The Rolling Stones live in concert, performing 2000 Light Years from Home, the b-side to “She’s a Rainbow” and a deep cut from their first psychedelic album which was despised by many fans at the time but later seen as one of many great concept albums of its era.
“2000 Light Years From Home” is a song from The Rolling Stones‘ 1967 psychedelic rock album Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it also appeared as the B-side to the U.S. single “She’s a Rainbow“. Jagger reportedly wrote the lyrics in Brixton prison following his conviction on drug charges in June 1967.[1] The working title of the instrumental backing was “Toffee Apple”. The prominent string part is played by Brian Jones on mellotron.
The number was regularly featured during the Rolling Stones’ 1989-90 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tours; until 1997, when “She’s a Rainbow” was also added to the band’s stage repertoire, it was the only track from Satanic Majesties that the band had performed in concert.
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