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stupidguy2
Why is this even a question? Mick Jagger, in his peak form (64-81) defined Rock Star. Not Hendrix, not even Dylan. There were alot of rock stars from that period and through the 70s....even the folkier guys like the Byrds, Crosby, Still, Nash etc wore their feather boas..... but Jagger, like no one else, personified that cool, insolent, sexually-driven, cocky and slightly myterious image hasn't been duplicated since without even trying. There was a casualness about Jagger back then, like he didn't give a @#$%&.
In some ways, Jagger invented what a ROck Star is, and its about damn time younger generations realize or are educated on that fact. ALso, this is a younger generation far removed from the 80s Mick, or even 90s Mick, and they're seeing the vintage Mick thanks to various things: fashion designers and other people who cite Jagger as a cool as well as people like Snoop Dog talking about what a badass Jagger was etc....
It's almost like the Let's Work-era 80s and 90s have been wiped clean from the inconography. DUring that time, Jagger was painfully trying to be hip and had been eclipsed by the trends of that era and it was like watching a legend get left behind. But in the last several years, Jagger has regained some of that swagger by not trying so hard and acting his age and he just seems cooler, not desparate. And these kids are being reintroduced via stuff like "Stones in Exile", "Ladies and Gentlemen", "Rock and ROll Circus", not to mention the internet and all these great pics of Jagger at his best.
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stupidguy2
I really think much of its has to do with a rediscovery of vintage Stones, as opposed to "geezers on tour", which, lets face it, was the prevailing image throughout most of the 80s and 90s...
There has been a real resurgence in the idea of the Stones as the original bad boys of rock and roll.
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stupidguy2
I really think much of its has to do with a rediscovery of vintage Stones, as opposed to "geezers on tour", which, lets face it, was the prevailing image throughout most of the 80s and 90s...
There has been a real resurgence in the idea of the Stones as the original bad boys of rock and roll.