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Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor.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)
Love Is Strong
The Rolling Stones Lyrics
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You make me hard, you make me weak
Love is strong and you're so sweet
And someday babe, we got to meet
A glimpse of you was all it took
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
And I followed you across the stars
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team
Well, love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
And someday babe, we got to meet (got to meet)
Just anywhere out in the park
Out on the street and in the dark
I followed you through swirling seas
Down darkened woods with silent trees
Your love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
You make me hard, you make me weak
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, beautiful
I wait for you until the dawn
My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is bitter and taken neat
Love is strong, yeah (you're so sweet)
(Got to meet) Love is strong, oh
(You're so sweet) you're so sweet, yeah
(Got to meet) strong
(You're so sweet) got to meet, got to meet
(You're so sweet)
(You're so sweet)
(Got to meet)
(You're so sweet)
The Rolling Stones' song "Love is Strong" is an ode to the powerful, all-consuming nature of love. The lyrics detail a love that is both sweet and bitter, strong and weak, and which fills the singer with a combination of desire and fear. The imagery is often dark and mysterious, with references to "swirling seas" and "darkened woods with silent trees."
The song begins with the declaration that "Your love is strong and you're so sweet / You make me hard, you make me weak." The juxtaposition of strength and weakness is a recurring theme throughout the song, as the singer is both empowered and vulnerable in the face of this all-consuming love. The chorus repeats the title phrase "Love is strong and you're so sweet," emphasizing the two sides of the emotion.
The second verse describes the singer's initial attraction to their love interest, which occurred with just a "glimpse" and a "stranger's glance." The intensity of their feelings is further emphasized by the line "I followed you across the stars," which suggests a cosmic, otherworldly connection. The bridge of the song asks, "What are you scared of, baby? / It's more than just a dream / I need some time / We make a beautiful team." This portrays the singer's desire to fully commit to the relationship, despite their partner's hesitations.
Overall, "Love is Strong" is a song about the all-consuming nature of love and the way it can simultaneously empower and weaken us.
Line by Line Meaning
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your affection is powerful and your character is endearing
You make me hard, you make me weak
You arouse me and affect me deeply
Love is strong and you're so sweet
Affection is powerful and your character is endearing
And someday babe, we got to meet
We need to arrange a meeting
A glimpse of you was all it took
Just seeing you was enough to captivate me
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
A brief look from a stranger drew me in
And I followed you across the stars
I pursued you across great distances
I looked for you in seedy bars
I searched for you in disreputable places
What are you scared of, baby?
What are you afraid of, my dear?
It's more than just a dream
This is more than just a fantasy
I need some time
I require some time to sort things out
We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team
We work together splendidly
Just anywhere out in the park
Somewhere outside, perhaps in a park
Out on the street and in the dark
In public places and when it's nighttime
I followed you through swirling seas
I pursued you through tumultuous waters
Down darkened woods with silent trees
Through gloomy forests with quiet trees
Your love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
Your affection is powerful and your character is endearing
You make me hard, you make me weak
You arouse me and affect me deeply
I wait for you until the dawn
I anticipate your arrival until sunrise
My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
My thoughts are in turmoil, and my emotions are in distress
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your affection is powerful and your character is endearing
Your love is bitter and taken neat
Your affection is harsh and undiluted
Love is strong, yeah (you're so sweet)
Affection is powerful, yes (you're so endearing)
(Got to meet) Love is strong, oh
(Need to meet) Affection is powerful, oh
(You're so sweet) you're so sweet, yeah
(You're so endearing) you're so endearing, yes
(Got to meet) strong
(Need to meet) powerful
(You're so sweet) got to meet, got to meet
(You're so endearing) need to meet, need to meet
(You're so sweet)
(You're so endearing)
(Got to meet)
(Need to meet)
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@tnreddogg
Came here to pay respects...Requiescat In Pace, Charlie. Class act all the way around.
at the SARS benefit show in Toronto. This is how Neil Peart described it:
A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."
He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts."
"Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand.
He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!"
I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life.
Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene:
"BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!"
@mastermystery3111
rest in peace, Charlie Watts. You were great. We'll never forget about you and your music
@tnreddogg
Came here to pay respects...Requiescat In Pace, Charlie. Class act all the way around.
at the SARS benefit show in Toronto. This is how Neil Peart described it:
A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."
He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts."
"Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand.
He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!"
I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life.
Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene:
"BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!"
@timsmith9426
@@tnreddogg high hi
@julioalcaraz5417
Charlie was my favorite 🤩 member of The Rolling Stones. RIP mate
@BreetishSteel
Ринго Старр,Чарли Уоттс,Кит Мун-Великая тройка Ударников!
@fredfx
I was the Visual Effects Supervisor and one of the compositors on that Video. Won an MTV award and Grammy for that one.... Fincher was such a class act. We worked 21 very long days in a row, and when we were done, Fincher sent EVERY person on my team a full Rolling Stones Catalog and generous gift card. He sent me a very special gift that I cherish to this day. The real gift though was doing something fresh and new. One of the great experiences of my professional life. I'll never forget it.
@robertsan2654
Thank you! :) Amazing.
@briansemple1334
Lucky you, and fantastic work !
@carolostrandeer4107
fredfx can I have one ❤️freaking awesome
@carolostrandeer4107
fredfx This is freaking amazing!