Keith Richards is not one to hold back on how he really feels about something. It’s one of the reasons why he’s so beloved. With that in mind, his thoughts on pop and rap music might raise eyebrows, but they’re not exactly shocking.
Richards talked about his disdain for both genres in a new interview with The Telegraph. When it comes to pop music, the guitarist says the genre has always been “rubbish.” His biggest issue with pop music is how it lacks “very little feel.”
As for rap music, Richards said, “I don’t really like to hear people yelling at me and telling me it’s music, AKA rap. I can get enough of that without leaving my house.”
With Richards’ comments in mind, perhaps Rolling Stones fans won’t have to deal with any “rubbish” or “yelling” next month. On October 20, the legendary band drops their new studio album, Hackney Diamonds. The album is the band’s first new studio album of all new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. A full track list for the album is below, and it’s available for pre-order in a variety of formats at RollingStones.com.
Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds – Track List
Angry
Get Close
Depending On You
Bite My Head Off
Whole Wide World
Dreamy Skies
Mess It Up
Live By the Sword
Driving Me Too Hard
Tell Me Straight
Sweet Sound of Heaven
Rolling Stone Blues
5 Random Rock Facts You May Have Forgotten About
Rock history is so detailed and nuanced that it’s hard to remember everything, even though we try our best to do just that. However, that is what precisely inspired this list.
Today (July 2) is National I Forgot Day. Per ABC News, the holiday was started by Gaye Anderson. She told the outlet in 2009, “It probably had to be 10 years ago … it’s been well over five. I just went through a particularly forgetful period — I had a heavy workload doing student service work, as well as teaching, and things were slipping by — my daughter’s anniversary, my daughter’s birthday … my anniversary. Our anniversary was April 26th and I always think 4-24 instead of 4-26.”
Anderson described it as a day to mark things and events you have forgotten about, along with those you may forget about in the future. She says every year, she receives emails from various senior living facilities telling her they celebrate the holiday. Her theory behind the holiday’s growing popularity is that the population is getting older, and sometimes, older people tend to forget stuff.
In the spirit of National I Forgot Day, we created this short list. We decided to look back at random facts from rock history you may have forgotten about. Below are just five random rock facts that, whenever we remember them, they make us go, “Oh, yeah! I forgot about that!” Enjoy!
