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Akwai dalili ɗaya kawai don karanta "A cewar Rolling Stones," kuma sunansa Keith Richards. Ina mamakin idan wani wanda ya shafe kowane lokaci tare da wannan mai ban sha'awa, mai ban sha'awa, tome yana da irin wannan kwarewa: Na fara kallon hotuna (akwai su da yawa), sa'an nan kuma na ci gaba da karanta rubutun, wanda Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts da Ronnie Wood sun ba da labarin labarin ƙungiyar a cikin kalmominsu. (Dan wasan bass na dogon lokaci Bill Wyman ya kasance mai kyan gani wanda ke busawa a yanzu da sa'an nan, lokacin da sauran suke tunawa da ambatonsa.) Akwai abin dogara, kyakkyawa na har abada Watts (wanda ya bayyana cewa a kan "Street Fighting Man" ya buga kayan wasan wasan yara na 1930. wanda ya nade a cikin ‘yar akwati, wanda har yanzu yana da shi; The affable, na yau da kullum-guy guitarist Wood (wanda mahaifinsa ya daina kiran shi a fili Ronnie kuma ya fara kiransa "Ronnie Wood na Rolling Stones" lokacin da ya shiga ƙungiyar a 1975, ya maye gurbin Mick Taylor); da tsohuwar-kaka-in-a-tufa Jagger, wanda ya fi yawa kamar yana jiran ruwan 'ya'yan itacen da zai yi tasiri ('' Exile on Main Street' ba ɗaya daga cikin kundin da na fi so ba, ko da yake ina tsammanin yana da wani musamman. ji... Dole ne in gama dukan rikodin da kaina, domin in ba haka ba akwai kawai wadannan buguwa da barasa. Ina cikin L.A. ƙoƙarin gama rikodin, har zuwa ranar ƙarshe. Abin wasa ne"). Jagger, Allah ya ƙaunace shi (saboda wani dole ne), ya fito a matsayin kwaro mai iko, kuma Itace da Watts suna da kyau sosai kuma lokaci-lokaci. Amma bayan na zagaya cikin wasu shafuka 100 na littafin 360 -- ko kuma 3,600 ne -- Na sami kaina na ketare kowa da kowa kuma na nufi Keith kai tsaye. Wane ne kuma zai fito daidai ya ce, "Bayan haka, kawai abin da Bill [Wyman] ya yi shi ne ya bar ƙungiyar kuma ya haifi jarirai uku da kantin kifi-da-guntu ɗaya!" (Kuma a shafi na gaba, lokacin da ya ce, "Ina son Bill da gaske," kun yi imani da shi sosai.) Lokacin da wasu ke magana game da matalauta Brian Jones, suna yin furci game da rashin tsaro, rashin girman kai, rudani game da shi. nasa alkibla da kuma yadda ta haɗa (ko, mafi daidai, bai yi ba) tare da na band. Keith - wanda, ba shakka, ya haɗu da budurwar Jones, kyakkyawa, dabba mai tsayi mai tsayi Anita Pallenberg - ya ce, "Ya kasance mai zafi a cikin tashin hankali, a gaskiya." Ga waɗanda suke son ƙarin sani (kuma waɗanda ba su sani ba), a cikin wani sashi ya shimfiɗa komai dalla-dalla: "Tare da Brian duk girman kai ne. Idan da muna rayuwa a cikin wani karni da na kasance ina yin duel tare da mai uwa a kowace rana. Yakan tsaya da 'yan kananan kafafunsa game da wani dan bijimin da ya mayar da shi babban ciniki - 'Ba ka yi min murmushi yau ba' - sai ya fara jifansa, ya zama wani abu da ka zauna a ciki. kusurwa." Talakawa, Brian ya mutu. Kuma duk da haka akwai wani abu mai nuna tausayi game da yadda Richards ya yi magana game da shi - kamar dai ya gane cewa yin furci da baki game da matattu ba ya amfanar da su. Har ma fiye da haka, Richards, tare da bayyananniyar maganarsa da kuma sadaukar da kai ga nunawa ko da lokacin da aka yi masa tambayoyi don wani littafi kuma ba ya yin aiki, shine ainihin irin muryar da Duwatsu ke buƙata a yanzu. Duwatsu, da alama, suna son zama duka almara da ƙungiyar aiki. Ta yaya kowane rukuni zai cire wannan, bayan mannewa tare (mafi ko žasa) har tsawon shekaru 40 Duk da cewa rock'n'roll yana da alama ya kasance a kusa da shi har abada, Duwatsun suna da shekaru 10 kawai fiye da siffar kanta; A cikin wannan mahallin, bayanai kamar "12 x 5" da "Bayan" sun yi daidai da zane-zane na kogon a Lascaux. A ra'ayi, na yi imani da gaske cewa ba ku taɓa tsufa da yin rock'n' roll ba. Amma a aikace - da kyau, Ban yi sha'awar sabon rikodin Duwatsu a cikin shekaru ba. Amma duk da haka ba zan iya taimaka in sha'awar Duwatsun da kansu ba, wani bangare saboda yawancin ayyukansu sun ba ni farin ciki sosai tsawon shekaru, kuma wani bangare saboda ina jin tsoron cewa har yanzu suna ci gaba. Ina girmama su don haka, kuma a wata hanya, ina jin tausayinsu: Lokacin da Beatles ya rabu, raunin ya zama kamar wanda bai kai ba, fashewa a cikin sararin duniya ba a shirye ba (ko da ma'aikatan band da kansu suna da fiye da haka). sai ya kasance). Amma Duwatsun ba su taɓa ba wa kansu alatu na barin masu sauraron su suna son ƙarin ba: Madadin haka, sun ci gaba da wasa bayan da yawancin magoya bayansu na iya fifita ƙasa. Kuma yanzu sun tako kan wani layi, suna kusa da Steve da Eydie-dom: Sun fitar da littafin tebur na kofi game da kansu. Yadda un-rock 'n' roll shine cewa "A cewar Rolling Stones" yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan littattafan Kirsimeti na jagoranci, irin abin da mata, budurwa, uwaye da 'ya'ya mata ke saya wa maza a rayuwarsu lokacin da ba su san abin da ke faruwa ba. sauran a samu. A cikin littafin da sauran wurare, Duwatsu suna da matukar damuwa game da gasar da ba a bayyana ba tare da Beatles. Ana tsammanin, ba shakka, babu wata gasa ta gaske tsakanin kayan biyun - kuma murfin "Buƙatar Girman Shaidan ɗinsu" bai yi kama da wani ɗan ƙaramin rikodin da Liverpool huɗu kawai ta yi a baya wasu watanni biyar da suka gabata. A cikin wani sabon salo na rashin kwaikwayi, "Bisa ga Rolling Stones" yana da taurin ido iri ɗaya kamar "The Beatles Anthology," wanda aka sake shi a 'yan shekarun baya. Yana da abin da ya isa ya tsoma shi, amma akwai wani abu da ya kawo wani abu game da ƙoƙarin karanta ƙawancen abu - kun fara jin kiɗan kiɗa sosai, ya fi son Bayanan Marshal da tatsuniyoyi da rikodi-kwanakin abumabobs, waɗanda suka fi iya sarrafa su fiye da zamewar yanayi da jin da kiɗa ke yi mana. Duk abin da ya ce, "A cewar Rolling Stones" yana da wasu hotuna masu kyau. Rufe halin ƙungiyar a farkon 60s (a cikin ɓangarorin da ba a daidaita su ba, sun fi kama da "titin" fiye da Beatles, da mai sanyaya a cikin hanyar rufty) daidai ta hanyar sakin 2002 na baya-bayan nan "Arba'in Licks, "Littafin yana da amfani sosai a matsayin rikodin gani na waɗanda Duwatsu suke da kuma waɗanda suka zama. Akwai hoton itacen elfin da aka naɗe ba daɗi a cikin akwati na guitar, kamar cat wanda ya yanke shawarar yin bacci a cikin akwatin da ya yi ƙanƙanta da shi. Muna samun hotuna da yawa na dapper Watts, wanda ya tsufa mafi kyawun duk Duwatsu -- yaro ko babba, yana sarrafa fitowa duka dapper kuma gaba ɗaya, mai yuwuwa na yau da kullun a lokaci guda. Kuma, ba shakka, akwai hotuna masu yawa, da yawa na Jagger suna kallon mahimmancin kansu, duka tare da kuma ba tare da kayan shafa ba. Kada wani ya zarge ni da rashin adalci ga matalauci Mick, ko da yake: Na karba shi ne kawai saboda ya gayyaci deflating kamar babu sauran tauraron dutse, ba ko kaɗan saboda matsayinsa a cikin duniyar dutsen yana da tabbaci sosai. Kuma akwai hotuna a nan - ciki har da wani sanannen sanannen, wanda David Bailey ya ɗauka, na Jagger a cikin kaho mai gashin gashi, wani ɗan wasan hipster Eskimo wanda ya shigo daga ƙasar sanyi - wanda ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a cikin pantheon. mafi kyawun halittu na 60s. Kuma duk da haka, kuma, Richards ne ba za ku iya kallon nesa ba. Richards na marigayi '60s da farkon' 70s yana da kyawawan dabi'u, kyan gani fiye da kowane tauraron dutse na zamaninsa (kuma watakila wani): An yi shi da yadudduka kuma an yi ado da kayan ado na azurfa, shi duka yarima ne da gimbiya mai ban mamaki. mayaudari da batagari, mutum ne gaba daya ya mallaki mazajensa ta yadda ba zai iya jurewa ya nade kansa cikin abin da ya dace da mata ba. Amma bai taba fitowa a matsayin fey ko ya shafa ba: Kallon sa ba game da lankwasa jinsi ba ne, kuma ba bayanin makarantar fasaha ba ne. Wando mai yatsa, rigunan rigunan rigunan mata, fararen takalman fata na fata tare da yatsan hular fata: Ya bayyana cewa kawai ya sa (kuma har yau, yana ci gaba da sawa) abin da yake so, ba don cin mutuncin ra'ayi na al'ada na yadda yakamata maza su kasance ba, amma a matsayin sake fasalin su kai tsaye - hanyar cewa duk maza suna da wani abu na mace a cikin su, kuma akasin haka, don haka me yasa ba za ku yi amfani da duk zaɓuɓɓukan da ake da su ba. kowa a bandejinsa. A wani lokaci, Charlie Watts yayi ƙoƙari ya rage wani labari a cikin '80s - lokacin da, ya yarda, yana shan ruwa sosai - lokacin da ya tafi Jagger: Ƙungiyar tana ɗan lokaci a Amsterdam kuma Jagger ya yanke shawarar cewa yana so. don yin magana da Watts. Jagger ya buga waya, yana tambaya, tare da rashin kunya, "Ina mai ganga na yake" "Ya bata min rai," in ji Watts, "don haka na haura sama na ce masa kada ya fadi irin wannan magana." Keith ya dauko labarin ya gudu da shi: “Akwai kwankwasa kofa kuma akwai Charlie Watts, sanye da rigar Savile Row, taye, gashi da aka yi, aski, cologne. Ya haye zuwa ga Mick, ya kama shi ya ce, 'Kada ka sake kirana da mai ganga' - bang. A kan wannan tebur akwai babban farantin azurfa na kyafaffen kifi ..." Don sauran labarin, dole ne ku karanta littafin. Ko aƙalla kawai sassan Keith. A wani lokaci, Richards ya fusata game da yadda jami'an tsaro suka yi masa tarko a bangarorin biyu na Tekun Atlantika, kawai saboda suna so su yi misali da shi a matsayin alamar wuce gona da iri: "A ƙarshen rana ba za ku yi rikici da ni ba. . Babu amfanin yin sa. Ni dan wasan gita ne kawai, ina rubuta wakoki kaɗan. Ni ma'aikaci ne, 'yar wasa -- sana'a ce da aka daɗe. Abin da nake yi ke nan. Ba ni da wani babban buri. Ni ba Mozart ba ne." Wataƙila wannan ya ɗan yi kama da son kai, yana fitowa daga ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun mawaƙa a tarihin dutse. Amma kuma yana da ma'ana mai ban mamaki. Wataƙila abin Kirsimeti mai zafi na shekara mai zuwa ya kamata ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan ƙananan littattafan da ke ba da kyauta ga kantin sayar da littattafai a ko'ina - "The Wit and Hikimar Keith Richards." Yana iya ma zuwa tare da ƙarar abokin: "Keith Richards' Abin da Ba za a Sa ba," gami da nasiha don yin kayan daki na rana wanda ya dace da duk daren rockin' kawai ta ƙara wasu kayan haɗi masu mahimmanci, kamar zoben kwanyar ko gyale na Moroccan. . Keith Richards mutum ne da ya san rayuwa, kuma da akwai abubuwa da yawa da za mu iya koya daga wurinsa. Miyan kaza ga rai, jini 'ell.