I had this on an old VHS-tape. Nice to see it again.

A very candid and serious Keith.





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Good interview though inevitably (at the time) heroin becomes the central talking point. Totally different to Jimmy Paige who puts the subject off limits. Never found the theory about musicians-andrenalin-heroin use very convincing though. The interviewer, as usual goes along with the celebrity and doesn't challenge.

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

It’s funny it says”rare” interview.did Keith ever see a journalist he wouldn’t talk to?
This was the beginning of the 80s Keith who made up stories.saying he went to a junkie house and “somebody would get paranoid and next thing you know bullets are flying”sounded better than “I sat in my room at the Waldorf and a currier dropped off a package”.

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It’s funny it says”rare” interview.did Keith ever see a journalist he wouldn’t talk to?
This was the beginning of the 80s Keith who made up stories.saying he went to a junkie house and “somebody would get paranoid and next thing you know bullets are flying”sounded better than “I sat in my room at the Waldorf and a currier dropped off a package”.

This wasn't that kind of interview, though.

Jailed for a year after the Redlands bust???? where'd they get that nonsense???

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It’s funny it says”rare” interview.did Keith ever see a journalist he wouldn’t talk to?
This was the beginning of the 80s Keith who made up stories.saying he went to a junkie house and “somebody would get paranoid and next thing you know bullets are flying”sounded better than “I sat in my room at the Waldorf and a currier dropped off a package”.

This wasn't that kind of interview, though.

He literally tells that story IN THIS INTERVIEW.i like Keith and it sucks that he took on that “mr drugs” persona.instead of being known for his songwriting and playing first he’s thought of as a burnout who fights with Mick Jagger.
He’s a bit behind the times,it was cool to be out of it and wasted in the 60s and 70s and in today’s world people tend to think of you as a bit of a joke if you’re drunk and high all the time.

The reporter brought it up, and Keith elaborated a bit - hesitantly.

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Jailed for a year after the Redlands bust???? where'd they get that nonsense???

What he says is "He was jailed for a year but released after appeal" which is what happened.
The initial sentences were a year for Richards and three months for Jagger but after the furore over the harshness of the sentences they were both released after one night in the cells and the sentences were quashed.

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Seems a bit odd that Keith is touting a "new" Xpensive Winos hat today.
Maybe not that odd as I don't keep up on his offerings via his own site, but strikes me as unusual (?)



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Oh yeah I’ve seen this one a few times
What I remember the most is his revelation of keeping an apt in Paris ;-)
Keith never brings up drugs it always is put on him,
and he answers. He’s agreed to talk, so he does.
He’s talked a few times about the ugliness of it, too.

The interview shows a man who is deeply impressed by himself.

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The interview shows a man who is deeply impressed by himself.

Thats the flipside of him giving up heroin.

This interview brings me great memories. Parts of it were used in English TV Documentary 20 YEARS ON (or something to the effect), made during/after 1982 tour. I bought it as a pirate VHS version (including some other footage; that was the deal then - one could decide which stuff would be included to those 180 mins - the only way back then for me to get great Stones footage stuff), I guess 1982/83.

Anyway, for a young fresh Stones fan mr. Richards looked, acted, and sounded so damn cool. The soft, reflective way of talking, dark, deep eyes, little moves... The coolest person on earth me thought. Probably I would think differently now, but I cherish those memories...

Just a minor comment. Damn, I recall how back then he looked so damn old in a posivite way - a man of experience - been there done that all, etc. All of that to be written in his essence. Now he looks as a young dude haha... I guess I am a bit older now too...

EDIT: oh yeah, he is the the BBC 1982 documentary I referred to (first of two parts) : [www.youtube.com]

Some cool Alexis Korner, Georgio Gomelsky interviews as well, etc. Still good stuff. Bill's comment of Mick's memory ("hopeless") and of Woody as a "young boy, don't know much" is priceless, too...


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