If You Can't Rock Me

Album: It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (1974)
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  • The band's on stage and it's one of those nights, oh yeah
    The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah
    You lovely ladies in your leather and lace
    A thousand lips I would love to taste, I've got one heart and it hurts like hell

    If you can't rock me somebody will
    If you can't rock me somebody will

    Now, who's that black girl in the bright blue hair? Oh yeah
    Now, don't you know that it's rude to stare? Oh yeah
    I'm not so green but I'm feelin' so fresh, I simply like to put her to the test
    She's so alive and she's dressed to kill, but

    If you can't rock me somebody will
    If you can't rock me somebody will
    If you can't rock me somebody will
    If you can't rock me somebody will

    Now I ain't lookin' for no pretty face, oh no
    Or for some hooker workin' roughish trade
    And there ain't nothing like a perfect mate
    And I ain't lookin' for no wedding cake

    But I been talkin' 'bout it much too long
    I think I better sing just one more song
    I've got one heart and it hurts like hell
    I'm simply dying for some thrills, spills, oh yeah

    If you can't rock me, if you can't rock me
    Somebody will, somebody will, somebody will
    If you can't rock me
    Well, well, well, well Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 8

  • Whamo from San Clemente, Ca"It's Only Rock and Roll", the song, is a Stones staple in their live shows. The "Only Rock and Roll" album is an interesting salute to the reggae trend of the time. The song, and album, stands up well with time. Billy Preston, RIP, adds a lot to the groove on organ tracks. Musically, the Stones might have been a lot more interesting if Mick Taylor stuck around. But Ron Wood brought new life to the band, so it's all good.
  • Stig from Chicago, IlIf You Can't Rock Me, It's Only Rock and Roll, Luxury, Aint to Proud to Beg, Dance Little Sister, Time Waits for No One.......Sorry.....this album is masterful.....if you don't like it you must have "rocks" in your head, or be afflicted with poor taste.....rock guitar at it's best.
  • Ethan from Portland, OrThey should open shows with this. Much better than the tired Start Me Up!
  • Johnny from Los Angeles, CaThat makes sense. But, still, this is a good album. I really like Ain't to proud to beg, the stones doin motown, doesn't get much better. They should have perfomed that at the superbowl 2006.
  • Keith from Front Royal, VaJimmy Miller left because, like many other people who associated with the Stones too long, he was consumed by the lifestyle. Keith Richards said that during the production of "Goat's Head Soup" a year earlier, "Jimmy spent a month carving a swastika into the control board." He'd lost his marbles.

    I think you're the one who needs to grow up, Joost. Any idiot can tell what "Fingerprint File" is about and most people (including the band) can tell that it's a stupid song. Even the band themselves were dissappointed in this album. The main problem was Keith's drug habit, which often made him late or absent from the recording sessions.
  • Johnny from Los Angeles, CaI have yet to hear this album all the way through, although my parents own the record. I listen to an Rolling Stones Radio on the internet, the basis for most of my Stones comments. Y did Jimmy Miller leave, does anyone know?
  • Joost from UtrechtEuhh...Keith from Front Royal, VA? "bright spots on an otherwise miserable album"?
    You're kidding! Learn to develop your reviewing skills. This is simply a G R E A T Stones album - one of their best. Do you _even slightly_ understand Fingerprint File? Have you heard the title song lately? Come on dude - grow up!
  • Keith from Front Royal, VaI've always liked this song. It and the title song are the bright spots on an otherwise miserable album. In live performances, the Stones fused this together with "Get Off My Cloud" to form an excellent groove.
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