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“Some bigwig figure in the music business, invited by Mick, came to Montserrat to discuss some contract to do touring. He obviously fancied himself for his producing abilities, because we’re standing in the studio area, playing back “Mixed Emotions,” which was going to be the first single. And Keith is standing there with his guitar on and Mick’s there and we’re listening to it. The song finishes, and the guy says, ‘Keith, great song, man, but I tell you, I think if you arranged it a little bit different it would be so much better. So Keith went to his doctor’s bag and pulled out a knife and threw it, and it landed right between the bloke’s legs, boinggg. It was really like William Tell, it was great. Keith says, listen sonny, I was writing songs before you were a glint in your father’s dick. Don’t you tell me how to write songs. And he walked out. It was fantastic. I’ll never forget it.”
From [dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com]
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jbwelda
If he threw the knife between the guys legs, thats where he meant to throw it. People handy with a knife do not just throw it around without reason and purpose and when they do it pretty much lands where they aim it.
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gotdablouse
"an island that no longer exists", right...like Bill often said about Keith's stories : "never let the truth get in the way of a good story" ;-)
As for who gave more details on the "knife incident" and the name of that exec...I'm still racking my brain !
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Duked
By the way the guy could be easily right: I love Mixed Emotions but the Chris Kimsey 12" mix (back then and still now) is freshier, more energetic and simply better than the album cut.
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MisterO
I wonder if this happened around the same time Charlie punched a drunken Mick out the window into a canal in Amsterdam?
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MisterO
I wonder if this happened around the same time Charlie punched a drunken Mick out the window into a canal in Amsterdam?
That was in Paris during the Undercover sessions.
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Taylor1
Keith is a great artist but trying to make him a tough guy with a knife is laughable.When has he ever got into a fist fight with anyone? He’d probably have trouble with Elton John.When has anyone ever challenged him to a fight and Keith complied? This stuff about him pulling knives on people is ridiculous
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Taylor1
Keith is a great artist but trying to make him a tough guy with a knife is laughable.When has he ever got into a fist fight with anyone? He’d probably have trouble with Elton John.When has anyone ever challenged him to a fight and Keith complied? This stuff about him pulling knives on people is ridiculous
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jbwelda
>Personally, I don't think Keith can throw a knife. You need practice in order to do that.
he has had plenty of time to practice. Ten years of playing, forty years of waiting around. I would not put my bet on him missing what he aims for.
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MisterO
I wonder if this happened around the same time Charlie punched a drunken Mick out the window into a canal in Amsterdam?
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MisterO
I wonder if this happened around the same time Charlie punched a drunken Mick out the window into a canal in Amsterdam?
Something undoubtedly happened at the Amstel Hotel. However, Charlie never punched Mick "out the window into a canal". At that location, anything thrown out of a hotel room window would need to fly a rough 15 metres forward to reach the canal at all.
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MisterO
I wonder if this happened around the same time Charlie punched a drunken Mick out the window into a canal in Amsterdam?
Something undoubtedly happened at the Amstel Hotel. However, Charlie never punched Mick "out the window into a canal".
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Taylor1
Keith is a great artist but trying to make him a tough guy with a knife is laughable.When has he ever got into a fist fight with anyone? He’d probably have trouble with Elton John.When has anyone ever challenged him to a fight and Keith complied? This stuff about him pulling knives on people is ridiculous
Well Taylor1, you missed out on Keith' magnificant swing with his guitar when an overexited fan managed to get on stage to "go after Mick". Don't mess with Keith!
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Taylor1
Keith is a great artist but trying to make him a tough guy with a knife is laughable.When has he ever got into a fist fight with anyone? He’d probably have trouble with Elton John.When has anyone ever challenged him to a fight and Keith complied? This stuff about him pulling knives on people is ridiculous
In my neck of the woods, them are fighting words....