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Todaywewillexplainaveryoldsayingthathashadabiginfluenceonrockandrollmusic.Thatsayingis“Arollingstonegathersnomoss”.Ithasseveralmeanings.Onemeaningisthatapersonwhoneversettlesdowninoneplacewillnotbesuccessful.Anotheristhatsomeonewhoisalwaysmoving,withnorootsinoneplace,avoidsresponsibilities.
Thisproverbwassaidtobefirstusedinthe1500s.Butinthe1960s,theexpression“rollingstone”becamefamousintheworldofrockandrollmusic.Itbecamethenameofasong,arockgroupandamagazine.
ExpertssayitallstartedwithasongbytheAmericansingerandguitaristMuddyWaters.Hewasoneofthecountry’stopbluesmusiciansuntilhisdeathin1983.HismusicinfluencedsingerslikeElvisPresleyandBobDylan.In1950,MuddyWatersrecordedasongcalled“RollingStone”.
ABritishrockgroupissaidtohavetakenitsnamefromMuddyWaters’song.TheRollingStonesperformedforthefirsttimein1962.Thegroup’smemberscalledthemselves“theworld’sgreatestrockandrollband”
In1965,BobDylanreleasedhissong“LikeaRollingStone”.Itisoneofhisbestknownandmostinfluentialworks.
Itisanangrysongaboutawomanwhowasoncerichandsuccessful.Butnowsheisonherown,“withnodirectionhome,likeacompleteunknown,likearollingstone”.
In1967,ayoungmannamedJannWennerstartedamagazineandhenamedit“RollingStone”.Themagazinereportedonrockmusicandthepopularculturethatthemusiccreated.By1971,“RollingStone”hadbecometheleadingrockmusicandcounterculturepublication.Itisstillpopulartoday.
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