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Two days after rock band Rolling Stones released their new song, Living in a Ghost Town, the single was heard millions of times and topped charts like the iTunes Top 100. The song is dedicated to isolation and places that were boiling from early life and are now empty. The video is made from images of metropolitan areas such as London and Los Angeles, whose streets are empty.
Work on the song began before the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of measures aimed at reducing the spread of the virus, but the group returned and completed it after the introduction of social exclusion. The song “resonates with the times we live in today,” says vocalist Mick Jagger.
“We recorded this song over a year ago in Los Angeles for a new album, the work was long, but then things went wrong. Mick and I decided that this song should be completed now and here it is,” said Keith Richards, guitarist and co-founder of the Rolling Stones, quoted by The Guardian.
The text has been modified to adapt to the current situation.
“The text was written about the feeling of being in a place full of life, but now deprived of it, so to speak,” Mick Jagger told Apple Music. “Keith Richards and I decided we should release it. But I said I had to rewrite it. Some of the text didn’t work, it was too dark. So I changed it slightly. But there wasn’t much I could write to be honest. The current text is very close. from the original version. “
“Twenty million people have lost their jobs because of something that doesn’t depend on them. The less money they have, the more anxiety they will have. The plight of many people is extremely difficult. I have friends who live in very small apartments in big cities, no They have nowhere to go and no job. I am very, very lucky and aware of this, but not everyone is as lucky as I am, “he says.
The band released new music in 2012 on the album “Grrr!”, It had two new tracks: “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot”. In 2016 and 2019, they released an album with blues covers and another collection of hits. His last album with completely new music, “A Bigger Bang”, is from 2005.
The band will soon celebrate 60 years on stage: Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Ian Stewart created the band in 1962. In recent years, the Rolling Stones have organized many tours. The same was planned for the summer of 2020, but due to the pandemic, the events were canceled. Last week, the group gathered online to participate in a Lady Gaga charity concert in support of WHO’s One World Together Home. They got involved with the performance of “You can always get what you want.”
