DJ King

Their satanic majesties request - the rolling stones (1967)

i don’t know if i really like it or don’t. the songs up to “she’s a rainbow” (except “sing this all together (see what happens)” are good songs. the rest and ”sing this all together (see what happens)” sound like rejected songs off pink floyd’s the piper at the gates of dawn. am i right? let’s start with the overall theme here. it’s 1967, its the height of psychedelia, everyone was doing it, so why not the stones? it reminds me of the black eyed peas’ new stuff. the song “dirty bit” or whatever sounds like an electronic dance mess…. but its the ‘10’s, the height of electronic/dance/dubstep music, everyone is doing it, so why not the peas’? so they tried, they honestly tried. it’s just that its not the stones. between the buttons was where they should have drawn the line. look at the album picture, they don’t look happy. luckily the stones would never go back to flower power music and go back to their rock ‘n’ roll r&b roots in the coming months. now i’m not saying “stay away from this album”, if you’re curious listen to it, you might fine some nice tunes. “she’s a rainbow” is definitely a classic stones song. overall, nice try rolling stones. goodbye ‘67, hello “sympathy for the devil.” 

highlights: sing this all together, citadel, in another land, 2000 man, she’s a rainbow