Originally released on the band’s 1971 album, Long Player, I first heard this song during an especially violent episode of “The Sopranos.” I believe it was when Steve Buscemi’s character deviated from his “going it straight” lifestyle to kill a man that had wronged him in the past.
The song made for a perfect soundtrack, with its lyrics “Mother don’t you recognize your son? / coming home, ’cause I failed you mother” sung by a not-yet-castrated Rod Stewart. (Stewart had loads of good rock in the early ’70s.) The song is all about falling from grace, and anyone who likes the Rolling Stones’ bluesy stuff from the late ’60s/early ’70s will probably enjoy this tune.
Listen to a song clip here.
