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Jun 8^th, 2009 at 10:15am

Just listened to the Metamorphosis CD I recently borrowed at the local library, man, what a mixed bag, but that brought back many memories of that old LP I had borrowed...er...25 years ago at another library and promptly taped.

Metamorphosis has a gem, Stevie Wonder's "I don't know why", the guitars, all Keith I would assume since Brian was reportedly drowning as they were recording it, are stellar and sound quite a bit like those on Gimme Shelter, that I would assume it predates...if that's the case, it's hard not to see that song as an "inspiration" for GS...naughty Keith. Still he was at the top of his game at the time.

According to Martin Elliott's "Unreleased Recordings" v1 bible, there are 7/8 minute versions, wonder if he's not confusing it with the "I don't know the reason why" jam with Mick Taylor though...especially since he doesn't mention them again in the second version of his book.

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fuman Ex Member Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #1 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:01am The Mick Taylor slide work on I Don't Know Why is stellar. So simple yet so effective. Keith's work is beautiful too. I would love to hear some other versions, should they exist.
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Saint Sway Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,356	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #2 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:19am I feel a lengthy response from Gazza about Stones minutiea coming on.....
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Some Guy Resident Cretin Offline Posts: 15,828 Atlanta Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #3 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:36am Stevie Wonders version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkzwsKEOgXE
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Saint Sway Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,356	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:58am how did this not win a Grammy??.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNkAZd-Vxk
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gotdablouse Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,002 Paris, France Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #5 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:59am Thanks for digging out the SW version, nice, but it could use Keith's guitars! Is there slide on the Metamorphosis version? Didn't notice it, you're not referring to the "I don't know the reason why" jam are you?
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Tumbled Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,206 Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #6 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 12:03pm "The Rolling Stones recorded a version of I Don't Know Why on June 30, 1969, released on the Metamorphosis album in 1975. They were mixing the song when they learned that Brian Jones had died. (July 3, 1969)"
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Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w
Reply #7 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 12:08pm

fuman wrote on Jun 8^th, 2009 at 11:01am:

The Mick Taylor slide work on I Don't Know Why is stellar. So simple yet so effective. Keith's work is beautiful too.

I would love to hear some other versions, should they exist.

Yep...this has long been one of my favorite Stones rarities...

It's also on the London Years box set...

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Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w
Reply #8 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 12:10pm

Tumbled wrote on Jun 8^th, 2009 at 12:03pm:

"The Rolling Stones recorded a version of I Don't Know Why on June 30, 1969, released on the Metamorphosis album in 1975.

They were mixing the song when they learned that Brian Jones had died. (July 3, 1969)"

Thanks for the information, that's what they were doing when they heard the news.

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gotdablouse Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,002 Paris, France Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #9 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 12:30pm Thanks for correcting this, although it's not very relevant to the topic at hand, which is Keith's stellar playing of days long gone.
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #10 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 1:48pm I have it on "London Years" I like it too, great guitar, this must have been done in Let It bleed recording sessions period, Keith was great & inspired then, he did some great guitar work.
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Saint Sway Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,356	Re: Miss the old Keith : listen to "I don't know w Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 4:35pm speaking of old Keith recordings.... in the new issue of Vanity Fair, the Johnny Depp article opens with him listening to the Keith Toronto tapes on his boat... "All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Nearness Of You" etc
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Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 6:41pm

Not exactly the same style...I tried to like that stuff, that was an expensive boot cd in 1990...no guitar playing to be heard there, only piano, supposedly played by Stu, but it's so bad it can't be him...Keith should stick to guitar, the GS style guitar we have here, not the latter pedestrian guitar of say "Too Tight" or even worse, most of what he plays on ABB, just plain boring, could be played by Mick...maybe it is Mick !

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