Edit 2a for headphones, July 2013. Better timing of the phase effect. Clearer sound. Best experienced on speaker boxes.
"The spider and the fly", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, first released in 1965 on the lp "Out Of Our Heads". In the UK released as b-side to "Satisfaction". In my opinion, this song is far far far better than "Satisfaction". THIS should have been their great hit... It is written that the harmonica solo at the end is by Mick Jagger. I just don't believe that, it is so virtuoso, it must be Brian Jones...
Recorded May 12 & 13, 1965. Released on "Out Of Our Heads" in 1965. The last Nanker/Phelge track to be released.
Harmonica: must be Brian Jones. Guitars: Brian Jones & Keith Richards. Lead vocal (& harmonica?): Mick Jagger. Drums: Charlie Watts. Bass: Bill Wyman. Keyboards & percussion: Jack Nitzsche.
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
(Nanker/Phelge)
(Nanker Phelge (was a collective pseudonym used between 1963 and 1965 for several Rolling Stones group compositions)
sittin', thinkin', sinkin', drinkin'
wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight
moking, moping, maybe just hopin' some little girl will pass on by
don't wanna be alone, but I love my girl at home
I remember what she said
she said, "My, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your head
my my my, don't tell lies, when you're done you should go to bed
don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
jump right ahead and you're dead"
sit up, fed up, low down, go round
down to the bar at the place I'm at
sitting, drinking, supereficially thinking about the rinsed-out blonde on my left
then I said, "hi" like a spider to a fly, remebering what my little girl said
she was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
I would have run away but I was on my own
she told me later she's a machine operator
she said she liked the way I held the microphone
I said my, my, like the spider to the fly
jump right ahead in my web
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