The Black Stone (or Hajarul Aswad, Arabic:الحجر الأسودal-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building, located in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.
The stone was venerated at the Kaaba in pre-Islamic pagan times. According to Islamic tradition, it was set intact into the Kaaba's wall by the IslamicprophetMuhammad in the year 605 A.D., five years before his first revelation. Since then it has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Its physical appearance is that of a fragmented dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of pilgrims. Islamic tradition holds that it fell from the heaven as a guide for Adam and Eve to build an altar, although it has often been described as a meteorite, a hypothesis, which is now uncertain.
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as a part of the tawaf ritual during the hajj and many try to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from Muhammad.
Black Stone Cherry is an American hard rock band, formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky. They were signed to Roadrunner Records until 2015; the band is now signed to Mascot Label Group. The band consists of Chris Robertson (lead vocals, lead guitar), Ben Wells (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jon Lawhon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and John Fred Young (drums, backing vocals). Black Stone Cherry have released four studio albums: Black Stone Cherry (2006), Folklore and Superstition (2008), Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2011) and Magic Mountain (2014), as well as three EPs, and have charted eight singles on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The band's fifth album, Kentucky is due to be released on April 1, 2016.
History
2001–04: Formation and early years
Black Stone Cherry originated in Edmonton, Kentucky. Chris Robertson and John Fred Young, son of The Kentucky Headhunters's rhythm guitarist Richard Young, started to play music together early in their teens and were soon joined by Wells and Lawhon. Black Stone Cherry officially formed on June 4, 2001. They then took over the practice house that had been used by The Kentucky Headhunters since 1968 and began to record tracks. They also began holding shows at clubs in the area, and after a short while they gained a large following of people of all ages in the town. In 2003, on Black Stone Cherry Records, the band released their first demo on CD called Rock N' Roll Tape.
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Blackstone - Befi Mano
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The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black (Official Lyric Video)
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"Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman
Lyrics:
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see...
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Black Stone Cherry - Again (Official Music Video)
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Audioslave - Like a Stone (Official Video)
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Blackstone’s 2023 Holiday Video: The Alternatives Era
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Inspired by the success of Taylor Swift’s #ErasTour, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray decide to take Blackstone on the road for “The Alternatives Era” Tour. Several dance moves, many sequins and one original song later, we hope you’ll enjoy the latest installment of our annual tradition. Watch ⬆
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2020: Mr. Sunshine
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2019: Blackstone, Jon Gray Introduce the Firm's New Holiday Hire
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Please allow me to reintroduce myself...Forty Licks is back! Released on CD over 20 years ago, the definitive greatest hits collection is out officially on viny...
Please allow me to reintroduce myself...Forty Licks is back! Released on CD over 20 years ago, the definitive greatest hits collection is out officially on vinyl for the first time as a limited edition 4LP. Also available digitally and in Dolby Atmos, with three tracks new to streaming. Buy/listen now: https://therollingstones.lnk.to/40Licks
"Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman
Lyrics:
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
“Paint It, Black (Official Lyric Video)”
Directed by: Hector Santizo
Producers: Julian Klein, Robin Klein, Mick Gochanour, Hector Santizo
(C) 2015 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
#TheRollingStones #PaintItBlack #OfficialLyricVideo
Please allow me to reintroduce myself...Forty Licks is back! Released on CD over 20 years ago, the definitive greatest hits collection is out officially on vinyl for the first time as a limited edition 4LP. Also available digitally and in Dolby Atmos, with three tracks new to streaming. Buy/listen now: https://therollingstones.lnk.to/40Licks
"Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman
Lyrics:
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
“Paint It, Black (Official Lyric Video)”
Directed by: Hector Santizo
Producers: Julian Klein, Robin Klein, Mick Gochanour, Hector Santizo
(C) 2015 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
#TheRollingStones #PaintItBlack #OfficialLyricVideo
Black Stone Cherry's official music video for "Again", off the album The Human Condition. Available now – http://smarturl.it/BSC-MLG
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Holiday Video (Blackstone’s Version) 🎬🎵
Inspired by the success of Taylor Swift’s #ErasTour, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray decide to take Blackstone on the roa...
Holiday Video (Blackstone’s Version) 🎬🎵
Inspired by the success of Taylor Swift’s #ErasTour, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray decide to take Blackstone on the road for “The Alternatives Era” Tour. Several dance moves, many sequins and one original song later, we hope you’ll enjoy the latest installment of our annual tradition. Watch ⬆
Watch our past holiday videos:
2022: What is Blackstone's Secret?
https://youtu.be/kQpbH1SYylw?si=4aL-cdF6I96ZyEKv
2021: What is BXTV?
https://youtu.be/pgxx4uPM65k?si=wjzb1enNa3jIwk5Y
2020: Mr. Sunshine
https://youtu.be/ilVpvNGc31M?si=BfqQbP96t8TWxszt
2019: Blackstone, Jon Gray Introduce the Firm's New Holiday Hire
https://youtu.be/k40vQJDNoxY?si=6BNjLpYfk3Nvlqfl
2018: Happy Holidays from Blackstone
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Inspired by the success of Taylor Swift’s #ErasTour, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray decide to take Blackstone on the road for “The Alternatives Era” Tour. Several dance moves, many sequins and one original song later, we hope you’ll enjoy the latest installment of our annual tradition. Watch ⬆
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2020: Mr. Sunshine
https://youtu.be/ilVpvNGc31M?si=BfqQbP96t8TWxszt
2019: Blackstone, Jon Gray Introduce the Firm's New Holiday Hire
https://youtu.be/k40vQJDNoxY?si=6BNjLpYfk3Nvlqfl
2018: Happy Holidays from Blackstone
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Please allow me to reintroduce myself...Forty Licks is back! Released on CD over 20 years ago, the definitive greatest hits collection is out officially on vinyl for the first time as a limited edition 4LP. Also available digitally and in Dolby Atmos, with three tracks new to streaming. Buy/listen now: https://therollingstones.lnk.to/40Licks
"Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman
Lyrics:
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
“Paint It, Black (Official Lyric Video)”
Directed by: Hector Santizo
Producers: Julian Klein, Robin Klein, Mick Gochanour, Hector Santizo
(C) 2015 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
#TheRollingStones #PaintItBlack #OfficialLyricVideo
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Official Video for ”Like A Stone” by Audioslave
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In your house, I long to be
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I'll wait for you there alone
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Holiday Video (Blackstone’s Version) 🎬🎵
Inspired by the success of Taylor Swift’s #ErasTour, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray decide to take Blackstone on the road for “The Alternatives Era” Tour. Several dance moves, many sequins and one original song later, we hope you’ll enjoy the latest installment of our annual tradition. Watch ⬆
Watch our past holiday videos:
2022: What is Blackstone's Secret?
https://youtu.be/kQpbH1SYylw?si=4aL-cdF6I96ZyEKv
2021: What is BXTV?
https://youtu.be/pgxx4uPM65k?si=wjzb1enNa3jIwk5Y
2020: Mr. Sunshine
https://youtu.be/ilVpvNGc31M?si=BfqQbP96t8TWxszt
2019: Blackstone, Jon Gray Introduce the Firm's New Holiday Hire
https://youtu.be/k40vQJDNoxY?si=6BNjLpYfk3Nvlqfl
2018: Happy Holidays from Blackstone
https://youtu.be/nQYGrXgfpxE?si=Wd0R0cxrKNlWWvfR
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The Black Stone (or Hajarul Aswad, Arabic:الحجر الأسودal-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building, located in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.
The stone was venerated at the Kaaba in pre-Islamic pagan times. According to Islamic tradition, it was set intact into the Kaaba's wall by the IslamicprophetMuhammad in the year 605 A.D., five years before his first revelation. Since then it has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Its physical appearance is that of a fragmented dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of pilgrims. Islamic tradition holds that it fell from the heaven as a guide for Adam and Eve to build an altar, although it has often been described as a meteorite, a hypothesis, which is now uncertain.
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as a part of the tawaf ritual during the hajj and many try to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from Muhammad.