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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Stones' longest-running lineup. From left to right: Charlie Watts (now deceased), Music/KeithRichards, Music/MickJagger, and [[Music/{{Faces}} Ronnie Wood]].]] |
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| 8 | ->''"I've decided to answer a few Frequently Asked Questions... Other than The Rolling Stones, what's my favourite group? Well, I guess I'm a real fan of The Free Credit Report Dot Com Band!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Music/MickJagger''', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', May 19, 2012 |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The Rolling Stones are a British [[BluesRock blues-based rock band]] which has been described (first by stage manager Sam Cutler in 1969) as "The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" and has been doing its best to justify the description for more than ''[[LongRunners half a century]]''. |
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| 13 | The Stones were formed in UsefulNotes/{{London}} in June of 1962, when guitarist and original leader Music/BrianJones recruited pianist Ian "Stu" Stewart, soon followed by vocalist Music/MickJagger, who brought along guitarist Music/KeithRichards. After a series of fill-ins, bassist Bill Wyman joined up in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts in January 1963, completing the first stable line-up. After the band recruited Andrew Loog Oldham to be their manager, Stewart was removed from the official line-up, as Oldham felt that six members were too many, and Stewart was the odd one out image-wise. However, Stu took the demotion admirably well and continued to work with the band as their road manager and main pianist and keyboardist until his death in 1985. |
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| 15 | The band's early recordings largely consisted of covers of American blues and R&B songs, while their earliest self-penned numbers were credited under the collective pseudonym Nanker/Phlege. After first achieving success in the UK with a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles Lennon and [=McCartney=]'s]] "I Wanna Be Your Man" in late 1963, they crossed the Atlantic as part of the first wave of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in 1964. However, their first U.S. tour was famously a disaster, with the Stones having no major hit to tour on, getting mocked by Music/DeanMartin on national TV, and regularly failing to sell tickets well. Their big breakthrough came in 1965, when their hit singles "The Last Time" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", as well as their third album ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'', shot the Stones into superstardom on both sides of the pond. By this time, Jagger and Richards had taken the leadership role from Jones in the group, largely on the strength of their now-fertile songwriting partnership. |
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| 17 | Starting with their 1966's ''Music/AftermathAlbum'', the songs of Jagger and Richards, aided by the instrumental experimentation of Jones, expanded the band's ever-present stylistic flexibility. The experimentation continued through 1967 with the [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] album ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and climaxed with the polarizing album ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' and single "We Love You". 1967 proved to be an important year for the Stones, who came close to breaking up. Jagger, Jones, and Richards were all hit by drug busts, which would have a devastating impact on Jones in particular. Oldham, who had worked as their manager and producer since 1963, quit around this time, feeling that his partnership with the band had run its course. This led to the Stones self-producing ''Satanic Majesties''. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | In 1968, the band recruited Music/JimmyMiller as record producer and chose to return to a back-to-basics approach to their music after the psychedelic excesses from the previous year. ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' proved to be the last hurrah for Brian Jones, who was hit by another drug bust, and stopped making major contributions to the band's music. His health had also been affected by drug use, and as a result of the drug busts, he was unable to gain a visa to tour in America. Jones's final contributions to the band were autoharp on "You Got the Silver" and percussion on "Midnight Rambler" from ''Music/LetItBleed''. Matters soon came to a head, and Jones was forced to leave the band he had founded and named, replaced by Music/MickTaylor. Jones sadly drowned in his own swimming pool several weeks after his departure, and just a few days before Taylor had his first gig with the band--at Hyde Park, which was transformed into a tribute concert for Jones. Taylor recorded five studio albums with the Stones (including ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'', which along with their two predecessors are widely regarded as one of the greatest four-album streaks in rock music history) before quitting in 1974. Former Music/{{Faces}} guitarist Ronnie Wood stepped in, became an official member in February 1976, and has been with the band ever since. Wyman quit in 1993; bassist Darryl Jones, who is not an official band member, has worked with the group since then. |
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| 21 | Charlie Watts died on August 24, 2021, at the age of 80. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | They have released 23 studio albums in the UK (25 in the US), 19 live albums, and numerous compilations; and have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. ''Music/StickyFingers'' from 1971 began a string of eight straight studio albums that charted at number one in the United States. In 1989, The Rolling Stones were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame, with every official member included in the induction. In 2004 and again in 2011, they were ranked at number four in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Their image of unkempt and surly youth (originally cultivated in large part to contrast them with Music/TheBeatles) is one that many musicians still emulate. The band's attitude and style were major influences on HardRock, HeavyMetal, PunkRock, and AlternativeRock bands that followed them. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | For the [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein]] novel, see ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952''. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ---- |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Lineup]] |
| 31 | !!Principal members (Founding members in '''bold''', current members in ''italic''): |
| 32 | * '''''Music/MickJagger''''' - lead vocals, harmonica, guitar, percussion, tambourine, piano, keyboards, maracas, castanets, bass (1962–) |
| 33 | * '''Music/BrianJones''' - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion, organ, keyboard, harpsichord, marimba, sitar, dulcimer, koto, vibraphone, recorder, saxophone, oscillator, mellotron, flute, brass, tamboura, trumpet, congas, autoharp, banjo, mandolin, bass, clarinet, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, tabla (1962–69; died 1969) |
| 34 | * William Perks (Bill Wyman) - bass, backing and lead vocals, guitar, organ pedals, double bass, piano, percussion, maracas, autoharp, vibes, synthesizer, marimba (1962–93) [[note]]Served as a guest musician at shows in 2012[[/note]] |
| 35 | * '''''Music/KeithRichards''''' - guitar, backing and lead vocals, piano, organ, bass, double bass, bicycle spokes, tambourine (1962–) |
| 36 | * '''Ian "Stu" Stewart''' - piano, keyboard, organ, percussion (1962–63; died 1985) [[note]]Demoted to Road Manager and Studio and Touring Musician in 1963 until his death in 1985[[/note]] |
| 37 | * Music/MickTaylor - guitar, backing vocals, bass, synthesizer, congas (1969–74) [[note]]Appeared on ''Tattoo You'' from tracks dating back to 1972 and made a guest appearance at one of their concerts in 1981. He has been a guest performer since 2012[[/note]] |
| 38 | * Charlie Watts - drums, percussion, tabla, cowbell, clave, tambourine (1963–2021; died 2021) |
| 39 | * ''[[Music/{{Faces}} Ronnie Wood]]'' - guitar, backing vocals, bass, bass drum, drums, saxophone, dobro (1976–) |
| 40 | |
| 41 | !!Early Members/Fill-Ins: |
| 42 | |
| 43 | * [[Music/TheKinks Mick Avory]] - drums (1962) |
| 44 | * Tony Chapman - drums (1962–63) |
| 45 | * Ricky Fenson - bass (1962–63) |
| 46 | * Colin Golding - bass (1962–63) |
| 47 | * Carlo Little - drums (1962–63; died 2005) |
| 48 | * [[Music/ThePrettyThings Dick Taylor]] - bass (1962) |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Discography]] |
| 52 | !!Studio Discography: |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[index]] |
| 55 | * 1964 - ''The Rolling Stones (EP)'' [[note]]Released in the UK only[[/note]] |
| 56 | * 1964 - ''[[Music/TheRollingStones1964 The Rolling Stones]]'' |
| 57 | * 1964 - ''[[Music/TheRollingStones1964 England's Newest Hit Makers]]'' [[note]]Released in the US only as the substitute to their self-titled debut. The title was changed and it omitted ''Mona (I Need You Baby)'' and added ''Not Fade Away''[[/note]] |
| 58 | * 1964 - ''Five by Five'' [[note]]This EP was not released in the US[[/note]] |
| 59 | * 1964 - ''[[Music/TheRollingStonesNo2 12 X 5]]'' [[note]]Released in the US only[[/note]] |
| 60 | * 1965 - ''Music/TheRollingStonesNo2'' |
| 61 | * 1965 - ''[[Music/TheRollingStonesNo2 The Rolling Stones, Now!]]'' [[note]]Released in the US only, as the substitute for ''The Rolling Stones No.2''[[/note]] |
| 62 | * 1965 - ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'' [[note]]Released in the US only, pre-dating the UK edition by around 2 months[[/note]] |
| 63 | * 1965 - ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'' |
| 64 | * 1965 - ''[[Music/OutOfOurHeads December's Children (And Everybody's)]]'' [[note]]Released in the US only, not worldwide[[/note]] |
| 65 | * 1966 - ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' |
| 66 | * 1966 - ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' [[note]]Released in the US only as the substitute for the UK version. The track-listing was changed and it omitted ''Out Of Time'', ''Take It Or Leave It'', ''What To Do'' and ''Mother's Little Helper'' and added ''Paint It Black''[[/note]] |
| 67 | * 1967 - ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' |
| 68 | * 1967 - ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' [[note]]Released in the US only as the substitute for the UK version. ''Back Street Girl'' and ''Please Go Home'' were omitted and ''Let's Spend The Night Together'' and ''Ruby Tuesday'' were added[[/note]] |
| 69 | * 1967 - ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' |
| 70 | * 1968 - ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' |
| 71 | * 1969 - ''Music/LetItBleed'' |
| 72 | * 1971 - ''Music/StickyFingers'' |
| 73 | * 1972 - ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' |
| 74 | * 1973 - ''Music/GoatsHeadSoup'' |
| 75 | * 1974 - ''Music/ItsOnlyRockNRoll'' |
| 76 | * 1976 - ''Music/BlackAndBlue'' |
| 77 | * 1978 - ''Music/SomeGirls'' |
| 78 | * 1980 - ''Music/EmotionalRescue'' |
| 79 | * 1981 - ''Music/TattooYou'' |
| 80 | * 1983 - ''Music/{{Undercover}}'' |
| 81 | * 1986 - ''Music/DirtyWork'' |
| 82 | * 1989 - ''Music/SteelWheels'' |
| 83 | * 1994 - ''Music/VoodooLounge'' |
| 84 | * 1997 - ''Music/BridgesToBabylon'' |
| 85 | * 2005 - ''Music/ABiggerBang'' |
| 86 | * 2016 - ''Blue & Lonesome'' |
| 87 | * 2023 - ''Music/HackneyDiamonds'' |
| 88 | [[/index]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | !!Live Discography: |
| 91 | |
| 92 | * 1965 - ''Got Live If You Want It! (EP)'' [[note]]Released in the UK, not in the US[[/note]] |
| 93 | * 1966 - ''Got Live If You Want It!'' [[note]]Released in the US only, also released as ''Have You Seen Your Mother Live'' in Europe[[/note]] |
| 94 | * 1970 - ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert'' |
| 95 | * 1977 - ''Love You Live'' |
| 96 | * 1982 - ''"Still Life" (American Concert 1981)'' |
| 97 | * 1991 - ''Flashpoint'' [[note]]Also includes two studio tracks, ''Highwire'' and ''Sex Drive''. The two would also be the last songs Bill Wyman would contribute to before officially leaving the Stones[[/note]] |
| 98 | * 1995 - ''Stripped'' |
| 99 | * 1996 - ''Film/TheRollingStonesRockAndRollCircus'' [[note]]Recorded in 1968, also features Music/JethroTull, Music/TheWho, Taj Mahal, Music/MarianneFaithfull and The Dirty Mac (Music/JohnLennon, Music/EricClapton, Music/KeithRichards, [[Music/JimiHendrix Mitch Mitchell]] plus Music/YokoOno and Ivry Gitlis)[[/note]] |
| 100 | * 1998 - ''No Security'' |
| 101 | * 2004 - ''Live Licks'' |
| 102 | * 2008 - ''Shine a Light'' |
| 103 | * 2011 - ''Brussels Affair (Live 1973)'' |
| 104 | * 2011 - ''Some Girls: Live in Texas '78'' |
| 105 | * 2012 - ''Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981)'' |
| 106 | * 2012 - ''L.A. Friday (Live 1975)'' |
| 107 | * 2012 - ''Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981'' [[note]]A collaboration with Music/MuddyWaters[[/note]] |
| 108 | * 2012 - ''Live at the Tokyo Dome'' [[note]]Recorded in 1990[[/note]] |
| 109 | * 2012 - ''Light the Fuse'' [[note]]Recorded in 2005[[/note]] |
| 110 | * 2012 - ''Live at Leeds'' [[note]]Recorded in 1982[[/note]] |
| 111 | * 2013 - ''Hyde Park Live'' |
| 112 | |
| 113 | !!Non-album singles: |
| 114 | |
| 115 | * 1963 - ''Come On'' |
| 116 | ** ''I Want to Be Loved'' as the B-side |
| 117 | * 1963 - ''I Wanna Be Your Man'' |
| 118 | ** ''Stoned'' as the B-side |
| 119 | * 1964 - ''Not Fade Away'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''England's Newest Hitmakers'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 120 | ** ''Little by Little'' as the UK B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1964 album ''The Rolling Stones''[[/note]] |
| 121 | *** ''I Wanna Be Your Man'' as the US B-side [[note]]Previously released as an A-side in 1963[[/note]] |
| 122 | * 1964 - ''It's All Over Now'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''12 X 5'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 123 | ** ''Good Times, Bad Times'' as the B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on ''12 X 5'', however not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 124 | * 1964 - ''Time Is on My Side'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1965 album ''The Rolling Stones No.2''[[/note]] |
| 125 | ** ''Congratulations'' as the B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the US only album ''12 X 5'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 126 | * 1964 - ''Little Red Rooster'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''The Rolling Stones Now!'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 127 | ** ''Off the Hook'' as the B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on ''The Rolling Stones No.2''[[/note]] |
| 128 | * 1965 - ''The Last Time'' [[note]]Otherwise available on the US version of ''Out of Our Heads'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 129 | ** ''Play with Fire'' as the B-Side [[note]]Otherwise available on ''Out of Our Heads'', but on the US version only; not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 130 | * 1965 - ''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' [[note]]Again, available on the US version of ''Out of Our Heads'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 131 | ** ''The Spider and the Fly'' as the UK B-side [[note]]Available on the US version of ''Out of Our Heads'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 132 | *** ''The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man'' as the US B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1965 album ''Out of Our Heads''[[/note]] |
| 133 | * 1965 - ''Get Off of My Cloud'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''December's Children (And Everybody's)'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 134 | ** ''The Singer Not the Song'' as the UK B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the US album ''December's Children (And Everybody's)'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 135 | *** ''I'm Free'' as the US B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the standard version of ''Out of Our Heads''[[/note]] |
| 136 | * 1965 - ''As Tears Go By'' [[note]]Otherwise available on the album ''December's Children (And Everybody's)'', and it was not put on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 137 | ** ''Gotta Get Away'' as the B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the non-US version of ''Out of Our Heads''[[/note]] |
| 138 | * 1966 - ''19th Nervous Breakdown'' |
| 139 | ** ''As Tears Go By'' as the UK B-side [[note]]Previously released as an A-side in 1965, as well as the US only album ''December's Children (And Everybody's)''[[/note]] |
| 140 | *** ''Sad Day'' as the US B-side |
| 141 | * 1966 - ''Paint It Black'' [[note]]Otherwise available on the US version of ''Aftermath'', but not an a UK album[[/note]] |
| 142 | ** ''Long Long While'' as the UK B-side |
| 143 | *** ''Stupid Girl'' as the US B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1966 album ''Aftermath''[[/note]] |
| 144 | * 1966 - ''Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?'' |
| 145 | ** ''Who's Driving Your Plane'' as the B-side |
| 146 | * 1967 - ''Let's Spend the Night Together'' [[note]]Otherwise available on the US version of ''Between the Buttons'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 147 | ** ''Ruby Tuesday'' as a double A-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the US edition of ''Between the Buttons'', but not on a UK album[[/note]] |
| 148 | * 1967 - ''We Love You'' |
| 149 | ** ''Dandelion'' as the B-side |
| 150 | * 1968 - ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' |
| 151 | ** ''Child Of The Moon'' as the B-side |
| 152 | * 1969 - ''Honky Tonk Women'' |
| 153 | ** ''You Can't Always Get What You Want'' as the B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''[[/note]] |
| 154 | * 1974 - ''It's Only Rock 'n Roll'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1974 album ''It's Only Rock 'n Roll''[[/note]] |
| 155 | ** ''Through the Lonely Nights'' as the B-side |
| 156 | * 1975 - ''I Don't Know Why'' |
| 157 | ** ''Try a Little Harder'' as the B-side |
| 158 | * 1975 - ''Out of Time'' [[note]]Not the version available on their 1966 album ''Aftermath''[[/note]] |
| 159 | ** ''Jiving Sister Fanny'' as the B-side |
| 160 | * 1978 - ''Shattered'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1978 album ''Some Girls''[[/note]] |
| 161 | ** ''Everything Is Turning to Gold'' as the B-side |
| 162 | * 1981 - ''If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt.2)'' |
| 163 | ** ''Dance (Instrumental)'' as the B-side |
| 164 | * 1984 - ''She Was Hot'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1983 album ''Undercover''[[/note]] |
| 165 | ** ''I Think I'm Going Mad'' as the B-side |
| 166 | * 1989 - ''Mixed Emotions'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1989 album ''Steel Wheels''[[/note]] |
| 167 | ** ''Fancy Man Blues'' as the B-side |
| 168 | * 1989 - ''Rock and a Hard Place'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their album ''Steel Wheels''[[/note]] |
| 169 | ** ''Cook Cook Blues'' as the B-side |
| 170 | * 1989 - ''Terrifying'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''Steel Wheels''[[/note]] |
| 171 | ** ''Wish I'd Never Met You'' as the B-side |
| 172 | * 1994 - ''Love Is Strong'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1994 album ''Voodoo Lounge''[[/note]] |
| 173 | ** ''The Storm'' as the first B-side |
| 174 | *** ''So Young'' as the second B-side [[note]]Otherwise available on the 2011 bonus disc of their 1978 album ''Some Girls''[[/note]] |
| 175 | * 1994 - ''You Got Me Rocking'' [[note]]Otherwise available on ''Voodoo Lounge''[[/note]] |
| 176 | ** ''Jump on Top of Me'' as the B-side |
| 177 | * 1994 - ''Out of Tears'' [[note]]Available on ''Voodoo Lounge''[[/note]] |
| 178 | ** ''I'm Gonna Drive'' as the first B-side |
| 179 | *** ''Sparks Will Fly'' and ''So Young'' as the second and third B-side [[note]]''Sparks Will Fly'' is available on ''Voodoo Lounge'' and ''So Young'' is available on the 2011 bonus disc of ''Some Girls''[[/note]] |
| 180 | * 1998 - ''Saint Of Me'' [[note]]Otherwise available on their 1997 album ''Bridges To Babylon''[[/note]] |
| 181 | ** ''Anyway You Look At It'' as the first B-side |
| 182 | *** ''Gimme Shelter'' and ''Anybody Seen My Baby'' as the second and third B-side [[note]]''Gimme Shelter'' is a live recording not available elsewhere, and ''Anybody Seen My Baby'' is otherwise available on ''Bridges to Babylon''[[/note]] |
| 183 | * 2002 - ''Don't Stop'' |
| 184 | ** ''Miss You'' as the B-side [[note]]Remix otherwise not available elsewhere[[/note]] |
| 185 | * 2012 - ''Doom and Gloom'' |
| 186 | ** ''Doom and Gloom'' as the B-side [[note]]Remix of the A-side, ''Doom and Gloom''[[/note]] |
| 187 | * 2013 - ''One More Shot'' |
| 188 | ** ''One More Shot'' as the B-side [[note]]Remix of the A-side, ''One More Shot''[[/note]] |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | !!The Rolling Stones are the TropeNamers for: |
| 193 | |
| 194 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste |
| 195 | * PaintItBlack |
| 196 | * SympathyForTheDevil |
| 197 | |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | !!"You can't always trope what you want..." |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:A–L]] |
| 202 | * AllDrummersAreAnimals: Totally {{Averted|Trope}}. Charlie Watts was almost certainly the calmest, most level-headed member of the group, along with Bill Wyman. (But see BewareTheNiceOnes, below. Even Charlie had his limits.) |
| 203 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Now, we're not saying The Stones are considered bad (they have a reputation of being music legends, after all), but they were often overshadowed by more popular bands or artists at the time throughout the decades they were active: Music/TheBeatles in the '60s, Music/LedZeppelin and Music/{{KISS}} in the '70s, Music/MichaelJackson and Music/GunsNRoses in the '80s, Music/{{Nirvana}} in the '90s, etc. |
| 204 | * AnthropomorphicVice: "Sister Morphine", which also mentions "sweet Cousin Cocaine". |
| 205 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The music video for "Love Is Strong" features the band as giants playing around in a city. |
| 206 | %%* BadToTheBone: "Gimme Shelter" |
| 207 | * BathroomStallGraffiti: The original cover for ''Music/BeggarsBanquet''. Decca Records found it so offensive at the time that they refused to use it, substituting a [[MinimalisticCoverArt plain white cover]] with a fake dinner invitation instead. The original cover would eventually be restored for the album's CD reissue. The controversy over the intended cover led to the album's release being delayed by several months... during which [[Music/TheBeatles another little-known English pop group]] happened to release [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum a double album with an all-white cover]] of their own. This led to the Stones being accused of ripping off said album cover come the release of ''Banquet'', even though they themselves never had anything to do with it. |
| 208 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Charlie Watts (the quiet, well-dressed, groupie-spurning one, and a notable aversion of the AllDrummersAreAnimals trope) was awoken one night by Mick Jagger (who was drunk) calling his room asking where "my drummer" was. [[TranquilFury Watts proceeded to get up, shave and dress in a pressed suit. He then walked down to Jagger's room and sent him flying with what Keith Richards called "a great fucking right hook".]] Jagger flew into a table and nearly slid out the window before Richards grabbed his leg. Watts yelled, "Don't ever call me 'your drummer' again, you're my fucking singer!" [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and left]]. (Watts later expressed regret for this, attributing his behaviour to alcohol. Richards, for his part, [[https://twitter.com/gcaw/status/1430213971177615360 noted in his autobiography]] that part of the reason he caught Jagger was that he was wearing Richards' wedding jacket at the time.) |
| 209 | * BigDamnHeroes: Keith has saved Mick's arse at least twice, the first as detailed in BewareTheNiceOnes |
| 210 | * TheBigRottenApple: "Shattered" ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple. Don't mind the maggots.") |
| 211 | -->"All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter 'bout\ |
| 212 | Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I can't give it away on 7th Avenue" |
| 213 | %%* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: "Brown Sugar." |
| 214 | * BornDuringAStorm: "Jumping Jack Flash" was "born in a cross-fire hurricane, and [howled] at [his] ma in the driving rain," which was only the beginning of the man's tumultuous and exciting life. |
| 215 | * BreakupSong: "Angie", which Mick wrote based on things going downhill with Music/MarianneFaithfull. |
| 216 | * CampStraight: Mick Jagger. Very flamboyant on and off stage, had eight children with five women. |
| 217 | * CanonDiscontinuity: The band's Decca Records albums up to ''Music/BetweenTheButtons''; the altered American releases by London Records are officially considered the canon versions. It's an inversion of most other British bands such as the Capitol albums by Music/TheBeatles in that the American versions are considered canon instead of the other way around. |
| 218 | * TheCasanova: |
| 219 | ** Bill Wyman. By his own estimate, he slept with over 1,000 women. |
| 220 | ** Brian Jones was no slouch, having numerous affairs and bearing at least four children by four different women. |
| 221 | ** Don't let Mick Jagger fool you. The man has probably never been turned down once in his entire life. |
| 222 | * ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''Music/TheRollingStonesNo2'', their second UK album. |
| 223 | * ClusterFBomb: "Star Star". It was originally called "Starfucker", but had the title changed after Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun managed to get them to do so. He couldn't make them remove the profanity though. |
| 224 | ** Also "Andrew's Blues," a drunken outtake from 1964 where the Stones (with Gene Pitney, Phil Spector, and the Hollies' Graham Nash and Allan Clarke) pay tribute to their manager Andrew Loog Oldham in the most profane way possible. |
| 225 | * ConceptAlbum: ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' |
| 226 | * ControlFreak: Jagger has the reputation of being one of these. |
| 227 | * CountryMusic: They have written a sizeable number of songs in this genre of varying degrees of sincerity. From ''Music/StickyFingers'' we have the example of "Dead Flowers" which is an AntiLoveSong featuring deliberately trashy musicianship intended to sound like the band members themselves were trashed when they recorded it. The same album also contains the example of "Wild Horses", which is played completely seriously and, like many of the best songs of the genre, is utterly heartbreaking. |
| 228 | * CoverAlbum: ''Blue & Lonesome'', the band's first all-cover work, with some old blues... |
| 229 | * CoverVersion: ...bringing back a tradition of the band's old days. Their first singles were Music/ChuckBerry's "Come On" and Music/TheBeatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man", their debut album has only one Jagger-Richards song, and so on. It became more sporadic as the Glimmer Twins wrote more and more, with examples from the 70s to the 90s including "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Just My Imagination", "Harlem Shuffle" and "Like a Rolling Stone". |
| 230 | ** Occasionally they covered songs that they themselves wrote or cowrote. "As Tears Go By", which Jagger and Richards cowrote with the Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham, was a Music/MarianneFaithfull song before the Stones recorded their version. Faithfull recorded "Sister Morphine" first too - and she cowrote it with Jagger and Richards. Unfortunately, her version of "Sister Morphine" was released on a single that Decca quickly withdrew in the UK (although it remained in print in some other territories), which has caused it to be almost forgotten. |
| 231 | * DarkerAndEdgier: ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' was the album that truly set the template for the band's sleazy, raunchy sound following the psychedelic experimentation of ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' (and the grittier but still comparatively tame R&B covers and pop singles of their early period). |
| 232 | ** The Stones themselves, of course, were initially seen as a Darker and Edgier alternative to Music/TheBeatles. |
| 233 | * DeadpanSnarker: Keith, of course. |
| 234 | * DemotedToExtra: |
| 235 | ** Shortly after becoming the Stones' business manager in 1964, Andrew Loog Oldham had keyboardist Ian Stewart demoted to road manager, ostensibly on the grounds that six were too many for a pop group but more likely because Stewart's short-haired, lantern-jawed appearance didn't fit the image that Oldham was trying to cultivate for the band. However, he did continue to contribute to the Stones' recordings and perform in the background as their touring keyboardist (but not a full member of the band) until his death. When the Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, the band requested that Stewart be inducted as a member as well. |
| 236 | ** Brian Jones, originally the Stones' leader, was relegated to an [[OutOfFocus increasingly secondary role]] as the '60s progressed, due to such factors as Oldham taking over the band's management (Jones and Oldham didn't particularly like each other), the emergence of the Jagger-Richards writing partnership (Jones couldn't or wouldn't write usable songs for the group, which made him far less important as their commercial ambitions grew), deteriorating relations with his bandmates (exacerbated by a LoveTriangle between Jones, Richards, and Anita Pallenberg), and his own personal problems (including severe drug and alcohol abuse and a corresponding deterioration in his physical and mental health). As a result of all this, Jones contributed little to the Stones' music after 1967; his final album with the band, ''Music/LetItBleed'', features him on just two tracks (congas on "Midnight Rambler" and autoharp on "You Got the Silver"). |
| 237 | * {{Determinator}}: Keith, of course. |
| 238 | ** Also, the character "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| 239 | ** The band as a whole. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only Music/BobDylan, Music/PaulMcCartney, and Music/TheBeachBoys rival the lads in rock and roll longevity. |
| 240 | * DisguisedInDrag: the original group dressed up as aeroplane stewardesses on the picture sleeve for the "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" single. |
| 241 | * DrugsAreBad: |
| 242 | ** "Mother's Little Helper", which is about a housewife abusing prescription drugs (presumably meprobamate (Miltown) or diazepam (Valium)) to deal with her everyday life, eventually leading to a fatal overdose. The first line gives a clue as to her deep motive: [[GrowingUpSucks "What a drag it is getting OLD..."]] |
| 243 | ** The final stanza of "Sister Morphine" mentions that "you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead." |
| 244 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Ron Wood played on "It's Only Rock & Roll", released in 1974, while he was still a member of the Music/{{Faces}}. He would play with the band for the ensuing tour in 1975 after Mick Taylor left the band, but did not become an official band member until the release of ''Black and Blue'' in 1976. |
| 245 | * EmbarrassingMiddleName: In a memoir of his time living with the group in the early '60s, one-time Stones crony Jimmy Phelge relates how Brian Jones had a strong aversion to his middle name (Hopkins) and tried to keep it a secret from the others. |
| 246 | * EpicRocking: "Goin' Home", "Midnight Rambler", "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Love Is Strong" |
| 247 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Charlie Watts originally abstained from drugs and alcohol, but when he began indulging in the mid-1980s, his use got so extreme that ''Keith Richards'' - yes, the man who probably qualifies as the TropeCodifier for ImmuneToDrugs - told him he was doing too much. Watts himself later admitted that he nearly lost his marriage because of it. |
| 248 | * TheFashionista: Charlie Watts was famous for his fashion sense. He frequently showed up on "best dressed" lists. |
| 249 | ** All of the Stones [[http://www.sugarbuzzmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the_rolling_stones.jpg embraced this heavily]] circa 1967. |
| 250 | * FishEyeLens: Used on the cover of the UK version of the ''Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)'' compilation. |
| 251 | * ForDoomTheBellTolls: "The Lantern" |
| 252 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: The classic '60s lineup: |
| 253 | ** Sanguine: Mick |
| 254 | ** Choleric: Keith |
| 255 | ** Melancholic: Brian |
| 256 | ** Phlegmatic: Charlie |
| 257 | ** Leukine: Bill |
| 258 | * FriendlyRivalry: With Music/TheBeatles in the '60s. |
| 259 | ** There is also a {{Main/Foil}} to it; the Stones were considered the "less wholesome" counterpart to Music/TheBeatles. |
| 260 | * GratuitousPanning: The stereo mix of the "We Love You" single has the vocals on the chorus shift from hard right to hard left. |
| 261 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: Several, going all the way back to 1966's ''Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)''. |
| 262 | * GriefSong: "Paint It Black" |
| 263 | * GroupieBrigade: They had a substantial one during their heyday, probably almost rivalling Music/TheBeatles in this regard. |
| 264 | * HappilyMarried: Charlie Watts was the only member of the band still married to his first wife, Shirley, who he married before the Stones became famous. His devotion to his wife is well known: When the band visited the Magazine/{{Playboy}} Mansion in 1972, Watts played pool with Hugh Hefner instead of hanging out with the Bunnies like the rest of the band. He also consistently turned down sexual advances from groupies while on the road, and most likely remained faithful to her until his death. (His marriage did suffer a crisis due to his substance abuse during the mid-'80s, but he recovered, and their marriage survived until his death.) |
| 265 | * HashtagForLaughs: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood each have their own Twitter account, alongside the Rolling Stones as a whole. Charlie Watts did not. When the Rolling Stones account listed individual accounts in a tweet, it used the hashtag [=#CharliestoocoolforTwitter=] in his absence. |
| 266 | * HeavyMeta: "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" (but I like it, I like it, yes I do!) |
| 267 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Mick and Keith. Keith: |
| 268 | --> "I always feel sorry for Mick's women. They always end up crying on my shoulder and I tell them 'How do you think I feel? I'm stuck with him!'" |
| 269 | * HeyYou: Get off of my cloud! |
| 270 | * HistoricalRapSheet: "SympathyForTheDevil" lists many atrocities that the titular Devil has been a part of, such as being a German General during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, being an accomplice of the [[WhoShotJFK assassination of both Kennedys]], and the French and Russian Revolutions. |
| 271 | * HorribleHistoryMetal: "Brown Sugar"--about the rape of enslaved women in the antebellum DeepSouth--is something of a predecessor. |
| 272 | * HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcsVz6jo5MM This video Mick and Charlie did]] for Creator/MontyPython's reunion show in 2014. |
| 273 | --> "A bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a load of money. I mean, the best one died ''years'' ago!" |
| 274 | ** Thoroughly lampshaded: |
| 275 | --->'''Mick''': [''to Charlie, who's sitting next to him on the sofa''] I mean, we've seen it all before! They've put it all up on [=YouTube=]! |
| 276 | --->'''Charlie''': [''AsideGlance''] |
| 277 | * IceQueen: "She's So Cold". |
| 278 | * IHateSong: "Stupid Girl" is three verses and a middle eight of of "grrr..." against shallow, empty-headed women. |
| 279 | * ImmuneToDrugs: ''Keith Richards.'' A lesser man would have died long ago taking half the amount of drugs he's taken in his life. |
| 280 | ** To put this in perspective, Richards admitted he only quit cocaine in 2006 after his head injury in Fiji, meaning he only quit hard drugs when he was ''sixty-three''. And even now, in his late 70's, he still enjoys cocktails and cannabis in his downtime. |
| 281 | * {{Instrumentals}}: "Stoned", "2120 South Michigan Avenue" |
| 282 | * IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Especially for their time, ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' and arguably ''Music/LetItBleed''. Also the song "Bitch". Not to mention the somewhat obscure song "Cocksucker Blues", which also lent its title to a never-released documentary about the band. |
| 283 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Spend The Night Together" as the most blatant. |
| 284 | * InternationalPopSongEnglish |
| 285 | * {{Irony}}: One of the main reasons why Bill Wyman -- a former RAF veteran -- left the Stones was because he had developed a fear of flying. |
| 286 | * JunkieParent: "Mother's Little Helper" is about a mother addicted to benzos. |
| 287 | * LargeHam: Mick, frequently. |
| 288 | * LastChorusSlowdown: "Ruby Tuesday" |
| 289 | * LeadDrummer: Charlie Watts may have qualified as a downplayed example; he was nowhere near as well-known as Jagger or Richards, but apart from those two, he's the only Rolling Stone to appear on every record until his death. Both rock critics and fellow drummers also regarded him as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time (for an example of each, critic Robert Christgau called him ''the'' greatest, and Music/PhilCollins named him as one of his five favourite drummers in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AvB0KR_PFo 2020 interview]][[note]]alongside Music/RingoStarr, [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]], [[Music/LedZeppelin John Bonham]], and Buddy Rich.[[/note]]), and after his death, tributes unanimously poured out that noted how important he was to the Stones' sound. |
| 290 | * LineOfSightName: Brian Jones supposedly came up with the band's name while trying to get a club booking on the telephone. When the venue's manager asked Jones what his newly-formed group called themselves, he looked at a Music/MuddyWaters album that was sitting on the floor and noticed the first track, "[[TitledAfterTheSong Rollin' Stone Blues]]". |
| 291 | * LiveAlbum: Several. ''Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!'', recorded on the 1969 U.S. tour and released in 1970, is generally considered the best of them. |
| 292 | * LongRunner: Started as a London club band in 1962, still going strong. |
| 293 | ** LongRunnerLineUp: Two of them: |
| 294 | *** Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood: 1975–93 |
| 295 | *** Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood: 1993–2021 |
| 296 | * LoudnessWar: The 2010 remaster of ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' suffers from a bad case of this. |
| 297 | * LyricalDissonance: The Stones have a knack for combining beautiful, moving music with ''severely'' screwed-up lyrics full of sex (and definitely not of the SafeSaneAndConsensual kind), drugs, violence, and general weirdness. |
| 298 | ** Case in point: "Brown Sugar", the only upbeat song on the ''Music/StickyFingers'' album. It's about slave rape on American cotton plantations. |
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| 301 | [[folder:M–Z]] |
| 302 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Trope Namer. Not specifically mentioned in the song, but Lucifer sounds like a guy who wears a nice suit. |
| 303 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: "Ruby Tuesday" is an early celebration of this character type. |
| 304 | -->"There's no time to lose, " I heard her say\ |
| 305 | "Catch your dreams before they slip away" |
| 306 | * TheMovie: ''Shine A Light'', by Creator/MartinScorsese. |
| 307 | * TheMasochismTango: Mick and Jerry Hall. Jesus. |
| 308 | * MisogynySong: They had quite a run of these in the '60s: "Play with Fire", "Under My Thumb", "Stupid Girl", "Lady Jane", "Out of Time", "Yesterday's Papers", "Back Street Girl", "Ride On, Baby"... |
| 309 | ** And in the '70s: "Brown Sugar", "Star Star", "Short and Curlies", "Some Girls"... |
| 310 | * MurderBallad: "Hand Of Fate" |
| 311 | * NewSoundAlbum: ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' began to add elements of psychedelia to their early mod sound. Its follow up, ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'', took them into full-blown psychedelic rock, continuing with this on ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest''. ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' codified their most well-known sound of bluesy, loose, garage rock. ''Music/SomeGirls'' played with elements of punk rock and disco, and ''Music/EmotionalRescue'' and ''Music/{{Undercover}}'' incorporated elements of synth-pop. |
| 312 | * NobodyLovesTheBassist: It would seem, considering that, after Bill Wyman left, there's been no official replacement for him (just session and touring bassists). |
| 313 | * NonAppearingTitle: "Sympathy for the Devil," "Let It Bleed" |
| 314 | * OdeToIntoxication: The CoverVersion of Music/MuddyWaters' "Champagne And Reefer" on ''Shine A Light'' |
| 315 | * OneSteveLimit: Twice averted, as they doubled up on Micks with Mick Avory's brief early membership, then later during Mick Taylor's time with the band. |
| 316 | * OneWomanSong: "Angie", "Lady Jane", "Ruby Tuesday", "Sweet Virginia", "Hey Negrita", "Indian Girl" |
| 317 | * PaintItBlack: Trope Namer (the actual song has nothing to do with the trope). |
| 318 | * PenName: The pseudonym "Nanker Phelge" was used for several early group compositions.[[note]]"Nankering" or "pulling a nanker" was the Stones' slang term for making a face, while "Phelge" was a ShoutOut to Jimmy Phelge, who shared a London flat with Mick, Keith, and Brian prior to the group's success.[[/note]] |
| 319 | * "But don't play with me, 'cause you're PlayingWithFire..." |
| 320 | * ThePollyanna: The narrator of "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Their whole life, they've been through misfortune after misfortune, even being at the mercy of AbusiveParents who whip their back with a belt, and yet they've never lost their optimism as the years went by. |
| 321 | * ProtestSong: |
| 322 | ** "We Love You" (1967): Outwardly a message to their fans for their support in the wake of Jagger and Richards' then-recent drug busts. However, beneath the surface it was a sarcastic riposte to the police harassment they had been receiving at the time. |
| 323 | ** "Street Fighting Man" (1968): A commentary on the violence and civil unrest of the late 1960s. Jagger said the song was inspired by British activist Tariq Ali after he attended a 1968 antiwar rally at which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000. |
| 324 | ** "Salt of the Earth" (1969): Apparently the result of Music/JohnLennon inspiring the Stones to write a working-class anthem; its lyrics (primarily written by Jagger) salute the working class, although Jagger admits that he finds it difficult to understand them. |
| 325 | ** "Sweet Black Angel" (1972): An expression of support for imprisoned Black Panther activist Angela Davis, who was facing murder charges at the time (she was acquitted later that year). |
| 326 | ** "Fingerprint File" (1974): Expresses frustration over government monitoring and surveillance activity. |
| 327 | ** "Hang Fire" (1981): Contains satirical lyrics about the economic decline Britain was facing throughout the 1970s; it's also sung from the perspective of a working-class Englishman who finds even marrying into wealth to be too much bother ("Marrying money is a full-time job"), even though it's implied to be the only way to get ahead in English society ("We've got nothing to eat/We got nowhere to work/Nothing to drink/We just lost our shirts"). Richards said the song was directed at the "ugly politicians" who caused the country to decline when the "money got tight". |
| 328 | ** "Undercover of the Night" (1983): A protest of the political repression in Argentina and Chile at the time. |
| 329 | ---> All the young men, they've been rounded up |
| 330 | ---> And sent to camps back in the jungle |
| 331 | ---> And people whisper, people double-talk |
| 332 | ---> Once proud fathers act so humble. |
| 333 | ** "Highwire" (1991): A protest of the First Gulf War. "It's not about the war. It's about how it started," Jagger said. Richards added, "This is not about the war. It's about how you build up some shaky dictator. You can't build them up, 'cause then you've got to slam them down." |
| 334 | ** "Sweet Neo Con" (2005): A biting critique of the American right wing, particularly the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush administration. It opens with the following lines, and continues in similar fashion from there: |
| 335 | ---> You call yourself a Christian |
| 336 | ---> I think that you're a hypocrite |
| 337 | ---> You say you are a patriot |
| 338 | ---> I think that you're a crock of [[PrecisionFStrike shit]] |
| 339 | * TheQuietOne: Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Mick Taylor. |
| 340 | %%* RatedMForManly |
| 341 | * RockMeAsmodeus: "Sympathy for the Devil" |
| 342 | ** Mick Jagger himself was critical about this trope, noting that he was amazed that the Satanic metaphor became popular with Heavy Metal musicians when for him the song wasn't really about "the devil" at all. |
| 343 | * RockStarSong: "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll". Keith's "Before They Make Me Run" kind of qualifies as well. |
| 344 | * {{Rockumentary}} / LeFilmArtistique: |
| 345 | ** ''Charlie is My Darling'' (1966), a documentary of the Stones' 1965 Irish tour, which was described by one commentator as ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' had it been directed by Creator/JeanLucGodard. |
| 346 | ** ''Sympathy for the Devil'' aka ''One Plus One'' (1968) is actually directed by Godard himself. It features digressive vignettes on politics and student movements intercut with actual footage showing the recording sessions in studio for "Sympathy for the Devil". The producer of the film famously [[ExecutiveMeddling re-titled the film after the song]], outraging Godard and leading him to remark, "They wanted to make my ''One Plus One'' equal two!" |
| 347 | ** ''Film/GimmeShelter1970'', a documentary of their disastrous 1969 free concert at Altamont Speedway, has been viewed by some as a meditation on the death of the Sixties. |
| 348 | ** ''[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Cocksucker Blues]]'' (named after the song they recorded to get ''way'' the fuck away from [[ExecutiveMeddling Decca]], see below) is even worse; it hasn't been ''[[KeepCirculatingTheTapes released.]]'' If the director tries, they'll sue him. Considering [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll what's in it]], that's in their best interest. |
| 349 | ** ''Shine a Light'' (2008), directed by Creator/MartinScorsese, intersperses concert and backstage footage from a New York concert on the 2006 ''A Bigger Bang'' tour with archival footage from throughout the band's career. |
| 350 | * ScyllaAndCharybdis: "Rock and a Hard Place". |
| 351 | * SeductionLyric: Any band fronted by Mick Jagger is probably going to get a name for invoking this trope -- but “Let’s Spend the Night Together” is an especially obvious instance for one. |
| 352 | * SelfBackingVocalist: While various band-mates and others have all contributed backing vocals at different times, it's not unusual for Jagger to employ this on recordings. |
| 353 | * SelfDeprecation: A compilation of their late '70s material was titled ''Sucking In The Seventies''. |
| 354 | * SelfTitledAlbum: [[Music/TheRollingStones1964 Their 1964 debut LP]] was one of these in the UK, although their American label subtitled it with ''[[Music/TheRollingStones1964 England's Newest Hit Makers]]''. |
| 355 | * SerialKiller: "Midnight Rambler" |
| 356 | * SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: They were the pioneers, leading to the controversial, "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" |
| 357 | * SexSlave: "Brown Sugar" is about the rape of enslaved women in the antebellum DeepSouth, in something of a predecessor to HorribleHistoryMetal. |
| 358 | * SharpDressedMan: Charlie Watts was this, big time. |
| 359 | * ShotgunWedding: "Dear Doctor" |
| 360 | * ShoutOut: |
| 361 | ** The cover of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' album has a doll wearing a sweater with "Welcome the Rolling Stones" on the front. The Stones returned the favour by hiding pictures of the Beatles' faces on the ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' cover. |
| 362 | ** The original bathroom stall cover of ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' includes such graffiti as "Music/BobDylan's Dream" and "Music from [[Music/TheBand Big Brown]]". |
| 363 | ** The original ''Music/SomeGirls'' cover layout shows the band members' faces superimposed with those of such famous Hollywood actresses as Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/EarthaKitt, Creator/LucilleBall, Creator/BrigitteBardot, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. This backfired when Ball, Fawcett, Welch, the Monroe estate and Creator/LizaMinnelli on behalf of her late mother Judy Garland threatened legal action, forcing the album to be withdrawn and the cover altered for all subsequent pressings and reissues. |
| 364 | * SignatureStyle: Keith Richards' use of open tunings. |
| 365 | * TheSixties: Mod suits and screaming girls. |
| 366 | * SoloSideProject: Every main member has released solo albums or worked on solo projects while being a member of the Stones (save for Mick Taylor, whose solo debut didn't come until well after he'd left the band). Bill Wyman was the first to do this with a proper studio album (''Monkey Grip'') in 1974, although Brian Jones wrote and recorded a film soundtrack (''A Degree of Murder'') in 1967 which was never officially released, and produced an album of Moroccan folk music (''Music/BrianJonesPresentsThePipesOfPanAtJajouka'') that was released posthumously in 1971. |
| 367 | * SomethingBlues: "Stray Cat Blues", "Ventilator Blues", "Fancy Man Blues". |
| 368 | ** And the infamous "[[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Cocksucker Blues]]". |
| 369 | ** And the [[ClusterFBomb equally foul-mouthed]] "Andrew's Blues". |
| 370 | * SongOfSongTitles: Not a song, actually; "Don't Stop" has a ''Video'' of Song Titles. |
| 371 | * SpecialGuest: |
| 372 | ** Music/PhilSpector and Gene Pitney play maracas and piano, respectively, on "Little by Little" and "Now I've Got a Witness". |
| 373 | *** From the same sessions, they also appear (along with [[Music/TheHollies Graham Nash and Allan Clarke]]) on the unreleased (and very X-rated) "Andrew's Blues". In fact, Spector sings lead on that particular ditty. |
| 374 | ** [[Music/TheBeatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney]] perform backing vocals on "We Love You". |
| 375 | ** [[Music/TheSmallFaces Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott]] perform backing vocals on "In Another Land". |
| 376 | ** Gospel singer Merry Clayton performs backing vocals (and even a couple of lead lines) on "Gimme Shelter". That song is also a great excuse to bring in a famous female singer during live shows; those who have done so include [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]], Music/LadyGaga, and Music/MaryJBlige. |
| 377 | ** [[Music/{{Faces}} Ron Wood and Kenney Jones]] play guitar and drums, respectively, on "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)", two years before Wood joined the Stones officially. |
| 378 | *** Music/DavidBowie sang co-lead on the original recording of "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)", although his vocals were wiped for the finished version. Ditto [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]] on "Slave". |
| 379 | ** Jazz great Sonny Rollins plays saxophone on "Waiting for a Friend". |
| 380 | ** [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy]] [[Music/LedZeppelin Page]] plays guitar on "One Hit (To the Body)". |
| 381 | ** Music/EricClapton plays guitar on the live ''Flashpoint'' version of "Little Red Rooster", as well as on "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing" and "I Can't Quit You Baby" from ''Blue & Lonesome''. |
| 382 | ** ''No Security'' includes a guest appearance by [[Music/DaveMatthewsBand Dave Matthews]] on "Memory Motel". |
| 383 | ** [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus and Malcolm Young]] joined the band onstage to play "Rock Me Baby" a few times in 2003. |
| 384 | ** ''Live Licks'' includes guest appearances by Music/SherylCrow ("Honky Tonk Women") and Solomon Burke ("Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"). |
| 385 | ** ''Shine a Light'' includes guest appearances by Music/ChristinaAguilera ("Live With Me"), Music/JackWhite ("Loving Cup"), and Buddy Guy ("Champagne and Reefer"). |
| 386 | * {{Spicy Latina}}s: The "Puerto Rican girls who're just ''dying'' to meet you" in "Miss You." |
| 387 | * SpoilerTitle: It takes until the final verse of "Sympathy for the Devil" for the song's narrator to be revealed. No guesses for who it is. |
| 388 | * SpokenWordInMusic: Several of their songs have brief spoken-word bits from Jagger: "Something Happened to Me Yesterday", "Fingerprint File", "Miss You", "Far Away Eyes", "Emotional Rescue", "Slave", "Tops", etc. |
| 389 | * StageNames: |
| 390 | ** "Bill Wyman" was born William George Perks. |
| 391 | ** Brian Jones initially called himself "Elmo Lewis" when the Stones started, after his idol Elmore James. |
| 392 | *** In fact, Brian was born Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones. |
| 393 | ** Keith Richards billed himself as "Keith Richard" in the '60s and '70s, in emulation of early British rocker Cliff Richard. |
| 394 | * StepUpToTheMicrophone: |
| 395 | ** Keith Richards sings lead on numerous songs including "You Got the Silver", "Happy", "Before They Make Me Run", "Little T&A", etc. Often lampshaded by Jagger in concert, where he usually introduces the band right before Keith sings a song or two. To heighten the effect, Keith is last, wherein Jagger introduces him "on guitar and now the vocals". |
| 396 | ** Bill Wyman sings lead on "In Another Land", his sole writing credit for the Stones' core catalogue. |
| 397 | ** Brian Jones shares harmony vocals with Jagger on the choruses of "Walking the Dog". |
| 398 | * TheStoic: |
| 399 | ** Bill Wyman. |
| 400 | ** To a lesser extent Mick Taylor as well. |
| 401 | ** Regardless of how hard the band was rocking, Charlie Watts' expression rarely moved from "polite interest". |
| 402 | * AStormIsComing: "Gimme Shelter" |
| 403 | * SubduedSection: "Let's Spend the Night Together" has a bridge where the whole band drops out except organ, bass, and percussive clicks (which engineer Glyn Johns says were [[EverythingIsAnInstrument batons borrowed from two police officers]] who stopped by the studio to make sure things were all right when they noticed the building's door was open), Jagger sings softer, and there are some choirlike, wordless vocal harmonies before they tear back into the song. |
| 404 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Trope Namer. Ironically, the song in question is a subversion of the trope, as the Devil spends the whole song bragging about how evil he is. Or rather, sarcastically confessing how evil and horrible he is, when "after all it was you and me": that is to say, the Devil is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of humanity's own capacity for evil...but [[NeverMyFault you can just call him Lucifer]]. Lucifer also threatens to [[ThePowerOfHate "lay your soul to waste"]] if you don't show him sympathy or respect. Yikes. |
| 405 | * TakeThat: |
| 406 | ** "We Love You" was the Stones' "valentine" to the British establishment following the group's harassment by police and media throughout 1967, which culminated in an infamous drug raid at Keith Richards' home and the attempted imprisonment of he and Jagger for possession. |
| 407 | ** When Decca Records told them they were obligated to deliver one more single after leaving the label, the band gave them the unreleasable "Cocksucker Blues". It was released in Germany and did well there, though. |
| 408 | * TextlessAlbumCover: ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', ''Music/ItsOnlyRockNRoll'', ''Music/ABiggerBang'' |
| 409 | ** The original UK version of [[Music/TheRollingStones1964 their debut album]] was textless apart from the standard Decca logo (a rather bold move for the early '60s, especially for a bunch of then-unknowns). This was also done for ''Music/TheRollingStonesNo2'' and ''Music/BetweenTheButtons''. |
| 410 | * ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Particularly in the early years. |
| 411 | * ThreeDimensionalEpisode: The cover of the ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' album originally featured a lenticular 3-D image of the band. |
| 412 | * TitledAfterTheSong: The band's name derives from Music/MuddyWaters'"Rollin' Stone". |
| 413 | * UnreplacedDeparted: After Bill Wyman departed in 1993, the remaining members brought Darryl Jones in to play bass on records and tours as a hired musician and not as a replacement to Wyman within the group. If the Stones continue on their current course, their time without Wyman will exceed the time he spent with them in 2024. |
| 414 | * VideoFullOfFilmClips: The music video for "Angry" has Creator/SydneySweeney singing and dancing along to the song in the backseat of a convertible driving down a street with electronic billboards showing clips from previous Rolling Stones music videos and live shows, some stylized after their previous albums' covers, which also allows Charlie Watts, who'd passed away 2 years prior, to be featured. |
| 415 | * VillainSong: "SympathyForTheDevil" sounds like a villain (the devil, obviously) bragging about all the atrocities he's committed over the ages, but it is more along the lines of AsLongAsThereIsEvil. |
| 416 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Richards and Jagger both have described their relationship with one another as this. |
| 417 | ** For what it's worth, though, they've got one foot each in HeterosexualLifePartners. |
| 418 | * WantsVersusNeeds: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" sings about discontentment in life, but contrasts against uplifting production and ends each chorus on the message, "But if you try sometimes, you find, you get what you need." |
| 419 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Brian Jones's relationship with Jagger and Richards wound up this way. |
| 420 | * WhoShotJFK: In "Sympathy for the Devil:" "After all, it was you and me." |
| 421 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The narrator in "Paint It Black" who lost their love and wants to "see the sun blotted out from the sky." |
| 422 | * WordSaladLyrics: "2000 Light Years from Home" |
| 423 | * WorkingClassHero: Semi-subverted with "Salt of the Earth", which at first seems to celebrate common people, but also characterizes them as a "faceless crowd" susceptible to being exploited by "grey-suited grafters". |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
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