HACKNEY DIAMONDS
by the Rolling Stones
On their 1964 self-titled debut album, their 20-year-old manager Andrew Loog Oldham wrote, “The Rolling Stones are more than a group, they are a way of life.”
For many of us, the Stones became a cultural touchstone, if not exactly a way of life. Sullen, discourteous and not adopting tidy suits, the Stones appealed to kids who smoked behind the bike shed, skipped school and didn’t stand up when God Save the Queen was played at the start of movie sessions.
Singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Brian Jones and Keith Richards were from the other side of pop’s mirror, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts mostly silent
