THE ROLLING STONES - SOME GIRLS - 33 1/3 BOOK WAREHOUSE

THE ROLLING STONES - SOME GIRLS - 33 1/3 BOOK WAREHOUSEIt's October 1977, and the Rolling Stones are in a Paris recording studio. They're under siege. Keith Richards's legal troubles after his arrest for heroin possession threaten the band's future, and the broad consensus among rock aficionados is that the band will never again reach the heights of Exile on Main Street. But Mick Jagger is writing lyrics inspired by the year he has just spent in New York City, where he was hanging out with the punks at

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When Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded the song “Hallelujah

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it has brought comfort to thousands after being featured in the MTV 9/11 tribute video and the telethon for the 2010 Haitian earthquake

Put the needle on the record and get blown away (again)

and were hits around the world

never-ending tours

always on the edge of self-destruction

It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by noted guests David Crosby

"You Belong Among the Wildflowers" lyric silk screen on the back of the headstock

Stevie Wonder was unable to control the springs of his creativity during that decade

it is the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read