The Rolling Stones: 60 Years in 60 Songs, Part 3

The Rolling Stones: 60 Years in 60 Songs, Part 3

After Jones left in 1969, the young and virtuous mickey taylora fundamental part in what for many is the creative peak of the Stones, in 1974 Ron Wood He would enter instead of Taylor to form the Richards-Wood duo on guitars.

60 years after that first concert at the Marquee the Rolling Stones they continue to make history by keeping Jagger, Richards and Wood as official members.

In celebration of this anniversary since Ambit We have prepared a review of 60 fundamental songs from the vast Stones discography, (here are the first part and the second) and then the third part of said selection:

She’s So Cold

“She’s So Cold” It is the second single from the album. emotional rescue of 1980, the fifteenth studio album in the United Kingdom and seventeenth in the United States. While it was moderately successful on the charts as a single, “She’s So Cold” had a wide rotation in the radios. The song is characterized by its rockabilly guitar riffs. It was written by Mick jagger (supposedly, in an hour) and Keith Richards.

Ruby Tuesday

“RubyTuesday” was first released in 1967 as the B-side of “Let’s Spend the Night Together”the lead single to promote Between the Buttons . It became the fourth number 1 hit of the Rolling Stones in United States. The song is a sad farewell to Linda Keiththen first formal girlfriend of Keith Richards after they ended their relationship and is characterized by the sound of the flute provided by Brian Jones. It remains one of the Stones’ most popular songs.

Let It Bleed

“Let It Bleed” is the fifth song from the 1969 self-titled album, the eighth studio album in the UK and their tenth in the US. Composed by Jagger and Richard, Let It Bleed It was recorded around the same time as let it be of the Beatles, but the similar titles were just a coincidence. It is one of the songs that frequently appears in the band’s live shows.

You Got Me Rocking

“You Got Me Rocking” was released as the second single from the 1994 album VoodooLounge, the 20th in the United Kingdom and the 22nd in the United States. Composed by Jagger and Richard, it was originally planned as a slow blues that ended up evolving into powerful rock. The lyrics can be interpreted as a response to critics of the Stones, who often ridicule the band for their advanced age. You Got Me Rocking appeared on the soundtrack of the film starring Keanu Reeves Y Gene Hackman, The Replacements (2000).

streets of love

“Street Of Love” was released as a single to promote the album Bigger Bang 2005, the 22nd in the UK and the 24th in the US. Written by Jagger and Richards, it is a ballad whose video is related to that of Rain Fall Down, from the same album. Due to the impulse and diffusion that was given to it, it managed to get into the rankings of several countries around the world.

rock-off

“rock off” It is the song that opens the celebrated double album of 1972 Exile on Main St., is the band’s tenth UK and twelfth US studio album. It is one of the many songs on the album that were recorded at Villa Nellcôte, in a house rented by Keith Richardslocated in the south of France during the summer and fall of 1971.

saint-of-me

“Saint Of Me” was released in 1998 as the second single from the album Bridges to Babylon of 1997, the twenty-first studio album in the United Kingdom and the twenty-third in the United States. The song is credited to the Jagger/Richards duo, although the latter did not participate in the recording. A live recording of the song at her performance in Buenos Aires was included on the album. NoSecurity 1999, which documents the tour Bridges to Babylon Tour.

Waiting On A Friend

“Waiting On A Friend” It was part of the 1981 album Tattoo You though it was originally an outtake from the 1973 album Goats Head Soup. The video of the song is particularly remembered, which was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hoggand was shot in a well-known building in Manhattan located in San Mark’s Places, between 96 and 98 (the same building that appears on the cover of the legendary album by Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti). In addition to the members of the band, the famous reggae musician peter tosh appears in the video. The song peaked at number 13 on the US charts and number 50 in the UK, and became very popular due to its airplay on mtv.

let it loose

“Let It Loose” is track fourteen of the 1972 double album, Exile on Main St., 10th in the UK and 12th in the US. Written by Jagger and Richards, it is the longest song on the album, at 5:18 minutes. A bluesy gospel ballad that the band has never performed live, some of the verses were ‘taken’ from the song Man of Constant Sorrow. It is considered by many one of the best vocal interpretations of Mick jagger. The song appears in the movie Martin Scorsese, The Departed (2006) and included in its soundtrack.

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” It’s the fourth song on the 1971 album. Sticky Fingers, is the ninth studio album in the United Kingdom and the eleventh in the United States. The song has a duration of seven minutes and fifteen seconds being one of the longest. It is notable for Richards’s guitar riff in its first part and for the long solo of mickey taylor in the second part. In 2004 the magazine rolling stone he placed it at number twenty-five on his list of the 100 greatest guitar pieces of all time. A cut version of the studio theme (without the saxophone section) is heard in the game Guitar Hero II. You can also hear it in the movies Blow, casino, fighter Y Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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