Doom and Gloom
| Doom and Gloom | |
|---|---|
| The Rolling Stones | |
| publication | October 11, 2012 |
| length | 3:59 |
| Genre (s) | Rock , blues rock |
| Author (s) | Jagger / Richards |
| Label | Universal Music |
| album | GRRR! |
Doom and Gloom is a song by the British rock group The Rolling Stones , which was released as a single in 2012 and on the compilation Grrr! appeared. This greatest hits album contained another new release, One More Shot . These two songs were the Rolling Stones' first new material since the last studio album, A Bigger Bang , released in 2005, and thus the band's first work in the studio in over seven years.
Origin and text
The piece was written jointly by singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards . The recording was produced by the two together with Don Was , Jeff Bhasker and Emile Haynie. The opening guitar riff is not played by Richards, but by Jagger. The recording was made with the following cast:
- Mick Jagger, vocals , guitar riff
- Keith Richards, rhythm guitar
- Ron Wood , lead guitar
- Charlie Watts , drums
- Darryl Jones . Electric bass
- Chuck Leavell, organ
- Jeff Bhasker, synthesizer
- Emile Haynie, drum computer
The text deals with a depressive-melancholy mood, through which one perceives situations incorrectly or is overwhelmed by light incidents. At the beginning the lyrical self has the dream that it is a pilot of a passenger plane, but all passengers are drunk or crazy. He eventually crashes in the swamps of Louisiana , where zombies hunt them down. It is often repeated that the ego feels hurt and sits in the dirt. In the second stanza Jagger refers to an overseas war , possibly referring to the Iraq war .
resonance
The single was in the US Billboard 200 charts at number 30. In the UK UK Top 40 , the single was at number 61. In the America's Music Charts, the single reached number 1 in the Canada section : Active Rock .
The Rolling Stone listed the Doom and Gloom in its annual list of the best songs of 2012 ranked 18th
In 2014, Doom and Gloom was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song of the Year .
Web links
- Doom and Gloom on the Rolling Stones Youtube channel: Video with lyrics and official music video
- Lyrics