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  • The Rolling Stones – Almost Hear You Sigh

    The Rolling Stones – Almost Hear You Sigh

    The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones – this name probably contains the entire history of rock from the second half of the 20th century. It is with them that the biggest and loudest events, scandals and excesses are associated, i.e. sex & drugs & rock’n’roll. Most of today’s rock musicians refer to them. The band that was marketed as the opposite of The Beatles has become an oracle, role model, standard-maker, classic.
    The Rolling Stones started with the first band of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys. The name changed soon and in 1962 the band The Rolling Stones was formed. The name for the most famous rock group in the world was taken by Jagger from a song by the legendary American bluesman, Muddy Waters.
    The Stones achieved great fame in the 1960s, which was manifested by crowds of hysterically responsive female fans and fans at concerts and millions of singles and records sold. The hits from “Paint It Black”, “Ruby Tuesday”, “Sympathy For The Devil” and “Satisfaction”, whose guitar riff was considered a contemporary equivalent of the theme of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, have become immortal. In the first period, the Rolling Stones referred stylistically to “black” American music, one could hear clear inspirations from the works of Chuck Berry and blues. The core of the team at that time were Mick Jagger, Kieth Richards and Brian Jones.

    However, tragic events also took place during that period – most notably the memorable concert in Altamont, California (1969), which was supposed to be Jagger’s response to the Woodstock festival (where the Stones did not perform), and resulted in several fatalities. The group members abusing alcohol and drugs were punished several times for drug possession. Guitarist Brian Jones, who was soon replaced by Mick Taylor, also died at that time.

    Despite everything, the 1970s were a streak of continued success by The Rolling Stones, successful albums and sold-out tours, on which Ronnie Wood from The Faces already played guitar. However, at the end of the 1970s, with the invasion of punk rock, the Rolling Stones for the youth turned from rebels into a symbol of the previous era, in line with the slogan “No Elvis, Beatles, Stones”.

  • The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

    The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

    The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones – this name probably contains the entire history of rock from the second half of the 20th century. It is with them that the biggest and loudest events, scandals and excesses are associated, i.e. sex & drugs & rock’n’roll. Most of today’s rock musicians refer to them. The band that was marketed as the opposite of The Beatles has become an oracle, role model, standard-maker, classic.
    The Rolling Stones started with the first band of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys. The name changed soon and in 1962 the band The Rolling Stones was formed. The name for the most famous rock group in the world was taken by Jagger from a song by the legendary American bluesman, Muddy Waters.
    The Stones achieved great fame in the 1960s, which was manifested by crowds of hysterically responsive female fans and fans at concerts and millions of singles and records sold. The hits from “Paint It Black”, “Ruby Tuesday”, “Sympathy For The Devil” and “Satisfaction”, whose guitar riff was considered a contemporary equivalent of the theme of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, have become immortal. In the first period, the Rolling Stones referred stylistically to “black” American music, one could hear clear inspirations from the works of Chuck Berry and blues. The core of the team at that time were Mick Jagger, Kieth Richards and Brian Jones.

    However, tragic events also took place during that period – most notably the memorable concert in Altamont, California (1969), which was supposed to be Jagger’s response to the Woodstock festival (where the Stones did not perform), and resulted in several fatalities. The group members abusing alcohol and drugs were punished several times for drug possession. Guitarist Brian Jones, who was soon replaced by Mick Taylor, also died at that time.

    Despite everything, the 1970s were a streak of continued success by The Rolling Stones, successful albums and sold-out tours, on which Ronnie Wood from The Faces already played guitar. However, at the end of the 1970s, with the invasion of punk rock, the Rolling Stones for the youth turned from rebels into a symbol of the previous era, in line with the slogan “No Elvis, Beatles, Stones”.

  • The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up

    The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up

    The beginning of The Rolling Stones was the first band of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards – Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys. Soon the name changed, and in 1962 the band The Rolling Stones was formed. Jagger took the name for the most famous rock group in the world from the song of the legendary American bluesman, Muddy Waters.

    In the 1960s, the Stones achieved great fame, manifested by crowds of hysterically reacting fans at concerts and millions of singles and records sold. The hits like “Paint It Black,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Sympathy For The Devil,” and “Satisfaction” became immortal.

    In the first period, the Rolling Stones referred stylistically to “black” American music. There was apparent inspiration from the work of Chuck Berry and blues. The core of the band was then Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones.

    The 70s was a series of further successes of The Rolling Stones, successful albums and sold-out concert tours, where Ronnie Wood from The Faces join the group, played the guitar.

    When in the 80s, the activity of The Rolling Stones diminished, the musicians devoted themselves to solo careers. Jagger recorded several albums, but they did not have any extraordinary success. At the beginning of the 90s, the Stones reminded the world of themselves and started the most massive concert tour in history.

    It’s difficult to count how many concerts in the career the musicians of The Rolling Stones played. It is even hard to calculate how many albums they released, according to various data, almost 50 albums of the group were released (not counting different compilations and occasional releases). Among them are such titles as: “The Rolling Stones,” “Out of Our Heads,” “Aftermath,” “Their Satanic Majesties Request,” “Let It Bleed,” “Beggars Banquet,” “Sticky Fingers,” “Milestones,” “Black and Blue,” “Still Life,” “Undercover,” “Flashpoint.”

    Oh that riff and those vocals and the drums the whole package. These guys are the best!