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treaclefingers

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stonehearted
It's a myth-busting interview for 2 reasons:

Mick [Jagger] is the show, really. We back him.

A ha! Charlie is Mick's drummer after all--he must have hit Mick that time in Amsterdam for waking him up at 5 a.m.

Who's the driving force in putting the band back on the road?

Well, you wouldn't do it if Mick didn't want to do it. You've got to have Mick and Keith, but the driving force is Mick. If he's enthusiastic, he'll push everyone along. Keith's much more laidback about it.

So much for Keith's self-portrait as the "benevolent tyrant" and his claim all through the 90s that it is his persistence that whips the band into shape and keeps them going out on the road.

But, frankly, I don't understand all the "Charlie is the coolest man in rock n roll" comments. He doesn't like rock n roll, he doesn't listen to The Stones' music all that much, he doesn't want to play long tours, he doesn't even want to play Glastonbury, and if The Stones folded up and retired tomorrow it wouldn't bother him a bit--is his obvious indifference supposed to be mistaken for cool?

Granted, he is without the typical rock star pretense, but he is "the most indifferent man in rock n roll" sounds a bit more like it. "Indifferentest guy on the planet", yeah, that's it! "Most indifferent man in the Rolling Stones". "Indifferent as fVck"!

Agreed....indifference is so cool, and I don't care what you think or say.

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stonesrule
And HERE you have it...the REAL Charlie.

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treaclefingers

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stonehearted
It's a myth-busting interview for 2 reasons:

Mick [Jagger] is the show, really. We back him.

A ha! Charlie is Mick's drummer after all--he must have hit Mick that time in Amsterdam for waking him up at 5 a.m.

Who's the driving force in putting the band back on the road?

Well, you wouldn't do it if Mick didn't want to do it. You've got to have Mick and Keith, but the driving force is Mick. If he's enthusiastic, he'll push everyone along. Keith's much more laidback about it.

So much for Keith's self-portrait as the "benevolent tyrant" and his claim all through the 90s that it is his persistence that whips the band into shape and keeps them going out on the road.

But, frankly, I don't understand all the "Charlie is the coolest man in rock n roll" comments. He doesn't like rock n roll, he doesn't listen to The Stones' music all that much, he doesn't want to play long tours, he doesn't even want to play Glastonbury, and if The Stones folded up and retired tomorrow it wouldn't bother him a bit--is his obvious indifference supposed to be mistaken for cool?

Granted, he is without the typical rock star pretense, but he is "the most indifferent man in rock n roll" sounds a bit more like it. "Indifferentest guy on the planet", yeah, that's it! "Most indifferent man in the Rolling Stones". "Indifferent as fVck"!

Agreed....indifference is so cool, and I don't care what you think or say.

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GravityBoy

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GravityBoy
He smiled at me later.

I should add... in a Charlie way if you know what I mean.