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I can't believe it was 55 years ago, on April 23, 1971, that the Rolling Stones released their phenomenal album, Sticky Fingers. It has lived with me all those years and I have written about it with great images (link below), so, I wont go into that again; I'll go into what I didn't before.
The album cover design was by Andy Warhol, and when you're Andy Warhol,
you’re going to go over the top and above. He made it advertising magic
and art all wrapped up in one. So what did Warhol do? He gave the
record a denim fly to unzip. The whole thing was like an in-your-face
closeup of the hip-swinging band frontman Mick Jagger—though the cover is said to be model Joe Dallesandro.
Sticky Fingers
was the first album cover to feature a working zipper, and a blind
alley for those who wanted to believe that was Jaggger’s enormous dong in
those jeans. But the real owner of said penis giganticus remains a
matter of some conjecture, but it can safely be said that it
belonged to one of Warhol’s stable boys or hangers on.
The zipper was a
bit of a nightmare for both retailers and the record label, as when a
stack of the album was boxed up or smashed together in an album bin the
little zip/unzip tabby would damage the album. This was later resolved
by shipping the album with the zipper down so that the tab was only
rubbing against the center of the album, where no music was contained.
Eventually the real zipper was omitted, replaced by an image of a
zipper.
I love every single track on the album but, as with all albums I love, I have a favorite and Moonlight Mile is IT! Moonlight Mile is really an under-appreciated work by the band, however, music critics Bill Janovitz and Robert Christgau are on record for praising the track's composition.
On the subject of composition, it was the fruit of an all-night session between Mick Jagger and guitarist Mick Taylor.
When the wind blows and the rain feels coldWith a head full of snow, with a head full of snowIn the window, there's a face you knowDon't the nights pass slow, don't the nights pass slow
The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mindJust another mad, mad day on the roadI am just living to be lying by your sideBut I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
Made a rag pile of my shiny clothesGonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bonesI got silence on my radioLet the air waves flow, let the air waves flow
Oh, I'm sleeping under strange, strange skiesJust another mad, mad day on the roadMy dreams is fading down the railway lineI'm just about a moonlight mile down the roadYeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
I'm hiding, sister, and I'm dreamingI'm riding down your moonlight mileI'm hiding, baby, and I'm dreamingI'm riding down your moonlight mileI'm riding down your moonlight mile
Let it go now, come on up, babeYeah, let it go nowYeah, flow now, babyYeah, home now, yeah
Yeah, I'm coming home'Cause I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the roadDown the road, down the road, yeahYeah-yeah-yeah, baby
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