Unbelievable... but true. There's more than one band called The Rolling Stones...
THE ROLLING STONES #1
Let's start in 1930, thirteen years before Mick 'n' Keef were even born. The original Rolling Stones were Jimmie Adams and Bud Jamison, a pair of singing comic vagabonds who toured the US in the early 30s.
THE ROLLING STONES #2
Next stop 1958. Well, 1955 to begin with, as these Rolling Stones originally started out as the backing band of one Lucky Hill from Mississippi. Three years later, they were backing one Andy Anderson (not to be confused with Neighbours love song warbler Angry Anderson). Presumably, Lucky Hill had retired by this point and was living off all the cash he'd made by, ahem, inventing rock 'n' roll...
THE ROLLING STONES #3
From the same Philadelphia-based record label that released a song by "The Beatles" in the mid-70s. Apparently these guys were originally called The Time Tones. According to the label, this was written by M. Jackoff, J. Lemmon and K. Richard, produced by Mickey Most, Andrew Loog Oldham and Philip Spector, and featured "Charlie Watts on toilet".
THE STONES #4
ROLLING STONES #5
Whereas these American punks were clearly just taking the piss in 1987... in more ways than one.
THE ROLLING STONES #6
From 2019, and a cassette only release called Who the Fuck is Mick Jagger? The Very Best of the Rolling Stones. By this point, all bets are off.
THE ROLLING STONES #7
Which Rolling Stones gathered no moss... and which were like a complete unknown?
#7 sound promising but their singer could benefit from listening to #1 as an example of how to hold a tune. Similarly their guitarist should check out #2.
ReplyDeleteI reckon they stole all their best ideas from other people.
DeleteI played #6 first and liked it. Not very
ReplyDeletenot very impressed with #5
ReplyDelete#4 tedious, #3 wildly out of tune, and tedious. #2 is a great song, great guitar, the absolute bifters. I want to choose this one...........
ReplyDelete.......and after playing #1 it's between #2 and #7
ReplyDelete"The absolute bifters" is my expression of the week.
ReplyDeleteYes, I love George's way of describing songs - they are either bobbins or bifters. Both great words.
Delete"Not technically Rolling, but it takes some stones to name your band The Stones in 1982." Sentence of the week.
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