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Zip Code Tour
Zip Code was a concert tour by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It began on 24 May 2015 in San Diego and travelled across North America before concluding on 15 July 2015 in Quebec City. The tour was announced on 31 March 2015 with tickets going on sale to the general public two weeks later. The name is a reference to the jeans-related artwork for ''Sticky Fingers'', which received a special re-release in 2015, and had its entire track list played during the Zip Code Tour. History On 31 March 2015, the Rolling Stones announced the ''Zip Code'' tour, a new United States & Canada tour subtitled ''Tour of North America 2015''. The tour featured stadium concerts after extensive usage of said venues during the 14 On Fire European tour. Mick Jagger had declared that the band would extend the tour to South America "but it's kind of difficult to put together." Given the tour started the same year the ''Sticky Fingers'' album received a deluxe re-release, "Zip Code" is a reference t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts. During their formative years, Jones was the primary leader: he assembled the band, named it, and drove their sound and image. After Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager in 1963, he encouraged them to write their own songs. Jagger and Richards became the primary creative force behind the band, alienating Jones, who had developed a drug addiction that interfered with his ability to contribute meaningfully. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Start Me Up
"Start Me Up" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album ''Tattoo You''. Released as the album's lead single, it reached number one on Australian Kent Music Report, number two in Canada, number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number seven on the UK Singles Chart, and the top ten in a handful of European countries north of the Alps. Writing and recording The basic track "Start Me Up" was recorded during the January and March 1978 sessions for the Rolling Stones' album ''Some Girls''. The song began as a reggae-rock track named "Never Stop", but after dozens of takes it was abandoned. "Start Me Up" was not chosen for the album and was saved for later use. Richards commented: In 1981, with the band looking to tour, engineer Chris Kimsey proposed to lead singer Mick Jagger that archived songs could comprise the set. While searching through the vaults, Kimsey found the two takes of the song with a more rock vibe among some fifty reggae versions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released as the opening track from band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song covers topics of war, murder, rape and fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singer Merry Clayton. American author, music journalist and cultural critic Greil Marcus, writing for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has "never done anything better". "Gimme Shelter" has placed in various positions on many "best of/greatest" lists including that of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. In 2021 "Gimme Shelter" was ranked at number 13 on ''Rolling Stones list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Inspiration and recording "Gimme Shelter" was written by the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, the band's primary songwriting team. Richards began working on the song's signature opening riff in London while Jagger was away filming ''Performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss You (The Rolling Stones Song)
"Miss You" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on Rolling Stones Records in May 1978. It was released as the first single one month in advance of their album ''Some Girls''. "Miss You" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart. An extended version, called the "Special Disco Version", was released as the band's first dance remix on a 12-inch single. Inspiration and recording "Miss You" was written by Mick Jagger jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for the March 1977 El Mocambo club gigs, recordings from which appeared on side three of double live album ''Love You Live'' (1977). Keith Richards is credited as co-writer as was the case for all Rolling Stones originals written by either partner or in tandem. Jagger and Ronnie Wood insist that "Miss You" wasn't conceived as a disco song, while Richards said, "'Miss You' was a damn good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Rambler
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler. Keith Richards has called the number "a blues opera" and the quintessential Jagger-Richards song, stating in the 2012 documentary ''Crossfire Hurricane'' that "nobody else could have written that song." Composition and recordings On the composing of the song, Mick Jagger said in a 1995 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', When asked about the song in a 1971 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Richards said: The song's lyrics include the verse: The studio version of the track (which runs six minutes and fifty-three seconds) was recorded during the spring of 1969 at London's Olympic Sound Studios and Trident Studios. Jagger performs vocals and harmonica, while Richards plays all the guitars on the track, using standard tuning for the main guitars and open E tuning for the sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy (The Rolling Stones Song)
Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia. Since the 1960s, happiness research has been conducted in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including gerontology, social psychology and positive psychology, clinical and medical research and happiness economics. Definitions "Happiness" is subject to debate on usage and meaning, and on possible differences in understanding by culture. The word is mostly used in relation to two factors: * the current experience of the feeling of an emotion (affect) such as pleasure or joy, or of a more general sense of 'emotional condition as a whole'. For instance Daniel Kahneman has defined happiness as "''what I experience here and now''". This usage is prevalent in dictionary definitions of happiness. * appraisal of life satisfaction, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before They Make Me Run
"Before They Make Me Run" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on their 1978 album ''Some Girls''. Written by guitarist Keith Richards, the song is a response to his arrest for heroin possession in Toronto in February 1977. The criminal charges and prospect of a prison sentence loomed over the ''Some Girls'' recording sessions and endangered the future of the Rolling Stones. In the lyrics, Richards reflects unapologetically on his lifestyle up to that point. The line "it's another goodbye to another good friend" in the first verse can be interpreted as referring to Gram Parsons, Richards's close friend who died in 1973 from a drug overdose,Appleford 2000. pp. 162-163 and/or to heroin itself: Richards had sought medical treatment for heroin addiction following his arrest in Toronto, and his resolution to overcome his addiction would be a significant factor in his upcoming trial. Richards recorded the song in five days without sleeping. Originally entitled "R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honky Tonk Women
"Honky Tonk Women" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released as a non-album single on 4 July 1969 in the United Kingdom, and a week later in the United States (although a country version called "Country Honk" was later included on the album ''Let It Bleed''). It topped the charts in both nations. The song was on ''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Inspiration and recording The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on holiday in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969, inspired by Brazilian "caipiras" (inhabitants of rural, remote areas of parts of Brazil) at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying in Matão, São Paulo. Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, ''Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2);'' and a honky-tonk version entitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Girls (The Rolling Stones Song)
"Some Girls" is the title track of the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones' 1978 album ''Some Girls''. It marked the third time a song on one of the band's albums also served as the album's title. Like "Under My Thumb", "Brown Sugar", and " Star Star", the lyrics to "Some Girls" created controversy because of the way it depicted women. The line "black girls just want to get fucked all night" enraged civil rights activists. In its review of the album, ''Rolling Stone'' writer Paul Nelson called it "...a sexist and racist horror..." but added "...it's also terrifically funny and strangely desperate in a manner that gets under your skin and makes you care." Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson met with Ahmet Ertegun, chair of the board of Atlantic Records (the record's distributor). The record company refused to edit the song for future releases and the band issued a statement saying the lyrics actually mocked stereotypical feelings towards women. Humorously, ''Saturda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Gotta Move (song)
"You Gotta Move" is a traditional African-American spiritual song. Since the 1940s, the song has been recorded by a variety of gospel musicians, usually as "You Got to Move" or "You've Got to Move". It was later popularized with blues and blues rock secular adaptations by Mississippi Fred McDowell and the Rolling Stones. Early gospel songs The Two Gospel Keys recorded "You've Got to Move", which was released on a 78-rpm record in 1948. Emma Daniels (vocals and guitar) and Mother Sally Jones (vocals and tambourine) comprised the gospel music duo. Similar renditions followed by Elder Charles D. Beck (1949), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1950), the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama (1953), and the Hightower Brothers (1956). Reverend Gary Davis recorded the song in 1962; his lyrics include: Later renditions In 1964, soul singer Sam Cooke recast the song with lyrics about a broken relationship for his 1963 album '' Night Beat''. ''Cash Box'' described it as having "top shuffle-rhythm b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a track by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album ''Sticky Fingers''. The track is over seven minutes long, and begins with a Keith Richards open-G tuned guitar intro. The main song lasts for two minutes and 43 seconds, after which it transforms into an extended improvisational jam. The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in. Besides the regular Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar), Mick Taylor (guitar), Charlie Watts (drum), and Bill Wyman (bass), the track also features conga player Rocky Dijon, saxophonist Bobby Keys, organist Billy Preston, pianist Nicky Hopkins and additional percussion by producer Jimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doom And Gloom
"Doom and Gloom" is the lead single taken from ''GRRR!'', the 50th anniversary compilation album by the Rolling Stones. It was premiered on BBC Radio 2 on 11 October 2012. The song's recording marked the first time that Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood had been in the studio together for seven years, since completing their 2005 album '' A Bigger Bang''. A lyric video was released on YouTube the same day. The song charted at #61 on the UK Singles Chart, #26 on the '' Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 and #30 on the ''Billboard'' Rock Songs chart in October 2012. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine named "Doom and Gloom" the eighteenth best song of 2012. Composition This song represents a reversion to the "open G" guitar tuning that powered Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. The song's opening riff is played by Jagger. Richards commented on Jagger being the driving force behind the song and Jagger playing the opening riff: "I don't give a damn. He'd never have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
