Jagger turned 80 last year…
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useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 months ago[deleted]
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 4 months ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I wish I could take as much drugs as he has and live to 80 wtf
ajsadauskas@aus.social 4 months ago
@StudChud @calhoon2005 Mick Jagger was born born before World War 2 ended. (You can look it up if you like — Jagger was born in 1943. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked in 1945.)
When this song came out, the Rolling Stones were around 40. People were already starting to call them things like aging rockers and dinosaurs: https://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw?si=f0MmiyRYZ0Jj1ev1
That song came out 40 years ago.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I always get a laugh out of this and watching the clip you just posted reminded me of it again.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Nope. And never were a rock band as such. They were called that, but they played blues/ska fusion.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 4 months ago
@Thornburywitch @useless_modern_god ...with a *heavy* Chuck Berry influence: https://youtu.be/IK5gnx__M1M?si=Qw8r5XMEgasWMmK-
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Listen to the music. They’re primarily a blues band with a drummer. Some ska & Chuck Berry influences.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 4 months ago
@Thornburywitch @useless_modern_god A few more songs to compare.
Here's the Rolling Stones' debut single, Come On: https://youtu.be/_iAQVGOzj4M?si=G4aXaHDYxsNccU-B
Which was a cover of Come On by Chuck Berry: https://youtu.be/JgW6s8FPm_w?si=pu6K0qOb-_IBiyqg
Here's Can't Catch Me by The Rolling Stones: https://youtu.be/IK5gnx__M1M?si=NP61dxgx1oJLMd_0
And Can't Catch Me by Chuck Berry https://youtu.be/9jKrHzps0XM?si=2H9Wbjy4NhousbTk
(Just as an aside, John Lennon was a fan of that one too, apparently. Note the second verse begins "Here come a flattop, he was movin' up with me". Lennon borrowed that line for Come Together and got a lawsuit for his efforts.)
Rolling Stones, Sweet Little Sixteen: https://youtu.be/n-tYCwzTrrU?si=DDynnP4-MzxshiLp
And the Chuck Berry original: https://youtu.be/ZLV4NGpoy_E?si=xysXmQVLaih_w01A
(The Beach Boys liked that one — just listen to Surfin' USA sometime. They got sued for their efforts.)
One more Chuck Berry songs for reference:
Maybelline: https://youtu.be/v124f0i0Xh4?si=0rv4e1rcPFzw3sIF
Now. Here's some of the lyrics from You can't always get what you want by the Stones.
"I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And, man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy"
Notice the African American vernacular.
How many British people have you met who go around talking about drugstores?
Mick's basically going the full Iggy Azalea here trying to capture the lyrical style and delivery of Chuck Berry.
https://youtu.be/Ef9QnZVpVd8?si=AjR8vc1MJrwVS_Un
To my ears there's a clear line that goes from the jump blues ( https://youtu.be/YhELpSeeipg?si=EYK0bdIx_hOhDss7 ) and artists like Big Joe Turner: https://youtu.be/YhELpSeeipg?si=JYqKpLB_jauoYsVL
To Chuck Berry in the '50s, to the Rolling Stones in the '60s.