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Is there a band that embodies the ideology of sex, drugs and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll more than The Rolling Stones<\/a>? <\/p>\n A lot of this was by design. Manager Andrew Loog Oldham saw how successful The Beatles<\/a> were and decided to take what people were connecting with and exaggerate it. The band grew their hair longer, they dressed more flamboyantly, and they owned their relationship with both sex and drugs. Much of the image was very intentional; however, a lot of it was based on fact. <\/p>\n For instance, the reason the band could be so easily perceived as sleeping around and taking drugs is that they were, you guessed it, sleeping around and taking drugs. Now, this wasn\u2019t exactly uncommon for a lot of rock bands at the time; however, The Rolling Stones really felt the full force of the law when they were arrested for drug charges in 1967. <\/p>\n Just as the band\u2019s career was really kicking off and they were releasing some of their best music, a police raid on Keith Richards\u2019 home had landed the group in hot water with the law. It was looking like the punishment would be pretty severe, and as the Glimmer Twins were on bail waiting to find out what their sentences were, they decided to write one final track as a thank you to their fans<\/a> who had continued to stick by them. <\/p>\n It\u2019s one of the band\u2019s most overlooked classics. It\u2019s understandable why it might get overlooked at times, given there was so much happening with the band at the time. However, because of the situation the band found themselves in, paired with the genuine emotion and sentiment behind the track, it makes it one of the most emotional and genuine Rolling Stones tracks out there. There are very few songs by the band where they can convey so much so effectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite many people now recognising the song as an overlooked classic, Richards remembers the actual writing of the track being a real low point. Richards and Jagger were out on bail and very convinced they were going to prison. While the song might have been a thank you, there was a lot of self-pity that surrounded the process. <\/p>\n
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