Can't You Hear Me Knocking
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.
Details
The song is over seven minutes long, and begins with a signature Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro. At two minutes and forty-three seconds, an instrumental break begins, with Rocky Dijon on congas; saxophonist Bobby Keys performs an extended saxophone solo over the layered guitar work of Richards and Mick Taylor. At 4:40 Taylor takes over from Keys and carries the song to its finish with a lengthy guitar solo.[1] The number was part of the Rolling Stones' concert repertoire during their Licks Tour in 2002–2003 and A Bigger Bang Tour in 2005–2007. In these renditions, Mick Jagger played a harmonica solo after Keys' sax solo, and Ronnie Wood performed the extended guitar solo. A live recording was released on the band's 2003 DVD set Four Flicks and on the 2004 concert album Live Licks. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed it at #25 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time."[2]
In other media
- It is featured in Blow.
- It is featured in its entirety in Casino.
- It is featured in Comedian.
- It is featured in The Fighter.
- It is featured in Without a Paddle.
- It is featured in episode Exile on Main St. of Californication.
- Rapper Juelz Santana sampled it on his song "Blow" from Back Like Cooked Crack Volume One.
- Shortened cover version of the studio track (without the saxophone solo) is featured in 2006 music video game Guitar Hero II.
Personnel
Sticky Fingers
- The Rolling Stones
- Additional musicians
Live Licks
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – vocals
- Keith Richards – guitar
- Ron Wood – guitar
- Charlie Watts – drums
- Additional musicians
References
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