hopkins on the piano.
One of my favorite Stones songs!!
It was all about the music back then and having fun
When I was younger I knew a gal named Rainbow whose parents named her after this song. "She's a Rainbow" has been used in several notable television commercials in the decades since its release, mostly commercials advertising computers, televisions, and software (for an example from 2020, search UA-cam using the query Adobe Photoshop: Fantastic Voyage). John Paul Jones features on several hits by Donovan too, like "Hurdy Gurdy Man". The Stones were tracking after The Beatles, but doing it their way and taking it a bit further with the flower power magician costume get ups. Another track from Their Satanic Majesties Request that you gotta hit is "2000 Light Years from Home". Charlie Watts really grooves hard on that one.
You have to realize that after the Beatles released Sgt Peppers in early 1967, most of the other big name groups like the Stones, the Beach Boys, Tommy James and the Shondells and many others went insane trying to emulate the Beatles. I was a fairly new teenager (14) when Sgt Peppers came out and even I realized that it single handedly changed music forever.
The title comes from the wording on the British Passport that says “Her Britannic Majesty requests…” they wanted to release it as “Her Satanic Majesty Requests” but the record company said no so it was changed to “Their”
The cover art was done by the same photographer as Sgt.Peppers.
It was their only psychedelic type album and wasn’t critically acclaimed at the time. After the Stones went with a grittier rock sound.
It was mostly completed before Sgt.Peppers but it was released after Sgt.Peppers was released so a lot of people said that the Stones were copying the Beatles, I feel it was just the vibe in the air and no copying was done.
1967 London was a tumultuous year. Summer of Love, everyone on LSD, drug busts sent Mick & Keith to jail, many great psychedelic albums. Along with this album were beatles "St.Peppers", Jimi hendrix "Are You Experienced?", Cream "Desraeli Gears", Pike Floyd "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", Small Faces "Ogden's Not Gone Flake", and more. What a fun time it must have been. Everyone knew each other and partied hardy!!
Legend says that the inspiration for this song was that femme fatale, Anita Pallenberg. Anita started as Brian's girlfriend until she ran off with Keith, and had a very realistic sex scene with Mick in some obscure trippy film, which almost caused a rift between Keith and Mick. Keith and Anita were a couple for quite a few years and had 3 kids.
I LOVE this song ❤
That's a really good album. Totally underrated. As John Lennon said in an interview, "the Stones were always trying to copy us", in regards to this album. Allegedly , Lennon and McCartney are singing back up on the album. I think there was lots of strange shit going on around both the bands at this time period in their careers.
Easily my favorite Rolling Stones song.
2000 Light Years From Home
If you look closely at the a,bum cover you can find the faces of all four Beatles hidden among the flowers.
Stones!
I see this is still in the Stones setlist, so it must be a favourite of Mick and Keith.
It is a great tune and a real departure from their Bluesy Rock n Roll roots. Here they drew on English folk and Classical influences mixed with some Beatles psychedelia. That period in the mid 1960s saw them grow as songwriters and exploring different musical avenues. The Beatles were the biggest band in the world at the time and the Stones had to keep up with them with consistent hits and remaining trendy which they successfully pulled off. The whole album is a real departure from what they were initially all about....I used to hate listening to 'Satanic majesties request' until I listened to it buzzed on weed....then it became a masterpiece!! When I was 18 it was a favorite record to listen to with my friends at our stoner parties!! Check out '2000 light years from home' from the same album.
That Album cover was the old school 3-D with the ridges on plastic film yeah pretty cool cover.
I love me some psychedelic Stones! "Dandelion" is another in this same vein. Everyone was experimenting with mind expansion at the time.
There's a great illustrated version of this song worth a watch.
I bought the album when it was released, that was a 3-D cover. If you look closely, you can see the Beatles faces in that picture.
this is an insanely underrated album... comparing the album to Sgt Pepper is completely pointless... it's like comparing honey to mustard... two different things
The psychedelic era had a lot to do with the vibe of this album. The great Nicky Hopkins on piano. JPJ arranged the strings? Cool! So yeah, more Stones please. Between the Buttons and Aftermath are good old albums. There's loads more.
I was never much into Stones in the 60s, but this album was really growing through the years. Its true that Sgt Pepper changed a lot. Hendrix break through among the music artists in London, starting his concert (with the whole rock elite in the audience: Beatles, Stones, Beck, Clapton etc) with a cover of Sgt Pepper, 4 days after its release(!). The cover of Zappa's "We're only in it for the money" is a beautiful parody of the Sgt. Pepper album. So much changed 67-68 preparing for the prog the following 10 years. You should check Arthur Brown's hit "Fire" from Summer of 68, preparing for Sabbath, Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Cooper and the metal. But, please, check the TV video - it explains all! It was a real hit both in the UK and US - and it is real fire!
Love the whole album but many do notllll It is not the ordinary Stones.
Good Stones psychedelia! Molly Tuttle does a great cover of this!
Hello ...............thanks for the reaction...............try from the same album 2000 years from home .......... spacey psychedelic .....RK
Odd collection for the Stones. Like it. '2000 light years from home' and 'the citadel' are fun and 'in another land' sounds like early Pink Floyd
I tell ya another good one around this time period is ruby tuesday,but the live version from steel wheels(89) tour is much better than the original,great lyrics.