174. Stick out your tongue and say "uh-uh"

174. "Emotional Rescue" by The Rolling Stones

After four beautiful women all in a row, it's time to rip the beauty band-aid off and experience a little bit of the ugliness of rock 'n roll. And who better to do that than a wild-eyed, pouty-lipped Mick Jagger? Yes, ladies, if you are experiencing intense emotional distress, he's the man to come to your rescue.




There are few guaranteed things in life, but one of them is my ability to make my wife laugh by trying (and failing) to sing any rock song in a high falsetto. On this song, I'm a riot. Also, this is one of those rare gems that I can sing along with (while my wife chuckles) and think, "I might just sound better than this guy!"

But there is a lot of good stuff going on in this song that makes it a very enjoyable listen. The bass line supplies just the right amount of disco funk. The sexy sax solo is so good that it transcends time and space, as evidenced by the fact that the gyrating sax player keeps popping in and out of camera throughout the video. He's there…no, he's gone…there he is…where did he go?…right there…I don't see him!…oh, he's by the door. Maybe that's what's going on. He only comes into the room when the sax part needs to be played. A completely invisible keyboardist lays down some nice bits that help fill out the sound when the lead and rhythm guitarists take a break to guzzle some whiskey and powder their nostrils. There's the background "uh-uhs" that are loads of fun to sing. And the spoken part is tremendously entertaining, especially if you've ever had fantasies of being a knight in shining armor and/or a deranged stalker, riding across the desert on a fine Arab chaaaaaaahjaaahh while chanting "You will be mine, you will be mine, all mine!"

Yes, the only thing that would make that fantasy more wonderfuller is if it could all take place in strobing thermo-vision. Because how can I come to my love's emotional rescue if I don't first put her into an epileptic seizure?

The Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue (Full Thermo-Vision Version)