Other members of the Rolling Stones have on several occasions made statements concerning Brian Jones' songwriting. All of them are negative answers to the question of him writing any. Several points they make reoccur, such as a lack of talent for writing songs, and him puzzling with many forever unfinished melodies, which Keith Richards even claims "didn't deserve completion". His fellow bandmembers are quick to swipe away the idea of any songwriting of his, but does this mean he didn't write, or that the stones have simply forgot or not heard any original songs by the timid Brian Jones?
Let's have a look at what each member has stated to the public concerning the topic. I have of course, only the various statements I know about and have found, and of all probability there are more quotes that are out there. If so, please comment. But of the ones I've found, here they are:
Mick Jagger:
"To be honest, Brian had no talent for writing songs. None. I've never known a guy with less talent for songwriting."
(Said to "Rolling Stone" in "Jagger Remembers" 1995).
"To be honest, Brian had no talent for writing songs. None. I've never known a guy with less talent for songwriting."
(Said to "Rolling Stone" in "Jagger Remembers" 1995).
Keith Richards:
"No, no, absolutely not. That was the one thing he would never do. Brian wouldn't show them to anybody within the Stones. Brian as far as I know never wrote a single finished song in his life; he wrote bits and pieces but he never presented them to us. No doubt he spent hours, weeks, working on things, but his paranoia was so great that he could never bring himself to present them to us"
(Said to "Guitar Player Magazine" in 2008).
"No, no, absolutely not. That was the one thing he would never do. Brian wouldn't show them to anybody within the Stones. Brian as far as I know never wrote a single finished song in his life; he wrote bits and pieces but he never presented them to us. No doubt he spent hours, weeks, working on things, but his paranoia was so great that he could never bring himself to present them to us"
(Said to "Guitar Player Magazine" in 2008).
Bill Wyman:
"An incredibly gifted musician, but not a song writer"
"An incredibly gifted musician, but not a song writer"
(Source unknown)
Did not find any statements by Charlie Watts, the stones drummer, who himself has not written anything for the stones.
Why are the member so hostile to the idea? Considering his composition of the soundtrack for "A degree of Murder", how can the stones simply dismiss his skills in such a manner? Did they perhaps want to hide them? If they indeed recorded Jones compositions, it is peculiar that it was left with two unreleased, if existing, songs. Could Jagger and Richards' ego and struggle for power in the band led to a rejection of all of Jones' songs, and then in the aftermath of his death denying his talent? If so, it is a tragedy. If nothing the world deserves all of Brrian Jones' talent, and not any form of masking or denial of it.
P.S.
Don't have the exact links to all the statements here, but they should be easy to track down.
With regards,
Elmo Terry.
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