After the formidable and announced at the last performance in the "Together At Home" show, the digital show organized by Lady Gaga for the World Health Organization, the Rolling Stones, surprisingly return with a new single, "Living in A Ghost Town ", the first in eight years. Keith Richards explained that it is a song recorded a year ago in Los Angeles for a new album. "Given what happened with Mick we thought we would finish working on it because it was right to get it out right now."
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So the Stones in solitary confinement got back to work. And just Jagger explained that "It was not written now but it adapts to the situation we are experiencing. It is the story of a place full of life that becomes a place where there is nothing more ... a 'Ghost Town' ... ". "This song reflects the mood of the moment," said Charlie Watts. It is a rather dark song, Ronnie Wood in his message defined the melody "poignant", with a very "laid back" reggae blues pattern, guitars in the foreground and overdubs that intertwine with the harmonica. A vaguely Tarantine atmosphere. As for the text, true to the line, it is obviously far from reassuring: the first verse ends "Life was so wonderful before they all closed us, we feel like a ghost living in a ghost town". And this is the air that pulls for the whole song that doesn't make any discounts in the finale: "if I want a party it's a party for one". If it also applies to Mick Jagger ....