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The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
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A lucid album opener spearheaded by the hushed ringing vocal of Ian Brown, repeating selected lines of lyrics throughout the entire song.
The song is a mea culpa to fans of the
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The Stone Roses – Fools Gold
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“Fools Gold” is a one-of-a-kind song that became the Stone Roses' biggest commercial hit at the time. It was their first single to reach the UK Top Ten.
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The Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection
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“I Am the Resurrection” is the classic conclusion to the Stone Roses' debut album. It contemplates how false religion is through a human relationship, finishing with a four minute
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The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
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“She Bangs The Drums” was released as the third single off of The Stone Roses.
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The Stone Roses – Made of Stone
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“Made Of Stone” is a starkly brooding and enigmatic element of the eponymous album and captures the roses at their most mysterious. In terms of the narrative, the song allegedly
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The Stone Roses – Waterfall
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“Waterfall” was released as the sixth single from The Stone Roses' seminal self-titled debut album.
The following track, “Don’t Stop”, is a reversed version of “Waterfall” with
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The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
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This is the last song on their album, Second Coming. It challenges the traditional view of Jesus by describing a black woman as Jesus, being crucified.
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The Stone Roses – This is the One
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This song is played ahead of every Manchester United home game in Old Trafford, Ian Brown being a lifelong United supporter.
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The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone
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“Elephant Stone” was released as the lead single off of The Stone Roses, where they started become the band fans know and love. They started using dance rhythms, which is a massive
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The Stone Roses – Bye Bye Badman
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“Bye Bye Badman” centers upon riots in Paris, May 1968. The lemon slice on the album cover is also inspired by these riots, which focused upon the philosophy of situationalism
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The Stone Roses – Tears
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Our love girl is going through changes / I don't know if I'm alive, dead, dying / Or just a little jaded / Someone throw me a line / You know I need it, I need it bad / Lost in a
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The Stone Roses – Don't Stop
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“Don’t Stop” is a reversed version of the previous album track “Waterfall” with new lyrics. If you play “Waterfall” backwards, the reversed lyrics sound a lot like the lyrics to “
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The Stone Roses – Going Down
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“Going Down” was originally released as a B-side to “Made Of Stone”. It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three, entitled B-sides.
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The Stone Roses – Daybreak
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This is the daybreak, and this is the love we make / For love is the law here, you've got to know how I love it, yeah / It's more than a mover, you know it takes off fast, or slow
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The Stone Roses – Driving South
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Driving south round midnight, man I must have been insane / Driving south round midnight in a howling hurricane / I stopped for an old man hitcher at a lonely old crossroad / He
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The Stone Roses – Tightrope
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[Verse 1] / You should have been an angel / It would of suited you / My gold-leafed, triptych angel / She knows just what to do / In the half light of morning, in our world between
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The Stone Roses – How Do You Sleep
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I've seen your severed head at a banquet for the dead / All dressed up for dinner looked so fine / Your shining silver salver so tastefully powdered / With the finest military
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The Stone Roses – Shoot You Down
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“Shoot You Down” is the tale of a man that has grown tired of a relationship that he foresees the demise of. He is bitter that he did not turn her down in the beginning.
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The Stone Roses – Good Times
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned / I'll tell you my story man, I wish I'd never been born / I'm loose at the seams, I've broken my dreams / And my hand, it shakes the pen
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The Stone Roses – Trust A Fox
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Dirty linen's on public display / This fox is a vulture, make no mistake / The day is long gone when I succumb to this / End of my day, nothin' but rage / He'll cut your face off
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The Stone Roses – Begging You
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(I'm begging you) / (I'm begging you) / (I'm begging you) / (I'm begging you) / (I'm begging you) / (I'm begging you) / The fly on the coach wheel told me that he got it / And he
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The Stone Roses – So Young
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[Chorus] / In the misery dictionary / Page after page after page / In the misery dictionary / Page after page / [Verse 1] / Where there's life there's got to be hope / And where
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The Stone Roses – (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
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Ian is listing things which are considered impossible, which emphasises how dearly he loves this girl. The sky turning green isn’t something which can be foreseen, and members of
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The Stone Roses – Elizabeth My Dear
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This song is a protest song regarding the Royal family, and more specifically the Queen. It uses a traditional English melody from the song “Scarborough Fair”.
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The Stone Roses – Standing Here
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“Standing Here” was originally released as a B-side to “She Bangs The Drums ”. It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three, entitled B
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The Stone Roses – What the World is Waiting For
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“What the World is Waiting For” was originally released as a B-side to “Fool’s Gold.” It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three
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The Stone Roses – Where Angels Play
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“Where Angels Play” was originally released as a B-side to “I Wanna Be Adored”. It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three, entitled B-
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The Stone Roses – One Love
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“One Love” was originally released as a non album single. It has since been included in numerous Stone Roses' compilations albums and was included in the 20th anniversary release
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The Stone Roses – Here It Comes
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I'm not so sure and yet I know / Give me your life / It's worthless anyhow / And worthless comes / I'm not so tall / As I like to think I am / Though I'll be found / Forever in
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The Stone Roses – The Hardest Thing in the World
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“The Hardest Thing in the World” was originally released as a B-side to “Elephant Stone”. It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three
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The Stone Roses – Breaking Into Heaven
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[Instrumental Intro 00:00–04:58] / I've been casing your joint for the best years of my life / Like the look of your stuff, outta sight / When I'm hungry and when I'm cold / When I
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The Stone Roses – Ten Storey Love Song
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[Verse 1] / When your heart is black and broken / And you need a helping hand / When you're so much in love / You don't know just how much you can stand / When your questions go
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The Stone Roses – Tell Me
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You can't tell me / You can't tell me / You can't tell me anything / I love only me / I love only me / I've got the answer to everything / There's only me / To suggest what I do
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The Stone Roses – Beautiful Thing
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There was no crucifixion / Just lies to steal your mind / Now I know that you're thinking / That I'm running out of time / Sister must'a missed you / I don't wanna steal your shine
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The Stone Roses – Pearl Bastard
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“Pearl Bastard” is about a person who is drowning in the sea, fighting for his life.
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The Stone Roses – Mersey Paradise
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“Mersey Paradise” was originally released as a B-side to “She Bangs The Drums.” It was later included in the 20th anniversary release of The Stone Roses on disc three, entitled B-
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The Stone Roses – Straight To The Man
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Saw this revelation, caused devastation / An initiation, all you'd better beware / Who'll cast the first stone? / Skin to the bone bring it all on home / Bring it all for Jerome
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The Stone Roses – Your Star Will Shine
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Your star will shine again one day / Through deep blue velvet skies / Shine for all the world to see / The universe in your eyes / When the storm outside is raging / And the dogs
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The Stone Roses – Heart On The Staves
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You act the part / You play the game / Squat on my airways / Columbus rules the waves on his own / And that's where I come in / Nothin' for nothin' / You squat on our airwaves / Oh
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The Stone Roses – All Across The Sands
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Bones of an impressive romance / Scattered all across the sands / A secret safe with all the world / Too vain to seem so capable / Can you hear it calling / Do you feel warmer / As
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The Stone Roses – Ride On
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Way down deep dark and funky / Tie me tightly to your bed / Ride on, lady, I'm your monkey / Yes, the organ grinder's getting wet / Oh you're still filthy dragged on the sand of
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The Stone Roses – Mission Impossible
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(Impossible) / I'm not your sort, I thought I knew you once / You won't fool me, you can't fool me / You're really dim / You're sitting on cloud nine / Nauseating / You best come
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