Picture this, October 17th 1961, a London railway station. Two teenagers trying to change their blue and lonesome realities, trying to succeed and locate the essence that drives them. One of them carries a guitar and the other carries some records, they reconnect, start talking, and well, the rest is history.
Understanding the unification of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is an electric thing to do. The infamous duo shaped the music industry forever with their persistent pushing of society's boundaries. There was a perpetual spark between them, something volcanic, they knew that their mutual love for blues music could create something eruptive. The pair of them were hungry for more blues music and desired to develop their culture, so on April 7th 1962, they decided to go to an up and coming club in Ealing as they thought that they should âgo up to this place and find out what's happening.â In the club, they saw multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones in his original band (that he left) âblues incorporated.â Similarly to Jones, bassist Bill Wyman left his previous band âthe Clintonsâ to be a member of the newest upcoming group. They could all recognise the talent and passion within each other, they knew they were destined for greatness, however, there was one piece of the puzzle missing, and that final piece, was drummer Charlie Watts. Watts became the pulse and heart beat to the band, he completed the complicated puzzle, it was now time for the band to pioneer genres, lyrics, and powerful riffs that had never been seen before.
After âThe Rolling Stonesâ had been established, their journey to the Rock ânâ Roll hall of fame was anything but unadorned. Their debut album âThe Rolling Stonesâ was released in UK on April 16th 1964, and itâs success resulted in an American release of the album called âEnglandâs Newest Hit Makersâ was released on May 30th 1964. In the beginning, the band predominantly sung covers, but during the mid sixties the band had a unique burst of creative energy that was channelled into classic such as: â(I Canât Get No) Satisfactionâ âGet Off My Cloudâ âPaint it, Blackâ and â19th Nervous Breakdownâ. The entirety of the band's delightful yet devilish discography is littered with captivating songs that would convert societyâs perception of music in a phenomenal way.
Growing prosperity! What will they do with it? They began to explore uncharted waters with songs such as âLetâs spend the night together.â Sex! Scandal! Prudity! Nudity! Pleasuring the public's minds, this song (that was released in 1967) challenged the cultural norms by mentioning the enrapturing nature of sex. Despite the normalisation of sex in songs wrote in the 21st century, lyrics such as âIâll satisfy your every needâ caused multiple strings of adversity for the band, it was a shameful topic that the Rolling Stones intended to glamourise, and âoh baby my my my myâ did they make it attractive. During the 1950s-1970s a popular form of entertainment was âthe Ed Sullivan show.â Itâs millions of enthralled audience members resulted in it being extraordinarily significant if you were invited to perform on it, and in 1967, it only seemed right for the rough and revealing Rolling Stones to perform one of their newest hits. Sullivan had other ideas and released his ultimatum of âeither the song goes, or you goâ as he believed that the song was too venereal for his audience and made it imperative for the band to change the lyrics to âLetâs spend some time together.â The impact of this was atomic as it became clear to the band (especially Jagger) that sex needed to be normalised. Lust and passion inspired the Rolling Stones which can be seen in the lyrics of 1972 âRocks offâ with âplug in flush out and fire the fuckinâ feedâ as well as the 1981 sensation âLittle T&Aâ with âSheâs my little rock and roll, my tits and ass with soul baby!â
Debauchery has fuelled this explosive band for six decades. Sex, drugs and rock ânâ roll all created acts of moral turpitude throughout each of them. However, we wouldnât have it any other way as the Rolling Stones sultry story will remain salient
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