The Rolling Stones went disco, Mick Jagger went falsetto, and Keith Richards wasn’t exactly thrilled. Here’s how ‘Emotional Rescue’ became one of their strangest hits.
The Rolling Stones ’Emotional Rescue’ (1980): When Disco, Soul, and Risk Collided
The Rolling Stones’ Do ‘Mannish Boy’ Live in 1977: Pure Blues Swagger
The Rolling Stones took ‘Mannish Boy’ to El Mocambo in 1977, stripping the blues down to grit, attitude and a whole lot of Jagger swagger.
The Rolling Stones’ and ‘I’ve Been Loving You Too Long’: How They Turned Otis Redding’s Soul Classic Into a Fake Live Recording (1965)
The Rolling Stones tackled Otis Redding’s soul classic in 1965—but the recording became stranger when producers added crowd noise and organ to fake a live performance.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Think’: The Story Behind the Aftermath Song (1966)
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Think’ hides fuzz bass, bitter lyrics and a surprising Chris Farlowe connection beneath one of the lesser-known Aftermath tracks.
The Rolling Stones’ and ‘You Can Make It If You Try’: The 1964 Cover
The Rolling Stones took a gospel-soul song and turned it into a tense 1964 deep cut, complete with exposed vocals, gritty harmonies, and a curious album-sleeve mistake.
The Rolling Stones Revisit Little Walter on ‘Hate to See You Go’ (2016)
The Rolling Stones revisit Little Walter on ‘Hate to See You Go,’ digging into the Chicago blues roots that helped shape their sound decades earlier.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Anyway You Look At It’: A Hidden Love Song (1998)
The Rolling Stones rarely sounded this tender. ‘Anyway You Look At It’ slipped onto a 1998 B-side, hiding one of their most unexpectedly intimate performances.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Scarlet’ and The Jimmy Page Story Behind the Song (1974)
A forgotten 1974 session, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards—and a Rolling Stones song that mysteriously disappeared for nearly half a century.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘The Storm’: How Mick Jagger Wrote It on Demand (1994)
Mick Jagger needed three B-sides fast, so he sat in a cafeteria and wrote them. ‘The Storm’ was one of the surprisingly bluesy results.
The Rolling Stones Cover ‘Drift Away’: The 1974 Recording Finally Released
The Rolling Stones recorded ‘Drift Away’ in 1974, then apparently decided everyone could wait several decades to hear it. Here’s what happened.
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