Edit 5b for headphones, April 2024. I colorized the black & white parts of the video (edit 5a). Did you ever notice that the first part of the song (1 minute and 18 seconds) is MONO? The rest (1 minute and 49 seconds) is stereo. Strange decision. Or was it done accidentally? Oh well, I tried to fix that in this edit. Source of the edit is the Japanese remastered album, catalog number uicy-93026.
The recording of the album "Their Satanic Majesties Request" (the title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires" text that appeared inside a British passport) began just after the release of their album "Between The Buttons" (January 1967). Because of court appearances and jail terms the entire band was seldom present in the studio at one time, making recording of the album lengthy and disjointed. Band members frequently arrived with guests in tow, further interfering with productivity. One of the more level-headed members of the band during this time, Bill Wyman, wary of psychedelic drugs, wrote the song "In Another Land" to parody the Stones' current goings-on. In his 2002 book "Rolling With The Stones", Bill Wyman describes the situations in the studio:
"Every day at the studio it was a lottery as to who would turn up and what – if any – positive contribution they would make when they did. Keith would arrive with anywhere up to ten people, Brian with another half-a-dozen and it was the same for Mick. They were assorted girlfriends and friends. I hated it! Then again, so did producer Andrew Oldham and he just gave up on it. There were times when I wish I could have done, too.
That's why I think the mono part was because of the ongoing mess in the recording studio.
Recorded August 20-30 and September 1-7, 1967.
Mick Jagger: vocals
Keith Richards: guitars
Brian Jones: electric dulcimer
Bill Wyman: bass
Charlie Watts: drums
Nicky Hopkins: organ
Glyn Johns: sound engineer, assisted by Eddie Kramer
(source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Man)
2000 MAN
(Jones/Jagger/Richards/Watts/Wyman/Stewart/Hopkins)
well my name is a number
a piece of plastic film
and I grow tiny flowers
in my little window sill
dont you know I'm the 2000 man
and my kids they just don't understand me at all
well my wife still respects me
I really misuse her
I am having an affair
with a random computer
don't you know I'm the 2000 man
and my kids they just don't understand me at all
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your sun
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your sun
oh daddy your brain's still flashing
like it did when you were young
or did you come down crashing
seeing all the things you'd done
all was a big put on
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your son
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your son
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your sun
oh daddy proud of your planet
oh mummy proud of your sun
and you know who's the 2000 man
and your kids they just won't understand you at all
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