Good Time Women Explained

Good Time Women
Type:song
Artist:the Rolling Stones
Album:Exile on Main St. (2010)
Genre:Boogie-woogie

"Good Time Women" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it is an upbeat[1] song with a blues boogie-woogie rhythm. "Good Time Women" formed the basis of the band's later song, "Tumbling Dice", which was released as a single in 1972.

Recorded at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio between March and May 1970, "Good Time Women" went unreleased until 2010, when it was included on the deluxe remastered release of the band's 1972 album, Exile on Main St.

Background and recording

"Good Time Women" eventually transformed into "Tumbling Dice". "Good Time Women"[2] was recorded at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio sometime between March and May 1970 during the sessions for Sticky Fingers.[3] [4]

Music and lyrics

"Good Time Women" is a bluesy boogie-woogie,[5] [6] with heavy emphasis on Ian Stewart's piano work. Though the song has differing lyrics to "Tumbling Dice",[7] it contained a similar structure, chord progression, and melody. Mick Jagger sings the hook to the accompaniment of Mick Taylor's lone lead guitar.[8] However, "Good Time Women" lacked an opening riff, a background choir, and the beat which propels the groove of "Tumbling Dice".

The lyrics of "Good Time Women" are incomplete, consisting largely of gibberish,[9] mentions of cocaine and "dry white wine".[10] The lyrics also refer to "Red light women," or prostitutes, and can be heard as alluding to their then-recent single, "Honky Tonk Women," from 1969.

Release

"Good Time Women" was not initially released, though its successor, "Tumbling Dice" was. An October 1970 recording of "Good Time Women" was included on the 16 May 2010 deluxe remastered issue of Exile on Main St (1972).[11]

Critical reception

Upon its release in 2010, reactions were mixed. Writing for New York Daily News, critic Jim Farber considered "Good Time Women" to merely be "Tumbling Dice" "sped up".[12] However, The Oklahoman entertainment editor Gene Triplett lauded "Good Time Women" as a "stinging guitar rocker", noting how it "sounds like an early version of 'Tumbling Dice' but with a different title... and different lyrics."

Notes and References

  1. Book: Janovitz, Bill. Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones. St. Martin's Griffin. 2014. 978-1250049520. 228.
  2. Book: Margotin. Philippe. Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Guesdon. Jean-Michel. 2016. Hachette Books. 9780316317733. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822050557/https://books.google.com/books?id=g5eTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT687&lpg=PT687&dq=rolling%20stones%20tumbling%20dice%20single%20release%20date&source=bl&ots=WQmMdnMGS8&sig=c2Z1VENjUg0j42lcmxPK72Ef6rw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK7Y7A7unVAhUO1GMKHSbMCs84ChDoAQg7MAQ#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stones%20tumbling%20dice%20single%20release%20date&f=false. 22 August 2017. live.
  3. November 2012. Readers' Poll: The Rolling Stones' 10 Greatest Songs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807113507/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-rolling-stones-10-greatest-songs-20121101/9-tumbling-dice-0203527. 7 August 2017. 7 August 2017. Rolling Stone.
  4. Web site: Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones Song Info AllMusic. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808040334/http://www.allmusic.com/song/tumbling-dice-mt0007492425. 8 August 2017. 7 August 2017. AllMusic.
  5. Web site: No. 21: 'Tumbling Dice' – Top 100 Rolling Stones Songs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926230348/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tumbling-dice-top-100-rolling-stones-songs/. 26 September 2015. 7 August 2017. Ultimate Classic Rock. en-US.
  6. Web site: Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130726054757/http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-horses-mw0000551224. 26 July 2013. 8 August 2017. AllMusic.
  7. News: Triplett. Gene. 2010-05-28. Rolling Stones add 10 rare tracks to 'Exile'. 85. The Daily Oklahoman. 2021-09-05.
  8. The Rolling Stones: Torn and Frayed in the South of France. Rolling Stone. live. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807113045/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-on-the-making-of-exile-on-main-street-20110103. 7 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Voger. Mark. 2010-05-15. 'Exile on Main St.': A new reflection on the classic Rolling Stones' disc. 2021-09-05. nj. en.
  10. Web site: Gray. Tyler. 2010-05-09. The making of the Rolling Stones' 'Exile on Main Street'. 2021-09-05. New York Post. en-US.
  11. Greene. Andy. 9 March 2010. The Secrets Behind the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" Reissue. Rolling Stone. live. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161213220542/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-secrets-behind-the-rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street-reissue-20100309. 13 December 2016.
  12. News: Farber. Jim. 2010-05-18. Digging up some new Stones. 26. Daily News. 2021-09-05.

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