Dead Flowers
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| "Dead Flowers" | ||
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | ||
| from the album Sticky Fingers | ||
| Released | April 23, 1971 | |
| Recorded | December 15, 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4m:03s | |
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | |
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |
| Sticky Fingers track listing | ||
| "Sister Morphine" (8) |
"Dead Flowers" (9) |
"Moonlight Mile" (10) |
"Dead Flowers" is a song by rock and roll band Rolling Stones off of their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Recording on "Dead Flowers" began on December 15, 1969 at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama.
According to some interpretations, the song is about a man whose girlfriend left him and because of his sadness turns to drugs to make him feel better:
| “ | Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac, making bets on Kentucky Derby Day, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon, and another girl can take my pain away | ” |
"Dead Flowers" is said to refer to heroin. The needle and spoon are also paraphernalia common with heroin use. The song is notable for its use of the Stones' core members each playing their respective instruments, with Ian Stewart on piano and singer Mick Jagger taking up acoustic guitar.
The song, in a version by Townes van Zandt, is in the Coen brothers movie, The Big Lebowski, in one of the many bowling alley scenes. It is featured after Donny's ashes are spread.
The Stones performed the song on September 29, 2006 during their A Bigger Bang Tour at Louisville's famed Churchill Downs, in reference to the previously quoted line from the song. A live cut from their 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour can be found on the 1995 live album Stripped.
Guns N' Roses performed the song at a number of shows during 1993 as part of their acoustic set.
