Posted on 05/10/2015 9:08:28 AM PDT by Mariner
he pool is still there. It's shrouded by palm fronds and heavy gates, but it's there. Stand on Pierce Street, beyond the walls of the Fort Harrison Hotel, and you can hear families splashing, even smell the chlorine.
Close your eyes and picture this pool a half-century ago. Picture the Rolling Stones, then a scrum of scrawny Brits in lounge chairs...
Depending on the legend you believe, it was here, 50 years ago while in town for a concert on May 6, 1965, that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger wrote (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. It's the Rolling Stones' signature song and one of the most enduring rock singles ever recorded.
Richards supposedly composed that one-of-a-kind riff while half asleep in his sixth-floor bed, and Jagger banged out those eyebrow-arching lyrics in 10 minutes by this very pool.
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Awesome video, thanks!
That’s great, thanks for sharing it with me!
Was he at Altamont or something ?
Who knows? Toking is about enjoying life and blowing those kinds of questions to the wind. Nothing like that short-lived satisfaction in free fall. Conscience is a beast of burden; better to leave that bitch for others to decide what must be done. “All reason is retrospective, love I just rebel Hang heaven, we can build a better war for us in hell.” And don’t ask for meaning—you’ll make yourself a saint that way.
Agree - it was a great time for music. In some ways the 50s were as well - the 50s may not be my time but for those that lived through it - the music was quite powerful.
We could run down a long list of who and what is to blame - from (c)Rap, to iTunes, to electronic sound, to other factors - but I do agree with you.
Others I’m sure will disagree.
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