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2001-05-26 | 8:09 a.m.

Was just thinking about The Rolling Stones, and how I rarely, almost never, think about the derivation of their name. But when I do, alas, it seems kind of pathetic. Kind of square, to adopt the patois of the early 60s. 'S like you can hear them having a little pow-wow:

Brian: Well, what are we like?

Mick: We are rock 'n' roll, man. We are the living fucking embodiment of rock and roll.

Brian: Yes, we are the rockin' rollers.

Keith: We are the STEAM rollers.

Mick: No, we are the roller ... coasters.

Keith: We are the rock 'n' ... rolling ...

Brian: Hey man, we are 'the rolling stone that gathers no moss,' man.

Charlie: That is true.

Ian: I don't like it.

Dick: It's kinda long and shit.

Brian: Do you have a better idea?

[silence]

Mick: Fuck yeah. Fucking rolling stones, man.

Brian: We have never gathered moss, not once.

Keith: Yeah, 'Rolling Stones,' all right.

Okay, I just looked it up because I was interested, and they CLAIM they took the name from a Muddy Waters song. But you know people always rewrite history to serve their own purposes. All it would take is for some Nick Tosches or Lester Bangs type to say, Hey, did you take that from the Muddy Waters song? And they'd be like, Exactly, that's exactly right.

Of course, it wouldn't have been Jann Wenner, Mr. Originality.

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