It seems silly for my first song for Rolling Stones
Sunday to be anything other than the classic Start
Me Up. But as I did a bit of digging for this post, I uncovered a demo version titled 'Never Stop' and I thought it was more interesting to highlight this than Start Me Up itself - after being the song that sold Windows '95, I'm not sure there's much left to be said about it.
This demo is worth a listen because it’s rare to hear a Stones song so unpolished. Never Stop showcases just how much the Richards/Watts rhythm section drives Rolling Stones tracks. Start Me Up’s excellent
production doesn’t exactly hide this, but it becomes a lot more subtle than the demo. Have a listen to both, though sadly the Never Stop video doesn’t have the questionable Jagger dance moves of the
official video, below:
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