The
Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
Composer: "Nanker
Phelge" (Rolling Stones)
Recording date: May
1965
Recording location: Chess Studios, Chicago,
USA
Producer: Andrew
Oldham Engineer:
Ron
Malo
Performed onstage: 1965
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitar: Keith
Richards
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Piano: Ian
Stewart
Harmonica: Brian
Jones
Well I'm waiting at the bus stop in downtown
L.A.
But I'd much rather be on a boardwalk on Broadway
Well I'm sitting here thinking just how sharp
I am
I'm an under assistant West Coast promo' man
Yeah, yeah
Well I promote groups when they come into town
Well they laugh at my toupee, they sure do
put me down
Well I'm sitting here thinking just how sharp
I am
I'm a necessary talent behind every rock &
roll band
Yeah I'm sharp, I'm really, really sharp
I sure do earn my pay sitting on the beach
every day, yeah*
I'm real, real sharp, yes I am
I've got a cravat and a seersucker suit, yes
I have
Here comes the bus
Uh-oh, I thought I had... Where's my dime?
I know I've got a dime here somewhere...
(Uh-oh, I'm so sharp, you won't believe how sharp I really am
Don't laugh at me, I'm no phony, I'm no phony...)**
*extra indecipherable line follows on the London Singles Collection (1989)
** additional lines on the London Singles Collection (1989)
TrackTalk
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
was a good-natured jibe at George Sherlock, the London Records promo man
who accompanied us on our first American tour. The track is based on Buster
Brown's 1960 hit, Fannie Mae, which also inspired the Beach Boys'
Help Me Rhonda.
-
Bill Wyman, Rolling With The Stones (2002)
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