THE ROLLING STONES – Streets Of Love [7″; Virgin, 2005] * * * * *
Mit subtilen Akkordfolgen beginnt die erste Single aus „A Bigger Bang“ (2005), dem bisher letzten Stones-Album. Wann hatte Mick Jagger zuvor das letzte Mal in einem Song derart kapitulierend gewirkt?
„You’re awful bright/You’re awful smart/
I must admit/You broke my heart“
Selbst die letzte Strophenzeile vor dem ersten Refrain ist alles andere als „Kitsch“ (Joachim Hentschel):
„I think I’ve crossed the rubicon“
Als ich diese Single im Sommer 2005 hörte, war ich aus mehreren Gründen erstaunt: Zunächst einmal fand ich es ungewöhnlich, dass die Stones eine Ballade als Vorab-Single ausgewählt hatten. Außerdem war Jaggers Gesang sehr einnehmend – so viel schonungsloses Rotz-und-Wasser-Heulen und sich dabei auch noch selbst zu verhöhnen:
„A woman asks me for a dance/Oh, it’s free of charge/
Just one more chance…“
Dass die Coda von „Streets Of Love“ zu meiner Verblüffung wie die Manic Street Preachers auf „The Everlasting“ (1998) ein Bild von menschenleerer Weite und unstillbarer Sehnsucht evozierte, war das i-Tüpfelchen.
In jeglicher Hinsicht eine Stones-Großtat on 45! Keine Diskussion.
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