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1. Perhaps the leading inspiration for the Rolling Stones' music has been the women in their lives, be they wives, lovers, or groupies. This piece from "Exile on Main Street", however, was inspired by a different sort of woman: radical activist Angela Davis.
2. Though the world thought this song was written by Mick Jagger, the bulk of its lyrics were actually penned by his then-lover Marianne Faithful. This would not be revealed until almost two decades after its initial release. What is this pained exhortation?
3. Perhaps the best-known origin story of a Rolling Stones song is the tale of how guitarist Keith Richards dreamed one of their best-known pieces into existance. According to "Keef", he awoke one 1964 morning in a hotel room with a riff running through his head. He recorded the riff and the song's central phrase, and then worked out the rest at the Stones' next recording session. What signature Rolling Stones anthem came of this?
4. The recording of this epic piece, inspired in part by Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita", was filmed by French director Jean-Luc Godard. This film, released under the title "One Plus One", chronicles the evolution of what song from a strained folk pleading to what Mick Jagger would later call a "rock and roll samba"?
5. This song from the album "Sticky Fingers", recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was initially written by Mick Jagger while filming the movie "Ned Kelly" in Australia. Though its lyrics are mumbled to the point of near-incomprehensibility, careful listeners can discern that it is about heroin, slavery, and...other things that cannot be discussed in such a wholesome forum as this.
6. When the Stones settled in to record the album "Exile on Main Street", this song was originally titled "Good Time Woman" and sported a set of lyrics completely different from its eventual complete version. Engineer Randy Johns recalls the recording of this cut as one of the hardest sessions of his career, especially considering that it was done in Keith Richards' basement in the south of France and that the guitarist was, consequently, "distracted" most of the time, often showing up four hours late, then adjourning for another hour or so to "put his children to bed". Which tune finally emerged from this nightmarish ordeal?
7. This song from the album "Goats Head Soup" is often rumored to be about David Bowie's wife, Angela. This rumor has been repeatedly decried by Angela Bowie herself, though she has implied at times that it might be Mick Jagger's psalm of love for her former husband!
8. This cover of a Sixties soul dance tune was dedicated to the Stones' late pianist and road manager Ian Stewart. It would become the most successful single from the 1986 album "Dirty Work".
9. "Their Satanic Majesties Request" was the Stones' major contribution to rock music's "psychedelic" era; for most critics, it remains one of their weakest albums. It is notable, however, for featuring bassist Bill Wyman on lead vocals for one song--the only time he would ever sing lead for the Stones. What is this intriguing gem?
10. True or False: In order to satisfy contract obligations, the Rolling Stones recorded a cut that was too obscene for a major label to possibly release.
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