Far Away Eyes

An All New Fresh From The Digital Oven Just For All Of You Out There In Internet Land. A Pop Art Painting With A Classic Beauty Close Up Theme. It Is... more

by Ben Stone

Title

Far Away Eyes

Artist

Ben Stone

Medium

Photograph - Photography-giclee

Description

An All New Fresh From The Digital Oven Just For All Of You Out There In Internet Land. A Pop Art Painting With A "Classic Beauty Close Up Theme". It Is Entitled "Far Away Eyes". I hope you like it, Thank You for stopping by and visiting for awhile and please remember this "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist." ~ René Magritte.

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"Far Away Eyes" is the sixth track from the English rock band the Rolling Stones' 1978 album, Some Girls. It was released, as the B-side of the single "Miss You", on Rolling Stones Records, on 9 June 1978. Rolling Stone magazine made it the 73rd song on their list of 100 Greatest Rolling Stone's Songs.

Origin

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated extensively on writing and composing the song, which was recorded in late 1977. A bootleg version with Richards singing exists. The Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of Bakersfield-style country music into this song. These included in particular Ronnie Wood's use of a pedal steel guitar for a solo and highlights, an instrument used on other songs from the album such as "Shattered" and "When the Whip Comes Down."[citation needed] Also of note[who?] is the plodding rhythm of Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman.[citation needed] Richards performed acoustic and electric guitars as well as sharing piano duties with Jagger.

Content

In the lyrics, the loneliness of life and the possibilities in finding love are dealt with:

So if you're down on your luck and you can't harmonize

Find a girl with far away eyes
And if you're downright disgusted and life ain't worth a dime

Get a girl with far away eyes.

The verses of the song are half sung, half spoken, with Jagger using a parodic Southern accent:

I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield

Listening to gospel music on the coloured radio station
And the preacher said, 'You know, you always have the Lord by your side'
Well, I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran twenty red lights in His honor

Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord.

In a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jagger said: "You know, when you drive through Bakersfield on a Sunday morning or Sunday evening—I did that about six months ago—all the country music radio stations start broadcasting black gospel services live from L.A. And that's what the song refers to. But the song's really about driving alone, listening to the radio." On influences, Jagger stated: "I wouldn't say this song was influenced specifically by Gram (Parsons). That idea of country music played slightly tongue-in-cheek—Gram had that in 'Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man', and we have that sardonic quality, too." Asked by the interviewer if the girl in the song was a real one, Jagger replied, "Yeah, she's real, she's a real girl.

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January 12th, 2024