Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many. Rudy Nureyev looks like he had a few himself. Ahhh, the one and only Studio 54, the place where the celebs didn't need bodyguards.

oh, andy.

SEX DRUGS AND ROCK N ROLL

Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

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Sam Spade
Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many. Rudy Nureyev looks like he had a few himself. Ahhh, the one and only Studio 54, the place where the celebs didn't need bodyguards.

Are you talking about the guy Mick is leaning against? cuz that's Baryshnikov.

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.

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The Sicilian
Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

Reds were Seconals -- downers. Greens -- probably Dexedrine -- greenies, speed. The Blues? See Robert Johnson.

But the line is "drop your reds, drop your greens & blues". Just sayin'.

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The Sicilian
Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

Reds were Seconals -- downers. Greens -- probably Dexedrine -- greenies, speed. The Blues? See Robert Johnson.

reds = seconals, greens = placidyls and (i'm guessing here) blues = amobarbitals. they are all sleeping pills or "downers." there are other possibilities but i think downers fit the context of the song.

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Glam Descendant
But the line is "drop your reds, drop your greens & blues". Just sayin'.

quite!

Looks like Studio 54 was basically a gay bar.

Yes, that is Baryshnikov Cindy C my bad

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Sam Spade
Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many. Rudy Nureyev looks like he had a few himself. Ahhh, the one and only Studio 54, the place where the celebs didn't need bodyguards.

Are you talking about the guy Mick is leaning against? cuz that's Baryshnikov.

With the likes of Halston, Warhol, Truman Capote and owner Steve Ruebel yes, that's true.

I think the place was Bianca Jagger's 2nd home.

I think because he was living in NYC at the time Mick was the only Stone to go to the place. I never saw pics of John and Yoko in there.

I think it was Jerry Hall who once said "Mick would disappear down to the basement lounge for hours".

Steve Ruebel once said "Good thing I own the place because I wouldn't let me past the Velvet Rope".

In it's heyday the place was the hottest club in NYC,

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Looks like Studio 54 was basically a gay bar.

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Sam Spade
Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many.

You can tell that from a still shot ?
It's easy to assume that Mick might have been on something, but he may not have been zoned out, perhaps just posing or even trying to hide from the camera.

Michael Jackson, on the other hand, how did he get in there? Wasn't the minimum age back then set at eighteen ?
Oh, celebrity privilege.

Michael Jackson, on the other hand, how did he get in there? ... Diana Ross



ROCKMAN

Not only Michael Jackson but Leif Garret as well

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Sam Spade
Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many.

You can tell that from a still shot ?
It's easy to assume that Mick might have been on something, but he may not have been zoned out, perhaps just posing or even trying to hide from the camera.

Michael Jackson, on the other hand, how did he get in there? Wasn't the minimum age back then set at eighteen ?
Oh, celebrity privilege.

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The Sicilian
Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

Reds were Seconals -- downers. Greens -- probably Dexedrine -- greenies, speed. The Blues? See Robert Johnson.

reds = seconals, greens = placidyls and (i'm guessing here) blues = amobarbitals. they are all sleeping pills or "downers." there are other possibilities but i think downers fit the context of the song.

yes, those would be the three

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Sam Spade
Not only Michael Jackson but Leif Garret as well

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Edith Grove

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Sam Spade
Advance to 1:13 appears Mick had one too many.

You can tell that from a still shot ?
It's easy to assume that Mick might have been on something, but he may not have been zoned out, perhaps just posing or even trying to hide from the camera.

Michael Jackson, on the other hand, how did he get in there? Wasn't the minimum age back then set at eighteen ?
Oh, celebrity privilege.

If that was 1978, Michael Jackson would have been 20.

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The Sicilian
Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

Reds were Seconals -- downers. Greens -- probably Dexedrine -- greenies, speed. The Blues? See Robert Johnson.

reds = seconals, greens = placidyls and (i'm guessing here) blues = amobarbitals. they are all sleeping pills or "downers." there are other possibilities but i think downers fit the context of the song.

I'm going with reds=Seconal(sleep, downers), greens= Dexedrine(stimulant,speed), blues=Tuinal(strong sleep,downers). These pills were all considered recreational back in the day. The reds and blues were dangerously addictive. Took many casualties back in the 60's-70's.

Exactly right about the casualties. I had a friend who started on weed then pills, graduated to snorting then shooting heroin. The guy OD'd at age 19!!

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The Sicilian
Does anyone know what greens, reds, and blue pills were from that period?

Reds were Seconals -- downers. Greens -- probably Dexedrine -- greenies, speed. The Blues? See Robert Johnson.

reds = seconals, greens = placidyls and (i'm guessing here) blues = amobarbitals. they are all sleeping pills or "downers." there are other possibilities but i think downers fit the context of the song.

I'm going with reds=Seconal(sleep, downers), greens= Dexedrine(stimulant,speed), blues=Tuinal(strong sleep,downers). These pills were all considered recreational back in the day. The reds and blues were dangerously addictive. Took many casualties back in the 60's-70's.