Paint it black translation. The Rolling Stones - "Paint it, Black": black paints of rock and roll with half a century of history

The song "Paint it, Black" is one of the most famous creations of The Rolling Stones. Perhaps, in popularity, it is second only to another hit of the team - « » .

Despite more than half a century of history, The Rolling Stones song "Paint it, Black" - " must have” has been on the playlists for several generations of rock and roll lovers and self-respecting rock radio stations. Possessing some kind of mystical appeal, she does not get bored even after thousands of auditions.

The history of the creation of the song "Paint it, Black"

The release date of "Paint it, Black" (translation of the song - "Paint it black") as a single fell on "damn Friday" - May 13, 1966 (in the UK, and in the USA - May 7).

It is believed that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are behind its creation, for the most part. But it wouldn't have been that delectable hit without Brian Jones' original riff and Bill Wyman's bottom-line work.

It was originally planned that the composition would be more rhythmic, rough and funky. But in the end, it was decided to replace the usual guitar with an Indian sitar, which the band brought from Fiji. And according to Richards, that's what made the whole song.

Later music critics put forward versions that The Rolling Stones in "Paint it, Black" copied The Beatles, who used the sitar in the song "Norwegian Wood" (Jones was familiar with the Beatle who was fond of this instrument - George Harrison). But they might as well have criticized the band for playing guitar or drums or whatever. musical instrument that someone has played before.

In addition, even though official version and claims that the Indian instrument appeared in the band's repertoire under the influence of the Beatles, in an interview with Mick Jagger there is a mention of a "freaky" playing the sitar in some kind of jazz band, whom the "Rollings" met in the studio during the recording " Paint it Black. They allegedly liked the unusual muffled sound of the sitar so much that they decided to make it the "basis" of a future hit.

In general, it doesn't matter how exactly, but it happened, and the right instrument was definitely chosen - with an ordinary guitar, this song would hardly have become so memorable.

Another experiment was carried out by Bill Wyman, who wanted to set off the soft sound of the sitar with deeper lows. But since it was impossible to achieve the desired effect with a bass guitar, Bill sat down at the electric organ. Rather lie down. He sprawled on the floor and beat on the pedals with his fists.

Unlike the musical component, on which almost all members of The Rolling Stones worked, the text "Paint it, Black" from the first to last word composed by Mick Jagger.

Secrets hidden behind the "red door"

As is usually the case with most classic rock hits, no special significance the song does not. The text of “Paint it, Black” is simple: the guy has lost his beloved, he can’t bear the colorful life raging around him, and he wants everything around to become as black and dreary as his attitude.

But the fans could not put up with such minimalism. And came up with several alternative interpretations.

In an attempt to attribute a special meaning to the text "Paint it, Black", the Rolling Stones fans seized on almost the only metaphor - the "red door". And they rushed to invent what kind of allegory is hidden here. She was carried to the door brothel, the entrance to the Catholic Church and even associated with the color of the flag of the Soviet Union.

And in the 80s, the film Full Metal Jacket and the TV series Lifetime gave new reasons to attribute a non-existent meaning to the lyrics of the song "Paint it, Black" - they began to correlate it with the Vietnam War.

Although in fairness it’s still worth mentioning that the participants in the Vietnamese armed conflict noted that The Rolling Stones’ hit “Paint it, Black” really meant a lot to them - it conveyed the general mood that reigned in the ranks of the American army and fit perfectly into the environment.

Also adding to the confusion was a mistake by the Decca record label. He released a single with a mistake - he put a comma before the word "black". The latest version of the translation "Paint it, Black" ("Paint it, black") sparkled with new colors. She began to attribute a racist meaning.

But Mick Jagger stubbornly denied all speculation. According to him, the music and lyrics of "Paint it, Black" were written in an atmosphere of goofing off. For them, this song was a kind of comedy track.

But the most interesting thing is that after the recording, the musicians got the feeling that the song was not written by them. Familiar games played a couple of thousand times in three days became strangers.

“Sometimes you feel like you didn’t write them. Song Paintit, Black" is a bit off the beaten path. Where it came from, I don't know.", Keith Richards admitted.

"Modest" successes "Paint it, Black"

This song became the title track in the album "Aftermath" (1966) and immediately conquered the English-language charts - it settled on the first positions in Billboard and the UK Chart.

The composition also took the leading places in the charts of Canada, as well as the Dutch Top 40. It is noteworthy that the latter again placed the single on the first line after almost 25 years - in 1990.

In 2004, the music magazine of the same name named the song number 174 on its list of the 500 Greatest Rock Hits. Later, the track lost some “position” and dropped to 176th place.

Covers of "Paint it, Black"

It will be hard to find another song with as many covers as "Paint it, Black" by The Rolling Stones. Over the past half century, hundreds of artists have recorded (and still do) their versions of this track. In their own way, the song was performed by musicians of all stripes - from solo singers to heavy metal bands, on different languages peace.

The most "exotic" versions of the song came from Frenchwoman Marie Laforêt and Italian Caterina Caselli, who performed it in their native languages. Both covers followed the original in 1966. But they are perceived as absolutely different songs: each cover was written for a specific stage and for the tastes of local listeners.

A year later, The Animals, who were already known to the whole world, thanks to their version of the song, picked up the trend to cover the hit "Rolling Stones". Eric Burdon first released the track on The Animals' collaborative album Winds of Change, and later on The Black-Man's Burdon, a joint album with the funk band War.

The hit also "leaked" into the elite ranks of blues and jazzmen. Chris Farlowe performed "Paint it, Black" with his characteristic "screaming" vocals, diluting the melody with bowed instruments accompaniment.

After remaking the song, the masters "rushed" instrumental music. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, Johnny Harris and the London Symphony Orchestra presented their fantasies.

Heavy versions of the song are also available. For example, in performance groups The Agony Scene and Ministry, who released covers in rather peculiar arrangements. The first team made the song more rhythmic, doubling the tempo of the melody and at the same time adding rumbling drums and growls. And Ministry diluted the even build of chords with a long guitar solo.

The tendency to rehash this hit by The Rolling Stones was also adopted in Russia. The Nautilus Pompilus group in the 90s liked to close concerts with a cover of this particular song - Butusov managed to perform it very similarly and at the same time in his own way, which is why many liked his version even more than the original.

Also noteworthy are covers performed by Rage, Zdob si Zdub, W.A.S.P, the German version by Karel Gott and the Ukrainian version by the Stone Guest band.

"Paint It Black" as OST

As for the use of "Paint it, Black" by The Rolling Stones in movies/TV shows/games, the list is pretty long too. Here are just a few of the most famous ones:

• Movies - The Devil's Advocate, Echoes, Full Metal Jacket, For the Love of the Game, in the trailer for The Mummy (2017).
• Series - "My Name is Earl", "Parts of the Body", "Westworld".
• Games - Twisted Metal: Black, Conflict: Vietnam, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Mafia III, in the Call of Duty: Black Ops III trailer.

Last updated: August 9th, 2017 by rock star

I see a red door and I want it painted black

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it's been painted black
Maybe then I "ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

1966

Paint it black

I see a red door and I want it to be painted black.
No other colors, I want them all to be black.

I see a stream of cars and they are all black.
Flowers and my love will never come back to me.
I see people turning around and quickly looking away -
Like the birth of a child, it happens every day.

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it's painted black.
Maybe then I'll disappear, and I won't have to face reality.
It's not easy to accept the fact that your whole world has gone black.

Never again will my green sea turn blue
I can't predict if this will happen to you.
If I look closely at the setting sun,
My beloved will laugh with me until morning.

I see a red door and I wish it was black
No other colors, I want to see everything in black.
I see girls walking in summer dresses
I must turn away until my darkness is gone.

I want to see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal.
I want to see the sun erased from the sky
I want to see everything painted, painted, painted, painted black...

Paint it black

Streams of black cars fly through the window,
Withered everything, love, will you come back to me?
I look into everyone's eyes - but everyone looks away
As if children are afraid of everyone.

I looked into myself - and my heart turned black
And my door is black, as I wanted it
Disappear or something to me, so that this world is empty
Didn't cut my soul with your blackness?

Not to be a green-blue sea wave,
Who knew what would happen to you and me?
The sun goes down, and again everything is like yesterday
And I hear the laughter of my love until the morning ...

I'll paint my front door black
It was as if there were no other colors and no ...
I would be glad to look at the dresses of young maidens,
But the blackness blinds me white light again.

I see only this black-black color,
The color of the night, the color of coal, there is no more hope,
And the sun in the sky is probably no more
And in this world everything is only one black color

Translation of the song: Marat Akhtyamov

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"Paint It Black" ("Paint it black") - English song rock bands The Rolling Stones from the Aftermath album, released as a single on May 13, 1966, Friday. The title of the song was originally spelled without a comma: "Paint It Black". Keith Richards has stated that Decca Records added the comma.

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, although Brian Jones contributed to the riff.

The single reached number one on both the United States and UK charts in 1966. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Paint It Black" at number 174 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

The song "Paint It Black" was used as the soundtrack for famous movie Full Metall Jacket (Full Metal Jacket) Kubrick.

"Paint It Black - here I wrote the melody, he [Mig Jagger] wrote the words. It's not like in any phrase you can say: this one wrote that, that one did that. But the musical riff, as a rule, came from me." (Keith Richards, from Life)

During that period, spent at RCA from the end of 1965 to the summer of 1966, we clearly tried to slowly push the usual boundaries - quite consciously. Take Paint It Black, for example, which was recorded in March 1966 and became our sixth number one in the UK. Brian Jones, who by that time had become a multi-instrumentalist "tied up with the guitar", played the sitar in it. The style of this thing was different from anything I had done before. Maybe that time the inner Jew spoke up in me. For me, it looks more like "Hava Nagila" or some kind of gypsy loss. Maybe I got hooked main theme at grandfather. But it clearly lies on a different plane than everything else. By that time I had already traveled the world, I had ceased to be a strict adherent of the Chicago blues. (Keith Richards, "Life")

Rolling Stones - Paint It Black lyrics provided for educational purposes for personal development.

For starters - a little chatter for life. Without this, translation exercises are not fun for me. And if someone is not happy with my **** deceit, but for some kind of goblin they need a translation, then - Ctrl + F "TRANSLATION"

The other day I was visiting a friend's dacha. To expand on the personality of a friend would be too broad. He will be interrupted by the fact that appears in every second of my essays, not counting a separate story dedicated to him entirely. Let me just say that not the last evidence of his brilliant virtues is the choice of a place for his hacienda.

Voskresensky district of the Moscow region. The Lord created it, and the Soviet government plowed up and down the quarries, thoroughly mixing all natural layers and shaking out the sands of the Jurassic Sea to the surface. Probably, any other government would have done this, because the extraction of phosphates and phosphorites does not depend much on ideology. The end result matters. And he is very nice. It turned out, perhaps, the most beneficial intervention in the environment of all possible.

Now these quarries are exhausted and abandoned, after them there are picturesque dunes, abundant pine plantations and many gorgeous sandy lakes, completely different from those manure puddles that are commonly called lakes in the rest of the Moscow region.

What can I say, the place is noble, exclusive. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that the blunt-nosed nouveaux riches and every small-grass bureaucratic swindler failed and could not see the charms of the Seine landscapes. In that environment, it is considered an immutable rule: if you suddenly have a million bucks, be kind enough to swell it into a miserable piece of land along the Rublyovo-Uspenskoe highway and build an ugly halabuda there among a crowd of people like her. And every day to push in a traffic jam on a narrow highway, where an overdressed asshole finds out whose light bulb is blue. And every day - to contemplate the frazzled faces of their neighbors, the same dispossessed and slaves of their miserable status. In our environment of noble pirates, a house in Barvikha or Zhukovka is considered a clinical diagnosis.

The Sensky district, with its picturesque open spaces, a sufficient distance from the metropolis and a pleasant few people, is a completely different matter. Now many of our people have acquired latifundia there, but Lyoshka was the first. And one of his main motives is “the trial there is cool”.

And indeed, these sultry dunes, these sharp ridges, these tricky pits give indescribable sensations when you pass them on a jeep that rolls against all laws of gravity. At such moments, you especially clearly understand why the Lord created the sand, the Soviet government created the Sena quarries, and the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant created Hunter (in this place there could be a hymn to Hunter's off-road articles, but I'll wait until UAZ fork out for paying for PR).

And as it was established experimentally, the best musical accompaniment for such dizzying exercises is the composition of the Stone Pokatushki group “Give Dill!” I mean, Rolling Stones, "Paint it Black".

And at one moment I thought - why not translate this song? It's not that this is an urgent task facing the development of world culture, but when some whim comes into my head, I don't worry too much about its compliance with the urgent tasks of the development of world culture. I wanted to - and translated.

Actually,
TRANSLATION

But first, the original:

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it's been painted black
Maybe then I "ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

And now - the translation. You can also call it a joke, because this translation, although almost verbatim, is not without mockery. In fact, it would be gloomy idiocy to translate the texts of The Rollings as they are, without mockery. Because they are pretty badass in and of themselves.
Or rather, as Pegasus hit me in the head - so I translated, and to hell with the academic base. :-)

"Total Ochernilovo"
(performed with a slight mountain accent)

Here are the cars in a row, and they are all black
Flowers wilted, and love's days are numbered
Here people turn their heads and look away
Periodically, like sex every night.

I looked into myself - my soul is black
And the red door - now it's all black.
I'll probably fade - and it will become easier for me
It's not easy, listen, to be bright in pitch darkness.

Sea blue won't dove me
Wah, and with you, damn it, the same garbage?
But if you watch the sunset for a long, long time -
The lamp of love will return in the morning.

Here is a red door - I want to paint it black
Everything will become black and there are no other shades
Here in the summer skirts of girls there is a jamb -
I turned away to dispel my darkness.

Hmm-hmm-uhm-uh-huh

I want to paint everything black
Like night, like soot, and like Marley Bob
How our quartet zalabet reggae -
So black-black will come to everyone's coffin
Wah!

Reviews

Here is the translation - I want to rejiggle it
and blacken to whitewash, Masha wat!
But Ferrier - I want to reread it,
he is clear-red, he cannot give a shadow for the day!

I looked into myself - my soul ferrier,
black from thoughts of men and beasts,
oh how will she, oh how will she whitewash me?

Artem will write something else, maybe?

Many thanks to the author. I didn't even think about registering here. But after searching the Internet for more translations of Pain it black, I realized that I would be wrong if I didn’t at least thank you. I'm not a fan of the Rollings at all... I'm more like listening to Uriah Heep, Deep Pirple, or the eternal old Blackmore in Rainbow. But for some reason this song constantly hooked me .., hooked me to a non-literal translation, and to the point that I got into the Internet to look for what people there think about it. Well, that's the whole story. Thanks again

Many consider one of the most mysterious compositions of the legendary rock band. For fans of the group, it causes different associations.

For some, it's a song about the Vietnam War. Others see in it allusions to the confrontation with the communists, the Catholic religion, visiting brothels and something else. Interestingly, the Rolling Stones didn't tell too little about the history of the song's creation, but at the same time, their explanations did not shed much light on its true meaning.

History of the song Paint It Black

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are believed to be the authors of Paint It Black, although there is an opinion that other members of the group also helped to compose the song. Where they drew inspiration from, one can only guess, but possible sources name the work of the legendary musician Bob Dylan, the occult writer Dennis Wheatley and the avant-garde artist Ed Reinhard.

From the lyrics of the song Paint It Black, you can understand that it is performed on behalf of a man whose beloved has died. The bright colors of the surrounding world are so out of harmony with his condition that he wants to paint over everything black.

Where did the other interpretations of Paint It Black come from? They appeared because of the desire of the band's fans to find an explanation for literally every word. Really, what red door is Mick Jagger singing about? Does it lead to a church, a brothel, or does it refer us to the red Soviet flag? Decide for yourself. It is possible that there is nothing behind these words at all.

Paint It Black was associated with Vietnam only in the late 1980s, when it featured in the Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket and the Vietnam War television series Tour of Duty. However, many American veterans who took part in the hostilities recall that for them the song had a special meaning even during their service, as it accurately reflected the mood that reigned in their ranks.

IN musically Paint It Black is remembered, first of all, by Brian Jones playing the sitar. He became interested in this oriental instrument after visiting. According to Keith Richards, it was "Brian's playing the sitar that did the whole song".

Recording and release

Paint It Black was released in May 1966 as the first single from the Aftermath album. She soon topped the US and UK charts. New wave success was waiting for the song in 1990, when it reappeared in the charts of several countries.

Rolling Stone ranked Paint It Black #176 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Check out the music video for Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones.

• "Paint It Black" is one of the early songs Rolling Stones, the rights to which are wholly owned by their former manager Allen Klein.
• Decca's record company made the mistake of writing the name with a comma - "Paint It, Black", which changed its meaning ("Paint it black" instead of "Paint it black").
• "Paint It Black" is featured in the movie The Devil's Advocate.
• The Animals performed "Paint It Black" on .

LyricsPaint It Black The Rolling Stones	Translation of the songPaint It Black The Rolling Stones
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love, both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday	I see a line of cars and they're all black With flowers and my love that will never return I see people turn in my direction and quickly look away Like the birth of a baby, it happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and it's been painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black	I look inside myself and see my heart has turned black I see my red door and it's been painted black too Maybe then I'll waste away and not have to face the facts It's not easy to take them when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes	Never again will my green sea turn dark blue I couldn't have foreseen that something like this would happen to you. If I gaze hard enough into the setting sun, My love will laugh with me until the dawn
I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes	I see a red door and I want to paint it black No more colors, I want them to turn black I see girls in summer dresses passing by I have to turn away until the sullenness leaves me
I wanna see it painted black, painted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black	I want it all blacked out, blacked out Black as night, black as coal I want the sun in the sky filled with ink I want it painted over, painted over, painted over, painted over black