Edit (flashpoint) for headphones. From the great album "Flashpoint", the album with the boring sleeve, but with the great live performances... Especially "Ruby Tuesday" was a stunning performance. The lyrics were written by Brian Jones & Keith Richards, with the music written by Brian Jones, but he was never credited.*
This one is from the live cd "Flashpoint", recorded live 1989-1990 during the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle world tour.
The single and album version was recorded in November & December, 1966. Released as a US single on January 13, 1967 and went to # 1 on the charts. Released as a double A side single in the UK also on January 13, 1967, reaching # 3. Released in the US on the album "Between The Buttons" on February 11, 1967.
Recorder & piano: Brian Jones. Vocal harmony: Brian Jones and Keith Richards. Vocals, backing vocals & tambourine: Mick Jagger. Acoustic guitar: Keith Richards. Cello, bass: Bill Wyman. Drums: Charlie Watts. Jack Nitzsche: piano. Double bass: Keith Richards (bowing strings), Bill Wyman (fingers on fingerboard).
RUBY TUESDAY
(Brian Jones/Keith Richards)
she would never say where she came from
yesterday don't matter if it's gone
while the sun is bright
or in the darkest night
no one knows
she comes and goes
goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
who could hang a name on you?
when you change with every new day
still I'm gonna miss you...
don't question why she needs to be so free
she'll tell you it's the only way to be
she just can't be chained
to a life where nothing's gained
and nothing's lost
at such a cost
there's no time to lose, I heard her say
cash your dreams before they slip away
dying all the time
lose your dreams
and you will lose your mind.
ain't life unkind?
goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
who could hang a name on you?
when you change with every new day
still I'm gonna miss you...
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According to Mick Jagger: “That’s a wonderful song,” “It’s just a nice melody, really. And a lovely lyric. Neither of which I wrote, but I always enjoy singing it.” as told to Jann Wenner in 1995.
It’s safe to say that Brian Jones has composed the melody. Or at least, the major idea of it. On the other hand, Keith was probably the one to compose the lyrics or most part of it. They were both missing Linda Keith, that’s basically the inspiration to the song, by the way.
Marianne Faithfull has stated the same:
“I think in Brian’s state writing a song probably wasn’t possible. He could only do it through another medium, through Keith. I guess the closest he came to it was ‘Ruby Tuesday’, where his melancholy recorder wistfully carries that sense of irretrievable loss. ‘Ruby Tuesday’ was a collaboration between Keith and Brian. it’s one of the few cases where Mic
