"Beast of Burden" just played on Pandora, and I was struck again that this song, and everything the Stones did afterward (and for a while beforehand?) is just a simple single vamp played continuously, while Mick sings a modal melody over the top, which was undoubtedly initially improvised then words were put to it.
What was the last Stones song with a real song structure? An instrumental melody, words that are crafted to fit into the instrumental structure, and a chorus-verse-chorus construction? Was "Beast of Burden" the turning point?
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