When I started this "Music for the Next Generation" series, I don't think I originally planned to include the Rolling Stones. Everyone knows the Rolling Stones, right?

Well, a few days ago, I realized that while the Beatles are widely famous in Japan, it turns out that the Rolling Stones are not.

I always grew up seeing the Rolling Stones and the Beatles as indissociable from each other, as…

These days, music I'm not familiar with rarely hits me like a ton of bricks. Rarely, but not never.