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My father bought me my first Rolling Stones album when I was three. Out of Our Heads set the tone for the rest of my life, and for my four brothers. Rock and Roll to the core, baby.
“Out of Our Heads” is about as raw a rock album as you can find. It was a revolutionary sound, relying heavily on the blues, but with a distinct twist.
Rolling Stones member Brian Jones, who died in 1969, was always a mystery to me. When I was a teenager, he became kind of an anti-hero figure to my group of friends. We were both fascinated and alarmed by what drugs had done to him in that weird teenage way when you think you’ll live forever. Check out this photo from the cover of “Between the Buttons” and look at his eyes. Scary stuff.
We had always assumed, like everyone else, that Jones had died of a drug overdose. “Death by misadventure” was how the coroner put it, later memorialized in a Ted Nugent song of the same name.
Now, though, a new movie is coming out that posits a different theory, that Jones was murdered.
The Rolling Stones have given their blessing to a new film which claims finally to solve the mystery behind the death of guitarist Brian Jones.Jones was found dead in his swimming pool in 1969, aged 27, and was initially thought to have died from a drink and drugs overdose.
But director Stephen Woolley has uncovered new evidence from a woman who was at the star’s Sussex mansion on the night he died.
Her story has been used in Stoned, which claims Jones was killed by his builder Frank Thorogood - either in an act of murder or manslaughter. […]
It was always accepted that Jones, Wohlin and Thorogood were at Jones’s home on the night he died.
But Woolley hired a private detective to track down a fourth person who had never told her story before.
The movie’s website is here. Go check it out. [Hat tip: Chicagoist]
UPDATE: The UK website is pretty good too.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 10:05 am
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The butler with the candlestick in the conservatory
“Angie” best Stones son ever.
PS Rich you are old, man
Comment by Mr Monk Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 10:13 am
What, are you a girl? Angie is a chick song. lol
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 10:26 am
Old? Rich, I could have been your babysitter since I was in high school when the British Invasion happened.
Must have had one hip father to get you a Stones Album at the age of three.
Gosh, now _I_ feel old. Excuse me while I find by Geritol.
Comment by Nearly Normal Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 11:32 am
See, I meant find my Geritol.
Sheesh.
Comment by Nearly Normal Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 11:33 am
It’s threads like this that keep me coming back to this site, thanks for posting this Rich. I too am an avid Stones fan and have had a fascination with the story of Brian Jones and how the band changed after his demise. After Jones’s death the Stones albums grew dark and gritty, although their music continued to be excellent, like Beggars Banquet and Exiles on Main Street.
I must say, I am definitely going to check this movie out, even if it is about that teenage “Boogie-Woogie” music.
Comment by Elmer "Mr. Gop" Hoffman Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 12:09 pm
Cant’ wait to see this movie. I am 47 years old and got to see them for the first time 1/29/06 in St. Louis. They may be in their 60’s, but Mick sure moved like he was still in his 20’s. Tuff to tell your kids drugs are bad for you when he had more energy than I could ever think of. I realize they have been off of drugs for years, which made it possible for them to still be aruond.
Comment by Stonesfan2 Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 4:11 pm
Barely recognize ya Rich from your establishment rant here…oops, just kidding, really. But, seriously, what’s wrong with his eyes? Didn’t most people look that way then/now?!? He looks happy to me! Thought Keith still made heroin a daily meal. He looks rough as a result, but he’s stick kickin. I wasn’t much of a Stones fan, but Symphony for the Devil and Missin You and Brown Sugar and Can You Hear Me Knockin are simply classics. Thanks for the tip. Will definitely check out the celluloid. I know its only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it, like it, yes I do.
Comment by Criminal Enterprise Called Illinois Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 5:09 pm
…I thought this was a political site, and the only Jones we cared about was Emil.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Friday, Mar 24, 06 @ 7:01 pm
I may be a little older than the average commenter on here, but early Stones IS rock and roll. Add in Buddy Holly (for you youngies, what Holly did the Stones cover?) and CCR, and that is enough for a long and wonderful listen.
Comment by steve schnorf Saturday, Mar 25, 06 @ 11:10 am