and because he feels cold (emotionally) so he wants others to feel what he feels. This is where thoughts of him dying come back? but i think he meant more of the sun reminding him of better days, which makes him more depressed. "i want to see the sun, blotted out from the sky" He wants others to feel what he is going through. "i want to see it painted, paint it black i think he just feels so many emotions that he doesn't know what to think. some of the lyrics contradict each other. and this shows that he doesnt want to be depressed, or else his darkness wouldn't go. I have to turn my head until my darkness goes" "i see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes he feels no one knows what hes going through, and mabey if they see the world through his eyes, everything black, then they may understand. He don't want any colors because mabey seeing all black helps him be less depressed because mabey when he sees colors it reminds him of when he was happy or reminds him that other people are happy, and he don't like that it makes him feel more depressed. "no colors anymore i want them to turn black" This could refer to many things.a church door, the gates of hell, the casket front, or just a door that he sees thats red and he don't want to see colors. "i see a red door and i want it painted black" mabey he plans to end his own life to be with her. He feels he will see his love again, either by dreaming, spirit, or when he dies, they will be united again. "if i look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes" also the pain is so bad he does not wish it on anyone else to have to go through pain that bad. The death was unexpected, sudden and tragic. "i could not foresee this thing happening to you" His feelings are dark because hes depressed, he sees everything as black. "i look inside myself and see my heart is black" This refers to the flowers put on the casket or at the grave site/or because flowers are colorful, and he sees everything as black, and that the flowers will die like his love did,"never to come back". "with flowers and my love both never to come back" and also refers to a hearse.(the vehicle which carries the casket containing a dead body to the grave site/funeral. This refers to a line of cars that are black, either limos for the family and or friends at the funeral, or they're not black in real life, he just sees them as black because hes depressed. "i see a line of cars and they're all painted black" (love referring to a girl)the artist is singing about everything turning black because hes depressed and sees everything as black. They sold the rights to it during the Sixties to ex-manager Allen Klein.įollow us on Facebookand Twitterfor more super stories.This song is written from the perspective of a man thats depressed because his "love" died. Sadly, for The Rolling Stones, “Paint It, Black” is one of the tunes they no longer control. In the late 1980s, “Paint It Black” became associated with the Vietnam War due to its use in both the ending credits of the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and its use as the theme song for Tour Of Duty, a CBS-TV show about the Vietnam war which ran from 1987-1990.ħ. He revealed, “We always have this moment of hesitation where we don’t know if Keith’s going to get the intro right.”Ħ. Talking on his Absolute Radio show, Stones’ co-guitarist Ronnie Wood disclosed that Keith Richards has trouble remembering how to play this song. Jagger got the line “I turn my head until my darkness goes” from James Joyce’s Ulysses.ĥ. Nearly forty years later, in 2004, it was ranked number 176 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Ĥ. In 1966, the single topped both the United States and the United Kingdom charts, making it the first ever US and UK number one single to feature a sitar. It’s not an original thought by any means. When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death and depression Mick Jagger replied: “I don’t know. Keith Richards later said that the comma was added by the record label, Decca.Ģ.There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. The original version was entitled “Paint It Black” without a comma. Two very good reasons to dig deeper and discover more about a song, music critic Richie Unterberger said, “qualifies as perhaps the most effective use of a sitar in a rock song.”ġ. What’s more, it’s one of our favourite tunes ever. Released in 1966, it was the first single from the fourth album, Aftemath, and became an anthem for the Sixties counter culture. One of the most iconic of their incredible 439 tracks is “Paint It, Black”. Hardly surprising when you learn they’ve been together for over half a century and hold the record for the most recorded songs of all time. The Rolling Stones have probably released more iconic tracks than any other band in history.
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