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Moreover, Andy Johns, who made the Nellcôte tapes in a mobile studio outside of the villa, said the "heating vents on the floor were gold swastikas." Richards told Johns that the villa "had been a Gestapo headquarters during the war."ĭuring their exile at the villa, the scene was chaotic. "The roof leaked," continued Taylor, "and there were power failures."

"It's got a raw sound quality, and the reason for that is that the basement was very dingy and very damp," said Mick Taylor, who played lead guitar for the Stones from 1969 to 1974. (1972), and the conditions of its composition have become the subject of rock lore. The album that resulted from his "being told to leave the country," Exile on Main St. "So that's the same as being told to leave the country." "The tax rate in the early '70s on the highest earners was eighty-three percent, and that went up to ninety-eight percent for investments and so-called unearned income," says Richards in his autobiography, Life (2010). Keith Richards rented this French villa to avoid payment on the high income tax back in England. Relaxing and recording in this 1854 French villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte D'Azur in 1971, the Rolling Stones were in tax exile. These famous words found their way into the musty basement of the Villa Nellcôte. “When you’re exposed to a wide segment of the public, somebody’s trying to violate you in some way, but it was nothing like it is now with internet trolls,” Ronstadt said.You got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice. The Rolling Stones’ version begins with “Women think I’m tasty /but they’re always tryin’ to waste me/make me burn the candle right down.” Ronstadt’s version opens with the lines “People try to rape me/always think I’m crazy/make me burn the candle right down.” She revealed she changed the lyrics to reflect issues that often accompany fame. Ronstadt changed the opening lines of the song for her cover version. I felt like I could sing ‘Tumbling Dice’ because I really identified with the lyrics.” Ronstadt told Pop Matters how she came to cover “Tumbling Dice.” “The Rolling Stones were staying out in Malibu for a while,” she recalled. RELATED: Linda Ronstadt Realized She Had to Cover This Song While Listening to It With 1 of The Eagles Why Linda Ronstadt decided to cover ‘Tumbling Dice’