Talk:Lady Jane (song)

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Is this song really more important than the film with Helena Bonham Carter? PatGallacher 12:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Probably.[reply]

Yes, yes it is. 58.161.224.215 (talk) 10:34, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have Jagger and/or Richards ever said whether the song is a reference to Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 12 February 1554)? If it is, and I don't know one way or the other, the irony is that life was not "secure" for the man who married Lady Jane Grey. They both were executed by their cousin, Mary Tudor. Perhaps someone who knows more about the music of the Rolling Stones can answer this question and add the information to the entry. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.22.47.232 (talk) 01:50, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry guys, 'Lady Jane' is a standard, childish UK euphemism for vagina, the term is also used in an early draft of Lady Chatterly's lover, which was called John Thomas and Lady Jane, John Thomas being the male equivalent of Lady J. Pincrete (talk) 22:21, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains more than the usual amount of wikibollocks. The dulcimer used on Lady Jane, as is apparent to anyone who has actually listened to the record, is a European ("Hammered") dulcimer. Brian Jones did not realise that it was meant to be played with hammers, and instead played it finger-style, like a zither. Fariña, World Music - all bollocks. Obviously written by someone more interested in "world music" than in the Rolling Stones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.10.179 (talk) 21:37, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And I’d just like to add here, on a wikibollocks note, that the ‘harpsichord’ on Lennon’s ‘’In My Life’’ is a speeded-up piano, played by George Martin. And, FWIW, Lennon later whined that Martin had ruined his song by adding ‘an Elizabethan bit’. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:685F:7A49:9D34:1ADA (talk) 05:23, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I find it extremely unfair to delete my contribution. All the live performances apart from the official live album are available on Youtube, be it as a video or an audio recording. I find it interesting that the song vanished from the concert repertoire in 1967 but was unearthed for one single performance in 2012. At least, a prominent rock group is represented by the live repertoire the choose for their tours, and there are examples for other songs where such information is given. This does not motivate me to work further for Wikipedia.

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Live performances and live recording "Lady Jane" was performed during the Rolling Stones concert tours in 1966 and 1967. On TV, it was performed on the "Ed Sullivan Show" on 11 September 1966 with live vocals to a prerecorded instrumental playback, and on British TV show "Thank Your Lucky Stars". An official live recording (probably with some overdubs) was released on the live album "Got live itf you want it!" in 1966. Another live recording from Honolulu, Hawaii, on 28 July 1966 was part of a radio broadcast, as was a live recording from Milan, Italy, 8 April 1967 and another one from Paris, April 11, 1967. After decades, the Rolling Stones performed the song again once during their concert at the 02 Arena in London on 29 February 2012.