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You missed the point. Perhaps my fault.
Sorry, Bärs, based on your response I re-read what you wrote and can see another interpretation I didn't before so it was my misreading.
But still I'm glad to have posted the links where it's shown how Keith is revising the Stones history in this particular case of who he thought was so important in the beginning. It's really but one example of him rewriting the truth as he sees fit, and it's such an obvious example.
As annoying as it can seem, it actually does good to have other posters try to dance around what Keith is doing and defend him on this point. That only emphasizes the reality of what Doxa so rightly called Keith's agenda when writing the book.
I actually think that the only agenda existing is the one that tries to demonize Keith.
Look at Stu. He sacrificed a lot for the band when he accepted being put out of it. He was still loyal. He was sober and reliable when the pressure was high. He perfected his strenghts as a piano player. Brian deliberately chose to do everything contrary. Now Brian is famous and Stu is not, because of Stu's sacrifice. Brian's got a statue and films made about him. He's got a fanclub that speaks for him. Stu's got nothing of that and he is not here either to speak for him. Keith is now balancing the picture since Stu was written out of the whole story right from the beginning.
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No mention of any "ancient art of weaving" is mentioned in those pages when golden era - Keith also agrees with the title - from BEGGARS to EXILE is discussed - and this the era Keith gives his most detailed musical analysis and is most proud of.
- Doxa
Now we have Keith and Charlie recently saying the Taylor era was the Golden Era, and Jagger just brought Taylor back into the studio. Now, who does that leave? Oh, right...
Well, in fact, there was something I would say news in book regarding Ronnie's role. According to Keith they all - expect him - didn't want Ronnie to do 1981 American Tour at all because Ronnie was in such a bad shape. So they were actually throwing him out - this always been rumoured but never as far as I know "confirmed" so clearly. Keith claims that he needed to pay Ronnie's insurances to have Ronnie in (and thereby it was his duty to take care of/look after him). So when Ronnie took the coke/heroin ride, Keith came and hit him.
It is funny that in that during that very time Keith - after 12 years and 300 hundred pages of memoirs [and my god what amount of babying and saving his ass for years by others, Mick that is] - he was finally "clean", he immediately started to moralize Ronnie's behavior and his junkie friends, etc. A typical act of hypocricy Keith masters all over the book. (There are portions where Keith wonders why Mick never "liked" his friends - who, by the way, were all junkies... Well, Mick was just jealous and wanted to have him all by himself, reflects Keef...)
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Maybe a stupid question, please forgive me if that is the case.
But, butt, bud I really like reading this book. Anybody else with the same feeling ?
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YAY - my book just arrived! Haven't had time to start reading.
To with sssoul - NO it is NOT autographed. It only has Keith's signature on the front cover (in silver)
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What reason do we have to assume that? There's just a few "factual" acounts, and these quite match what we know and assume to be true. There isn't much that, when checked against a source that has no doubts than can be atributed as "fiction".
98% of the book is about his feelings, and how he experienced things, and hence is his truth. If you want to read facts read Wyman's books, only problem is that he was hardly a member of the Stones.
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Bill hardly a member of the Stones? What do you mean?
Bill screwed the most girls. That's what's R&R is about.
Some people never dig that.
Hahahha! It is one of the funniest revalations (read: gossips) Keith "The Deep Throat" Richards wants to share with us in the book regards Bill Wyman that his claims for screwing so many girls is heavily over-exaggarated and all he was able to do is to serve them awful mild tea... (keith was hiding behind the next door and making notes..)
But there was one tender moment between them Keith remembers almost fondly: when Bill carried him smack in Toronto. Good Bill was something good for. That and the big amp.
Not a member... well well well... good that here finally starts some politically correct (revisionist) voices be heard; Mathijs took the demanding job into his informative shoulders... to keep his 'old' claim that nothing was lost when Darryl replaced Wyman, because, well, there wasn't hardly anything existing to be replaced... in fact, the Stones have always been a four piece-band - Just look at the RARITIES cover.. ><
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Hey Doxa, you're getting really over the top in this thread. You used to be well-thought and eloquent, and now you're just ranting about how everything is a lie.
You know very well what I feel about Wyman, I'm not going to repeat that. What I meant with 'not being a Stone' is that he wasn't part of the social lives of Richards, Jagger and Wood, and not even that of Watts. Wyman was there for tour rehearsals and tours, and half the time in the studio, and that was it. So if you want to hear the facts about the shillings earned in 1966 read Wyman’s book, for the juice Wood's and Richards books are much better.
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Yeah, I rant and critizise the book
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It's amusing that some people here, many not even procreated when the band was formed, think they know the "facts" about the Rolling Stones better than Keith Richards.
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What reason do we have to assume that? There's just a few "factual" acounts, and these quite match what we know and assume to be true. There isn't much that, when checked against a source that has no doubts than can be atributed as "fiction".
98% of the book is about his feelings, and how he experienced things, and hence is his truth. If you want to read facts read Wyman's books, only problem is that he was hardly a member of the Stones.
Mathijs
Bill hardly a member of the Stones? What do you mean?
Bill screwed the most girls. That's what's R&R is about.
Some people never dig that.
Hahahha! It is one of the funniest revalations (read: gossips) Keith "The Deep Throat" Richards wants to share with us in the book regards Bill Wyman that his claims for screwing so many girls is heavily over-exaggarated and all he was able to do is to serve them awful mild tea... (keith was hiding behind the next door and making notes..)
But there was one tender moment between them Keith remembers almost fondly: when Bill carried him smack in Toronto. Good Bill was something good for. That and the big amp.
Not a member... well well well... good that here finally starts some politically correct (revisionist) voices be heard; Mathijs took the demanding job into his informative shoulders... to keep his 'old' claim that nothing was lost when Darryl replaced Wyman, because, well, there wasn't hardly anything existing to be replaced... in fact, the Stones have always been a four piece-band - Just look at the RARITIES cover.. ><
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Hey Doxa, you're getting really over the top in this thread. You used to be well-thought and eloquent, and now you're just ranting about how everything is a lie.
You know very well what I feel about Wyman, I'm not going to repeat that. What I meant with 'not being a Stone' is that he wasn't part of the social lives of Richards, Jagger and Wood, and not even that of Watts. Wyman was there for tour rehearsals and tours, and half the time in the studio, and that was it. So if you want to hear the facts about the shillings earned in 1966 read Wyman’s book, for the juice Wood's and Richards books are much better.
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from the way they wrote I thought they were there in those early days...Bummer
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It's amusing that some people here, many not even procreated when the band was formed, think they know the "facts" about the Rolling Stones better than Keith Richards.
Well, this all is amusing, but if one entertains oneself by trying to grasp the reality beyond the myths and funny stories, it doesn't ask much of reasoning or reflection to seek for all the evidence and material there is available about this band (there is a huge load of it), and then a little, critical comperative study, and ooh-la-la, there might be something like an educated guess in your mind.
Well, another option is to take, say, Keef's words as granted, and stick to them. Or just relativize it all by saying "who knows teh truth so forget it" or "it doesn't really matter. Who cares".
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There sure is much material about this band, but if you want to reconstruct what happened those few days in 1962 there is no other method than listening to those who were there. I'd say that a biography by one of the founders counts as pretty heavy evidence in any trial, and nothing to polemically dismiss as part of The Great Conspiracy against the poor Brian. That is, if´you want to truth.
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tonterapiWe do listen to the ones that were there. The problem starts when somebody like Keith contradicts himself or doesn't get support from others that were there. If this book is the truth - does that mean Keith lied back in the 70's?Quote
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There sure is much material about this band, but if you want to reconstruct what happened those few days in 1962 there is no other method than listening to those who were there. I'd say that a biography by one of the founders counts as pretty heavy evidence in any trial, and nothing to polemically dismiss as part of The Great Conspiracy against the poor Brian. That is, if´you want to truth.
I don't want to talk about any "Great Conspiracy against the poor Brian". But if you really want to know something about Brian this book doesn't hold much truth. Keith is pretty lonely about his present view on Brian Jones and I'd suggest that you read what Keith said about the guy in the 70's as it fits a lot better with what other people had said about him.
A biography by a founding member is heavy evidence in a trial but not if the founding member changes the story from decade to decade.
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There sure is much material about this band, but if you want to reconstruct what happened those few days in 1962 there is no other method than listening to those who were there. I'd say that a biography by one of the founders counts as pretty heavy evidence in any trial, and nothing to polemically dismiss as part of The Great Conspiracy against the poor Brian. That is, if´you want to truth.
I don't want to talk about any "Great Conspiracy against the poor Brian". But if you really want to know something about Brian this book doesn't hold much truth. Keith is pretty lonely about his present view on Brian Jones and I'd suggest that you read what Keith said about the guy in the 70's as it fits a lot better with what other people had said about him.
A biography by a founding member is heavy evidence in a trial but not if the founding member changes the story from decade to decade.
It actually is possible that Keith "lied" in the 70's and that the recent account is more balanced. If Keith started emphasizing Stu's role after Stu died, as some say, it's not strange if he, and others, did the same after Brian died. The early accounts might have been influenced by the fact that Brian had died and people involved were "nice" when asked about Brian's role in the early Stones. If Keith would have known in the 70's that everything he says about Brian and Stu would be held against him 40 years later he would perhaps have put his words differently.
I don't know. I simply say that 1. it is POSSIBLE that the official foundation myth needs correction, 2. a "changing story" does not necessarily implies deliberate deception, 3. an early version is not necessarily better or more truthful than a later one in these cases.
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It actually is possible that Keith "lied" in the 70's and that the recent account is more balanced. If Keith started emphasizing Stu's role after Stu died, as some say, it's not strange if he, and others, did the same after Brian died. The early accounts might have been influenced by the fact that Brian had died and people involved were "nice" when asked about Brian's role in the early Stones. If Keith would have known in the 70's that everything he says about Brian and Stu would be held against him 40 years later he would perhaps have put his words differently.
I don't know. I simply say that 1. it is POSSIBLE that the official foundation myth needs correction, 2. a "changing story" does not necessarily implies deliberate deception, 3. an early version is not necessarily better or more truthful than a later one in these cases.
Yes, everything is "possible". But again, what Keith says in this book doesn't fit in with what others said - including what he has said himself - about Brian and his role in the band. That makes me question the truth in this book.Quote
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It actually is possible that Keith "lied" in the 70's and that the recent account is more balanced. If Keith started emphasizing Stu's role after Stu died, as some say, it's not strange if he, and others, did the same after Brian died. The early accounts might have been influenced by the fact that Brian had died and people involved were "nice" when asked about Brian's role in the early Stones. If Keith would have known in the 70's that everything he says about Brian and Stu would be held against him 40 years later he would perhaps have put his words differently.
I don't know. I simply say that 1. it is POSSIBLE that the official foundation myth needs correction, 2. a "changing story" does not necessarily implies deliberate deception, 3. an early version is not necessarily better or more truthful than a later one in these cases.
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It actually is possible that Keith "lied" in the 70's and that the recent account is more balanced. If Keith started emphasizing Stu's role after Stu died, as some say, it's not strange if he, and others, did the same after Brian died. The early accounts might have been influenced by the fact that Brian had died and people involved were "nice" when asked about Brian's role in the early Stones. If Keith would have known in the 70's that everything he says about Brian and Stu would be held against him 40 years later he would perhaps have put his words differently.
I don't know. I simply say that 1. it is POSSIBLE that the official foundation myth needs correction, 2. a "changing story" does not necessarily implies deliberate deception, 3. an early version is not necessarily better or more truthful than a later one in these cases.
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I actually kind of feel sorry for all the historians who seem to be focusing on all the minute details, searching for hidden codes and reading between the lines. Sometimes I feel like people are writing off the book due to a few certain specific sentences rather than just enjoying the fact that Keith was willing to share his view with us. It almost seems like criticizing a painter for their brushstrokes rather than looking at the painting.