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[7] Hank Williams's "Lost Highway" (1948) opened with the line "I'm a rolling stone/All alone and lost", [8] inspiring later songs to use the rolling stone metaphor, many of which dropped the reference to moss. "Rollin' Stone" is a 1950 song recorded by blues legend Muddy Waters, which inspired the band name The Rolling Stones, and the 1965 ...
The Stones' first album of originals in 18 years, and first since Charlie Watts died, is surprisingly spry, sparked by the deathless riffs of Keith and Ronnie.
A rolling stone gathers no moss; A ship in a harbour is safe, but that's not what a ship is for; A stitch in time (saves nine) A watched man never plays; A watched pot/kettle never boils; Absence makes the heart grow fonder; Absolute power corrupts absolutely (John Dalberg-Acton, 1887) [6] Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families)
A rolling stone can truly gather no moss. Confirmed A stone rolling down a natural hill can "gather moss" by collecting it from the ground, so a machine that would keep a stone rolling continuously was built to see if moss would grow under such conditions. After six months of rolling, no moss was found on the stone.
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Rolling Stone initially identified with and reported the hippie counterculture of the era. You're probably wondering what we're trying to do. It's hard to say: sort of a magazine and sort of a newspaper. The name of it is Rolling Stone which comes from an old saying, "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Muddy Waters used the name for a song he wrote.
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