Just caught this on a music site. Don't know if this has appeared here before. It's an interesting little read and cueing up the Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" might be appropos background music while reading it.

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Personal pet peeve--if I read one more time that Keith "stole" Anita, as if Anita was an inanimate being with no mind of her own, I will . . . .


OK, carry on.

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Aquamarine
Personal pet peeve--if I read one more time that Keith "stole" Anita, as if Anita was an inanimate being with no mind of her own, I will . . . .


OK, carry on.

"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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Aquamarine
Personal pet peeve--if I read one more time that Keith "stole" Anita, as if Anita was an inanimate being with no mind of her own, I will . . . .


OK, carry on.

lol. Yeah I'm pretty sure Anita orchestrated the whole thing. Anita's powers seemed pretty amazing back then and she obviously cast her spell on many.

But in context, there is a sort of unwritten rule among mates that you stay away from your friends (and bandmates) women. Maybe it was different in the 60's but it is generally a good rule to follow. I think Keith's whole "I rescued her" story is a bit overblown, he was probably just a romantic horny young man who fell under Anita's spell and his prior frustration with Brian (on a lot of levels) allowed him to act as he did.

peace

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Aquamarine
Personal pet peeve--if I read one more time that Keith "stole" Anita, as if Anita was an inanimate being with no mind of her own, I will . . . .


OK, carry on.

lol. Yeah I'm pretty sure Anita orchestrated the whole thing. Anita's powers seemed pretty amazing back then and she obviously cast her spell on many.

But in context, there is a sort of unwritten rule among mates that you stay away from your friends (and bandmates) women. Maybe it was different in the 60's but it is generally a good rule to follow. I think Keith's whole "I rescued her" story is a bit overblown, he was probably just a romantic horny young man who fell under Anita's spell and his prior frustration with Brian (on a lot of levels) allowed him to act as he did.

peace

Keith's account in "Life" of how he and Anita first connected in the back seat was very moving. They were hitting on each other's women from the beginning.