The Rolling Stones released the album Goats Head Soup 43 years ago today (Aug 31, 1973).
Known for it's two best songs, "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" and "Angie."
Goats Head Soup is now generally considered to have marked the end of the Stones' "golden age", with Stephen Thomas Erlewine saying, "Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup... This is where the Stones' image began to eclipse their accomplishments, as Mick ascended to jet-setting celebrity and Keith slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on Goats Head Soup, at times in the same song." Goats Head Soup has endured as a popular seller and has gone triple platinum in the United States.
Also happy 71st birthday to Sir George Ivan Morrison, OBE aka Van Morrison. Van was a giant inspiration to many singers and songwriters. What a great catalog of music. One musician I've never seen live that I would love to before he hangs it up.