It's the height of the British Invasion. In 1965 five lads known as the Rolling Stones arrive in Canada and are touted as the bad boys of rock 'n' roll. That image is partly an attempt to distinguish themselves from the boy-next-door sheen of that other British band — The Beatles. That bad boy image has CBC's Larry Zolf asking, would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?
But the warning fails to stop the "screamies," legions of adoring females, from fainting at Toronto's first Rolling Stones concert at Maple Leaf Gardens on April 25, 1965. The players — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones — don't seem bothered by their sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll reputation. In fact they seem to embrace what Zolf refers to as "vulgar, obstinate and hostile" behaviour.
Despite the sensation surrounding their run-ins with the law, their association with beautiful women and their wild ways, it's the music that accounts for their success, says drummer Charlie Watts. Mick Jagger even finds time to keep on top of Canadian politics. When asked who Diefenbaker is, the Stones frontman correctly identifies him as the former prime minister of Canada.
Brian Jones was the lucky one, to have died as young as he did. It robbed him the opportunity to make a complete knob of himself as the rest of the band has.
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Cool stuff..
Posted Oct-31-2009 by "CapedieMan" (R)
Great vid.
Posted Oct-31-2009 by "Mastiphal" (R)
Who would of thunk the Stones would achieved the longevity they did. Good for them.
IMO The Who were the original bad boys. They actually got the screamies to STFU. lol.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted Oct-31-2009 by "Rocket_Smoke" (R)
These guys look like zombies from a living dead movie jerking around on stage.
Posted Oct-31-2009 by "apacheknife" (R)
Brian Jones was the lucky one, to have died as young as he did. It robbed him the opportunity to make a complete knob of himself as the rest of the band has.
Posted Oct-31-2009 by "Yogsoggoth" (R)