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Rolling Stone (The band, the mag, the song, the expression?)

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Joseph:
And, after a quick trip to my room and a tad of reading, I have the issue.  Apparently Rollin' Stone by Muddy Waters is the 459th greatest song of ever, and in the little blurb about it, it is written, "The Rolling Stones took their name from the title, as did, in part, this magazine; Bob Dylan tipped his hat with "Like a Rolling Stone."

Gryff:

--- Quote from: Johnny C on 28 Sep 2006, 17:32 ---I think I'll give this thread three stars.

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hiyo!

Kai:

--- Quote from: Johnny C on 28 Sep 2006, 17:32 ---I think I'll give this thread three stars.

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Until this thread is reissued, where it will be given 5 stars.

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 28 Sep 2006, 17:11 ---The rolling stones almost certainly swiped it from the muddy waters song 'Rolling Stone' recorded in 1948.
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This is true. Brian Jones named them on a whim when asked what his band was called. Forty years on...

sjbrot:
They had Jonathan Lethem writing about Bob Dylan.

The problem with the Stone is that they feel the need (which has been writen into their mission statement straight from the start) to be a general cultural authority. Which means they have to be down with the public, in the end.

And when artistic credibility and the public's taste intersect, Hoorah! We get a best-selling and really amazing novelist and essayist (and occasional music writer) talking about one of the music world's most enduring enigmas. And the other months, they go with the topless shot of a starlet covered in rose petals or a guitar or some guys hands or something.

They've done some pieces that would blow any other magazine out of the water. Their taste shouldn't be in question; they just need to be steered in the right direction.

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