Despite Richards' ongoing battle with drugs, the band still had a fire in them.
To this day, Jagger is drowned out by stadium crowds singing back the chorus.
With a cool breeze and an electric crowd, it makes for a cathartic experience.
“When do we learn to understand history without getting upset?
Right now we’re not really in that space,” she said.
“I’m sensitive, but when it comes to poetic license, I let go.
It’s just a great riff.
It’s a great hook.”
All these years later, it’s still a lot to sift through.
Off the band’s 1965 albumOut of Our Heads, the track was the Stones' first No.
1 record in America.
It appears the American youth agreed.
The deliberately layered percussion adds a level of funk that is often too underappreciated.
But theBeggars Banquettrack does not forego the wailing guitar that constitutes the Stones' ethos.
But the song’s message was reworked by Jagger to suit the tale of a faltering relationship.
Off the 1969 albumLet It Bleed, the soothing-yet-haunting harmonies and crescendoing riffs build tension to later relinquish it.
Furthermore, the band explained that the lyrical foundation came from the troubles of a jealous heart.
The film recounted the shockingly tragic and deadly 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway in California.
