 Genius Meanings
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
|
|
The eighth track off of The Stones' 1969 album Let It Bleed, “Monkey Man” provides a somewhat satirical glance into the band’s perceived lifestyle at the time.
The song was used
|
|
MHz Legacy – World Premier
|
|
The sample for this song comes from the Rolling Stones' “Monkey Man” from 1969’s Let it Bleed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4
|
|
Headstones – Tweeter and the Monkey Man
|
|
Tweeter and the Monkey Man / Were hard up for cash / They stayed up all night / Selling cocaine and hash / To an undercover cop / Who had a sister named Jan / For reasons
|
|
Amy Winehouse – Monkey Man
|
|
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay / Hugging up the big monkey man / Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay / Hugging up the big monkey man / Never saw you, I only heard of you / Hugging up the big monkey man
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
|
|
Featured on the Beggars' Banquet album, “Street Fighting Man” was in part inspired by the riots on the Left Bank in Paris of 1968. “Sleepy London Town” was Jagger commenting how
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
|
|
Originally a reggae song titled “Never Stop” from the Black And Blue sessions in Rotterdam in January and February of 1975, “Start Me Up” was then substantially reworked at the
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
|
|
“Gimme Shelter” is the opening track of the Rolling Stones’s 1969 album Let It Bleed (where it was actually spelled “Gimmie Shelter”, but the more accurate spelling was adopted
|
|
The Rolling Stones – You Can't Always Get What You Want
|
|
A classic off of the Stones’s Let it Bleed that deals with the difference between desire and need. The main point it tries to get across is that life can suck sometimes when you’re
|
|
Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
|
|
A rare environmental song by the Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” deals with man’s confused place in the universe.
Black Francis told Esquire
This belongs in the mythological
|
|
The Rolling Stones – She's a Rainbow
|
|
Issued in 1967, at the height of the psychedelic rock era, and was one of their last non top charting hits before they came up the following year with “Jumping Jack Flash”.
From
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Cops and Robbers (Live 1964)
|
|
As I was driving home along the boulevard late one night / I saw a guy in the corner, bumming all alone / As I passed him by, I heard him holler out: "Hey!" / I slowed down to see
|
|
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
|
|
Dylan’s 1965 single “Like a Rolling Stone” is widely considered one of the greatest songs ever recorded. In 2004 the critics at Rolling Stone magazine (whose name was partly Dylan-
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
|
|
Recorded in 1969 in Muscle Shoals studios, Jagger wrote the riff to this one while filming Ned Kelly in Australia. The song appeared on Sticky Fingers and is a staple of the Stones
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Midnight Rambler
|
|
Loosely based on the story of The Boston Strangler, Albert De Salvo, the gruesome story is told in a very bluesy way, a dark story composed, paradoxically, under sunny Italian
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Waiting on a Friend
|
|
“Waiting On A Friend” was almost 10 years in the making, beginning in Jamaica while recording the 1973 album Goats Head Soup. The final product, which included ex-member Mick
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Down Home Girl
|
|
[Verse 1] / Lord I swear the perfume you wear / Was made out of turnip greens / And every time I kiss you girl / It tastes like pork and beans / Even though you're wearing them
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Live with Me
|
|
A classic rock'n'roll number off Let It Bleed, it showcases the group’s tight, syncopated playing style, chemistry and Jagger’s incredible ability at creating vivid and hilarious
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Angie
|
|
“Angie” is a track from the Rolling Stones' album Goats Head Soup. It was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
The song is about the end of a romance with a girl named Angie
|
|
Elton John – Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
|
|
The leading single off Elton John’s 1973 seminal album ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, Elton wrote the song with writing partner Bernie Taupin and was inspired by Bernie’s young
|
|
Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
|
|
Nas displays complex lyricism with his “N.Y. State of Mind” over a track from Gang Starr’s DJ Premier. The chorus samples a Rakim line from the track “Mahogany,” which is fitting
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue
|
|
Seen as The Rolling Stone’s second attempt at disco after their 1978 hit “Miss You”, “Emotional Rescue” is the title track and lead single of the band’s 1980 album. The song is
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud
|
|
One of the earliest #1 hits of The Rolling Stones, “Get Off My Cloud” was released in November 1965 as a 7-inch single; in December of that year, it appeared on the Stones' fifth
|
|
The Rolling Stones – As Tears Go By
|
|
The song was first recorded by Marianne Faithfull in 1964, making to the UK Top Ten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of21WYW5t5g
The Rolling Stones recorded the song for in 1965
|
|
Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
|
|
Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
|
|
Eminem – Mockingbird
|
|
Possibly the least offensive Eminem song ever, this Encore track is directed and dedicated to his daughters. Eminem acknowledges that growing up with his media image and Kim’s drug
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones – Country Honk
|
|
As old-school country as it gets, this is the original vision for the classic single “Honky Tonk Women”, complete with fiddle, rugged harmonies and spirit-a-plenty. The lyrics
|
|
The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
|
|
Despite the countless number of rock songs about lust, this one seems to stand out the most among critics and fans alike. Known for its timeless riff (which Keith Richards
|
