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The Rolling Stones were a political threat for England, reveals surprising new book about the band
Dancing with the devil: the continuing adventures of the Rolling Stones
by Gustavo V�zquez Lozano
ISBN 1-55395-677-X
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�Mick Jagger may have received a nobility award from the British Government, but those people who honored him in 2002 are the same ones were considering to finish the group decades ago�, says Gustavo V�zquez Lozano, author of THE ROLLING STONES: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL. �The band represented a threat not only for the youth, but for the government as well�.
V�zquez Lozano, a novelist who has followed the band for more than 20 years, continues, �In 1969 the Stones represented everything the establishment wanted out. Mick Jagger was certain that there was a conspiracy to finish the group. One could argue that the harsh persecution they suffered was because they were flirting with drugs, but in the sixties many other bands, including the Beatles, had the same practices and no one cared�.
Even as late as 1991, during the Gulf War, the fiftysomething rockers infuriated the British Parliament when Jagger sang that the English government didn�t know whose boots to lick.
Dancing with the devil: the continuing adventures of the Rolling Stones, a book written in Spanish, �is a pleasure to read�, says Jos� Agust�n, one of the most celebrated Mexican writers and himself a hard-core follower of the band. �The author knows what he is doing, he knows the adventures and the meaning of this larger-than-life English band, the greatest Rock�n�Roll band and one of the most complex and interesting social phenomenons of our times. Everyone who enjoys culture, not only rock music or the Rolling Stones, will find in this book much information and enjoyment, but also the good spirits with which it was written: only good vibrations!�.
�The title of the book means not only that the Stones were the enfant terribles of the pop movement; it reminds us that they took provocation to dangerous levels�, says V�zquez Lozano. �Today many bands, especially rap groups, try to sell us the image that they are social threats, without really knowing what that means. The Rolling Stones really incarnated those attitudes�.
In writing the book, Gustavo V�zquez Lozano relied on his extensive files collected in more than 23 years of faithfully following the band, besides including some never before seen photographs provided by other fans, and that is because, according to his words, �the Stones fans are the most supportive people I have ever met�.
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Dancing with the Devil : the continuing adventures of the Rolling Stones.
(in spanish)
by Gustavo V�zquez Lozano
261 pages; paperback; $17.95 US ($27.50 CDN)
published by Trafford Publishing
ISBN 1-55395-677-X |
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