The early Stones were the best. Bluesy, raw, they were more of a garage rock band than the polished corporate rock of later years.
**Bluesy, raw,**
Yep, Mick sang like a black guy, and the rest is history. He had to do something, the guy had nothing going for him to get a pretty girl: short, skinny, homely face with a huge mouth. So he figured out how to get noticed: be a radically different white guy singer. (I’m basically quoting my wife from 45 yrs ago, but my thoughts as well).
I remember a girl on the school bus (1967?) with a teen magazine loaded with stories and pics of r&r bands. One story was a ranking of bands according to looks: the Stones were voted ugliest, lol. Being a farm kid, where manly men did all sorts of manly things, seeing these weirdos on tv and in those magazines was so alien to me.