Some classic rock songs have a double meaning that might not be apparent to everyone. A punk rocker said The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” was about the love life of The Beatles’ gay manager, Brian Epstein. John Lennon discussed the song as well. He said it was inspired by another rock star from the 1960s.
A star said The Beatles’ ‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ has gender-swapped lines
Tom Robinson is an English punk rock and new wave singer who has extensively campaigned for LGBTQ rights. During a 2013 interview with The Guardian, he discussed the role of music in his life. “I had a nervous breakdown when I was 16, largely due to the stress of growing up gay, which was illegal back then,” he said. “I was sent to a sort of retreat, where I was taught to accept myself. It also...
A star said The Beatles’ ‘You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away’ has gender-swapped lines
Tom Robinson is an English punk rock and new wave singer who has extensively campaigned for LGBTQ rights. During a 2013 interview with The Guardian, he discussed the role of music in his life. “I had a nervous breakdown when I was 16, largely due to the stress of growing up gay, which was illegal back then,” he said. “I was sent to a sort of retreat, where I was taught to accept myself. It also...
- 11/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Rockism, in case you don’t know the term, is the school of thought that holds the noisy “purity” of rock ‘n’ roll to be morally and aesthetically superior to the “corruption” of pop. There are numerous iconic examples of rockism. It was there in the postpunk ’80s hipsters who found the Replacements and Joy Division to be superior to Michael Jackson or Madonna. It was there in the rock-crit establishment of the mid-2000s mounting its collective attack on Coldplay. And it was there, just last week, in The New York Times when Jeff Tweedy, the leader of Wilco, printed an excerpt from his new book in which he apologized, in a “My name is Jeff, and I’m a rockist” sort of way, for having trashed Abba’s “Dancing Queen” in his indie youth; what he now realizes, only 47 years after it was released, is that it’s a great song.
- 11/10/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
It might or might not be true, as Nick Broomfield declares in his new feature documentary, that “most people today” haven’t heard of Brian Jones. If it’s true of most young music fans, then a) yikes and b) The Stones and Brian Jones is here to bridge the generation gap. The Magnolia release, which is receiving a one-night theatrical showcase 10 days before its Nov. 17 general release, joins an ever-expanding pack of doc portraits exploring boomer musicians who led the rock revolution of the ’60s and ’70s.
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
- 11/6/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ask Bill Wyman what people should expect from The Stones and Brian Jones, documentarian Nick Broomfield’s new film about the late, doomed founder of the band, and he’s pretty straightforward about it: “The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but!”
That may be a slight exaggeration, but there’s no denying that the documentary, for which the former Rolling Stones bass player was a “historical consultant,” delves into the highs (laterally and figuratively) and lows of the man who started the Stones but never lived past the Sixties.
That may be a slight exaggeration, but there’s no denying that the documentary, for which the former Rolling Stones bass player was a “historical consultant,” delves into the highs (laterally and figuratively) and lows of the man who started the Stones but never lived past the Sixties.
- 11/4/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Keith Richards rose to fame with The Rolling Stones just as The Beatles began to dominate the world. In trying to establish The Rolling Stones as a successful rock band, Richards and his bandmates knew they had to reject the Beatle image. Richards shared how trying to avoid similarities to The Beatles was good for the band.
Keith Richards said The Rolling Stones didn’t want to be like The Beatles
The Rolling Stones began working with Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. Oldham had previously worked with The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, and had helped the band establish their image. When he began working with the Stones, he wanted them to adopt a similar image. They were not interested.
“We were the dynamite, Andy Oldham the detonator,” Richards wrote in his book Life. “The irony is that Oldham, at the start, the great architect of the Stones’ public persona,...
Keith Richards said The Rolling Stones didn’t want to be like The Beatles
The Rolling Stones began working with Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. Oldham had previously worked with The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, and had helped the band establish their image. When he began working with the Stones, he wanted them to adopt a similar image. They were not interested.
“We were the dynamite, Andy Oldham the detonator,” Richards wrote in his book Life. “The irony is that Oldham, at the start, the great architect of the Stones’ public persona,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Many classic rock fans believe The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band inspired The Rolling Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties Request. Mick Jagger was once asked if this was the case. Subsequently, he said Their Satanic Majesties Request was born out of his band’s frustrations.
Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger | Victor Blackman / Stringer The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ predates The Rolling Stones’ ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’
The Beatles released the psychedelic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in May 1967. Their Satanic Majesties Request came out in December of the same year. According to the 2013 book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones, many fans felt The Rolling Stones regularly copied the Fab Four. Jagger was asked if Their Satanic Majesties Request was a conscious imitation of Sgt. Pepper.
“I can’t remember anything that happened in 1967 I’m afraid … I’m sure...
Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger | Victor Blackman / Stringer The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ predates The Rolling Stones’ ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’
The Beatles released the psychedelic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in May 1967. Their Satanic Majesties Request came out in December of the same year. According to the 2013 book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones, many fans felt The Rolling Stones regularly copied the Fab Four. Jagger was asked if Their Satanic Majesties Request was a conscious imitation of Sgt. Pepper.
“I can’t remember anything that happened in 1967 I’m afraid … I’m sure...
- 6/12/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Rolling Stones normally planned out an album before going into the booth. However, one album saw the Stones at their most improvisational, with no cohesion. Mick Jagger said the album had no “idea” behind it, and it took “almost a whole year to make.”
Mick Jagger said it took almost a year to make ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ Mick Jagger | Frank Hoensch/Redferns
While The Rolling Stones didn’t need to compete with other bands to be successful, they still had to respond when other bands put out a new project. In 1966, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds; in 1967, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both were highly successful albums that revolutionized music during the late 1960s.
The Stones knew they had to release something soon, so the other two bands didn’t completely dominate the charts. What emerged was 1967’s Their Satanic Majesties Request,...
Mick Jagger said it took almost a year to make ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ Mick Jagger | Frank Hoensch/Redferns
While The Rolling Stones didn’t need to compete with other bands to be successful, they still had to respond when other bands put out a new project. In 1966, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds; in 1967, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both were highly successful albums that revolutionized music during the late 1960s.
The Stones knew they had to release something soon, so the other two bands didn’t completely dominate the charts. What emerged was 1967’s Their Satanic Majesties Request,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” was one of the earliest hits by The Rolling Stones. While the band had been ascending in popularity, this song cemented them as one of the world’s best rock n’ roll bands. The Rolling Stones knew they needed to follow up the song with another hit, and while they succeeded, Keith Richards wasn’t satisfied with that track.
‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ was The Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 hit in the U.S. Keith Richards | Javier Bragado/Redferns
The Rolling Stones had been rising in popularity in the U.K. thanks to a few early hits, such as “I Wanna Be Your Man”. However, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, sent their stardom into the stratosphere. The track was first released as a single in 1965 and later included on the album Out of Our Heads. It was an immediate hit, reaching No.
‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ was The Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 hit in the U.S. Keith Richards | Javier Bragado/Redferns
The Rolling Stones had been rising in popularity in the U.K. thanks to a few early hits, such as “I Wanna Be Your Man”. However, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, sent their stardom into the stratosphere. The track was first released as a single in 1965 and later included on the album Out of Our Heads. It was an immediate hit, reaching No.
- 5/4/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You’d be hard-pressed to find many musicians who wouldn’t trade places with Paul McCartney. Decades of fame and dozens of hit songs pushed his net worth over $1 billion. Still, Paul was jealous of The Rolling Stones — specifically their differing wardrobes — even though The Beatles were the most popular band in England.
(l-r) Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Brian Jones in 1966; Paul McCartney | Ted West/Central Press/Getty Images; David Redfern/Redferns Paul McCartney was jealous that The Rolling Stones didn’t have to wear matching clothes
The Beatles striding across a zebra-striped pedestrian crossing for the Abbey Road cover is one of the most recognizable music photos ever. Paul, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison wore different outfits that foreshadowed the individual paths they took when the band broke up after that 1969 album.
But it wasn’t always that way.
The Fab Four...
(l-r) Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Brian Jones in 1966; Paul McCartney | Ted West/Central Press/Getty Images; David Redfern/Redferns Paul McCartney was jealous that The Rolling Stones didn’t have to wear matching clothes
The Beatles striding across a zebra-striped pedestrian crossing for the Abbey Road cover is one of the most recognizable music photos ever. Paul, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison wore different outfits that foreshadowed the individual paths they took when the band broke up after that 1969 album.
But it wasn’t always that way.
The Fab Four...
- 4/20/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the 1960s, Marianne Faithfull became a key figure in the British Invasion, running in the same circles as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, and she continues to be a working artist today. After decades in the music industry, Faithfull has survived a lot. She has spoken extensively about her life, music career, and relationships. Here’s what she’s doing today.
Marianne Faithfull | Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images She was a prominent singer during the British Invasion
Faithfull began her music career as a teenager in the early 1960s. She initially had plans for higher education, but things didn’t shake out that way. Instead, The Rolling Stones’ first manager discovered her at a party in 1964.
“I wanted to go to Oxford and read English literature, philosophy, and comparative religion. That was my plan,” she told The New York Times in 2021. “Anyway, it didn’t happen. I...
Marianne Faithfull | Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images She was a prominent singer during the British Invasion
Faithfull began her music career as a teenager in the early 1960s. She initially had plans for higher education, but things didn’t shake out that way. Instead, The Rolling Stones’ first manager discovered her at a party in 1964.
“I wanted to go to Oxford and read English literature, philosophy, and comparative religion. That was my plan,” she told The New York Times in 2021. “Anyway, it didn’t happen. I...
- 4/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Marianne Faithfull recorded The Rolling Stones’ “As Tears Go By” before The Rolling Stones did.Faithfull released three renditions of the song.She explained why her most recent recording of “As Tears Go By” is her favorite. Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger | Bettmann / Contributor
Many classic rock stars wrote songs for other artists. For example, The Rolling Stones‘ Mick Jagger co-wrote Marianne Faithfull’s “As Tears Go By,” her signature tune. During an interview, Faithfull discussed her romantic relationship with Jagger and her favorite version of “As Tears Go By.”
Marianne Faithfull said dating The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger nearly ‘destroyed’ her
During a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, Faithfull was asked if dating Jagger made her stronger. “I don’t know if it did,” she said. “It almost destroyed me.
“Although it was wonderful, it was only four years,” she added. “It was a wonderful time, and he was great,...
Marianne Faithfull recorded The Rolling Stones’ “As Tears Go By” before The Rolling Stones did.Faithfull released three renditions of the song.She explained why her most recent recording of “As Tears Go By” is her favorite. Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger | Bettmann / Contributor
Many classic rock stars wrote songs for other artists. For example, The Rolling Stones‘ Mick Jagger co-wrote Marianne Faithfull’s “As Tears Go By,” her signature tune. During an interview, Faithfull discussed her romantic relationship with Jagger and her favorite version of “As Tears Go By.”
Marianne Faithfull said dating The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger nearly ‘destroyed’ her
During a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, Faithfull was asked if dating Jagger made her stronger. “I don’t know if it did,” she said. “It almost destroyed me.
“Although it was wonderful, it was only four years,” she added. “It was a wonderful time, and he was great,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Nancy Sinatra’s Boots has covers of songs by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.Her Dylan cover immediately precedes “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” on the album tracklist.She made a major change to a controversial Beatles track. The photo on the cover of Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Boots’ | Gab Archive/Redferns
Many of Nancy Sinatra’s most famous songs, including “Somethin’ Stupid” and “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” are covers. Notably, her album Boots featured several covers of classic rock songs. Notably, she gender-flipped a controversial Beatles track.
4. The Rolling Stones’ ‘As Tears Go By’
“As Tears Go By” is a Mick Jagger-Keith Richards-Andrew Loog Oldham composition. Marianne Faithfull put out her version and then The Rolling Stones put out theirs. Both renditions are devastatingly sad.
Sinatra’s “As Tears Go By” is closer to bossa nova or...
Nancy Sinatra’s Boots has covers of songs by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan.Her Dylan cover immediately precedes “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” on the album tracklist.She made a major change to a controversial Beatles track. The photo on the cover of Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Boots’ | Gab Archive/Redferns
Many of Nancy Sinatra’s most famous songs, including “Somethin’ Stupid” and “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down),” are covers. Notably, her album Boots featured several covers of classic rock songs. Notably, she gender-flipped a controversial Beatles track.
4. The Rolling Stones’ ‘As Tears Go By’
“As Tears Go By” is a Mick Jagger-Keith Richards-Andrew Loog Oldham composition. Marianne Faithfull put out her version and then The Rolling Stones put out theirs. Both renditions are devastatingly sad.
Sinatra’s “As Tears Go By” is closer to bossa nova or...
- 2/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
American laws designed to prevent censorship on social media have suffered numerous defeats in court. On September 16, however, the most notable of those laws picked up an important win. A U.S. Circuit Court has ruled in favor of Hb 20, which aims to prevent platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook from taking any action that would “discriminate against expression.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott worked with the state’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to pass Hb 20 last year. The courts have played ping-pong with the edict’s legal status since then. Hb 20 was initially prevented from taking effect via an injunction, but a federal appeals court reversed that decision this past May. In response, a coalition representing several major tech companies rushed the law to the Supreme Court, where a 5-4 majority voted to reinstate the injunction.
Now, two judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals have declared that Hb 20 is “constitutionally allowed.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott worked with the state’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to pass Hb 20 last year. The courts have played ping-pong with the edict’s legal status since then. Hb 20 was initially prevented from taking effect via an injunction, but a federal appeals court reversed that decision this past May. In response, a coalition representing several major tech companies rushed the law to the Supreme Court, where a 5-4 majority voted to reinstate the injunction.
Now, two judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals have declared that Hb 20 is “constitutionally allowed.
- 9/19/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
An “official” biography about late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, authorized by both the band and Watts’ family, will arrive this fall.
Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts includes forewords from both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and a prelude from the band’s former manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham.
The book was penned by author-broadcaster Paul Sexton, who has followed the Stones for over 30 years. Charlie’s Good Tonight features new interviews with Jagger, Richards, and Ronnie Wood, as well as “countless” family members, friends,...
Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts includes forewords from both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and a prelude from the band’s former manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham.
The book was penned by author-broadcaster Paul Sexton, who has followed the Stones for over 30 years. Charlie’s Good Tonight features new interviews with Jagger, Richards, and Ronnie Wood, as well as “countless” family members, friends,...
- 7/1/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Double Elvis, the podcast company behind hit music series Disgraceland, is bolstering its slate of original podcasts with a new post-punk series from members of Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure as well as adding a trio of shows to its banner.
The company, founded by Jake Brennan and Brady Sadler, is launching Curious Creatures from Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure and Budgie, drummer from Siouxsie and the Banshees.
The series will explore the legacy and contemporary relevance of post-punk with guests such as Michael Dempsey, Mason Silva and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, who joins as their first guest.
Double Elvis is also bring three shows under its banner: Washed Up Emo, Sounds and Vision with Andrew Loog Oldham and Women in Hip Hop with Jazzie Belle.
Sounds and Vision is hosted by Andrew Loog Oldham, best known for managing the Rolling Stones. The series sees...
The company, founded by Jake Brennan and Brady Sadler, is launching Curious Creatures from Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure and Budgie, drummer from Siouxsie and the Banshees.
The series will explore the legacy and contemporary relevance of post-punk with guests such as Michael Dempsey, Mason Silva and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, who joins as their first guest.
Double Elvis is also bring three shows under its banner: Washed Up Emo, Sounds and Vision with Andrew Loog Oldham and Women in Hip Hop with Jazzie Belle.
Sounds and Vision is hosted by Andrew Loog Oldham, best known for managing the Rolling Stones. The series sees...
- 9/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The year of the rock ’n’ pop documentary continues. So far, 2021 has brought us Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers,” Todd Haynes’ “The Velvet Underground,” and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul.” Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” series is due in November. In the meantime, the Venice Film Festival has now hosted the premiere of “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” a fully authorized history of the 1970s rock gods’ early days, directed and co-written by Bernard MacMahon.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t help the thesis that this is a golden age of the music documentary. While Haynes and Wright put their own stamp on the genre, MacMahon’s workmanlike film is very much the kind of primer which you might slump in front of on television. It’s efficient and affectionate, but the band’s major contribution to cinema remains the scene in “School of Rock” in which Jack Black demands,...
Unfortunately, it doesn’t help the thesis that this is a golden age of the music documentary. While Haynes and Wright put their own stamp on the genre, MacMahon’s workmanlike film is very much the kind of primer which you might slump in front of on television. It’s efficient and affectionate, but the band’s major contribution to cinema remains the scene in “School of Rock” in which Jack Black demands,...
- 9/4/2021
- by Nicholas Barber
- Indiewire
Bruce Springsteen inducted manager Jon Landau into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the rare honor of receiving the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which is reserved for songwriters, producers, record company executives during the virtual ceremony aired on HBO Saturday night).
Springsteen talked about first coming across Landau’s work as a rock critic, years before they met. “One of my first recollections of Jon Landau was his trashing of the Blues Project in Crawdaddy,” Springsteen laughed. “I was thinking, ‘Who does this guy think he is?'”
Springsteen’s segment — which was produced by director Thom Zimny — shone a light on Landau, and included insight from label mogul Jimmy Iovine, who was Springsteen’s engineer in the mid-1970s, Jann Wenner, who published his work for a decade in Rolling Stone, and Jackson Browne, whose “The Pretender” album was produced by Landau.
With this, he becomes one of...
Springsteen talked about first coming across Landau’s work as a rock critic, years before they met. “One of my first recollections of Jon Landau was his trashing of the Blues Project in Crawdaddy,” Springsteen laughed. “I was thinking, ‘Who does this guy think he is?'”
Springsteen’s segment — which was produced by director Thom Zimny — shone a light on Landau, and included insight from label mogul Jimmy Iovine, who was Springsteen’s engineer in the mid-1970s, Jann Wenner, who published his work for a decade in Rolling Stone, and Jackson Browne, whose “The Pretender” album was produced by Landau.
With this, he becomes one of...
- 11/8/2020
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
Even for obsessive Rolling Stones fans, the story of founding guitarist Brian Jones’ death nearly 51 years ago has been so clouded with misinformation, controversy and battling agendas that at a certain point one just gives up wondering. An asthmatic with a long history of substance abuse, he drowned in the pool of his lovely home on July 3, 1969, at the age of 27 — just weeks after being ejected from the Stones. While his death was officially ruled misadventure by the coroner, there is little clarity about who was present at the time, what their motives were, and where exactly he drowned.
While “Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones” repeats much well-established information — and was clearly made without the cooperation of the Stones’ organization — it goes a long way toward clarifying the incident and presents reasonably convincing evidence that Jones was, if not murdered, then killed in an incident of manslaughter.
While “Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones” repeats much well-established information — and was clearly made without the cooperation of the Stones’ organization — it goes a long way toward clarifying the incident and presents reasonably convincing evidence that Jones was, if not murdered, then killed in an incident of manslaughter.
- 6/19/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Singer/actress Marianne Faithfull is in a London hospital being treated for coronavirus. The 74-year-old was said to be stable, her management said on Saturday.
“Marianne Faithfull’s manager Francois Ravard has confirmed that Marianne is being treated for Covid-19 in hospital in London,” the singer’s reps said in a statement to Deadline’s sister publication, Rolling Stone, on Saturday. “She is stable and responding to treatment. We all wish her well and a full and speedy recovery.”
Faithfull friend Penny Arcade told Rolling Stone that Faithfull was sheltering in place, but caught a cold. Faithfull checked herself into the hospital on Monday, where she tested positive for Covid-19, and developed pneumonia,...
“Marianne Faithfull’s manager Francois Ravard has confirmed that Marianne is being treated for Covid-19 in hospital in London,” the singer’s reps said in a statement to Deadline’s sister publication, Rolling Stone, on Saturday. “She is stable and responding to treatment. We all wish her well and a full and speedy recovery.”
Faithfull friend Penny Arcade told Rolling Stone that Faithfull was sheltering in place, but caught a cold. Faithfull checked herself into the hospital on Monday, where she tested positive for Covid-19, and developed pneumonia,...
- 4/4/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Wyman may not have been the first bass player in the Rolling Stones, but he joined months after they formed in 1962 and stuck around from their earliest recording sessions all the way through the end of the Steel Wheels tour 30 years later. During that entire time, he was taking photos and videos that formed the basis of his 2002 book Rolling With the Stones. And now much more from his private vault is being used in the new documentary The Quiet One, in theaters June 21st.
The movie doesn’t...
The movie doesn’t...
- 6/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Lime Pictures, the British production company behind Netflix’s teen drama Free Rein, is developing a drama described as Peaky Blinders set in 1990s Manchester.
The company has optioned Still Breathing: The True Adventures of The Donnelly Brothers, which tells the story of Manchester fashion brand Gio Gio, known for being worn by rock stars from New Order, The Stone Roses and The Libertines.
The All3Media-owned producer is to adapt the book, which was written by Christopher & Anthony Donnelly and Simon Spence, into a period drama that will chart the story from alleged criminal beginnings to global success.
The script will be written by Spence, who penned Stoned with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham after the book was optioned by Executive Producer Louise Sutton, who joined the producer in June 2018, having worked on Black Mirror.
Sutton said, “At Lime, we want to tell the stories from people from the margins of society,...
The company has optioned Still Breathing: The True Adventures of The Donnelly Brothers, which tells the story of Manchester fashion brand Gio Gio, known for being worn by rock stars from New Order, The Stone Roses and The Libertines.
The All3Media-owned producer is to adapt the book, which was written by Christopher & Anthony Donnelly and Simon Spence, into a period drama that will chart the story from alleged criminal beginnings to global success.
The script will be written by Spence, who penned Stoned with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham after the book was optioned by Executive Producer Louise Sutton, who joined the producer in June 2018, having worked on Black Mirror.
Sutton said, “At Lime, we want to tell the stories from people from the margins of society,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Brett Berns and Bob Sarles's Bang! The Bert Berns Story narrator Steven Van Zandt Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul G Allen's Vulcan Productions' Ben Bowie and Geoff Luck's Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale and Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson's The Ivory Game; Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm's David Lynch: The Art Life and the making of Eraserhead; Claire Simon's Venezia Classici Award winner Le Concours; Scott Hamilton Kennedy's Food Evolution, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bang! The Bert Berns Story (featuring Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, Cissy Houston, Andrew Loog Oldham, Jerry Ragovoy, Ronald Isley), and the voice of Steven Van Zandt come up in my conversation with Thom Powers.
Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale
Jimm Lasser and Biff Butler's Long Live Benjamin (about a Capuchin monkey and artist Allen Hirsch) and Markie Hancock's Feral Love (on Central...
Paul G Allen's Vulcan Productions' Ben Bowie and Geoff Luck's Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale and Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson's The Ivory Game; Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm's David Lynch: The Art Life and the making of Eraserhead; Claire Simon's Venezia Classici Award winner Le Concours; Scott Hamilton Kennedy's Food Evolution, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bang! The Bert Berns Story (featuring Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, Cissy Houston, Andrew Loog Oldham, Jerry Ragovoy, Ronald Isley), and the voice of Steven Van Zandt come up in my conversation with Thom Powers.
Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale
Jimm Lasser and Biff Butler's Long Live Benjamin (about a Capuchin monkey and artist Allen Hirsch) and Markie Hancock's Feral Love (on Central...
- 11/10/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Brett Smiley 25th September 1955 - 8th January 2016.
The death of Brett Smiley has removed one of the most obscure, but fascinating facets from the chipped, black nail varnished footnotes of rock. Until the turn of the new century his most slender of reputations rested only in the minds of those fortunate enough to possess his lone single "Va Va Va Voom," a wonderfully effete confection which surfaced in Britain in the fading months of 1974. Over-hyped and over the top, this California pretty boy import pouted and pranced like a stick thin bleached and back combed Goldie Hawn in platform boots. He emoted huskily: "I've gone so crazy I'm a certified nervous wreck. A little bit eccentric Ha! Screaming like a discotheque," made the cover of Disc magazine as the prettiest boy in the world and managed to briefly render Marc Bolan butch and reveal Sweet as the dockers in drag that they truly were.
The death of Brett Smiley has removed one of the most obscure, but fascinating facets from the chipped, black nail varnished footnotes of rock. Until the turn of the new century his most slender of reputations rested only in the minds of those fortunate enough to possess his lone single "Va Va Va Voom," a wonderfully effete confection which surfaced in Britain in the fading months of 1974. Over-hyped and over the top, this California pretty boy import pouted and pranced like a stick thin bleached and back combed Goldie Hawn in platform boots. He emoted huskily: "I've gone so crazy I'm a certified nervous wreck. A little bit eccentric Ha! Screaming like a discotheque," made the cover of Disc magazine as the prettiest boy in the world and managed to briefly render Marc Bolan butch and reveal Sweet as the dockers in drag that they truly were.
- 3/7/2016
- by robert cochrane
- www.culturecatch.com
The heart of rock & roll really is still beating.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame staged its 29th annual induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn back in April, and HBO will air excerpts of the event on Saturday. This year's inductees spanned six decades of music, including Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, the E Street Band and, for the first time ever, two managers: The Beatles' Brian Epstein and The Rolling Stones' Andrew Loog Oldham.
Here are 10 highlights from the ceremony that will be shown on Saturday's special — as well as five backstage moments that viewers won't get to see:
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame staged its 29th annual induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn back in April, and HBO will air excerpts of the event on Saturday. This year's inductees spanned six decades of music, including Nirvana, Kiss, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, the E Street Band and, for the first time ever, two managers: The Beatles' Brian Epstein and The Rolling Stones' Andrew Loog Oldham.
Here are 10 highlights from the ceremony that will be shown on Saturday's special — as well as five backstage moments that viewers won't get to see:
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- 5/30/2014
- by Liz Raftery
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, airing on HBO Saturday (31) night, features some of the Rock Hall’s stronger performances in recent years. Among the highlights are the remaining members of inductee Nirvana performing with Joan Jett, St. Vincent, and Lorde, as well as Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, and Carrie Underwood beautifully saluting inductee Linda Ronstadt in song. In this exclusive clip, Nicks talks about how the ladies’ performance of “When Will I Be Loved” came about — it was a lot looser than you’d think— and has some very high praise for Underwood. Let’s just say she’s glad Underwood wasn’t around during Fleetwood Mac’s formative years. In addition to Nirvana and Ronstadt, this year’s class included Daryl Hall & John Oates, Peter Gabriel, The E Street Band, Cat Stevens and Kiss as performer inductees, and Brian Epstein and...
- 5/30/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
London, April 12: Us grunge band Nirvana has been inducted into the rock and Hall of Fame.
Rem's Michael Stipe inducted the group, saying that the group were kicking against the mainstream, asserting that they spoke truth and many people listened, the BBC reported.
The band's career was cut short by their frontman Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. However, his widow, Courtney Love, was present in the ceremony.
Rock legends Kiss, country queen Linda Ronstadt, Brian Epstein, who guided the Beatles to stardom, and Andrew Loog Oldham, who launched the careers of the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton were among the other.
Rem's Michael Stipe inducted the group, saying that the group were kicking against the mainstream, asserting that they spoke truth and many people listened, the BBC reported.
The band's career was cut short by their frontman Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. However, his widow, Courtney Love, was present in the ceremony.
Rock legends Kiss, country queen Linda Ronstadt, Brian Epstein, who guided the Beatles to stardom, and Andrew Loog Oldham, who launched the careers of the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton were among the other.
- 4/12/2014
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
New York (AP) — Kiss made up, but its music went unheard. Nirvana used four women rockers to sing Kurt Cobain's songs. And Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band — predictably — turned its honor into a marathon. The three acts were ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday in a colorful induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. They were joined by the blue-eyed soul duo Hall & Oates, British rocker Peter Gabriel, 1970s folkie Cat Stevens and the absent Linda Ronstadt. Nirvana was the emotional centerpiece. The trio rooted in the Seattle-area punk rock scene was voted into the hall in its first year of eligibility. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit like a thunderclap upon its 1991 release, but the band was done after Kurt Cobain committed suicide 20 years ago this month. "Nirvana fans walk up to me every day and say thank you for the music," said Krist Novoselic,...
- 4/11/2014
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
New York (AP) — Paul Stanley of Kiss wants to shout it out loud: The band is miffed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting members Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer along with the original lineup. Kiss is scheduled to be inducted into the Rock Hall on April 10 in New York City. But Stanley said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press that he doesn't think the Rock Hall is being fair and that the organization has altered their rules for other acts. "We have continuing issues with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, starting with the fact that they chose to only induct the original lineup when that's hardly the case with other bands," he said from Los Angeles. "In the Grateful Dead's case, (they) also inducted a writer who never played an instrument," said Stanley, referring to Robert Hunter's inclusion when...
- 3/16/2014
- by Mesfin Fekadu (AP)
- Hitfix
Which music stars went home with awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards? Find out with this full winners list.
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
- 1/26/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Kiss, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt, and Cat Stevens as the Class of 2014. The ceremony will be held April 10 in New York City at the Barclays Center and televised in May on HBO. An act is eligible to be on the ballot 25 years after its first release, so Nirvana makes the cut on its first try. The other five artists have waited for years to be inducted. Also being honored are The E Street Band with the Award for Musical Excellence, and Beatles manager Brian Epstein and Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham with the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers. Rolling Stone. Lifetime is developing a TV movie about the behind-the-scenes drama of "Today" surrounding the ouster of Ann Curry. Liz Gateley and Tony Disantos will produce the project, based on the Brian Stelter book "Top of the...
- 12/18/2013
- Gold Derby
Nirvana will officially join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April’s induction ceremony. So will two acts that couldn’t be less like Nirvana, Hall and Oates and Kiss. In the performer category, the three acts will be joined by Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens. Receiving this year’s Ahmet Ertegun Awards are Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham. Bruce Springsteen’s group, The E Street Band will accept the Award for Musical Excellence. Some notable nominees who were passed over this year include rappers Nwa and LL Cool J. See video: Katy Perry Caught in Egregious ‘Roar’ Lip-Sync Performance,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
var brightcovevideoid = '2942784067001'; Nirvana, Kiss and Peter Gabriel will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The Rock Hall announced Tuesday that Hall and Oates, Linda Ronstadt, and Cat Stevens also will be inducted April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first release. Nirvana received a nomination in its first year of eligibility and next year the band will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its debut, Bleach. The induction comes 20 years after frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide at age 27. This year also marked first-time nominations for Hall and Oates,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Linda Keith lent a young blues player a guitar belonging to her boyfriend, Keith Richards – and the rest is history. In a rare interview, she tells her story
Rock'n'roll has had many pivotal moments, but few are as clear cut as when Linda Keith, a 20-year-old British Vogue model and blues fanatic, lent a virtually unknown Jimi Hendrix a white Fender Stratocaster, the instrument that would become forever entwined with the guitarist's legendary and unsurpassed technique.
One person rightfully aggrieved by this gesture was the guitar's owner and Linda's boyfriend of three years, Keith Richards. Richards, then on the Rolling Stones' 1966 tour of the Us, wasn't going to get his guitar or his striking, dark-haired girlfriend back – she had made it her mission to launch Hendrix's career. But he and Brian Jones did write the song Ruby Tuesday about her – "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday/ Who could hang a name on you?...
Rock'n'roll has had many pivotal moments, but few are as clear cut as when Linda Keith, a 20-year-old British Vogue model and blues fanatic, lent a virtually unknown Jimi Hendrix a white Fender Stratocaster, the instrument that would become forever entwined with the guitarist's legendary and unsurpassed technique.
One person rightfully aggrieved by this gesture was the guitar's owner and Linda's boyfriend of three years, Keith Richards. Richards, then on the Rolling Stones' 1966 tour of the Us, wasn't going to get his guitar or his striking, dark-haired girlfriend back – she had made it her mission to launch Hendrix's career. But he and Brian Jones did write the song Ruby Tuesday about her – "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday/ Who could hang a name on you?...
- 9/14/2013
- by Edward Helmore
- The Guardian - Film News
This story appears in TheWrap's EmmyWrap Reality Issue. Last year, the Emmys' Outstanding Nonfiction Special category saw a head-to-head battle between George Harrison and Paul Simon, with Martin Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" winning over a field that also included Joe Berlinger's "Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies." But wouldn't the Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones be an even more delicious battle? After all, that's a time-honored rivalry, as Keith Richards explains in the Stones doc "Crossfire Hurricane" when he talks about how manager Andrew Loog Oldham consciously positioned...
- 6/20/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
It’s a club that the famous are dying to get into, literally. The 27 Club (The Forever 27 Club) is the name for an iconic group of influential musicians who all died at the age of 27. Their untimely deaths have often been connected with uneasy lives and psychological issues, with a lot of physical neglect in between, usually due to drink or drug abuse, or both. An independently published book named, “The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll” meticulously details the phenomenon. The author states, “More rock stars have died at 27 than at any other age.”
Bluesman Robert Johnson, who died on August 16, 1938, was an immense musician. His talent was unquestionable; he has been cited – by Eric Clapton, no less – as “the most important blues singer that ever lived”. Johnson’s untimely death wasn’t self-inflicted, and there are a number of conflicting opinions, but the general consensus is...
Bluesman Robert Johnson, who died on August 16, 1938, was an immense musician. His talent was unquestionable; he has been cited – by Eric Clapton, no less – as “the most important blues singer that ever lived”. Johnson’s untimely death wasn’t self-inflicted, and there are a number of conflicting opinions, but the general consensus is...
- 6/9/2013
- by john glynn
- Obsessed with Film
This story first appeared in the April 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. On April 14, 1963, The Beatles first saw The Rolling Stones performing in London's Crawdaddy Club, packed with screaming girls dancing on tabletops. "It was a match made in heaven, rampant youth colliding," wrote Andrew Loog Oldham, the Stones' first manager and now a Sirius Xm deejay, in his 1998 memoir. The lads stayed up until 4 a.m. together. George Harrison lobbied Decca -- still trying to live down the humiliation of spurning the Beatles in 1962 -- to sign the Stones, and Oldham landed the
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- 4/5/2013
- by Tim Appelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The star of pop and film talks about being cast as a sex kitten of the 60s, drugs, homelessness, and why she will never sell Mick Jagger's love letters
Hello, Marianne. How are you?
Hello. I'm well, thank you. I've been appearing in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins in Linz, Austria, so I've been very happy. I'm singing and acting, with great costumes and stage sets. The two transvestites in little leather shorts are very important. It's a very violent, sexy piece.
Do Austrians know you as Marianne Faithfull or by your title, Baroness von Sacher-Masoch (1 )
Nobody knows me as Baroness von Sacher-Masoch. Fuck off! [Laughter] I'm Marianne Faithfull.
We're approaching half a century since your first single, 1964's As Tears Go By.
I know, I can't believe it. On the other hand, I can't do anything else and never wanted to. I once asked my father what he wanted me to be.
Hello, Marianne. How are you?
Hello. I'm well, thank you. I've been appearing in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins in Linz, Austria, so I've been very happy. I'm singing and acting, with great costumes and stage sets. The two transvestites in little leather shorts are very important. It's a very violent, sexy piece.
Do Austrians know you as Marianne Faithfull or by your title, Baroness von Sacher-Masoch (1 )
Nobody knows me as Baroness von Sacher-Masoch. Fuck off! [Laughter] I'm Marianne Faithfull.
We're approaching half a century since your first single, 1964's As Tears Go By.
I know, I can't believe it. On the other hand, I can't do anything else and never wanted to. I once asked my father what he wanted me to be.
- 1/11/2013
- by Dave Simpson
- The Guardian - Film News
To get you excited for "Not Fade Away," we don't need to say anything more than "Because it's David Chase." But this is the season of giving, and Moviefone has an exclusive look at the eagerly-anticipated rock 'n' roll drama. "Not Fade Away" marks Chase's first efforts on the big screen as a writer-director, since changing television forever with "The Sopranos." But this time around, he's tackling a much more relatable subject than organized crime: being a teenager and falling in love with music. Pulling from his own upbringing, Chase tells the story of three friends growing up in the New Jersey suburbs circa 1964. When their lives are changed by the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Bo Diddley, they decide to form their own rock band and begin a tumultuous ride through the decade involving girlfriends, heartbreak, wild hair, wilder clothes, parties and dreams of getting out of their small town.
- 12/17/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
In 1965, a rough-and-tumble band of rock ‘n’ roll upstarts called The Rolling Stones were just beginning to build their legend, when wily manager Andrew Loog Oldham engaged English documentarian Peter Whitehead to follow the band around for a couple of days during a short stint in Ireland. The result was Charlie Is My Darling, a cinéma vérité snapshot of an era when the cultural revolution was only just beginning to crack the façade of the Old World. We see the young Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts (who gives the film its title) brainstorming …...
- 11/23/2012
- by Jim Allen
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It's easy to forget how shocking the Stones were in 1965. The previously unreleased documentary Charlie Is My Darling is a riveting reminder of when they were a generational lightning rod
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On 3 September 1965, the Rolling Stones flew out for a brief Irish tour. Accompanying them and their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, was film-maker Peter Whitehead, who had just shot the infamous International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall – a founding countercultural event later known, after his film title, as Wholly Communion.
Whitehead shot by himself in the Maysles style, with a handheld camera placing the operator and the viewer right in the centre of the action. He was hired by Oldham to see how the Stones materialised on film: it was the mid-60s and all major groups were supposed to star in feature flicks, however cheesy, but the Stones still hadn't. This was their...
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On 3 September 1965, the Rolling Stones flew out for a brief Irish tour. Accompanying them and their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, was film-maker Peter Whitehead, who had just shot the infamous International Poetry Incarnation at the Royal Albert Hall – a founding countercultural event later known, after his film title, as Wholly Communion.
Whitehead shot by himself in the Maysles style, with a handheld camera placing the operator and the viewer right in the centre of the action. He was hired by Oldham to see how the Stones materialised on film: it was the mid-60s and all major groups were supposed to star in feature flicks, however cheesy, but the Stones still hadn't. This was their...
- 11/5/2012
- by Jon Savage
- The Guardian - Film News
Latest Rolling Stones documentary has to tackle the problem of how to retell a story that's been told so many times before
For all the control freakery, the money chasing, the internecine warfare between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones have always been the most open of groups – as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant told the Guardian recently: "All you knew was that the Stones got all the press, and we sold a shitload of records."
That leaves Crossfire Hurricane, the official documentary celebration of the Stones' 50th anniversary, with two problems. How do you retell a story that's been told so many times before? And how do you compete with the already extant films about the group – Gimme Shelter, the Maysles brothers' account of the 1969 Us tour that ended with the disastrous Altamont concert; Cocksucker Blues, the rarely seen Robert Frank film that captured their 1972 tour, warts,...
For all the control freakery, the money chasing, the internecine warfare between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones have always been the most open of groups – as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant told the Guardian recently: "All you knew was that the Stones got all the press, and we sold a shitload of records."
That leaves Crossfire Hurricane, the official documentary celebration of the Stones' 50th anniversary, with two problems. How do you retell a story that's been told so many times before? And how do you compete with the already extant films about the group – Gimme Shelter, the Maysles brothers' account of the 1969 Us tour that ended with the disastrous Altamont concert; Cocksucker Blues, the rarely seen Robert Frank film that captured their 1972 tour, warts,...
- 10/19/2012
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Nov. 6, 2012
Price: DVD $22.99, Blu-ray $26.09
Studio: Abkco
Young Mick and Keith hit the road in Charlie Is My Darling.
Abkco Films acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the formation of The Rolling Stones with the official release of a new version of the legendary 1966 music-filled documentary film The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965, the music-filled movie that marked the cinematic debut of the band.
We refer to the release as “official” because it’s been available for decades in various unofficial editions!
Directed by Peter Whitehead, The Rolling Stones Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 was shot on a quick weekend tour of Ireland just weeks after “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” hit #1 on the charts. An intimate, behind-the-scenes diary of life on the road with the young Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the band’s storied touring career.
Price: DVD $22.99, Blu-ray $26.09
Studio: Abkco
Young Mick and Keith hit the road in Charlie Is My Darling.
Abkco Films acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the formation of The Rolling Stones with the official release of a new version of the legendary 1966 music-filled documentary film The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965, the music-filled movie that marked the cinematic debut of the band.
We refer to the release as “official” because it’s been available for decades in various unofficial editions!
Directed by Peter Whitehead, The Rolling Stones Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 was shot on a quick weekend tour of Ireland just weeks after “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” hit #1 on the charts. An intimate, behind-the-scenes diary of life on the road with the young Rolling Stones, Charlie Is My Darling features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the band’s storied touring career.
- 10/1/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, so naturally, goodies are coming out of the vaults. The latest is the legendary but never-before-released documentary "The Rolling Stones – Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965." Produced by Stones’ manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham, he enlisted director Peter Whitehead ("The Fall," "Tonite Let's All Make Love in London") to travel with the group and film before they broke big and just as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” began to rocket the group to the pinnacle of the U.S. and U.K. charts. The doc will be making its world premiere at the New York Film Festival this weekend (Andrew Loog Oldham himself will be in attendance). Mick Gochanour and Robin Klein, the directors behind "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus," created a new version of the doc by painstakingly restoring over 90,000 frames of optical screen...
- 9/27/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Yes, another set of pics from Andre 3000's Jimi Hendrix project. Don't worry, we won't post them all, but I thought these were particularly crips and clear (unlike past sets) and they show him along with his co-star Hayley Atwell. Atwell plays Linda Keith who met Hendrix in 1966, as the then girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards; they became quick friends as she was impressed with his music, and introduced him to Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and later, producer Seymour Stein. In these images, they are said to be shooting a scene in which Hendrix and Keith are accosted by policemen as they strolled down a street, and a bit of...
- 6/27/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The biggest roadblock to getting a biopic about a musician made is clearing the rights to the (usually expensive) songs and pleasing the estate. If the artist in question is still alive, the process can be made slightly easier, but if not, projects can drag in develop as everyone involved tries to find common ground to meet on financially and creatively. Which leads us to "All Is By My Side," the long, long brewing Jimi Hendrix pic with Andre 3000 in the lead that, out of nowhere, was announced earlier this week as gearing up to start shooting in a matter of weeks. We wondered if this might mean Experience Hendrix were on board with the movie too -- turns out, they're not.
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the company says it “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to...
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the company says it “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to...
- 5/10/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Considering how long this has been in development, and the number of similar projects that have fallen by the wayside including a mooted Paul Greengrass directed biopic, and a fictional road trip style movie, we figured the Andre 3000 starring Jimi Hendrix movie was not going to happen. Hell, even as far back as 2008 the actor/rapper himself said, "The funny thing with the biopics [is their uncertainty], I mean, it’s the same thing with ‘Hendrix.’ It’s kinda like, until you are on set doing it you can’t say what’s going on, because everybody wants to do the movie, but there are so many things that go into a biopic.” Well, it looks like the movie is actually going ahead.
Titled "All Is By My Side," the film is gearing up start lensing in three weeks in Ireland, with a six week production schedule mapped out. John Ridley, the writer behind "Three Kings,...
Titled "All Is By My Side," the film is gearing up start lensing in three weeks in Ireland, with a six week production schedule mapped out. John Ridley, the writer behind "Three Kings,...
- 5/7/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Stone Roses have authorised a new biography that will chronicle their career. The band will tell the story of the creation of their 1989 self-titled debut album, the delayed follow-up and the details of their split for the first time in a book to be released next year, reports The Independent. The biography will be written by journalist Simon Spence, who is credited as the ghost writer of the memoirs of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Spence has spent over 400 hours interviewing all four members of the band - Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary Mounfield and Alan Wren - for the book, which will be titled 'Fool's Gold'. Penguin will publish the biography, which is currently slated for an October 2012 (more)...
- 10/4/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
Sir Mick Jagger is reportedly looking for actors to star in a film he has been writing for 15 years. The Rolling Stones star, who is currently working on solo material, wrote the script with David Bowie. It is about two "hellraising rock'n'roll managers set in the mid '60s", The Sun reports. He was apparently encouraged to pursue the project further after watching the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael in Comic Relief sketches. The comedy is said to be based on the likes of Andrew Loog Oldham, who used to manage The Rolling Stones. A source said: "Mick has had the script in the bag for years. He has gone back to it again recently and feels now is the time to get it out there. Mick has a (more)...
- 4/9/2011
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
Diana Dors may be famous for all those flirty, saucy one-liners, but she had a sharp, knowing wit of her own, and was more serious an actor than she gets credit for
The early 50s is remembered as an era smeared with boredom, with Billy Cotton on the wireless and rationed gruel for dinner. In such a country, the beauty and easy charm of Diana Dors must have seemed like an insult to many people.
Dors is frequently referenced as Britain's "answer" to Marilyn Monroe, but a brace of Dors's films – My Wife's Lodger (1952) and Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? from 1953 – set for DVD release by the BFI – show a vibrant and underrated star with a decidedly English sass. Aside from her role as a convicted murderer in Yield to the Night, it is usually assumed that her acting talent was wasted on fripperies, yet she also had hefty roles in another prison drama,...
The early 50s is remembered as an era smeared with boredom, with Billy Cotton on the wireless and rationed gruel for dinner. In such a country, the beauty and easy charm of Diana Dors must have seemed like an insult to many people.
Dors is frequently referenced as Britain's "answer" to Marilyn Monroe, but a brace of Dors's films – My Wife's Lodger (1952) and Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? from 1953 – set for DVD release by the BFI – show a vibrant and underrated star with a decidedly English sass. Aside from her role as a convicted murderer in Yield to the Night, it is usually assumed that her acting talent was wasted on fripperies, yet she also had hefty roles in another prison drama,...
- 6/10/2010
- by Bob Stanley
- The Guardian - Film News
Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham has blasted The Verve for sampling Mick Jagger's band on their hit 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'. The Urban Hymns track used a hook from the Andrew Oldham Orchestra's recording of 'The Last Time', initiating a protracted legal case over royalties. When the case concluded, it was ruled that the Stones should receive all of the royalty (more)...
- 10/8/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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