Talk:You Can't Always Get What You Want

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Hi. But is there any verification of the "John Birkemeier" anecdote?

[edit] Deleted Urban Legends Section

As much as I found the stories charming, I have deleted the following section on urban legends regarding the song's origin in light of repeated questions about them and after failed attempts to find any evidence that they were accurate or even widespread. Feel free to re-insert them if you can provide better support than I have found.

Several urban legends persist about the origin of this song, much like with You're So Vain. The most prominent among the stories is that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were in Muncie, Indiana for a concert at Ball State University in April 1968, (coincidentally two days before Robert F. Kennedy's appearance in Wayzata, MN on the day of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination). Mick and Keith stopped by Brown's Pharmacy and Soda Fountain in Muncie before the concert. According to legend, Mick ordered a cherry soda from John Birkemeier, a Ball State student employed at the counter. Birkemeier told Mick that they did not have any cherry available. Mick couldn't believe it and Birkemeier replied "you can't always get what you want" supposedly inspiring the famous song. Lending credibility to this tale is the fact that to this day, whenever The Rolling Stones appear in his area, John Birkemeier receives free tickets and a limo ride to the concert.[citation needed] It has also been said that this exchange occurred between Mick Jagger and a man named Jimmy in Excelsior, Minnesota when the Rolling Stones were performing at the now-defunct Excelsior Amusement Park.

--JohnPomeranz 15:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's an article on the man named 'Jimmy', who was apparently "Mr. Jimmy" Hutmaker who recently died at the age of 75 [1]

--Kiwipat 19:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Hidden message? Strange noise?

From after the choir syas their last part to the trumpet line, approx 00:49-00:54, there is this weird background drumbeat-thing. Possibly backmasking, but i don't have a device to play it backwards. If anyone has insights about this, please write here or on my talk page. Thanks. Billytrousers 16:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

It's part of "Midnight Rambler," in the left channel immediately after the choir and before the French Horn. I have no clue why it's there, but my guess is that it may have printed-through onto the tape that Al Kooper's horn was recorded on. Similar weirdness includes the "Ticket to Ride" music at the very end of "Eclipse" from Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon." Jjm905 (talk) 02:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


-- In popular culture: in television -- The title of the simpsons episode "You Kent Always Say What You Want"(Season 18;episode 23) is a play on this Rolling Stones song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.74.248.9 (talk) 18:01, 16 December 2007 (UTC)