Do you you know what inspired the Rolling Stones song Jumpin Jack Flash?

Question

I know but closest answer gets the ten

Answer 1

I don't think it's certain, and I thought I knew, so I checked, and:

"One interpretation of the lyrics relates, as allegory, the lifetime of hardships experienced by the song's protagonist to the lengthy legal difficulties that the Rolling Stones had recently experienced. The opening lyrics of "I was born in a crossfire hurricane" refer to being born in war torn WWII Britain. The title phrase is reminiscent of a figure common in blues, "John the Conqueror," to which it might be an allusion. It is also said that the term is the nickname of Scottish politician Jack McConnell. One story revealed by Richards (during a 2003 interview on on The Rolling Stones Four Flicks DVD) has he and Jagger writing the song after being awoken one morning while staying at Richards' country house to the sound of a man walking past the window. When Jagger asked who the man was, Richards responded "Oh, that's Jack, that's jumpin' Jack," Richards' gardener. The song grew form there. Jack Flash is said to be a slang term for heroin in Britain."

Answer 2

G'day the Wiznit,

Thank you for your question.

There are different versions according to Keith Richards and Bill Wyman.

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, recording on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" began during the Beggars Banquet sessions of 1968 (althought it would not be released on that album.) On the song's trademark opening, guitarist Richards said:

" I used a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic tuned to open D, six string. Open D or open E, which is the same thing - same intervals - but it would be slackened down some for D. Then there was a capo on it, to get that really tight sound. And there was another guitar over the top of that, but tuned to Nashville tuning. I learned that from somebody in George Jones' band in San Antonio in 1964. The high-strung guitar was an acoustic, too. Both acoustics were put through a Phillips cassette recorder. Just jam the mic right in the guitar and play it back through an extension speaker. "

When played live at the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Richards played the riff in standard tuning, and ever since the band's 1969 American Tour he played the riff in open G tuning with a capo on the fourth fret.

In his 1990 autobiography, Stone Alone, bassist Bill Wyman claimed to have come up with the song's distinctive main guitar riff on an organ without being credited for it.

"We got to the studio early once and... in fact I think it was a rehearsal studio, I don't think it was a recording studio. And there was just myself, Brian and Charlie - the Stones NEVER arrive at the same time, you know - and Mick and Keith hadn't come. And I was just messing about and I just sat down at the piano and started doing this riff, da-daw, da-da-daw, da-da-daw, and then Brian played a bit of guitar and Charlie was doing a rhythm. We were just messing with it for 20 minutes, just filling in time, and Mick and Keith came in and we stopped and they said, 'Hey, that sounded really good, carry on, what is it? And then the next day we recorded it. Mick wrote great lyrics to it and it turned out to be a really good single."

While the song is probably as familiar as a rock classic can be, its lyrics have drawn comparatively little commentary. This might be because the dense instrumental mix and Jagger's stylized delivery render them almost unintelligible. They describe frightening scenes of desolation and violence, perhaps a rite of passage for the protagonist named in the title:

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead. I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled. Yeah, yeah, I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was crowned with a spike right through my head

One interpretation of the lyrics relates, as allegory, the lifetime of hardships experienced by the song's protagonist to the lengthy legal difficulties that the Rolling Stones had recently experienced. The opening lyrics of "I was born in a crossfire hurricane" refer to being born in war torn WWII Britain. The title phrase is reminiscent of a figure common in blues, "John the Conqueror," to which it might be an allusion. It is also said that the term is the nickname of Scottish politician Jack McConnell. One story revealed by Richards (during a 2003 interview on on The Rolling Stones Four Flicks DVD) has he and Jagger writing the song after being awoken one morning while staying at Richards' country house to the sound of a man walking past the window. When Jagger asked who the man was, Richards responded "Oh, that's Jack, that's jumpin' Jack," Richards' gardener. The song grew form there. Jack Flash is said to be a slang term for heroin in Britain. Barbara Charone has said in a book that Richards said the lyric was about the gardener,

The song went to #1 in the UK and #3 in the US.

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Answer 3

Maybe I'm wrong, but didn't have something to do with keith being completey blitz/heroined out on a plane or tour bus and waking up the next day with the riff on a tape recorder, even though he didnt recall playing or recording it?

Answer 4

Ummm...what's her name, that lady that dated Ted Danson. Whoopie! Yeah, Whoopie Goldberg!

Answer 5

LSD, Weed,cocaine,...

Answer 6

dunno...............