In Another Land
In Another Land is a song written by Bill Wyman and released as the third track on the Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request . The song is the only Rolling Stones piece on which Bill Wyman appears as lead singer and is one of only three pieces he wrote for the Rolling Stones.
background
The song was recorded while recording Their Satanic Majesties Request . Wyman had turned up for a recording session in vain and used the time to record the song, along with singer and guitarist Steve Marriott and bassist Ronnie Lane from Small Faces .
Bill Wyman said of the making of the song:
“I'd been messing with this song. It was a bit… what I thought was kind of spacy, you know… a bit kind of Satanic Majesties -like. And psychedelic in a way… The idea for the song is about this guy who wakes up from a dream and finds himself in another dream. "
“I had struggled with this song. It was a bit ... what I was thinking was kind of freaking out, you know ... a bit like Satanic Majesties . And kind of psychedelic ... The idea for the song is about this guy who wakes up from one dream and finds himself in another dream. "
reception
Matthew Greenwald wrote about the piece on Allmusic:
“A whimsical, trippy ode, these days it sounds like a psychedelic Spinal Tap song, with words describing blue trees and flowers…. Interestingly, the bridge section is one of the hardest-rocking efforts by the Rolling Stones from this period. "
"A bizarre, weird ode that sounds like a psychedelic Spın̈al-Tap song these days , with words that describe blue trees and flowers ... Interestingly, the bridge section is one of the most rocking performances by the Rolling Stones of that time."
The piece reached number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Musician of the original recording
- Bill Wyman - vocals , bass , piano
- Charlie Watts - drums
- Brian Jones - organ
- Nicky Hopkins - harpsichord
- Ronnie Lane - backing vocals
- Steve Marriott - backing vocals, guitar
- Mick Jagger - backing vocals
- Keith Richards - backing vocals
Text / translation / notes
- The Rolling Stones. Songbook. 155 songs [1963–1977] with sheet music. German by Teja Schwaner, Jörg Fauser and Carl Weissner . With 75 alternative translations by Helmut Salzinger . Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1977, p. 166 f. and 578.
Individual evidence
- ↑ In Another Land. In: discogs. Retrieved February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ a b In Another Land. In: timeisonourside. Retrieved February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Review of the song. In: allmusic. Retrieved February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Bill Wyman. billboard, accessed February 17, 2013 .