FWIW (absolutely nothing), I drank my first beer at that Stone's concert in 1966, age 15. Needless to say, when Keith Richards launched his iconic riff, I about lost it, in a good way. It was a pretty cool thought for me, and certainly confirmed my decision to drive 16 hours to a concert specifically for this song (well, and many others) a wise one. I wondered if I was the only Stones fan there that night who could say they were at the concert where they first performed Paint It Black, 53 years later. About that time, this guy I had spoken with reached over and gave me a 'high five'.

During the show, Mick announced in the introduction that the Stones first played Paint It Black in Indianapolis at the Indy State Fair Coliseum in 1966 and they were going to play it again tonight. Before the show, I was telling a stranger several seats away how I made the long trip from Indy specifically to hear Paint It Black again after being there for it in 1966 and then not in 2015. I wanted to hear it in concert one more time, so when I saw their last American in 2019 had it on the playlist, my wife and I drove out to Denver, CO for the concert. They had played it the night before in Nashville, TN, but only because it was on the ballot and voted as the one fan favorite song to be included. Although it was probably the best concert experience of my life, the only disappointment was that they didn't have that song on their playlist for this tour. I saw them again, for the third time on Jat the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I've always like the song, Paint It Black.one of my all-time favorites.

Mike from Stone Head, IndianaI saw my first Stone's concert Jat the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Took The Heavenly Blue In 66' from Long Beach Jagger's song 'paint it black' is the music that told of the very 'acid' that brought on 'colors' that have no description! 'Heavenly' is the only words that I can describe it! And black music was the most honest music that we could identify with!.

Hl from OklahomaPaint it black was once considered to be in the trailer of the dark knight, but wasn't used due to Nolan not allowing any non-original music in the trilogy, even in the trailers.

Jack Hamilton from New ZealandThe band Grip Inc which included Dave Lombardo ex slayer did a killer version of this song.

You can find lots of people on the internet confirming the similarity of these 2 songs, but no one can tell where this similarity comes from. There must be some country song/nursery rhyme/gospel song/commercial … where they took inspiration from. The Stones had been touring in the States listening to the radio all day long, Lee Hazlewood lived in the States.

Jan Cornelissen from Brasschaat, BelgiumI’m 66 now, and before the day I die, I would like to know the link between “Summer Wine” of Lee Hazlewood and “Paint in black” of the Rolling Stones.

Nigel from Ashby De La Zouch, EnglandPerhaps the 'black heart' and the fact that he describes people looking away from him could mean that maybe he has committed a heinous crime?.

'Brian's sitar line not only makes the song happen but also turns it into a timeless classic,' Danny Garcia, director of the film Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones, told Songfacts.

His notable contributions to the group include lead guitar on ' Get Off of My Cloud' and recorder on ' Ruby Tuesday,' but his work on 'Paint It Black' may have been his greatest musical achievement. Less than a month later he drowned in his swimming pool at age 27. By June 1969, he was a liability, and the Stones fired him. He was still going strong when this song was released in 1966, but fell off a year later when his drug use caught up to him and his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, left him for Richards. Jones was a founding member of the Stones and key to their early success. Jones did the arrangements for 'Paint It Black' and many other songs around this time, but according to Keith Richards, he never presented a finished song to the group, which kept him off the credits. Brian Jones had a lot of input into this song, but was left off the songwriting credits (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are the credited writers).

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