6/11/2023 0 Comments Who wrote paint it black![]() ![]() I’m including it because its an interesting data point in the life of the song. Nothing against Ciara but this was such a lazy mixing of a modern pop singer and the classic song. I am a huge Westworld fan and this cinematic scoring featuring the tinkly piano keys and cowboy guitar strummings to a big heist scene was the minute I really got hooked on the show as an intellectual masterpiece. What if “Paint It Black” was actually a 13 minute funk song? Now you know. Mick Jagger actually produced this version, which sounds sort of like a Tom Jones-klezmer mash up to me. With the exception of Full Metal Jacket (and another we’ll get to later), the movies that choose to use the song are pretty forgettable. “Paint It Black” has maintained a steady popularity throughout, maybe due to its many appearances in films like Full Metal Jacket and now the latest Mummy movie. “Unchained Melody” was sung by many different artists in the 60’s and 70’s, but then it dropped off until the 1990’s film Ghost revitalized it. What is unique about “Paint It Black” for this LGM series is how many covers exist that were contemporary with the Stones at their peak. Raga-rock is a broad term used to describe pop music that borrows from Indian instruments and music scholars have come to include many 1960’s British rock bands into that category. Music historian Nicholas Schaffner described “Paint It Black” as an “Indian raga-rock riot” in his book about the British Invasion and the phrase was just too good for me not to put in the title. So any comparison to Jewish traditions seems a little circumspect, but he believes it which is something I suppose. Verse 3 (Em) (B) I look inside myself and see my heart is black. Em D G D A B Like a new born baby it just happens every day. Em D G D Em A I see people turn their heads and quickly look away. (Em) (B) With flowers and by love both never to come back. ![]() Maybe Keith was referring to a personal affinity for Jewish music, but he is not Jewish. Verse 2 (Em) (B) I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black. The result is a classic rock song that has been featured in many film scores for tense action scenes.Ĭo-writer Keith Richards mused about his inspiration for the song, saying “It must be the Jew in me,” likening it to the traditional wedding song of “Hava Nagila”. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards co-wrote a dark tune about the death of a romantic partner while guitarist Brian Jones added a sitar. ![]() Let’s go all the way back to the days of the British invasion in 1966 when the Rolling Stones claimed their third big hit on the American charts. A 60’s Indian sitar melody lives on in funk, soul, and a TV Western soundtrack ![]()
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