About The Author
Felix Aeppli was born in 1949. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland. A student of History and English, the author spent the academic year 1969/1970 in Great Britain as an assistant German teacher in two South Wales grammar schools. His graduate thesis was entitled Thomas Jefferson: The Urban Critic Of The City (1975). Felix Aeppli is also the author of the book Swiss Cinema, 1929-1964 (1981, in German). His published works on The Rolling Stones include the discographies Heart Of Stone (Ann Arbor, 1985), The Rolling Stones, 1962-1995: The Ultimate Guide (London, 1996) - both long out of print -, plus an up-dated and revised edition on CD-ROM (Zurich, 2003). A part-time employee in further education for Politics and Social Sciences, Felix Aeppli also repeatedly lectured at the Film Department of Zurich University and regularly writes for the «NZZ am Sonntag». In Spring, 2002, he was approached by this Zurich Sunday Newspaper to name his personal FORTY LICKS by The Rolling Stones. This was his choice:
1. Honky Tonk Women
2. Stray Cat Blues
3. Little Red Rooster
4. Child Of The Moon
5. Sympathy For The Devil
6. Sway
7. Dear Doctor
8. Dead Flowers
9. It’s All Over Now
10. The Last Time
11. Under The Boardwalk
12. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
13. Ruby Tuesday
14. Far Away Eyes
15. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
16. Brown Sugar
17. The Spider And The Fly
18. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
19. Tell Me
20. Tumbling Dice
21. Do Ya Think I Really Care?
22. Street Fighting Man
23. Down Home Girl
24. Backstreet Girl
25. Start Me Up
26. Who’s Been Sleeping Here?
27. Cry To Me
28. Sweethearts Together
29. Time Is On My Side
30. 19th Nervous Breakdown
31. Let It Bleed
32. Country Honk
33. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
34. Thief In The Night
35. Winter
36. She’s A Rainbow
37. Sparks Will Fly
38. Rocks Off
39. Respectable
40. Off The Hook
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