The Rolling Stones are a band that have been around forever. Surviving drugs, fires, electrocution, more drugs, alcohol and palm trees, (that’s just Keith Richards), the Rolling Stones are still going strong! With epic tours around the globe and a mid-70s Mick Jagger still swinging those hips, The Rolling Stones still continue to make great music. So to celebrate their success, here are 9 of their most memorable lyrics.
Number Nine: ‘Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here? Oh Angie, don’t you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet’.
Not ones for being sentimental the Rolling Stones did just that in this sweet and enjoyable ballad nicely backed up by an acoustic guitar. However although enjoyable to listen to the subject was said to
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My back is broad but it’s a hurting. All I want is for you to make love to me’.
Soulful, stimulating and damn right sensual this sexy slow jam certainly puts the swagger into Jagger. Sounding like it came straight from the Deep South in the good ol' USA, it is crazy to comprehend how 3 British likely lads managed to achieve such a dirty mucky sound.
Number Seven: Paint It Black ‘I see a red door and I want it painted black. No colors anymore, I want them to turn black’.
Probably one of the most famous introductions to a song ever, Paint It Black is instantly recognizable. From its poetic lyrics to its itchy guitar riff, it bangs and thumps like an over excited gorilla. A classic from the get go.
Number Six: Jumpin’ Jack Flash ‘I was born in a crossfire hurricane and howled at my Ma in the driving rain. But it’s all right now, in fact it’s a gas. But it’s all right. I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, It’s a gas, gas, gas’.
Inspiring movies, characters and numerous covers Jumpin’ Jack Flash was named after Keith Richards’s gardener, Jack. Again with a notable riff and bassy bluesy vibe, the song is again obviously influenced by those across the pond, jam packed with Americanisms and state side
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The context of the song however is highly debated, is it a girl? Or the dirty brown stuff, heroin? Whatever the subject you can’t deny the sound with groovy undertones and a pitch perfect Jagger.
Number Four: Gimme Shelter ‘Rape, murder, It’s just a shot away’.
Just like most Rolling Stone records the riff is instantly recognizable with the first couple of seconds becoming the most familiar sound in rock history. Inspired by the Vietnam War and the extreme violence depicted on televisions everywhere, Keith Richards wrote it whilst Jagger was away filming. Combining the vocals of Mick and female vocalist Mary Clayton the two voices create a ghost like undertone so powerful it shock even the hardest of us.
Number Three: You Can’t Always Get What You Want ‘You can’t always get what you want. You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometime you find. You get what you need’.
With a slightly different tone from their usual filth, the Rolling Stones go all in with a hired choir to boot. Probably high up there as their most memorable record, the song confronts themes head on, such as politics, love and the ever popular,