The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)

By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them.
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If I could stick my pen in my heart
And spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?

If I could win ya, if I could sing ya
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried?

I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?

If I could stick a knife in my heart
Suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain?

If I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would ya think the boy's insane? He's insane

I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said can't you see that this old boy has been a lonely?

And do ya think that you're the only girl around?
I bet you think that you're the only woman in town

I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but i like it
I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it. I like it...

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[TGDaBoyz]

I just blew my friggin subwoofer on my Klipsch Promedia 2.1 cranking this song up. But hey it's all good. Thank You for posting one of the greatest songs by the Greatest Rock & Roll Bands ever..period..enough said.

[ilovejay54]

@metal198957 If you think this song is racist then you must really hate "Brown Sugar" lol.

[radeeo01]

i can remember dad coming home from work grabbing a Schlitz Beer putting the Rolling Stones on the record player and bamm...right between my fucking eyes....Booze and The Rolling Stones...the fucking greatest gift a boy could ever get from his dad...

[chipchipperton]

these blokes are fucking great!!!

[rpmangin]

This song now reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer went to Rock and Roll Camp.

Mick Jagger: "It's only rock and roll camp."

Homer: "But I like it!" LOL

[Anselcat1952]

As intitally a Beatle Boy it took me awhile, but Michael and his "Good N***er Boogie Shit Band" has over all thse years convinced me. They are, despite their many faults Really and Truly the Greatest Rock n' Roll Band in the World. Sadly, ;( they also appear to be The Last of Their Kind. Viva Dinosaurs! Viva Stones!

[Underground906]

@andzwe Wow. Nice observation.

[hamdelsun]

what God listens to on his off days......

[JohnsFavRockers]

..oh, please, somebody point it out to him, kinda spell it out, literally if need be...later!

[JohnsFavRockers]

OH NO, NOT, tis yummy for your tummy..you jest..surely you must have had some good old "brown sugar" at some pint in your life..w/cerea/; w/bread, if not, you're missing out!!

[JohnsFavRockers]

@ilovejay54 NO.NOT. Tis yummy for your tummy. ..must have had some good ol' 'brown sugar' ..at SOME time in your life?, if not, hey, you're missing out...jat

[JohnsFavRockers]

As SOON as this LP came out, I KNEW they'd have to go on tour to promote it, and it's WILL attract LOTS of women..can't trust memory banks, so, I'll go with @ L.A. Forum; then down to San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium. A TRULY GREAT TIME WAS HAD..BY ALL..(  . ! . )