You Can’t Always Get What You Want

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

The Rolling Stones

A classic off of the Stones’s Let it Bleed that deals with the difference between desire and need. The main point it tries to get across is that life can suck sometimes when you’re trying to get something you think you need, but that usually ends in you getting what you actually need.

The song is also viewed as a depiction and signal of the end of the 1960s (the song was released in ‘69), as it deals with love, drugs, and politics. It isn’t always viewed as having a positive outlook on the future, but the underlying tone is somewhat optimistic (you’ll get what you need).

The song is one of the Stones' best-known songs and has become a classic rock staple.