An archive classic from 2023.
“Brown Sugar” is one of the most famous Stones songs, the band has had it in its program for decades. Since the opening of the “No Filter” tour in St. Louis (September 26), however, he has been missing in the setlist that has been active since 1962-and recently without Charlie Watts.
In an interview, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were asked about it. The song includes the line “Gold Coast Slave Ship Bound for Cotton Fields”, which is generally interpreted as a historical reference to slavery in the United States. Now the Stones are no longer playing the piece “that was noticeable, what?” “Los Angeles Times”.
“I’m still trying to find out where the problem lies here that some have with the song. I don’t know it. Don’t you understand that this is a song about the horror of slavery? ” Other common interpretations are that Mick Jagger “Brown Sugar” wrote for his beloved Marsha Hunt, as well as that “brown sugar” stands for heroin. Richards: “At the moment they are trying to bury the song” – whoever means “she”. “I don’t want to cause trouble here. But I hope we have the babe (the song) can be revived in all its glory. “
Jagger’s explanation is a bit more concrete: “We played ‘Brown Sugar’ every evening since the 1970s, so sometimes you think, let’s take the song out and see what that is. Maybe it will come in again. ” The singer refers to the general difficulty of making a convincing setlist. “This is difficult at stadium concerts. So many people are satisfied while you have to try to stay on the matter yourself. We brought ‘let it bleeed’ last night, which I played on a twelve -string guitar. ” Let’s rock!