Sixty Years Ago Today "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones Hit No. 1 in the US

It was sixty years ago on this date that "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones hit no. 1 on the BillboardHot 100. It is certainly one of the all-time most popular Rolling Stones songs and it has been my favourite Rolling Stones song since childhood. I already did a somewhat in-depth post on the song years ago, so I won't repeat myself, but I would like to discuss something that wasn't really relevant at the time I made the original post.Ever since I was a kid, I knew that "Paint It, Black" was about death. To be more precise, it is about someone whose love has died. While I loved the song, for most of my life I really couldn't identify with it. All of that changed on August 30, 2018. Immediately following Vanessa's death, I listened to "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones, as well as "I Don't Believe in Love" by Queensrÿche, "Gone Away" by The Offspring, and "Don't Go" by Matthew Sweet, on repeat. Quite simply, given the song is about loss and grief, I could identify with it in a…