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"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968.〔 Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by ''Rolling Stone'', the song was perceived by some as the band's return to their blues roots after the psychedelia of their preceding albums ''Aftermath'' (1966), ''Between the Buttons'' (1967), ''Flowers'' (1967), and ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' (1967).〔 One of the group's most popular and recognizable songs, it has featured in films and been covered by numerous performers, notably Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Johnny Winter. ==Inspiration and recording== Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, recording on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" began during the ''Beggars Banquet'' sessions of 1968. Regarding the song's distinctive sound, guitarist Richards has said: Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack."〔A ''jumping jack'' is an old-fashioned toy – see Jumping jack (toy).〕 The rest of the lyrics evolved from there.〔 Humanities scholar Camille Paglia〔Paglia, Camille. (1991) ''Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson'', New York: Vintage Books, ISBN 0-679-73579-8, p. 281〕 speculated that the song's lyrics might have been partly inspired by William Blake's poem "The Mental Traveller": "She binds iron thorns around his head / And pierces both his hands and feet / And cuts his heart out of his side / To make it feel both cold & heat." Jagger said in a 1995 interview with ''Rolling Stone'' that the song arose "out of all the acid of ''Satanic Majesties''. It's about having a hard time and getting out. Just a metaphor for getting out of all the acid things." And in a 1968 interview, Brian Jones described it as "getting back to ... the funky, essential essence" following the psychedelia of ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' In his autobiography, ''Stone Alone'', Bill Wyman has claimed that he came up with the song's distinctive main guitar riff on a piano without being credited for it.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jumpin' Jack Flash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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