A new comment piece for the Guardian on Keith Richards and why the Stones were always reactionaries at heart. Ironically, it was Keith’s guitar playing more than Mick’s lyrics that made them sound revolutionary. As Tariq Ali said: “The rhythm of the Stones’ music captured the spirit of ’68 much more than did that of the Beatles.”
DORIAN LYNSKEY is the author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, published by Faber and Faber (March 2011) and Ecco (April 2011). He writes for the Guardian, The Word, Q, Spin and Empire.
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