(Los Rolling Stones en el concierto 'A Bigger Bang': Ronnie Woods, a la izquierda, Mick Jagger a la derecha y al centro, el tecladista invitado Chuck Leavell, en Rentschler Field, Hartford, Connecticut, el viernes 26.Ago.05, la noche en que estuvimos ahí)Según se dice, por el malestar que les causó dejar plantados a los niños de un albergue infantil en la ciudad de Imst, en Austria, en una visita programada la mañana siguiente a un concierto efectuado en Viena el 30.May.99 (al cual los integrantes de los Rolling Stones no llegaron por haberse dedicado severamente a tonear, como correspondía), Mick Jagger y Keith Richards decidieron hacer un cover de uno de sus temas más representativos con el exclusivo fin de dedicar lo recaudado por las ventas a fines benéficos. Así, hacia Octubre del mismo año - a puertas de celebrarse la llegada del 2000- y contando con el concurso de unos treinta y cinco importantes músicos y cantantes, los Stones grabaron para la organización de ayuda a la niñez desvalida Children's Promise la canción "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)".
Bajo la dirección del director británico Edward Rinkoff, el clip que acompañó al lanzamiento del CD doble (single presentado en cuatro mezclas, Universal Music TV 156.601.2, 1999) es un raro cameo en el que se dejan ver leyendas de la música popular como Chrissie Hynde, Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, James Brown y músicos de la talla de Herbie Hancock y Ray Barreto, compartiendo escenarios con íconos del rock y el pop (Annie Lennox, Jamiroquai, Lionel Richie, las Spice Girls y Jon Bon Jovi, entre muchos otros), incluso junto a dos extraordinarios actores cómicos (Robin Williams y el británico Eric Idle). El single llegó hasta el puesto 19 del chart británico, fue difundido como uno de los temas de la BBC TV para conmemorar ese especial fin de año y se estima recaudó medio millón de libras esterlinas (sin contar, por supuesto, la contribución que significará que el autor de esta columna se anime, finalmente, a pedirlo a través de Amazon).
Vi este clip por primera vez en 2001 en la fenecida cadena musical de cable argentina Mu21c, y cuento la canción entre mis all time favorites.
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[La letra y la impresionante relación completa de participantes se adosa (tal como se haría en 'Lado B'), en el primer comentario de este post]
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It's Only Rock n' Roll (Children's Promise Version)
Yeah I (Kid Rock)
If I could stick my pen in my heart (Kid Rock)
I'd spill it all over the stage (Mary J Blige / Kelly, Stereophonics)
Would it satisfy ya? (Jon Bon Jovi / Kéllé Bryan)
Would it slide on by ya? (Jon Bon Jovi / Kéllé Bryan)
Would you think "The boy is strange"? (Jay Kay, Jamiroquai)
Ain't he strange? (Ozzy Osbourne / Kéllé Bryan / Jay Kay, Jamiroquai)
If I could win ya (Linda Womack)
Well, if I could sing ya (Lionel Richie / Bonnie Raitt)
A love song so divine, well (Lionel Richie / Bonnie Raitt)
Would it be enough for your cheating heart (Dolores, Cranberries)
If I broke down and cried? (James Brown)
If I cried? (Dolores, Cranberries / James Brown)
Spice Girls! (Spice Girls)
I say, I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Spice Girls / Jon Bon Jovi / Bonnie Raitt)
Ow, hey, I (James Brown)
I know (Mick Jagger / Jon Bon Jovi / Bonnie Raitt / Kid Rock)
It's only rock n' roll (Mick Jagger / Linda Womack / Kelly, Stereophonics / Dolores, Cranberries / Kid Rock)
But I like it! (Kid Rock)
I like it, yes I do! (Linda Womack / Dolores, Cranberies / Mick Jagger)
I like it! (James Brown)
I like it! (Robin Williams)
Said I like it (Melanie C)
I like it! (Robin Williams)
You know I like it! (Jay Kay, Jamiroquai)
Yeah, huh I (Kid Rock)
I say, can't you see (Jon Bon Jovi)
That this old boy has been lonely? (Bonnie Raitt / James Brown)
He's getting lonely (Mary J Blige)
If I could stick a knife in my heart (Mary J Blige)
Suicide right on stage (Iggy Pop)
Suicide right on stage (Skin, Skunk Anansie / Chrissie Hynde)
Would it be enough for your teenage lust? (Chrissie Hynde)
Would it help you ease the pain? (Skin, Skunk Anansie)
Ease your brain? (Skin, Skunk Anansie)
If I could dig down deep in my heart (Annie Lennox)
You know, feelings would flood on the page (Natalie Imbruglia / Mark Owen)
Would it satisfy ya? (Huey, FLC / Dina Carroll)
Would it slide on by ya? (Huey, FLC / Dina Carroll)
Would ya think this boy's insane? (Gavin 'Bush' Rossdale)
He's insane (Kid Rock / Huey, FLC)
I say, I know, it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Chrissie Hynde / Iggy Pop)
Hey, hey, hey! (Dina Carroll)
I say, I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Kelly, Stereophonics / Huey, FLC / Dina Carroll)
But I like it (Annie Lennox)
I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Skin, Skunk Anansie / BB King)
Baby, I like it (Ozzy Osbourne)
I say, I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (2), yes I do! (Natalie Imbruglia / Joe Cocker / Chrissie Hynde)
Say I like it (Iggy Pop / Natalie Imbruglia)
I like it, yeah (Robin Williams)
I said I like it (Kelly, Stereophonics / BB King)
It's only rock n' roll (Gavin 'Bush' Rossdale)
I like it (Melanie C / Mark Owen)
Yes I like it (Huey, FLC)
I said, can't you see, can't you see (Chrissie Hynde / Joe Cocker)
That this old boy has been lonely? (Chrissie Hynde / Joe Cocker)
Can't you see he's getting lonely? (Mary J Blige)
And do you think that you're the only girl around? (Mick Jagger / Andrea Corr)
You think that you're the only girl around? (Simon, Ocean Colour Scene / Andrea Corr)
I bet you think that you're the only woman in town? (Mick Jagger / Andrea Corr)
You think that you're the only woman in town? (Ronan Keating)
Yeah I (Kid Rock)
(Piano solo by Herbie Hancock)
(French speak by Robin Williams) Je sais, c'est seulement rock 'n' roll
Mais je l'aime!….oui, vraiment!.
Don't leave! What do you want from me?
I'm french! Get away from me!
Ce n'est pas dure! C'est dieu, garçon!
(Laugh by Andrea Corr)
Woooo! (Ronan Keating)
I said, I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Spice Girls / Corrs / Simon, Ocean Colour Scene / Ron Keating)
But I like it (Kid Rock)
I said, I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it, like it! (Jon Bon Jovi / Mary J Blige / The Corrs / Ronan Keating / Simon, Ocean Colour Scene)
I like it, I like it, yes I do (Kelly, Stereophonics / Annie Lennox)
Yes I do (Kelly, Stereophonics)
Ow, I said I like it! (Lionel Richie)
Woo, I like it ((Jon Bon Jovi, The Corrs / Annie Lennox)
(Scream, laugh) Woo! (Spice Girls)
Only rock n' roll (Kelly, Stereophonics)
I like it (Status Quo)
We like it, we like it! (S Club 7)
S Club likes it! (S Club 7)
We like it, we like it! (S Club 7)
S Club likes it! (S Club 7)
We like it, we like it (S Club 7)
S Club likes it! (S Club 7)
I like it! (Iggy Pop)
Hey hey hey (Dina Carroll)
Oow, I like that! (Eric Idle)
I like it (Mick Jagger)
I like it (Chrissie Hynde)
You know, it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Eric Idle)
I like it, it's only rock n' roll (Mick Jagger)
But I like it, it's only rock n' roll (Mick Jagger)
I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Eric Idle)
Ooh, I like it! (Chrissie Hynde)
Only rock n' roll but I like it, like it, but I like it! (Dolores, Cranberries)
I like it, it's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Skin, Skunk Anansie)
Yeah, only rock n' roll but I like it, yeah (Natalie Imbruglia)
You know, I like it, I like it, I like it! (Jay Kay, Jamiroquai)
I like it, uh, uh, I like it! (Jay Kay, Jamiroquai)
It's only rock n' roll (Mick Jagger)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (S Club 7)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (S Club 7)
Ooh, ooh (S Club 7)
Only rock n' roll (Linda Womack)
It's only rock n' roll (Gavin 'Bush' Rossdale)
It's only rock n' roll (Dina Carroll)
We like it, we like it! (S Club 7)
S Club likes it! (S Club 7)
I like it, I like it! (Huey, FLC)
I li, li, li, li, like it! (Kid Rock)
Woo, well I like it! (Mick Jagger)
Say no more (Eric Idle)
It's only rock n' roll (Mary J Blige)
It's only rock n' roll but I like it! (Natalie Imbruglia)
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