{"id":13407,"date":"2021-11-30T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=13407"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:21:47","slug":"the-day-the-rolling-stones-nailed-a-country-song-their-own-to-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=13407","title":{"rendered":"The day the Rolling Stones nailed a country song (their own) to the wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rolling Stones song “Far Away Eyes,” has been described as a country satire, which it certainly seems like, given the comic exaggeration in the lyrics and Mick Jagger’s swaggering delivery. But I think it also reflects the Stones longtime love of the country music vernacular.<\/p>\n

So, if a satire, it’s a deeply affectionate one, as I hear it. Watching them, you can see they’re having a good old time. And listening to the band, it sounds as authentic traditional country (Bakersfield style) as many of the acts you might see these days at the Grand Ol’ Opry. The gently sashaying tempo embraces the song like a romancer sweeping a girl (with faraway eyes) off her feet in semi-slow motion.<\/p>\n

And here. the Stones nailed the country style to the wall, in 1978 — with a song they wrote — though you might guess they were covering country songwriting legend Harlan Howard. For a bunch of Brits, you gotta hand it to them — oh, maybe a ten-gallon hat and a bolo tie. The song helps underscore their long-professed love of country music.<\/p>\n