It put them back on top - but for millions of American shagheads, Some Girls may as well have been a debut album from their new favorite band. From the funk strut of “Miss You” to the punk sludge of “Shattered,” these were songs that could only have been written by insanely rich rock stars in a pissy mood. Some Girls is where the whip came down, with Mick Jagger dishing about groupies, drugs, cops, hustlers, ex-wives, paternity suits and other joys of life in the Big Apple. The Stones seduced a new breed of Eighties parking-lot kids who didn’t give a crap about the band’s legacy but shook mullet when “She’s So Cold” or “Little T&A” hit the radio in between Journey and Foreigner. It kicked off a five-year run that’s ripe for re-appreciation: the Mall-Rat Years. He replied, “Because we couldn’t remember their fucking names.” Well argued, sir! Some Girls stands as the craftiest rock & roll comeback in history - after years of sucking in the Seventies, the Stones suddenly sounded like nasty bitches again. Back in 1978, Keith Richards was asked why the Stones called their new album Some Girls.
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