rdo wrote: 
Good point, which is why I used the qualifier "arguably" in my post.  Obviously, many hit songs are not within the "R&B" vein as much as most of The Rolling Stones' tunes are, but many hit songs were not always necessarily "rock 'n' roll" songs either (depending on who one asks).  I agree, however, that it is an over-simplification to assert that all popular music is descended from the music of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the blues legends who preceded them, but a great deal of it is.  There are certainly many other influences such as jazz, folk, musical theater  classical, etc.

Irony. The Bee Gees did disco, and we ran for cover. The Stones did disco, and we danced to it.

 Dog_Ear wrote: 
Yeah... emulating the greats like Muddy, John Lee, Little Richard, etc... was clearly a bad move for "white boys".  How dare they start that whole damn British Invasion thing and rewrite the history of Rock and Roll.

 garyalex wrote: 
He has no point and certainly no originality.  The joke is tired and shows that the OP is older at heart than any of the members of the Rolling Stones.

 Cynaera wrote: 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this classic song...  it's from a dang cool album...

 

All you naysayers SHUT IT.
One of the greatest and influential rock songs of all time.
Quit whining and over-analyzing...just ENJOY! 

 johnjconn wrote: 
The Stones were in their early thirties when they recorded "Some Girls".  What's your point?

 Proclivities wrote: 
It's politically correct to say that, but like most social theories advanced by the "right thinking" academy, it is probably only about 25% true  I grew up in the 70s and listened to literally 1000s of hit songs that were definitely not in this category.  Music is a zillion points of light and the entire universe points at each and every song.  It's just silly to attempt to distill rock music into such a simplistic and untrue formulation.

My 16 year old brother recorded a cover of this for his music class project.

It was pretty good actually he screams about Puerto Rican girls well.

There is hope for the next generation.

 Dog_Ear wrote: 
so, you mean, like, every Stones song bugs you, then?

 Dog_Ear wrote: 
That's arguably, the origin of the majority of rock and roll.  Mick Jagger has been doing it for his whole career, to varying degrees.

The harp player on this tune, Sugar Blue, recorded the song on one of his albums.  He's a great player.  I think you can hear more of this song, and him, on the 12" single of "Miss You."

 Dog_Ear wrote: 
You mean like when white rock dudes play the blues/jazz...that is the one of the traditions of white musicians..make their version of "black" music. think Elvis, Eric Clapton on and on on right into the modern era w/ Hip Hop 

Really? 

Dog_Ear wrote: 

I do enjoy this tune but I also love the version by Etta James... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqCrGnNXDI 

I enjoyed the Stones for a LOT of years. But it does bug me a bit when white boys try so hard to sound black.

fantastic.
mick is hosting SNL & is the performance tonight! :) 

Ha! I've got the original record with the celebrity inserts! Mick's NYC era.

I'm not a Stones fan but I always liked this groovy number.

 Proclivities wrote: 

Sorry Proclivities, but Do Ya Think and Myst Achieve often followed Miss You in the clubs I hung out - which normally played punkier stuff - because of the groove. 

Give Chrissie's dance song another spin.

 msymmes wrote: 

That's right.  When you are the Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band you can get away with this.

As long as he doesn't play Do Ya Think I'm Sexy we are cool.

DISCO on RP ?
 

 unclelonghair wrote: 
perfect

Yup, agreed...this was a greatness, a true mesmerizing phenomenon, something they never quite came anywhere close to after...and just for this, their only work I think that was easy to leave in the 8-track, then cassette player, all day, I loved them!
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 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Yup, I ll mention that to Keith at the next school reunion dinner.

Just what I needed this morning as I struggled with work.

Rollings stones is eternal

Their last good album.

Outstanding Musical Art Work!!