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“Mick has a genuine disdain for nostalgia,” Lorne Michaels notes.

Did Lorne Michaels see or hear anything about/from the Bigger Bang tour? Obviously not.

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“Mick has a genuine disdain for nostalgia,” Lorne Michaels notes.

Did Lorne Michaels see or hear anything about/from the Bigger Bang tour? Obviously not.

These articles are always full of quotes like that, which are just lip service. They aren't based in reality, they're based in an image that the subject wants to present, and which acquaintances are more than happy to help reinforce. Unless Lorne is speaking about Mick's tastes on a personal level which we aren't privy to, you could make a case that statement is an outright lie.

Makes me think the article is a good old-fashioned PR puff piece. After seeing that quote, I don't even want to read it. I pretty much know how it will go, what it will say.

Not that there's anything wrong with it.

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sweetcharmedlifeOn Keith) "Basicly I'd rather he wrote a song instead of a book."

Fantastic. Agreed.

riverrat:

"Strange to me that Mick doesn't differentiate human beings from animals. He puts humans on the same level as animals. He looks to animals for patterns of human behavior. Are you kidding me?? Good Lord....No wonder he's the way he is...At least he's a great entertainer."

My thoughts exactly...for a well-read (and one would assume well-educated) man he sounds utterly shallow and obtuse in his justifications for sticking his tiny dodger wherever he damn well pleases...I mean, he should be able to come up with a more nuanced and intellectually rigorous justification than THAT for his repudiation of monogamy!

Green Lady:

"There's a telling quote about one of the books he's reading (on a Kindle, of course - you can't imagine that Mick wouldn't have one of those, or that Keith would): 'It’s not really my kind of thing, but everyone was talking about it so I thought I’d have a look.' Both the pros and the cons are there: the openmindedness and willingness to learn - and the determination to be visibly 'with it' whether it suits your personal taste or not.

Superb insight.

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“Mick has a genuine disdain for nostalgia,” Lorne Michaels notes.

Did Lorne Michaels see or hear anything about/from the Bigger Bang tour? Obviously not.

These articles are always full of quotes like that, which are just lip service. They aren't based in reality, they're based in an image that the subject wants to present, and which acquaintances are more than happy to help reinforce. Unless Lorne is speaking about Mick's tastes on a personal level which we aren't privy to, you could make a case that statement is an outright lie.

Makes me think the article is a good old-fashioned PR puff piece. After seeing that quote, I don't even want to read it. I pretty much know how it will go, what it will say.

Not that there's anything wrong with it.

BustedT, I pasted the article after my post on Page 1 if you wanna glance through it It's a bit different from other Mick puff pieces - it's not unworthy of a read. The stuff about not swelling in the past, this time, is a dig at Keith and LIFE. There are other digs in the article, some of which are conveyed by the author, referring to the Stones being at all concerned about social unrest as merely fans' "romantic" notions of the Stones. Stuff like that.

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There's a telling quote about one of the books he's reading (on a Kindle, of course - you can't imagine that Mick wouldn't have one of those, or that Keith would):

"It’s not really my kind of thing, but everyone was talking about it so I thought I’d have a look."

Both the pros and the cons are there: the openmindedness and willingness to learn - and the determination to be visibly "with it" whether it suits your personal taste or not.

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That's his first public appearance after 2 months ridicule and all he has to say - 'Personally I think its really quite tedious raking over the past. Mostly, people only do it for money.'
It seems there is nothing Keith can do to break this heart of stone

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[I imagine Mick knows he's on pretty shaky ground defending his private life. But he's too smooth to ever say, 'That's who I am..take it or leave it'.

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I collect this kind of stuff . Has anyone a copy that they'd be willing to part with ?

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proudmary..Thats a good photo of Mick..ya' know something what an inspiration Mick Jagger is to people of all ages with his outlook on life and his youthfulness..

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It occurs to me after reading Mick's comments on marriage and dating that perhaps he is the true bohemian, rather than Keith, at least on this issue. Keith has become a married Suburban Gentleman, while Mick describes a nine-year relationship as "kind of dating" and still adheres to his view that marriage isn't for him.

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It occurs to me after reading Mick's comments on marriage and dating that perhaps he is the true bohemian, rather than Keith, at least on this issue. Keith has become a married Suburban Gentleman, while Mick describes a nine-year relationship as "kind of dating" and still adheres to his view that marriage isn't for him.

yes, and "Keef" worshipers will somehow turn this into a coherent "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle statement to keith's advantage.

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[I imagine Mick knows he's on pretty shaky ground defending his private life. But he's too smooth to ever say, 'That's who I am..take it or leave it'.

Why does he need to defend his private life?

I liked how this article portrays Mick as the renaissance man that he is. Nice photos too![/quote

>>]Why does he need to defend his private life?

Because the interviewer put him on the spot. He doesn't need to, of course; he chose to.

As for the nice photos..I imagine the hand-picked, no doubt top stylist and hairdresser brought from London might have something to do with that.

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Why does he need to defend his private life?

Because the interviewer put him on the spot. He doesn't need to, of course; he chose to.

As for the nice photos..I imagine the hand-picked, no doubt top stylist and hairdresser brought from London might have something to do with that.

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Why does he need to defend his private life?

Because the interviewer put him on the spot. He doesn't need to, of course; he chose to.

>>I am tired of people insinuating that his private life isn't up to their standards and that he needs to defend himself. There's nothing to defend.

I agree with you. I think he should not lower himself to explain or defend anything, that he should have said 'That's who I am...take it or leave it'. But reporters largely deal in clichés, eg, 'Mick the libertine', and 'Keith the druggie' and Mick seems to feel he has to 'splain himself.

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It occurs to me after reading Mick's comments on marriage and dating that perhaps he is the true bohemian, rather than Keith, at least on this issue. Keith has become a married Suburban Gentleman, while Mick describes a nine-year relationship as "kind of dating" and still adheres to his view that marriage isn't for him.

yes, and "Keef" worshipers will somehow turn this into a coherent "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle statement to keith's advantage.

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yes, and "Keef" worshipers will somehow turn this into a coherent "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle statement to keith's advantage.

And the Keith demonizers will use it to make him out to be satan.