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Edith Grove
>>Without Mick in his life, where would Keith be today?<<
Without each other, where would they be today?
Without each other, where would we be today?
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sweetcharmedlife
Without Adam and Eve,none of us would be here.
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Stoneage
Well, George V, I don't think Sir Mick would withstand much more moral scrutiny than Keith: He has seven children with three different women, married twice; sentenced once for drug-related crimes, a known tax exile; doesn't believe in the institution of marriage; known for a promiscuous sexual life-style; has done no military service for his country, etc, etc... .
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northernale1
Knighthood,, i agree with keith,, bullshit,, should have never accepted it,,
and anyone who he would if keith got the call he would accept,, to hell he would,,
keith is Rock & Roll ,, mick has become the & ,,
just like if the stones ended now,, keith would have a rock career,,
mick may be able to have a career as one of those mix and scratch DJs
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Stoneage
Rockstar knighthood is an oxymoron. You can't pretend to rebell against society and then accept accolades from the same society. It simply looks ridiculous. I suppose next one in line is Johnny Rotten?
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riverrat
Mick and Keith are two totally different people. They have the same likes in music, both like to travel, but they have little else in common. People have said they are opposites.
Keith says sometimes he "misses his friend", but Mick is the same guy as in their younger days who just developed the same interests he always had. Maybe they weren't as noticable back then, but they were surely there. Keith acts like Mick is a totally different person, but he's really not.Quote
True, I don't get where Keith Mick changed. in that respect. The Stones, including Keith and Brian, were court jesters in the Swinging London, aristocratic set, distinguished guests to all these young heirs and heiresses....
Keith didn't have a problem with it then, mainly because that scene was drug-soaked and part of the new generation of English kids "rebelling" against the establishment. But the Ormsby-Gores, Guinesses were aristocrats, star-@#$%& the Stones. Jagger always loved those pretensions. Keith could probably have lived without it, he was the shy kid with a chip on his shoulder. So I don't think Keith is "jealous" of the knighthood, he likely sees it as an empty gesture rooted in the British class system. He would be correct - Im not British, but the idea of a Knighthood is slightly ludicrous. Mick loves the pretentions....Keith sees it as bullshit.
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swiss
the "Keith vs Mick" talk is getting to be as boring as Woody vs Taylor threads...
Thank you. Now I know I am not the only one
Well, I guess you two can send your thank yous to Keith Richards for making this issue such a central one now.
- Doxa
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sweetcharmedlifeWithout Adam and Eve,none of us would be here.Quote
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Edith Grove
>>Without Mick in his life, where would Keith be today?<<
Without each other, where would they be today?
Without each other, where would we be today?
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northernale1
Knighthood,, i agree with keith,, bullshit,, should have never accepted it,,
and anyone who he would if keith got the call he would accept,, to hell he would,,
keith is Rock & Roll ,, mick has become the & ,,
just like if the stones ended now,, keith would have a rock career,,
mick may be able to have a career as one of those mix and scratch DJs
I believe Keith 'WOULD HAVE' accepted it in a heartbeat IF he had been approached for it before Mick. Now that Mick's received it, and given his reaction, of course, he never would accept now.
The man is petty and has some serious man-love for Mick...it's a little icky.
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Stoneage
Thanks for the correction, Green Lady. I kind of knew that, I was just overstating my facts to make a point! The thing I was trying to say is that Keith certainly has lead a more self-destructive life than Mick but I wouldn't say a morally lesser life (than Mick).
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with sssoul
>> although I think he might have enjoyed the opportunity to be offered one and to turn it down loudly and publicly! <<
isn't it part of the deal that one agrees not to ever mention it publicly if one turns down an offered knighthood?
not that Keith would necessarily go along with that - but i think an uneasy awareness
that someone might enjoy loudly and publicly refusing would also tend to discourage anyone from ever offering.
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Stoneage
Thanks for the correction, Green Lady. I kind of knew that, I was just overstating my facts to make a point! The thing I was trying to say is that Keith certainly has lead a more self-destructive life than Mick but I wouldn't say a morally lesser life (than Mick).
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georgeV
I actually think Mick's comment about Keith not be a happy person was pretty cutting. It goes beyond saying he was jealous about the Knighthood.
And, as if they would ever even consider knighting Keith due to his well documented history with drugs.
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MKjan
I was happy Mick got this if only for that great photo of his beaming dad at the ceremony.