The Rolling Stones: Difference between revisions

** ''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.

* [[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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