Child of the Moon # 81

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As the non-LP B-side of the Rolling Stones' "Jumping Jack Flash" single in 1968, "Child of the Moon" was one of the more obscure tracks the band released in the 1960s, although it got a slightly wider hearing when it was included in the More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) collection in the early '70s. Along with "Jumping Jack Flash" itself, it was the first recording the Stones released that was produced by Jimmy Miller, and was indicative of their slide toward a slightly more laid-back, funkier rock sound than they'd pursued on their more pop- and psychedelic-influenced 1966-1967 releases. The song has its champions as an undiscovered nugget of the group's catalog, but there's a reason it was a B-side: it's filler, and not one of their most distinguished late-'60s efforts by any means. There's a bit of a drone to the melody and a pronounced drawl to the Mick Jagger lead vocal, like a bit of a hangover from the chorus crescendos of their 1967 single "We Love You." "Child of the Moon" is a less memorable tune than "We Love You," however, with a bit of a hangover from their psychedelic era as well in the lyrics comparing the woman to a "Child of the Moon." That's a more benign, cosmic view of women, à la "She's a Rainbow," than the group often offered. As he often did during this era, Nicky Hopkins added session piano; the saxophone is played by Brian Jones, in one of the less heralded of his many contributions of instrumentation other than guitar on Rolling Stones records. For such a relatively little-known Rolling Stones song, it's gotten its share of covers, including versions by alternative rock bands the Celibate Rifles and Band of Susans.