"Sticky Fingers" Album Speech
By Sydney Cohen
Introduction
I’m here to talk about the rolling stone’s album sticky fingers, I will first talk about the musicians that all came together to make this album, then explore a little about the album cover and artwork, and finally finish with some more music on the album.
Let me first introduce Mick “no hips” Jagger, and Keith “leather face” Richards
Pictures from superseventies.com
Nick names of course
Nick names of course
Mick Jagger contributed lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, and percussion
Keith Richards played electric guitar, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar, and did some backing vocals
Mick Taylor played electric, acoustic and slide guitar
Charlie Watts banged on some drums
And Bill Wyman played bass guitar and electric piano
These guys all came together to form this good looking bunch for the album in 1971.
Jagger and Richards were childhood friends and along with other artist’s formed the band in 1962, just in the nick of time for the British invasion.
Like many bands with a longer history they had many switches in their line up. Familiar names like Brian Jones, had already died in 1969, and Ronnie Wood had not joined the group yet.
The sticky fingers album also had a lot of help from other artists, notice Pete Townshend at the bottom lead singer for the Who.
Transition
Now that you know who helped make the music, I would like to discuss the album’s cover and artwork.
Now that you know who helped make the music, I would like to discuss the album’s cover and artwork.
The designer was Craig Braun, and the concept and Photography were by Andy Warhol.
On the cover of the Album there was a real zipper you could actually zip and unzip this was cool and outrageous as the stones legacy goes, but it had its problems, during mass shipping the zipper would actually scratch and ruin one of the songs on the album, Later, after the record company almost sued Braun he came up with a makeshift solution to ship the albums with the zipper half down to only cause damage to the label. They never came up with a solution to prevent the zipper from damaging other records in your collection. (super seventies)
Looking at the cover you see that it is artistic classic Andy Warhol, but bulging below under the surfaces you can see something even bigger.
Picture from: pasunautreblog.com
Under the zipper is not much better.
(moment of zen)
Designer Craig Braun was once quoted kidding to Warhol “I know you had that guy playing with his dick before you shot [that] picture!”
As to who’s crotch shot this is many believed it to be Mick Jagger’s, or, Warhol’s lover Jed Johnson’s, but Warhol later revealed it was Joe Dallesandro, a cult and underground movie star sex symbol. (wiki)
This album also introduced the logo most recognizable to stones fans.
Transition
The album is truly unique, now more music.
The album is truly unique, now more music.
Brown Sugar was number one on the billbard top 100 for several weeks and is #490 on the billbards 500 greatest songs of all time. (wiki)
Other hits like Wild horses reached number 28 on the billbard top 100
This last video proves the stone’s and even this album are relevant in today’s rock culture.
Other songs on the Album
Sway, You Gotta Move, Bitch, I got the blues, Sister Morphine, Dead Flowers, and Moonlight Mile
Their website says this album was the apex of their career and keith’s guitar playing, but this album has only secured their legacy as outrageous and talented, making this a contender for their greatest album of all time. This album, their 12th studio album, was #1 in the US for four weeks, and remained on the album charts for 62 weeks. (super seventies)
Conclusion
so we have covered a little knowledge of the band, the album artwork, and some information about the music on the album itself.
so we have covered a little knowledge of the band, the album artwork, and some information about the music on the album itself.
Can’t you hear me knocking is one of my favorite songs, and interactive album covers are very cool, so all in all I’m glad I got to discover this album in its entirety.
Any questions.
