Made of Stone
| "Made of Stone" | ||||
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| Single by The Stone Roses | ||||
| from the album The Stone Roses | ||||
| B-side | Going Down | |||
| Released | February 1989 (UK) | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded |
Zomba's Battery Studios Konk Studios Rockfield | |||
| Genre | Madchester | |||
| Length | 4:11 | |||
| Label | Silvertone Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Ian Brown, John Squire | |||
| Producer(s) | John Leckie | |||
| The Stone Roses singles chronology | ||||
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"Made of Stone" is a single from The Stone Roses' eponymous debut album. Jackson Pollock is referenced (along with his work No. 5, 1948) in the B-side "Going Down" in the line "Passion looks like a painting, Jackson Pollock's No. 5".
Pollock's paintings influenced the cover art that guitarist John Squire did for the album, as well as the band's musical instruments.
The band made their début on national British TV by performing this song on BBC's cultural show The Late Show in September 1989. The power went out 60 seconds into the song and Ian Brown walked off shouting "amateurs...amateurs...we're wasting our time here lads".[1]
The song was used during some of the road trip scenes in the 1997 American film, Heaven or Vegas. Also in the PSP 2005 videogame World Tour Soccer
The B-side "Guernica" (the title references Pablo Picasso's Guernica) is "Made of Stone" in reverse, but with unrelated lyrics.
John Squire said: "'Made of Stone' about making a wish and watching it happen. Like scoring a goal in a Cup final...on a Harley Electra Glide...dressed as Spider-Man".
Track listing
1989 release
- 7" vinyl (Silvertone ORE 2)
catalogue number in black
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- 12" vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 2)
catalogue number in black
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- Guernica (4:23)
1990 reissue
- 7" vinyl (Silvertone ORE 2)
catalogue number in blue
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- 12" vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 2), Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 2), CD (Silvertone ORE CD 2)
catalogue number in blue on 12" vinyl
- Made of Stone (4:11)
- Going Down (2:46)
- Guernica (4:23)
References
- ↑ Murphy, John. "The Stone Roses - The Very Best Of (Silvertone)". musicOMH.com