The Rolling Stones: Difference between revisions

[[File:rolling-stones.jpg|frame|From left to right -- Charlie Watts, [[Keith Richards]], [[Mick Jagger]], Ron Wood]]

 

 

 

The band's early recordings were mainly covers of American blues and R&B songs. After first achieving success in the UK, they became popular in the US during [[The British Invasion]] of the early 1960s. Their 1965 single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" established The Rolling Stones as a premier rock and roll act. Starting with their 1966 album ''Aftermath'', the songs of Jagger and Richards, aided by the instrumental experimentation of Jones, expanded an always-present stylistic flexibility. Jones died in 1969 shortly after being fired from the band and was replaced by Mick Taylor. Taylor recorded five studio albums with the band before quitting in 1974. Former Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood stepped in and has been with the band ever since. Wyman left the Rolling Stones in 1993; bassist Darryl Jones, who is not an official band member, has worked with the group since 1994.

 

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* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]

* [[Paint It Black]]

 

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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Ronnie Wood: You know you have a drinking problem when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards need to talk to you about it.

* [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti]]: The ''Beggars Banquet'' cover. Decca Records found it so offensive at the time that they refused to use it, substituting a [[Minimalistic Cover Art|plain white cover]] with a fake dinner invitation instead. The bathroom cover would eventually be restored for the album's CD reissue.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Charlie Watts (the quiet, well-dressed, groupie-spurning one, and a notable aversion of the [[All Drummers Are Animals]] trope) was awoken one night by Mick Jagger (who was drunk) calling his room asking where "my drummer" was. [[Tranquil Fury|Watts proceeded to get up, shave and dress in a pressed suit. He then walked down to Jagger's room and sent him flying with what Keith Richards called "a great fucking right hook".]] Jagger flew into a table and nearly slid out the window before Richards grabbed his leg. Watts yelled, "Don't ever call me 'your drummer' again, you're my fucking singer!" [[Crazy Awesome|and left]].

*** Or Mick Taylor, who replaced Jones and was subsequently replaced by Wood.

* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]: "The Lantern"

* [[Grief Song]]: "Paint It Black"

* [[Groupie Brigade]]

* [[Hey, You]]: Get off of my cloud!

* [[Ice Queen]]: "She's So Cold"

* [[Intercourse with You]]: "Let's Spend the Night Together" being the most blatant.

* [[International Pop Song English]]

** ''Gimme Shelter'', a [[Documentary]] of their disastrous 1969 free concert at Altamont Speedway, has been viewed by some as a meditation on the death of the Sixties.

*** ''[[Intentionally Awkward Title|Cocksucker Blues]]'' (named after the song they recorded to get ''way'' the fuck away from [[Executive Meddling|Decca]], see below) is even worse; it hasn't been ''[[Keep Circulating the Tapes|released.]]'' If the director tries, they'll sue him. Considering [[Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll|what's in it]], that's in their best interest.

* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: Brian Jones supposedly came up with the band's name while trying to get a club booking on the telephone. When the venue's manager asked Jones what his newly-formed group called themselves, he looked at a Muddy Waters album that was sitting on the floor and noticed the first track, "Rollin' Stone Blues".

* [[Live Album]]: Several. ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'', recorded on the 1969 U.S. tour and released in 1970, is generally considered the best of them.

* [[Stage Names]]: "Bill Wyman" was born William George Perks.

** Keith Richards billed himself as "Keith Richard" in the '60s and '70s, in emulation of early British rocker Cliff Richard.

* [[Step Up to the Microphone]]: Keith Richards (numerous songs including "You Got the Silver", "Happy", "Before They Make Me Run", "Little T&A", etc.); Bill Wyman ("In Another Land").

* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: "Gimme Shelter"

* [[Take That]]: When their former record company told them they were obligated to deliver one more single, the band gave them the unreleasable "Cocksucker Blues". [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|It was released in Germany and did well there, though.]]

* [[Textless Album Cover]]: ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', ''It's Only Rock 'n Roll'', ''A Bigger Bang''

** The original UK version of their debut album was textless apart from the standard Decca logo (a rather bold move for the early '60s, especially for a bunch of then-unknowns). This was also done for ''Rolling Stones No. 2'' and the UK version of ''Between the Buttons''.

 

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[[Category:Musicians]]

[[Category:The Sixties]]