Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. They then found greater success with their own material, as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Get Off of My Cloud" (1965), and "Paint It Black" (1966) became international number-one hits. Aftermath (1966) – their first entirely original album – is considered by The Daily Telegraph to be the most important of their formative records. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request. They returned to their rhythm and blues roots with hit songs such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968) and "Honky Tonk Women" (1969), and albums such as Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring "Sympathy for the Devil", and Let It Bleed (1969), featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter". Let It Bleed was the first of five consecutive number-one albums in the UK.
Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor. That year they were first introduced on stage as "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World". Sticky Fingers (1971), which yielded "Brown Sugar" and included the first usage of their tongue and lips logo, was their first of eight consecutive number-one studio albums in the US. Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring "Tumbling Dice", and Goats Head Soup (1973), yielding the hit ballad "Angie", were also best sellers. Taylor was replaced by Ron Wood in 1974. The band continued to release successful albums, including their two largest sellers: Some Girls (1978), featuring "Miss You", and Tattoo You (1981), featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels (1989) was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge (1994), a worldwide number-one album. Both releases were promoted by large stadium and arena tours, as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction; by 2007 they had recorded the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and as recently as 2021 they were the highest-earning live act of the year. From Wyman's departure in 1993 to Watts' death in 2021, the band continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones playing bass on tour and on most studio recordings, while Steve Jordan became their touring drummer following Watts' death. Their 2016 album, Blue & Lonesome, became their twelfth UK number-one album.
The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of 200 million make them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The band has won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Billboard magazine and Rolling Stone have ranked the band as one of the greatest of all time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
Studio albums
The Rolling Stones / England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)
12 X 5 (1964)
The Rolling Stones No. 2 / The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Out of Our Heads (1965)
December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
Aftermath (1966)
Between the Buttons (1967)
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
Beggars Banquet (1968)
Let It Bleed (1969)
Sticky Fingers (1971)
Exile on Main St. (1972)
Goats Head Soup (1973)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
Black and Blue (1976)
Some Girls (1978)
Emotional Rescue (1980)
Tattoo You (1981)
Undercover (1983)
Dirty Work (1986)
Steel Wheels (1989)
Voodoo Lounge (1994)
Bridges to Babylon (1997)
A Bigger Bang (2005)
Blue & Lonesome (2016)
Hackney Diamonds (2023)
Fortune Teller
The Rolling Stones Lyrics
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Had my fortune read
I didn't know what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my head
When she took a look at my palm
She said son are you feeling kinda warm?
And she looked into her crystal ball
I said I could not be so
I'm not passionate with the girls I know
She said when the next one arrives
You'll be looking into her eyes
I left there in a hurry
Looking forward to my big surprise
The next day I discovered
That the fortune teller told me lies
I hurried back down to that woman
As mad as I could be
I told her I didn't see nobody
Why'd she made a fool out of me
Then something struck me
As if it came from up above
While looking at the fortune teller
I fell in love
Now I'm a happy fellow
Well, I am married to the fortune teller
Well happy as me can be
Now I get my fortune told for free
Now I'm a happy fellow
Well, I am married to the fortune teller
Well happy as me can be
And now I get my fortune told for free
The Rolling Stones' song "Fortune Teller" tells the story of an unsuspecting young man who visits a fortune teller to have his future predicted. When the fortune teller takes a look at his palm, she tells him that he's in love, but he denies it. Despite his protests, she assures him that he'll know when the right woman comes along. The next day, the young man realizes that the fortune teller was lying to him, and he confronts her. But as he's looking at her, something strikes him, and he falls in love with the fortune teller herself. The song ends with the young man happily married to the fortune teller and receiving free fortune readings for life.
Line by Line Meaning
Went to the fortune teller
I went to a person who tells people their future and fortune
Had my fortune read
I had my future and fortune predicted
I didn't know what to tell her
I didn't have anything to say to her about my future because I was unsure
I had a dizzy feeling in my head
I felt disoriented and confused
When she took a look at my palm
When she examined the lines on my hand
She said son are you feeling kinda warm?
She asked me if I had a warm feeling inside because she believed I was in love
And she looked into her crystal ball
She gazed into her clear sphere that is believed to tell the future
And said you're in love
She declared that I am in love
I said I could not be so
I refused to believe her prediction
I'm not passionate with the girls I know
I am not romantically inclined towards any girls in my life
She said when the next one arrives
She predicted that I would fall in love with the next girl I meet
You'll be looking into her eyes
I will be captivated by her gaze
I left there in a hurry
I quickly departed from her place of business
Looking forward to my big surprise
I was anticipating the future she predicted for me
The next day I discovered
The following day I found out
That the fortune teller told me lies
Her predictions were incorrect
I hurried back down to that woman
I quickly returned to the fortune teller
As mad as I could be
As angry as I possibly could be
I told her I didn't see nobody
I informed her that I did not see the girl she predicted
Why'd she made a fool out of me
I asked her why she had tricked me into believing something false
Then something struck me
Suddenly, I had an epiphany
As if it came from up above
As if this realization was a divine intervention
While looking at the fortune teller
While gazing at the fortune teller
I fell in love
I realized that I was in love with the fortune teller
Now I'm a happy fellow
Now I am a joyous man
Well, I am married to the fortune teller
I have wedded the fortune teller
Well happy as me can be
As happy as I could possibly be
Now I get my fortune told for free
I now receive fortune telling for free from my spouse
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ALLEN TOUSSAINT
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Greg Halder
on 2000 Light Years From Home
Totally underrated track and album..