This may be his last tour of Latin America, taking into account that all add up to about 290 years, but those who went to one of the concerts of the tour Olé the Rolling Stones they provided in different countries, hoping to see a band in decline, they kept open to meet a band as or stronger than before mouth.
which perfectly complements that communicates with a look. With a lead singer, Mick Jagger (73) having the energy of a 20; guitarist Keith Richards with (73) who turned his body in a laboratory, but it plays like the best guitarist in the world that is; drummer Charlie Watts with (75) which is an immutable rhythm machine and a second guitarist, Ron Wood (69), which is the perfect complement to this quartet is definitely the best band in rock history. At least for the writer.
Tastes aside, it is noteworthy that the British Rolling Stones are the band that has broken records by staying together since 1962 (although Jagger, Richards and Watts original members) with all the scandals ego, drugs and rock ‘n roll; is the band that has turned the rock into a music sense and the pillar of contemporary rock; that has befallen prejudices and taboos and has competed without yielding a millimeter with artists like the Beatles in a time where the music of the Rolling was considered a bad influence on youth.
while producing and composing since being formed until today, the Rolling Stones have dozens of live albums, singles, study, and this music has made them the most successful and productive band of British music, even more than the Beatles.
This success has not been easy
But for the Rolling Stones are where they are, just have not walked on a red carpet. They had a difficult start, and although Jagger and Richards are known almost always (they were classmates at school), and no doubt are those who argued at first the band, with the late Brian Jones who was the one who baptized the group for the song “Rollin ‘Stone” by Muddy Waters, their differences are in the public domain, so that sometimes it is impossible to photograph them together, which is a problem for their promoters.
But as they say, “is the same as fighting a brother “and the fights do not last long.
Watts, the drummer, the greatest of all and the one that seems the most focused, was however the most affected by drugs and alcohol, until he discovered cancer of the throat and decided to change lifestyle dramatically, and Ron Wood, the youngest, just become a father (again) and although it has had its time of slumps and addictions, has always maintained optimism and which makes me laugh the other three.
the Rolling Stones had to fight their space not only musically but socially. Especially after the fateful 1969 concert where a young African American was stabbed to death. Les was very difficult to erase that image in the group of parents and mothers who considered these “hairy” as criminals.
Rolling But they succeeded, they put on the radio songs like “Paint it Black” “Angie”, “Satisfaction” or “Sympathy for the devil”, a song that became almost an anthem and earning the nickname “Their satanic Majesties”, especially after the album “Their satanic Majesties Request” ( 1969).
and although in the meantime they had to fight with everything, with a reputation that had to digest and be part of their lives and their families. Addiction to drugs, sex and alcohol. With deaths of loved ones who have been very difficult to overcome (Jagger’s girlfriend committed suicide in 2014), with long trips and tours hard, they have remained together. And above all, they have improved as wine. The older, the better.
The tour olé
could see them in Lima at the Monumental stadium, where 50,000 people filled all the spaces to enjoy the arrival of the British. The expectation was very large, sold out three days after they were offered for sale, but outside the stadium, March 6 (day of the concert), several resellers wanted to make a killing.
Sold for all. T-shirts, hats, key chains, posters, pens, which cost at the third party within the stadium where the original merchandising had little to envy the designs offered in the street. I was much struck with disabilities a musician who played on his flute melodies of the Rolling Stones. Also to enter the concert that no one has reviewed anything, and inside, the beer run free.
Yet there were no major incidents and all, an audience of the most diverse among young adults and adults who started contemporaries to listen to the band when it was formed, hallucinate when at 21.05, five minutes after what had been committed to the program, the Rolling appeared on stage and began the chords of “Start me Up”. For exactly two hours the band played 18 songs, of the most emblematic and showed a spectacular display on stage. Nobody could believe that these rockers strain, were grandparents (and in the case of Jagger, great grandfather). The concert closed with “Satisfaction”.
About
the skinny singer ran around the stage without a single movement made his voice tremble. With an enviable physical discipline because he knows his body deserves the best care, Jagger runs between 10 to 12 kilometers a day, which complements weekly sessions of swimming, cycling and kickboxing, plus a fitness program in a gym. To manage the balance, and not stumble when running the minute the spotlight comes, attends at least two months before concerts to ballet classes, yoga and pilates. He has left drugs and alcohol. Eat lots of carbohydrates and proteins (loves pasta). And it has made time seems frozen in 1965.
If it were not for the wrinkles and gray hairs, no one would say that these musicians are old they are, and less bustle with which they have lived.
Jagger’s charisma is another point that makes the band drag millions of fans of all ages. He greeted in Castilian with a “Hello Peru, hello my causitas” and Peruvians applauded elated, but when the audience burst was when Jagger said that Peruvian food is the best in the world and Peruvian sang better than their neighbors (referring to Chile). I could see how diverse audience because my left two young teenagers screaming their lungs out the lyrics, and to my right a grandfather with bandana on his head, had her granddaughter (about 10 years) on the shoulders. The man dripping tears of emotion. For a moment we were all one, regardless of nationalities. We were all united by the same heart, the tongue hanging out.
This concert, which I was lucky enough to attend, it has been the best of my life. Especially since I had the pleasure (we found along with thousands of attendees) able to check closely that age is just an attitude. The Rolling Stones came to play in Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, and then went to Bogota Lima and Mexico DF As a surprise gift played in Havana, and they did it for free. And he always gave his best.
In Cuba, half a million people gathered to watch, in a historic concert because with it, the Cubans regained their right to hear rock, something forbidden by the Castro regime that considers this music as a symbol of the Yankee empire. Again make the Rolling Stones legend.
It commented that after this tour, the Rolling back to the studio to record a new album. His fans have crossed fingers so be it. But if they decide to take time off, you have well deserved. What they have given us is sufficient to ensure that the Rolling Stones are the most important and emblematic in the history of contemporary rock band.
* Is editor of the magazine OH! of The Times
Are the longest band in rock history
The Rolling Stones is, along with the Beatles, the most famous English band rock worldwide. It was founded in London in April, 1962 by Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Ian Stewart. Brian Jones was fired on June 10, 1969 and died on July 3 of that year. He was replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor, who left the group in 1975 and was in turn replaced by Ron Wood definitely. With the retirement of Bill Wyman in 1993 he was included bassist Darryl Jones that while playing with the band since recording the album Voodoo Lounge in 1994, is not an official member.
Are considered one of the largest and most influential bands in rock history. It is considered the group that laid the foundations of contemporary rock. Has since its inception with the majority in favor of criticism. Some of his compositions are considered among the best of all time. These include Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971) and perhaps his best work, Exile on Main St. (1972). In 1989 they were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Roll, and in 2004 the American magazine Rolling Stone placed at No. 4 on its list of Top 50 Artists of All Time. No rock band has so far sustained as durable and still world renowned as The Rolling Stones. With Jagger, Richards and Watts as founding members active, they remain the longest band in rock history. (Using data from wikipedia)
The tour and plans for a new album
The Latin American tour of the legendary British band covered 10 countries in North, central and South America, including the free concert offered in Havana, where once was regarded as a symbol of the empire. It is anticipated that in the coming months will record a new album.
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