100 Years Ago
"100 Years Ago" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup."[2] The song is described by Tom Maginnis in his review as having a, "wistful air with a country lilt... before making several tempo shifts into a funky, sped-up groove..."[3] The song's lyrics see Jagger reflect on aging: Now all my friends is wearing worried smiles, Living out a dream of what they was; Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up?Went out walkin' through the wood the other day; Can't you see the furrows in my forehead?What tender days, we had no secrets hid away; Now it seems about a hundred years agoThe song then veers into a distinctive breakdown, slowing considerably before Jagger begins singing a verse in a noticeable drawl (beginning with the lyrics, "Call... Me... Lazybones...Ain't got no time to waste away"), before speeding back-up and turning into a funk jam of sorts.[3] Recording took place at Dynamic Sounds studio in Kingston, Jamaica, in November and December, 1972, with a final mix conducted in June 1973.