Fact #193128
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The Rolling Stones arrive in New York City, USA, to begin a tour, and book in at The Warwick Hotel.Full article:
Gered Mankowitz (tour photographer) : It was a dream come true for me, and it was a novelty for them to work with a photographer who was younger than they were - Bailey, who had worked with them previously, was well into his 20s and heading into middle age, even then. They liked my ignorance, and felt that I had caught whatever it was that they wanted to be seen at that time. Also, because of being used to famous people at home I wasn't intimidated - as a boy I had been shouted at by Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester to turn my music down. I was playing Stay by Morris Williams and the Zodiacs and they didn't go for it.
They just had a naughty aspect back then. Mick wiggled his bum and Brian Jones wore check trousers and people were shocked. He was a very odd chap, and certainly the standout one in the early days. He had this extraordinary hair on a big head, small neck, wide shoulders, no hips, Rupert the Bear trousers, rollneck sweaters - a look that was quite unique.
And they didn't perform; unlike The Beatles they had nothing to do with the all-round entertainer tradition. But by not performing, we created a performance - that sullen, unsmiling, irregularly dressed gang was a new look. It was a great image made from what was within the band themselves.
(Source : interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, May 25, 2000)
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They just had a naughty aspect back then. Mick wiggled his bum and Brian Jones wore check trousers and people were shocked. He was a very odd chap, and certainly the standout one in the early days. He had this extraordinary hair on a big head, small neck, wide shoulders, no hips, Rupert the Bear trousers, rollneck sweaters - a look that was quite unique.
And they didn't perform; unlike The Beatles they had nothing to do with the all-round entertainer tradition. But by not performing, we created a performance - that sullen, unsmiling, irregularly dressed gang was a new look. It was a great image made from what was within the band themselves.
(Source : interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, May 25, 2000)