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Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor.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)
Grown Up Wrong
The Rolling Stones Lyrics
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Well you've grown up all wrong
You come on too strong
Well you've grown up all wrong
Well you were easy to fool, when you were in school, but
You've grown up all wrong
Well you've grown up on me
Don't believe what I see
Well you've grown up on me
Well you look so sweet when you're in your jeans, but
You've grown up on me
Well you've grown up too fast
Well you've grown up too fast
Don't forget about the past
Girl, you've grown up too fast
Well you won't be a fool, but I'm through with you
Well you've grown up too fast
Well you've grown up too fast
The Rolling Stones’ song “Grown Up Wrong” is a cynical commentary on the coming-of-age process, as well as the pitfalls and compromises one must make as they grow into adulthood. The song’s chorus, “Well you’ve grown up all wrong, well you’ve grown up too fast, don’t forget about the past,” speaks to the notion that modern life is characterized by an overly compressed timeline in which youth are expected to grow up too quickly, abandoning their youth and succumbing to social and financial pressures.
The refrain, “Well you were easy to fool when you were in school, but you’ve grown up all wrong,” becomes a bitter indictment of our education system, which fails to instill in its students critical thinking skills and a healthy skepticism of societal pressures. The rest of the song is filled with biting sarcasm that attempts to awaken its listeners to the dangers of youth passed too quickly.
Overall, “Grown Up Wrong” sees The Rolling Stones questioning the natural order of life as it struggles to adjust to a modern age where things seem to be moving faster than ever before. With the song’s chorus proclaiming that we’ve all “grown up wrong,” The Rolling Stones deliver a biting critique of modern life that remains as relevant today as it was in the 1960s when it was first produced.
Line by Line Meaning
Well you've grown up all wrong
The way you've matured is not ideal.
Well you've grown up all wrong
Again, the way you've grown up is disappointing.
You come on too strong
You are excessively assertive or aggressive.
Well you've grown up all wrong
For the third time, your growth is not satisfactory.
Well you were easy to fool, when you were in school, but
You were gullible in the past, but now…
You've grown up all wrong
…your poor development continues to disappoint.
Well you've grown up on me
You’ve developed in a way that is unexpected and not preferred.
Well you've grown up on me
Once again, your growth has let me down.
Don't believe what I see
I can’t trust what I observe about your development.
Well you've grown up on me
Your disappointing growth is an unwelcome surprise.
Well you look so sweet when you're in your jeans, but
You appear charming at first glance…
You've grown up on me
…but, again, your development is a disappointment.
Well you've grown up too fast
You’ve matured too quickly.
Well you've grown up too fast
Once more, your too-rapid development is troublesome.
Don't forget about the past
Remember what happened before.
Girl, you've grown up too fast
Your fast pace of growth is problematic, lady.
Well you won't be a fool, but I'm through with you
You won’t be fooled again, but I’m done with you regardless.
Well you've grown up too fast
Your rapid pace of growth is, yet again, not good.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music Inc.
Written by: KEITH RICHARDS, MICK JAGGER
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Mike
Keep the great Stones lyric videos coming!
Maxim Popov
In the beginning of a legend. Peace Love and the Rolling Stones 💙
Miguel Dario
Great song, great lyric video... One of My favorite songs from Rolling Stones no. 2 (UK) and 12x5 (USA)
MeloLand
Fantastic song.
Pgcmoore
outstanding!!!
Martin Cuz
The best move we could possibly do was get to America as quickly as possible and record there.
Keith Richards,1979
Bob
They went to Chess records in 1964 and the stuff they recorded there sounded 100 times better than the stuff they did in England up to that point.
marina lópez
these lyric music videos are a fucking masterpiece and bless
Maxim Popov
The Stones Roll Out ♥️💙❤️
C Synch
Brian on the slide, when he was on he was the Stones