Rare Footage Shows The Rolling Stones Rehearsing ‘Respectable’ In 1978

If you love the golden days of classic rock, then you're in the right place!

There’s just really no contemporary music that can match the raw energy and power that the original rock-‘n’-roll stars of the '60s and '70s brought to their craft, as we saw with this incredible, dynamic performance of "House of the Rising Sun."

After all, while pop music today is definitely catchy and appealing, it just doesn’t have the depth of the original rock-‘n’-roll megastars.  It’s not even really fair to compare today’s musicians to a band like, say, Buffalo Springfield.

And those two bands weren’t even the most famous of their era. When you’re talking about the heyday of classic rock, the conversation will really always come back to one band: the Rolling Stones.

Fearlessly led by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Stones are the pop group of their era, writing timeless hits that are as famous today as they were 30 or even 40 years ago. After all, songs like “Gimme Shelter” and “Street Fightin’ Man” are almost as iconic as the band members themselves.

By 1978, they were at their commercial peak, touring constantly and churning out hit after hit. That’s why it’s so interesting to see their creative process from that time period, as captured in this rare piece of rehearsal footage from that year.

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