In 1965, the Stones finally proved themselves capable of writing classic ock singles that mined their R&B/lues roots, but updated them into a more guitar-based, thoroughly contemporary context. The first enduring Jagger-Richards classics are here -- "The Last Time," its menacing, folky B-side "Play With Fire," and the riff-driven "Satisfaction," which made them superstars in the States and defined their sound and rebellious attitude better than any other single song. On the rest of the album, they largely opted for mid-'60s soul covers, Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike," Otis Redding's "Cry to Me," and Sam Cooke's "Good Times" being particular standouts. "I'm All Right" (based on a Bo Diddley sound) showed their 1965 sound at its rawest, and there are a couple of fun, though derivative, bluesy originals in "The Spider and the Fly" and "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man."
I'm not a Rolling Stones historian, so I had never heard this anecdote about "Satisfaction." Even if you have heard this before, you deserve to read it again. It is as amazing as it is frustrating - how could a song that helped change rock forever have been born from this?"The riff came to Keith Richards in a dream one night in May 1965, in his motel room in Clearwater, Fla., the fifth stop on ...
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This is thanks to http://mog.com/MusicRX, and this is a test, only a test. My Jody's Singles (http://mog.com/DPrince74) playlist has been keeping me cheery through: (1) discovering I was dallying with an attached man without my say-so, hmph; (2) putting my back out by sneezing at apparently the wrong moment and (3) not being able to get into my own newly purchased website. These things happe...
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I'm not a Rolling Stones historian, so I had never heard this anecdote about "Satisfaction." Even if you have heard this before, you deserve to read it again. It is as amazing as it is frustrating - how could a song that helped change rock forever have been born from this?"The riff came to Keith Richards in a dream one night in May 1965, in his motel room in Clearwater, Fla., the fifth stop on ...
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| 1 Mercy, Mercy |
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| 2 Hitch Hike |
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| 3 The Last Time |
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| 4 That's How Strong My Love Is |
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| 5 Good Times |
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| 6 I'm All Right |
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| 7 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
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| 8 Cry to Me |
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| 9 The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man |
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| 10 Play with Fire |
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| 11 The Spider and the Fly |
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| 12 One More Try |
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