the rolling stones
The Rolling Stones were the antithesis of The
Beatles. It's very difficult to imagine how any two groups
could have been more different ; The Beatles came from Liverpool,
The Stones didn't. There were four Beatles and five Stones. Nobody
in The Stones was called George
Harrison. The Stones didn't have The One
With The Big Nose, they had The One With The Big Lips. His
name was Mick Jagger and astonishingly, all these years later, it
still is. But much else has changed in that time.
For a start, 4 of those 5 original Stones are now over 40 years
older, but despite their age they still "rock" and still
take delight in shocking - They perform shocking concerts, give
shocking interviews and make shocking records . . . (and Bill
Wyman still has sex with young girls less than half his age -
including one or two who are barely into their thirties!). And
although Brian Jones is long dead, Keith Richard is NOT - despite
the fact that he's had more drugs than ICI in his lifetime. Work
that one out!
So while The Rolling Stones are (very) arguably 'the best rock
and roll band in the world', they are incontestably the oldest
rock and roll band in the world.
In the 60s, The Stones became the living symbol of
rebelliousness. Everywhere they went they caused offence with
their threatening behaviour, foul language and blatant
promiscuity. They were the archetypal Bad Boys Of Rock.
 Following
a gig on July 1 1965, the group pulled up at the all-night Francis
Service Station on Romford Road, Stratford (UK).
After being told
the lavatories were being renovated and being refused permission
to use the private toilet, Bill Wyman "urinated against the
boundary wall of the service station", with Mick Jagger and
Brain Jones following suit further down the street.
The trio were charged and stood trial - during which the press
had a hoot after it was revealed that, during the incident, Jagger
had sneered: "we'll piss anywhere, man". The Stones were
ordered to pay £3 each plus costs.
The group survived the 'scandal' but were brought to book for
drug-related offences in 1967. There were also sex scandals
(mention a Mars Bar to Mick and he'll automatically think of Marianne
Faithfull), riots, and even murders in the audience.
You can say what you like . . . I reckon they haven't had a
decent record since 1967.
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