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No Expectations - The Rolling Stones - Opinions?


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This song is Brian Jones' musical swan song as a member of the band, it is the last song he leads musically, playing a delicate, melancholy slide guitar that drives the melody. The lyrics might as well be about him and his gradually being pushed of the band he created, and his mental and physical decline, the loss of his girlfriend to his best friend and his early death...It's IMO one of the most poignant songs they ever made. Below is their December 1968 performance of the song, with Brian on slide at his last concert as a Stone.

I was wondering your opinions on the song?

Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again

Once I was a rich man
And now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before

You heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind

Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
It's here and then it's gone

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again

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Amazing song. Although he really didnt lead it...at that point he was so messed up that he wasnt really there. And if he was there, he still wasnt really there....they didnt know what Brian would show up to sessions so they pretty much did the sessions without him. He showed up that day while they were recording No Expectations and came out with that beautiful slide part. And that was his real last contribution to the Stones.

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