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’ ‘Think’: The Story Behind the Aftermath Song (1966)
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.
The Rolling Stones Cover ‘It’s All Over Now’: Their First No. 1 (1964)
A Womack cover becomes something much bigger when The Rolling Stones record ‘It’s All Over Now’ at Chess—and suddenly they have their first No. 1.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Criss Cross’: From 1972 Sessions to 2020
Recorded in the early ’70s and shelved for decades, ‘Criss Cross’ finally emerges in 2020—with Mick Taylor, Billy Preston, and plenty of unanswered questions along for the ride.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Angie’: The Story Behind the 1973 Ballad
Who was ‘Angie’? Keith Richards has an explanation, but decades of rumors, mysterious details, and one haunting recording keep the question alive.
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