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Seem to remember Mick introducing Keith as the Honky Tonk Man many times, and for a while he refereed to him as the Devil In The Dark Fur, but i might have that slightly wrong.
Another time i think at El Mocambo Mick jokingly introduces the band and gets to Ron and says Ronnie Woods Gay , then gets to Keith and says Keith of course is completely straight, then i think Keith grabs the microphone and says and old bums rush Jagger here. Just the boys mucking around having a bit of fun but would be out of place these days with the political correct brigade being all snowflake and offended by it.
The "in Dark Fur" was actually "of Dartford."
These guys have done everything every possible way. They can joke about it and still sing "When the Whip Comes Down" in concert. They're not using the words as hateful slurs expressing contempt for a segment of society. It's more a form of male-bonding the same as Keith's comments about most of the Winos being black or Bo Diddley and Jerome trading insults on various sides for Checker. They're not meant to hurt. Quite the opposite actually. To your point, can some people view it as offensive? Sure. Look at Jesse Jackson's reaction to "Some Girls" and then contrast it with Garrett Morris' reaction. Both viewpoints are valid. Some are in on the joke and some aren't. That's nothing new for today's younger generation. That's just human nature.
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Like Keith, Andy knows his blues (and his playing is as eclectic as Ronnie's)
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Like Keith, Andy knows his blues (and his playing is as eclectic as Ronnie's)
[www.youtube.com]
Yep, eclectic he is, plays some damn nice flamenco guitar among other things. What goes for Keith Richards influence, I don't think he took from Keef much anything else than his image, life style and posing. There is nothing 'less is more' philosophy in his playing, but he belongs more to the corner of 'flashy guitarists'. He is a kid of the 70's, brought in the world of heavy lead guitarists, then transformed his playing to fit to the punk rock, releasing the first Finnish punk single ever "I Really Hate Ya" ) in 1977 with his band Briard while being just 15 years old... Before forming Hanoi Rocks he was a member of then most popular Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona Oy. In Hanoi Rocks one can here his older influences from glam rock and hard rock to punk rock, not so much of the blues or the Stones.
I don't consider Keith Richards much of a blues player, but his relation to that genre, as a source of true inspiration (as is with Ronnie), is something I can never think of Andy McCoy having, him belonging to the next generation of players, for whom blues is just the historical origin of rock music a competent guitarist should know. I've seen Andy playing blues stuff live many, many times, but to me it's always been like a rock musician showing he can do this stuff too... But he is quite a character.... a huge celebrity here...
Here's Andy playing acoustic some familiar stuff in 1996. For being a Finn he is not typically shy of sharing his accomplishments or what he is or who fancy people he knows, etc. - Typically here he is, while introducing the song, talking about having met Marianne Faithfull the day before, who was a good friend of his old (died) wife, etc.. A horrible version, anyway (at least, the singing part)...
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Okay, that's about Andy McCoy, let's go back to Jagger introductions...
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Like Keith, Andy knows his blues (and his playing is as eclectic as Ronnie's)
[www.youtube.com]
Yep, eclectic he is, plays some damn nice flamenco guitar among other things. What goes for Keith Richards influence, I don't think he took from Keef much anything else than his image, life style and posing. There is nothing 'less is more' philosophy in his playing, but he belongs more to the corner of 'flashy guitarists'. He is a kid of the 70's, brought in the world of heavy lead guitarists, then transformed his playing to fit to the punk rock, releasing the first Finnish punk single ever "I Really Hate Ya" ) in 1977 with his band Briard while being just 15 years old... Before forming Hanoi Rocks he was a member of then most popular Finnish punk band Pelle Miljoona Oy. In Hanoi Rocks one can here his older influences from glam rock and hard rock to punk rock, not so much of the blues or the Stones.
I don't consider Keith Richards much of a blues player, but his relation to that genre, as a source of true inspiration (as is with Ronnie), is something I can never think of Andy McCoy having, him belonging to the next generation of players, for whom blues is just the historical origin of rock music a competent guitarist should know. I've seen Andy playing blues stuff live many, many times, but to me it's always been like a rock musician showing he can do this stuff too... But he is quite a character.... a huge celebrity here...
Here's Andy playing acoustic some familiar stuff in 1996. For being a Finn he is not typically shy of sharing his accomplishments or what he is or who fancy people he knows, etc. - Typically here he is, while introducing the song, talking about having met Marianne Faithfull the day before, who was a good friend of his old (died) wife, etc.. A horrible version, anyway (at least, the singing part)...
[www.youtube.com]
Okay, that's about Andy McCoy, let's go back to Jagger introductions...
- Doxa
Oh, I've seen that WH-clip many times. Absolutely horrible - really sad..
Let's remember Andy for what he was: A great songwriter and guitar player (and yes, you'll find plenty of musical references to Keith on this track).
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Andy McCoy? Isn't it Antti Hulkko? There is something immensely silly about this. Like a charade. We have had the same phenomena in Sweden. Another glam rock band: Europe. Some of the members adopted English names. They had a super hit though that supported them for the rest of their lives: "The Final Countdown". I will support Jerry Williams though. Who sadly passed away this year, 75 years old. He did that in the fifties when America, or England was far, far away for most Swedes. Something very exotic, like a Hollywood picture.
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Andy McCoy? Isn't it Antti Hulkko? There is something immensely silly about this. Like a charade. We have had the same phenomena in Sweden. Another glam rock band: Europe. Some of the members adopted English names. They had a super hit though that supported them for the rest of their lives: "The Final Countdown". I will support Jerry Williams though. Who sadly passed away this year, 75 years old. He did that in the fifties when America, or England was far, far away for most Swedes. Something very exotic, like a Hollywood picture.
William Perks also changed his name. Stephen Victor Tallarico, too. Not really a big deal, is it?
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Love it when Mick introduces Charlie and says Charlie wants to say something, hands the Mic over to Charlie and he says "ello" haha gotta love him.
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Mick comes out with a lot of good ones in the Max 1991 video here's a couple missing 1 or 2 words I couldn't quite pick up
"Born in a pub in the _ Road" Mr Ronnie Wood
"The only guitar playing in a toilet _ _ _ and a long way from there" Keith Richards
"Born in a pub in the Old Kent Road" Mr Ronnie Wood..............if my memory's right
But, if Mick did say that he was wrong, according to wiki anyway..........apparently Ron was born in Hillingdon, west of London. The Old Kent road is East London..........[en.wikipedia.org]
Are you sure it wasn't 'Bill born in a pub', he was apparently born in Lewisham, the Old Kent road is just a mile or so North west of Lewisham.........
EddieByWord..It sounded like Elgin Road you have a listen to the Max 1991 video if only it had an subtitles option
It's the Old Kent Road but it's not to be taken literally. I'm sure he just means Ronnie is a London geezer and with Ronnie's drinking at the time it's even more apt.
That sounds about right.........
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Love it when Mick introduces Charlie and says Charlie wants to say something, hands the Mic over to Charlie and he says "ello" haha gotta love him.
Yep, that is funny Keithsman. But a little bit awkward also. I would love to see Charlie turn the situation. But that will never happen...
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didnt he call ronnie wood gay in love you live.
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Always have enjoyed the Ronnie intros.. but would vote for
Charlie "Boom Boom" Watts as my fave.. so good it really should be his official RS name.
Funniest "muffed" intro I witnessed was at the legendary, epic, fantastic Vegas '16 show, where when introducing Charlie, Mick started in with a story about how Charlie had been hanging with The Midnight Idol himself (Wayne Newton) while there, and before he could continue with the bit, Charlie scurried from behind the drums to run out to stop him, as Wayne was in the crowd apparently not wanting the attention..
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......and on the Saxophone and the Tequila, Bobby Keys ..............
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