I'm just back from three weeks' holiday where I didn't have much access to a computer, and although I did a bit of a search this morning to see if this link to articles in Macleans Magazine has already been posted, I wasn't able to find a previous post. (Sorry if I missed it.)

Near the bottom of the page, there are links to two other articles.


[www.macleans.ca]

Thank you Marmalade. Good pieces by a good writer who knows how to play it with The Boys.

You're welcome, stonesrule. I think he's a good writer too. I
particularly like the opening paragraphs of the article
"Rock'n'roll goodfellas" ...

>>Perched on a stool, Keith Richards sits bent over a 12-string
acoustic guitar and picks out a delicate, childlike melody.
Standing next to him on the stage of Manhattan's venerable
Beacon Theatre, Mick Jagger sings As Tears Go By. Rarely
performed by the Rolling Stones, this gentle ballad was
one of the first songs he and Richards ever wrote, in 1964.
Embarrassed by it at the time, they gave it to Jagger's girlfriend,
Marianne Faithfull, who made it a hit. Now, dredged out of the past,
the song takes on vaguely creepy overtones tones as Jagger carves
out each syllable with precise, cold-blooded diction: It is the
evening of the day / I sit and watch the children play / Smiling
faces I can see / But not for me . . .

>>Drained of sentiment, what was once a flower-child ditty acquires
a new subtext of predatory voyeurism. And as the camera catches Jagger
in brittle profile, his face looks suddenly unfamiliar. The cheeks are
gaunt, the nose bent, the legendary lips drawn tight as he brings a
saloon twang to a jaded lament for childhood innocence.


Great stuff.

Thanks, Marmalade, I hadn't seen these either! (And hope your back is better.)

Hi STG, thanks for your kind wishes. Alas, no, my back is not better
yet. Can't believe how long it takes for spinal injuries to heal.
However, must not get despondent.

I hadn't seen the Macleans articles either, but a friend tore them
out of the magazine and mailed them to me the other day. Nice that
they're also on-line.