Sunday, March 8, 2009

Cocksucker Blues



"Cocksucker Blues" is Robert Frank's never released documentary chronicling The Rolling Stones North American tour in 1972 in support of their album Exile on Main Street.
The film was shot cinéma vérité, with several cameras with plenty of film left lying around for anyone in the entourage to pick up and start shooting which allows the audience to witness backstage parties, drug use (Mick is seen snorting cocaine backstage, Keith's shooting up heroin) roadie antics... etc

"Cocksucker Blues" is also the title of a song Mick Jagger wrote to be the Stones final single for Decca Records, as per their contract. Its context and language was chosen specifically to anger Decca executives and guaranteed to be refused.
Rock'n Roll

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