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the rolling stones - stray cat blues - stereo edit Ib Edit 1b for headphones. For a deeper experience of the song... For some reasons I think this is the best song on the album. On vinyl it sounds way better, hence this edit. Source cd of the edit: "Beggars Banquet" (Japanese mini lp remastered 2006) [uicy-93027]. Recorded April 3, 1968. Released on "Beggars Banquet" in 1968. Slide guitar: Brian Jones. Electric keyboards: Brian Jones. Vocals: Mick Jagger. Electric guitars: Keith Richards. Bass: Bill Wyman. Drums: Charlie Watts. Piano: Nicky Hopkins. Congas: Rocky Dijon STRAY CAT BLUES (Jagger/Richards) ah... yeah, I got some tail I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs I know you're no scare-eyed honey. there'll be a feast if you just come upstairs but it's no hanging matter it's no capital crime I can see that you're fifteen years old no I don't want your I.D. I can see that you're so far from home but that's no hanging matter it's no capital crime oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. you look so weird and so lost from home but you don't really miss your mother don't look so scared I'm not no mad-brained bear but it's no hanging matter it's no capital crime oh, yeah woo! I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that I bet she don't know you can bite like that. you say you got a girlfriend, that she's wilder than you why don't you bring her upstairs if she's so wild then she can join in too it's no hanging matter it's no capital crime oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back ®© ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. ®© UMG (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the artists and the music.)

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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...

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