{"id":1520,"date":"2015-05-13T00:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T22:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WProclamatio\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2015-05-22T13:14:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T11:14:23","slug":"the-rolling-stones-2000-light-years-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.horus.cz\/WProclamatio\/the-rolling-stones-2000-light-years-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uSR5A--rSOs\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8222;<b>2000 Light Years from Home<\/b>&#8220; is a song from <a title=\"The Rolling Stones\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rolling_Stones\">The Rolling Stones<\/a>&#8218; 1967 <a title=\"Psychedelic rock\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychedelic_rock\">psychedelic rock<\/a> album <i><a title=\"Their Satanic Majesties Request\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request\">Their Satanic Majesties Request<\/a><\/i>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-pc46_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> Written by <a title=\"Mick Jagger\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_Jagger\">Mick Jagger<\/a> and <a title=\"Keith Richards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Richards\">Keith Richards<\/a>, it also appeared as the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"B-side\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-side\">B-side<\/a> to the American single &#8222;<a title=\"She's a Rainbow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/She%27s_a_Rainbow\">She&#8217;s a Rainbow<\/a>&#8222;, and charted as a single in Germany. Jagger reportedly wrote the lyrics in <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Brixton prison\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brixton_prison\">Brixton prison<\/a> following his conviction on drug charges in June 1967.<sup id=\"cite_ref-davisp217_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> The working title of the instrumental backing was &#8222;Toffee Apple&#8220;. The prominent string part is played by <a title=\"Brian Jones\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Jones\">Brian Jones<\/a> on <a title=\"Mellotron\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mellotron\">mellotron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The number was regularly featured during the Stones&#8217; 1989-90 <a title=\"Steel Wheels\/Urban Jungle Tour\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steel_Wheels\/Urban_Jungle_Tour\">Steel Wheels\/Urban Jungle Tours<\/a>; until 1997, when &#8222;She&#8217;s a Rainbow&#8220; was also added to the band&#8217;s stage repertoire, it was the only track from <i>Satanic Majesties<\/i> that the band had performed in concert.<\/p>\n<p>After disappearing from setlists completely for 23 years, &#8222;2000 Light Years from Home&#8220; was performed on 29 June 2013 at Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The song is used in the film <i><a title=\"Men in Black 3\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Men_in_Black_3\">Men in Black 3<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-body\">\n<div id=\"lyrics-body-text\">\n<p class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em>Sun turnin&#8216; &#8218;round with graceful motion<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We&#8217;re setting off with soft explosion<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bound for a star with fiery oceans<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re a 100 light years from home<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em>Freezing red deserts turn to dark<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Energy here in every part<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re 600 light years from home<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em>It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re a 1000 light years from home<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re a 1000 light years from home<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em>Bell flight 14 you now can land<\/em><br \/>\n<em> See you on Aldebaran<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Safe on the green desert sand<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re 2000 light years from home<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It&#8217;s so very lonely<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;re 2000 light years from home<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"writers\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><strong>Songwriters<\/strong><br \/>\nJAGGER, MICK \/ RICHARDS, KEITH<\/p>\n<p class=\"writers\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><strong>Published by<\/strong><br \/>\nLyrics \u00a9 ABKCO Music Inc.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mick Jagger\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mick_Jagger\">Mick Jagger<\/a> \u2013 <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lead vocals\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lead_vocals\">lead<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Backing vocals\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Backing_vocals\">backing vocals<\/a>, <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Percussion\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Percussion\">percussion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brian Jones\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Jones\">Brian Jones<\/a>\u2013 <a title=\"Mellotron\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mellotron\">Mellotron<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Keith Richards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Richards\">Keith Richards<\/a> \u2013 <a title=\"Electric guitar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_guitar\">electric guitar<\/a>, backing vocals<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bill Wyman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Wyman\">Bill Wyman<\/a> \u2013 <a title=\"Bass guitar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bass_guitar\">bass guitar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charlie Watts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Watts\">Charlie Watts<\/a>: <a title=\"Drum kit\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drum_kit\">drums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Additional personnel<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Nicky Hopkins\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicky_Hopkins\">Nicky Hopkins<\/a> \u2013 intro\/outro piano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8222;2000 Light Years from Home&#8220; 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