JazzWax clips. While Keith didn't expressly say these songs influenced his opening riff on Street Fighting Man, he did say, Yeah, all of that kind of stuff" when I asked him about these tracks...
The Beach Boys' Cherry, Cerry Coup...
Bo Diddley's technique...
And the eclectic Wall of Sound punch of the Crystals' He's a Rebel...
Here's the Stones' Did Everyone Pay Their Dues?, which would become Street Fighting Man once the lyrics were overhauled...
And here's the mono single of Street Fighting Man...
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