The Anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ “Tattoo You” (1981)
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the release of the 1981 Rolling Stones album, Tattoo You.
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Today is the 42nd anniversary of the release of the 1981 Rolling Stones album, Tattoo You.
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Read More“I forgot the words in front of 125,000 people — and I wasn’t cute about it or anything — I was shocked; I was terrified; That prevented me from performing for all these years. I didn’t sing and charge people for 27 years because of that night….I was like, ‘God, I don’t know. What if I forget the words again?'”
Read More“I don’t give a fuck about rock and roll,” Sting emphatically declared in 1987. There was, he complained, “no new fuel in rock music.” Instead, Sting insisted, writers and musicians should be looking outside of rock and into African, jazz, raggae, funk, and even classical music: “Anything! Anything will do.”
Read MoreTraditions, traditions! Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as… as… as a fiddler on the roof!
Read More“I remember getting a check for $6,000. I said, ‘Where’s the rest?’ They said, “Well, you know….”