THE ROLLING STONES - INSPIRATION TO CREATE MUSIC © profelipe ™
Keith Richards, despite the fame and all the beautiful melodies created for the Rolling Stones, had his own words about inspiration: he used to say that he would only be a "middleman" who receive the music from somewhere. In "Satisfaction", for example, he said that the melody would have appeared in a dream. When he awoke, of course, he just made the music. John Lennon, in his last interview, had another theory:
"[The Rolling Stones] want a song and we went to see what kind of stuff they did. Paul had a snippet of a song and we sang for them. They said, 'OK, it's our style’. But it was really only an excerpt, both Paul and I went to a corner of the room and completed the song while they were there, chatting. We went back to Mick and Keith, who said: 'My God, look at this. They were there and already finished'. We gave the music for them. A handout. This shows the importance we attached to them. We would not give them something that is really good, right? It was the first album the Stones. Anyway, Mick and Keith said: 'If they can make a song so easily, we can try’. " (The 30 Best Playboy Interviews)
Still on the way to create the songs, in the case of Keith Richards, there is another important thing. It is about the inspiration associated with drugs. That was clear at the time of production of their masterpiece "Exile On Main Street":
"Day after day, Keith gets stoned and delay in the bathroom upstairs - meanwhile, Mick and the rest of the Rolling Stones sit, waiting. Mick can do nothing to force Keith to create new melodies for which can compose the lyrics. Mick depends on Keith. Likewise, without the help of Mick, Keith has no way to finish the album on which the Stones are working. No album and… the Stones can not be touring in the United States. Without the money they will earn, they have no way to survive as a band." (Robert Greenfield, Memory of Exile, Rolling Stone)
Composing was not simple. It was not easy to rely on others, especially in a rock group. However, the double creation of the Rolling Stones surpass the Beatles in terms of longevity. Good or bad, after more than 50 years, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are still around, creating new songs and doing shows together.
U2 "ELEVATION TOUR" PARIS 2001
I was in Paris in July 2001. I was married at the time. The "Elevation Tour" did not come to Brazil.
The musicians wanted to do a different show from mega structure used in the "PopMart Tour" (I saw this show at Morumbi in São Paulo).
They did not wanted to play in stadiums.They prefered to play in places as Madison Square Garden.
In Paris, they played at the Palais Omnisports.
It was to be only one show and, of course, the tickets were sold out.
Reading a magazine in the city, I discovered that the group was going to do another show at the Palais Omnisports. I thought, "it does not hurt to try to find some tickets". So we went to a Virgin Megastore and we bought the tickets. The plan worked. No problem.
Arriving at the Palais Omnisports, another good surprise: there were no queues. It was a super quiet and small place.
We could see the musicians (very) close - especially since there was a huge heart that was connected to the main stage where The Edge and Bono spent most of the time.
It was a wonderful show with all the "hits" of the band and yet with the new ones: "All That You Can not Leave Behind" as the beautiful "Beautiful Day", "Walk On", "Elevation" and "Stuck in a Moment ".
Keith Richards, despite the fame and all the beautiful melodies created for the Rolling Stones, had his own words about inspiration: he used to say that he would only be a "middleman" who receive the music from somewhere. In "Satisfaction", for example, he said that the melody would have appeared in a dream. When he awoke, of course, he just made the music. John Lennon, in his last interview, had another theory:
"[The Rolling Stones] want a song and we went to see what kind of stuff they did. Paul had a snippet of a song and we sang for them. They said, 'OK, it's our style’. But it was really only an excerpt, both Paul and I went to a corner of the room and completed the song while they were there, chatting. We went back to Mick and Keith, who said: 'My God, look at this. They were there and already finished'. We gave the music for them. A handout. This shows the importance we attached to them. We would not give them something that is really good, right? It was the first album the Stones. Anyway, Mick and Keith said: 'If they can make a song so easily, we can try’. " (The 30 Best Playboy Interviews)
Still on the way to create the songs, in the case of Keith Richards, there is another important thing. It is about the inspiration associated with drugs. That was clear at the time of production of their masterpiece "Exile On Main Street":
"Day after day, Keith gets stoned and delay in the bathroom upstairs - meanwhile, Mick and the rest of the Rolling Stones sit, waiting. Mick can do nothing to force Keith to create new melodies for which can compose the lyrics. Mick depends on Keith. Likewise, without the help of Mick, Keith has no way to finish the album on which the Stones are working. No album and… the Stones can not be touring in the United States. Without the money they will earn, they have no way to survive as a band." (Robert Greenfield, Memory of Exile, Rolling Stone)
Composing was not simple. It was not easy to rely on others, especially in a rock group. However, the double creation of the Rolling Stones surpass the Beatles in terms of longevity. Good or bad, after more than 50 years, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are still around, creating new songs and doing shows together.
U2 "ELEVATION TOUR" PARIS 2001
I was in Paris in July 2001. I was married at the time. The "Elevation Tour" did not come to Brazil.
The musicians wanted to do a different show from mega structure used in the "PopMart Tour" (I saw this show at Morumbi in São Paulo).
They did not wanted to play in stadiums.They prefered to play in places as Madison Square Garden.
In Paris, they played at the Palais Omnisports.
It was to be only one show and, of course, the tickets were sold out.
Reading a magazine in the city, I discovered that the group was going to do another show at the Palais Omnisports. I thought, "it does not hurt to try to find some tickets". So we went to a Virgin Megastore and we bought the tickets. The plan worked. No problem.
Arriving at the Palais Omnisports, another good surprise: there were no queues. It was a super quiet and small place.
We could see the musicians (very) close - especially since there was a huge heart that was connected to the main stage where The Edge and Bono spent most of the time.
It was a wonderful show with all the "hits" of the band and yet with the new ones: "All That You Can not Leave Behind" as the beautiful "Beautiful Day", "Walk On", "Elevation" and "Stuck in a Moment ".