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• ROLLING STONE — noun: a person who changes his habitation, business, or pursuits with great frequency: one who leads a wandering …
  
• ROLLING STONE-n. rock that moves by turning over and over; vagabond, one who doesn't want to settle in one place
  
• ROLLING STONE-n. biweekly American magazine that covers topics related to music and entertainment
  Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language - Editorial bed
• ROLLING STONE - ■ noun a person who is unwilling to settle for a long time in one place. Origin from the proverb "a ~ …
  Concise Oxford English vocab
• ROLLING STONE — ˌRolling ˈStone BrE AmE trademark a US magazine that mainly has articles on the people and events connected with …
  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• ROLLING STONE Synonyms and related words: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, April showers, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Proteus, Ulysses, bird …
  Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
• ROLLING STONE — Function: noun Synonyms: ROVER , drifter, meanderer, rambler, roamer, wanderer
  Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
• ROLLING STONE Synonyms: rover , drifter, meanderer, rambler, roamer, wanderer
  Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
• ROLLING STONE - a US rock music magazine, known especially for its interviews with famous singers and musicians. It began in 1967 in …
  Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
• ROLLING STONE — a person who does not live or work in one place He is a rolling stone and I never know …
  English Idioms vocab
• ROLLING STONE
  English Idioms vocabulary
• ROLLING STONE - tumbleweed (about a person) >
  
• ROLLING STONE
  Big English-Russian Dictionary
• ROLLING-STONE - Tumbleweed
  American English-Russian Dictionary
• ROLLING STONE
  English-Russian-English Dictionary of General Vocabulary - Collection of the best dictionaries
• ROLLING-STONE - tumbleweed (about a person)
  Tiger English-Russian Dictionary
• ROLLING STONE
  Tiger English-Russian Dictionary
• ROLLING STONE - tumbleweed (about a person) ♢ a ~ gathers no moss - last. ≅ who can’t sit still, that ...
  New large English-Russian dictionary - Apresyan, Mednikova
• ROLLING STONE - tumbleweed (about a man) a rolling stone gathers no moss - last. who does not sit still, he is good ...
  Big new English-Russian dictionary
• ROLLING STONE - roll the field
  
• ROLLING STONE - roll the field
  English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
• ROLLING STONE - noun tumbleweed (about a person); tramp; worthless person.. A rolling-stone gathers no moss. - Who is in place ...
  English-Russian Dictionary of General Vocabulary
• ROLLING STONE - noun tumbleweed (about a person); tramp; worthless person.. A rolling-stone gathers no moss. - Whoever does not sit still, he will not make good.
  English-Russian Dictionary of General Vocabulary
• ROLLING-STONE - _n. tumbleweed (of a person)
  Muller's English-Russian Dictionary - 24th edition
• ROLLING-STONE-n. tumbleweed (of a person)
  Muller's English-Russian Dictionary - bed edition
• ROLLING-STONE - tumbleweed (about a person)
  
• ROLLING STONE - tumbleweed, tramp roll sausage, good riddance.
  English-Russian additional dictionary
• ROLLING-STONE - _n. tumbleweed (of a person)
  Muller's English-Russian Dictionary
• ROLLING STONE
  English-Russian-English dictionary of slang, jargon, Russian names
• ROLLING STONE Popular illustrated music weekly. Initially devoted solely to rock music; now publishes articles on culture and politics, interviews…
• ROLLING STONE Popular illustrated music weekly. Initially devoted solely to rock music; now publishes articles on culture and politics, …
• ROLLING STONE-n. tumbleweed, tramp; useless person v. roll sausage, good riddance.
  English Russian slang dictionary
• ROLLING STONE - gathers no moss
  English-Russian slang dictionary
• ROLLING STONE - noun tumbleweed (about a person); tramp; worthless man A rolling-stone gathers no moss. ≈ Whoever does not sit still is good ...
  
• ROLLING STONE - tumbleweed (about a person) > a * gathers no moss (proverb) who doesn’t sit still, he won’t make good
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• STONE - I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite…
  English Dictionary Britannica
• ROLLING — In technology, the main method of forming molten glass, or other substances into shapes that are small in cross-section …
  English Dictionary Britannica
• STONE - I. ˈstōn noun (-s ; see sense 3) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
  Webster's New International English Dictionary
• ROLLING - I. ˈrōliŋ, -lēŋ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of rollen, rolen to roll - more at ...
  Webster's New International English Dictionary
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  Webster English Dictionary
• ROLLING - (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an …
  Webster English Dictionary
• ROLLING - (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if …
  
• ROLLING - (a.) Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• ROLLING - (a.) Having gradual, rounded undulations of the surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
  Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
• STONE - - stonable, stoneable, adj. - stoneless, adj. - stonelessness, n. — stonelike, adj. - stoner, ...
  Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
• STONE—I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
• STONE
  Webster English vocab
• ROLLING - p.pr. & vb.n. of roll. 2. rolling adj moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; …
  Webster English vocab

In the list of immortals, which includes the greatest performers of all time, the Rolling Stones are in fourth place, behind only the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. However, in the eyes of loyal fans, the Rolling Stones were and remain number one, because this is not just a musical group - now this is the era in which modern rock culture has grown.

The phenomenal popularity of hooligans

Despite their venerable age, the Rolling Stones began as music hooligans, and never dropped their title. It is surprising that this musical phenomenon did not originate anywhere else, namely in Puritan England. In the middle of the last century, when morals were still very restrained, these guys became the flagships of the sexual revolution.

It is not surprising that the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, had a reputation as almost the devil-tempter. A bully, a rebel and a real "bad boy", he infected the youth with his freethinking. Respectable mothers were in a hurry to plug their offspring's ears, as soon as Jagger's voice or the first chords of the group's compositions were heard somewhere nearby. However, the resistance of society turned out to be absolutely useless, it was impossible to resist such a powerful charm.

One could either love them with all one's heart, or hate them with all the ardor of offended virtue. But there were no indifferent people, it completely suited all the participants. The task was completed - all the attention of the audience was riveted to the troublemakers.

How did the Rolling Stones come about?

July 12, 1962 began the history of the group, which was destined to become a legend. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were the first to meet on the basis of their favorite music, each of whom was familiar with Dick Taylor. Three people is enough for the starting lineup of the Rolling Stones to be determined. Contrary to the general fashion, the guys were not interested in rock and roll, but in rhythm and blues. The trio was called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, they covered some of the songs of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry and performed in front of a rather modest audience.

Meanwhile, Brian Jones begins his musical career in Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appear there from time to time. Many future stars began as session musicians in leading bands. However, Jones wanted to create his own group, pianist Ian Stewart joined him and a little later - drummer Mick Avory.

It was Korner's employment and popularity that opened the way for newcomers - he invited five young musicians to perform instead of Blues Incorporated, invited to the BBC, at the Marquee club. So, on July 12, 1962, it was this line-up of the Rolling Stones that entered the stage - for the first performance under this name.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart and Mick Avory had no idea what fate awaited the group, but the name obliged. The Rolling Stones - this was the name of the song, it became the source for the name of the new group. “Rolling stones” is the same meaning as our “tumbleweed”, that is, vagabonds. However, a little later it turned out that even before our era, an aphorism was known that said - "A rolling stone does not grow moss." The fate of a quiet swamp did not shine for the new team, and they never overgrown with moss.

Despite the fact that at first the composition changed and updated chaotically at first, it soon stabilized. Instead of Taylor, Ivory came and left, in whose place Tony Chapman did not stay long, he was replaced by Charlie Watts. Stuart also left the stage, but remained in the team and helped until the end of his days. Rolling Stones was taken up by Andrew Loog Oldham, who suggested the defiant image, and this proposal was enthusiastically supported.

The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

If the Beatles were an absolutely pure ideal of rock and roll, then the Rolling Stones became antagonists - at that time it was difficult to imagine something more "dirty" and defiantly vulgar. By and large, the notorious battle between the whale and the elephant began, both teams enjoyed crazy popularity, competing for the hearts of their fans. To some extent, this confrontation has become a powerful stimulus for creativity and turned into a kind of friendship, fairly seasoned with the spirit of competition.

The sexual revolution was in full swing across Europe, and it was the Rolling Stones that contributed a lot to this. The biography of the musicians was full of scandalous stories and blatant permissiveness, and the lyrics suggested not holding hands under the moon, as in the songs of the Beatles, but going to bed (obviously not in order to get enough sleep). The "dirty" image worked, and most of the youth riots took place under the enchanting recognizable rhythms and voice of Mick Jagger.

Comparison between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones was the subject of the most heated discussions, but both groups benefited from this. They set off each other, against the background of the revealingly respectable Liverpool four, the Rolling Stones seemed even more hooligan than they really were, and the fans were delighted. The Beatles did not remain in the loser either, because against the background of these crazy people they seemed even more correct. Everyone got exactly what they wanted.

Debut performances and first steps

Unlike many bands that take an incredibly long time to reach the top of recognition, the Rolling Stones managed to break into the category of the public's favorites. The very first released single took twenty-first place in the British charts, and the first released record literally “teared” the audience. While the record worked for popularity in Britain, the group went on tour in the United States, recording new material along the way.

However, such an ardent love of the public was not given just like that. Even the crazy energy of Jagger was sometimes not enough, it's amazing how all the members of the group did not fall with nervous breakdowns. However, pretty soon the insidious allies of creative people came to the rescue - alcohol and drugs.

Flurry of popularity

Since the Rolling Stones positioned themselves as very bad boys, there was no reason for the public to be embarrassed. This is probably another reason for its popularity, because people love all sorts of indulgences. At concerts, the audience allowed themselves everything that could only come into their heated heads. Emotions whipped over the edge, brawls constantly broke out, there were massive fits of violence. It got to the point that at one of the performances, excited fans smashed the piano to smithereens, and several dozen people were hospitalized with various injuries.

As a competent leader, Oldham demanded that the group switch to their own compositions, it was impossible to stay forever on cover performances of the repertoire of famous bluesmen. The result was the hit "Tell Me", co-written by Richards and Jagger. This duet of authors turned out to be very successful. Thus, in 1966, as a result of the joint work, the completely authorial album Aftermath appeared.

In the photo of the Rolling Stones of those times, there are no special rebellious outfits, but do not forget that now the audience is spoiled by an abundance of visual images. Post-war England was ready to be shocked by literally everything - from the length of the musicians' hair to the manner of grimacing right into the microphone, dressing up in women's dresses or some incredible defiant costumes.

Dynamic development of the Rolling Stones

In part, the popularity was due to the fact that the viewer did not have time to get used to one style, as in the next album he received something new, but invariably recognizable. Now it was the Rolling Stones rock band: it couldn't be called blues, but the songs weren't standard either. It was different, rolling rock, sometimes psychedelic, sometimes rebellious. Even when the band returned to rock 'n' roll, it still tinted with new emotional nuances and techniques. Compared to earlier compositions, the new sound turned out to be deeper and heavier.

The Rolling Stones managed the almost impossible: to try various musical trends, but at the same time remain bright individuals. Their compositions are recognizable literally from the first chords, branded ones have become a kind of acoustic calling card.

Scandalous reputation: under the banner of obscenity

The eccentric lead singer of the Rolling Stones loved to shock the audience even before the fans began to chase him. His outfits, his incomprehensible mannerisms, his completely unpredictable behavior - probably this caused a feeling of communicating with an abnormal. Various people wrote in their memoirs that Mick could, for no reason, very naturally fall to the floor, then rise, as if nothing had happened. His outfits simply did not leave a chance not to notice the frontman in the crowd, and the other members of the Rolling Stones did not lag behind him. Of course, there was a lot of calculation in this - they looked so harmoniously on stage.

Scandals accompanied the group all their conscious life - the already mentioned drugs, sexual orgies, reckless antics. Of course, even the favorites of the public did not get away with some hooligan acts - Jagger was detained several times by the police for violating public order. However, here's what's interesting - despite the abundance of scandals, it did not reach criminal prosecution, except for the probation for possession of drugs, which Richards and his girlfriend received during a trip to Canada.

From the band's inception and throughout its history, there have always been uncompromising fighters for morality who cited the Rolling Stones as an example of an absolute fall from grace. At some point, the name of the group became almost a household name, in the questionnaires of the late sixties there was a question how the respondent would react to the fact that his daughter would link her fate with a musician from the Rolling Stones. The image of bad boys no longer needed the support of the team members, but no one was going to refuse exciting adventures.

From rebels to patriarchs

The eccentricity of the Rolling Stones was perfectly exposed when the world of popular music was swept by a wave of absolute rebellion, and being "like everyone else" is no longer so cool as shocking the puritanical society of Britain. From the mid-seventies to the mid-nineties, the group existed as separate projects of the participants. Solo albums were recorded, quite successful, still shrouded in the light of the glory of the Rolling Stones. The history of the group, however, did not end there, despite the gloomy forecasts of musical experts of varying degrees of competence.

In 1994, after some line-up changes, the joint album Voodoo Lounge was recorded, which was awarded the Grammy Award. The tour that took place after that shattered the negative forecasts to smithereens - the popularity of the group jumped to unprecedented heights, the reunion of the team made millions of fans around the world happy. The Voodoo Lounge tour became the all-time box office record holder, earning over $400 million. If we consider that the viewer votes with his wallet, then it was an unconditional victory. However, there is no limit to perfection - the very next tour broke this record, and this fact only confirmed the recognition of the audience. This record was broken a little later by the U2 group, but fans still continue to consider their idols the winners.

50th anniversary and beyond

The updated Rolling Stones entered the new millennium already as the patriarch of old-school rock and roll. Mick Jagger switched to an emphatically healthy lifestyle. According to his own statement, he is not going to maintain the image of an old ruin, so there is no talk of drugs anymore. Now the frontman of the legendary band shocks the beau monde with emphatically correct behavior. However, this did not affect the character at all - despite his more than mature age, Mick Jagger also actively jumps around the stage, infecting a generation of fans with his enthusiasm.

In 2012, the Rolling Stones celebrated their 50th anniversary. This is the rare case when a rock band turned out to be such a long-running project. Despite the disagreements and some breaks in favor of solo projects, the rebels with honor withstood all the blows of fate and the test of copper pipes.

The name of the group really turned out to be prophetic, even despite the fact that initially no sacred meaning was put into it. However, this, in part, is the phenomenon of the Rolling Stones: the translation of the name of the group can be interpreted as you like, at least literally, "Rolling Stones", at least figuratively, "rolling field" or "tramps". One thing is indisputable - rolling stones cannot be stopped, they roll wherever they please, they will not grow with moss.

Symbol group: interesting facts

It is impossible to deliberately confuse minds for more than fifty years and not expect that this will not have any effect. The Rolling Stones is a group that creates inspiration for other creators, an impetus to creativity. If earlier, at the dawn of his career, Mick Jagger covered other people's hits, now many young bands start with cover versions of Rolling hits.

The title of "Dinosaur of rock music", which Mick Jagger almost seriously received from the journalistic fraternity, unexpectedly received real confirmation. A new discovery in paleontology, until this day, a prehistoric animal unknown to science was named after the lead singer of the Rolling Stones. This fossil mammal was named Jaggermeryx naida - Jagger's Water Nymph.

The song "Sympathy for the Devil" was written after Mick Jagger read Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. Associating himself with Woland with inspiration, Mick put all his impressions from the novel into this song.

Keith Richards became a kind of prototype for the image of Jack Sparrow from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" - Johnny Depp is a passionate admirer of his work. Moreover, Richards responded to Depp's request and played the role of Captain Teague, the father of Captain Jack Sparrow.

In his memoirs, Keith Richards admits that Mick Jagger has always been a completely unbearable person, with whom it is very difficult not to quarrel. However, at the same time, Keith was not afraid to give him funny nicknames, called Mick "Her Majesty" or "Brenda".

In 2003, the Rolling Stones soloist officially began to be called "Sir Mick Jagger" - the English Queen Elizabeth solemnly knighted him in all form. So Britain acquired the most scandalous and hooligan knight alive today. Jagger himself spoke of his chivalry with humor, insisting on his own imperfection and reprehensible ability to drink traditional tea not at five in the evening, but at three in the afternoon. Revolt, so in everything!

Several songs are dedicated to Mick Jagger - in the list of performers is Christina Aguilera, the Night Snipers group.

Jigger has been officially married twice and has seven children with four different women.

Keith Richards has amassed an impressive collection of guitars. Now there are more than three thousand copies in it, the owner dreams of opening a museum.

The company's signature logo was a drawing by John Pasha - bright red lips, between which the tongue protrudes. Now many don't even know it's the Rolling Stones logo, it has become popular in its own right and is used as a flashy symbol for everything from T-shirt prints to stickers.

During the existence of the group, more than two hundred million records with albums were sold. Dozens of diverse albums and many solo projects were released.

The band members continue to gather for rehearsals, and fans are looking forward to another world tour. The stones keep rolling!