The New Issue of Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stones and Jack White

In honor of this week's release of the stunning new Martin Scorsese-directed concert film Shine a Light, the new issue of Rolling Stone (on newsstands today) features Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones along with Jack White (who plays with the band in the movie on "Loving Cup"). Click below for excerpts from the cover story and a gallery featuring forty years of live Rolling Stones photos.

• Excerpt: Interview with Mick Jagger
• Excerpt: Interview with Keith Richards and Jack White
• Gallery: Forty Years of the Rolling Stones In Concert

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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