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Sir Mick is now used a lot...

Especially in more 'formal' news pieces, certainly.

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.... okay Man

Right back at ya Man

Let´s call him Phillip..or Phil...

Phil Jagger

» Sir Michael Philip «

ok how about michael or just mike?


the notorious mpj?

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ok how about michael or just mike?


the notorious mpj?

Ah, yes! ‘Mpj’ You know, before you’re time here, we’ve had both Pete Townshend and our beloved Ronnie posting over the years!

I introduced the more imposing Commander when he was dubbed a knight. Very few followed my intent though...

I always felt diehard fans rather identify with Keith than with Jagger while it's the other way found for casual fans. Hence they call Keith Keith and Jagger Jagger.

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

Well if you have read the comments here the last ten-fifteen years,its easy this is mostly a site for Keith Richards fans,maybee 10% like Mick Jagger.Every Keith fans here believe Every Word What he is saying and lying.

I would always say Mick.

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

This.

It's all down to how common someone's forename is. If your parents blessed you with a common forename - as did mine - then you spend a lot of time reminding people that your are not John X or John Y or John Z - but are actually John A.

It's a pain. My partner has a very unusual forename so immediately people who she greets know who she is.

We tried quite hard to give our kids slightly unusual fornames for this very reason.

So, back to the thread.... There are plenty of Micks and plenty of Davids around.

Captain Corella

For what it's worth, I've asked Mick and he said both versions are ok, but "just don't call me Al!".



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Well if you have read the comments here the last ten-fifteen years,its easy this is mostly a site for Keith Richards fans,maybee 10% like Mick Jagger.Every Keith fans here believe Every Word What he is saying and lying.

You're projecting. It's not a good look.

And you're wrong.

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

"When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scores"
Bowie sings it in Drive in Saturday

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

This.

It's all down to how common someone's forename is. If your parents blessed you with a common forename - as did mine - then you spend a lot of time reminding people that your are not John X or John Y or John Z - but are actually John A.

It's a pain. My partner has a very unusual forename so immediately people who she greets know who she is.

We tried quite hard to give our kids slightly unusual fornames for this very reason.

So, back to the thread.... There are plenty of Micks and plenty of Davids around.

There are, yes. However, through work, I see children’s birth certificates on a daily basis; and let me tell you: there aren’t too many ‘Michael’s’ or ‘David’s’ amongst them. The sad truth is that many of our ‘traditional’ forenames are dying. I think ‘Keith’ is practically extinct!

It's because ya don't wanna end up beating the bush like Ronnie did when he describes how Taylor handed his resignation to Jagger in the 25 X 5 movie...

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

This.

It's all down to how common someone's forename is. If your parents blessed you with a common forename - as did mine - then you spend a lot of time reminding people that your are not John X or John Y or John Z - but are actually John A.

It's a pain. My partner has a very unusual forename so immediately people who she greets know who she is.

We tried quite hard to give our kids slightly unusual fornames for this very reason.

So, back to the thread.... There are plenty of Micks and plenty of Davids around.

There are, yes. However, through work, I see children’s birth certificates on a daily basis; and let me tell you: there aren’t too many ‘Michael’s’ or ‘David’s’ amongst them. The sad truth is that many of our ‘traditional’ forenames are dying. I think ‘Keith’ is practically extinct!

Right. Like the names in my parents generation died with my generation. And long before the names of my Grandfather and -mother died. If you walk through a cementary you see surnames you only know from old novels.



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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

This.

It's all down to how common someone's forename is. If your parents blessed you with a common forename - as did mine - then you spend a lot of time reminding people that your are not John X or John Y or John Z - but are actually John A.

It's a pain. My partner has a very unusual forename so immediately people who she greets know who she is.

We tried quite hard to give our kids slightly unusual fornames for this very reason.

So, back to the thread.... There are plenty of Micks and plenty of Davids around.

There are, yes. However, through work, I see children’s birth certificates on a daily basis; and let me tell you: there aren’t too many ‘Michael’s’ or ‘David’s’ amongst them. The sad truth is that many of our ‘traditional’ forenames are dying. I think ‘Keith’ is practically extinct!

Right. Like the names in my parents generation died with my generation. And long before the names of my Grandfather and -mother died. If you walk through a cementary you see surnames you only know from old novels.

Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: Brenda; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel. There aren't many 'Mr. Chips' about today; nor many 'Higginbottom's' or 'Ashworth's' Actually, a quick search reveals that 'Chips' is now indeed extinct.

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

This.

It's all down to how common someone's forename is. If your parents blessed you with a common forename - as did mine - then you spend a lot of time reminding people that your are not John X or John Y or John Z - but are actually John A.

It's a pain. My partner has a very unusual forename so immediately people who she greets know who she is.

We tried quite hard to give our kids slightly unusual fornames for this very reason.

So, back to the thread.... There are plenty of Micks and plenty of Davids around.

There are, yes. However, through work, I see children’s birth certificates on a daily basis; and let me tell you: there aren’t too many ‘Michael’s’ or ‘David’s’ amongst them. The sad truth is that many of our ‘traditional’ forenames are dying. I think ‘Keith’ is practically extinct!

Right. Like the names in my parents generation died with my generation. And long before the names of my Grandfather and -mother died. If you walk through a cementary you see surnames you only know from old novels.

Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: Brenda; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel. There aren't many 'Mr. Chips' about today; nor many 'Higginbottom's' or 'Ashworth's' Actually, a quick search reveals that 'Chips' is now indeed extinct.

That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

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David Bowie is another, I seen many promo posters with BOWIE

Bowie and Jagger are instantly recognizable, while David and Mick are not always.

I just had a look at my official Reality Tour DVD. It just says "BOWIE" on the front cover

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That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

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That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

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"Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: BRENDA; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel."

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That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

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"Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: BRENDA; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel."

Oh, doesn't someone refer to 'Mick' as 'Brenda'? Well, it was a popular girls' name way back when.

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That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

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"Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: BRENDA; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel."

Oh, doesn't someone refer to 'Mick' as 'Brenda'? Well, it was a popular girls' name way back when.

"It was the beginning of the ’80s when Mick started to become unbearable. That’s when he became Brenda, or Her Majesty, or just Madam. We were in Paris, back at Pathé Marconi, in November and December of 1982, working on songs for Undercover. I went to WHSmith, the English bookshop on the Rue de Rivoli. I forget the title of the book, but there it was, some lurid novel by Brenda Jagger. Gotcha, mate! Now you’re Brenda whether you know it or like it or not. He certainly didn’t like it. It took him ages to find out. We’d be talking about “that bitch Brenda” with him in the room, and he wouldn’t know."

keith richards - life

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That first example Al, was that a subconcious thing considering the thread?

???

"Yep! Many names from yesteryear - forenames and surnames, too - are vanishing: BRENDA; Kathleen; Susan, Barry; Gary, and Nigel."

Oh, doesn't someone refer to 'Mick' as 'Brenda'? Well, it was a popular girls' name way back when.

"It was the beginning of the ’80s when Mick started to become unbearable. That’s when he became Brenda, or Her Majesty, or just Madam. We were in Paris, back at Pathé Marconi, in November and December of 1982, working on songs for Undercover. I went to WHSmith, the English bookshop on the Rue de Rivoli. I forget the title of the book, but there it was, some lurid novel by Brenda Jagger. Gotcha, mate! Now you’re Brenda whether you know it or like it or not. He certainly didn’t like it. It took him ages to find out. We’d be talking about “that bitch Brenda” with him in the room, and he wouldn’t know."

keith richards - life

Ha! Thank you for the quote, ProfessorWolf. I was sure it was a Keith jibe at Mick, but wanted to be certain. Keith in a ‘WHSmith’s’? They were an important store in his day, but, today, are more known for their exorbitant prices of chocolate bars and bottled mineral water.

your welcome

and i've been in "bookstores" like that before

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I always felt diehard fans rather identify with Keith than with Jagger while it's the other way found for casual fans. Hence they call Keith Keith and Jagger Jagger.

Be they diehard or not quite so diehard fans, but really not casual fans, I guess many fans relate rather to the band as a whole or at least to more persons than one band member exclusively. Obviously there may be a certain element of "hero worshipping" by a few more decidedly Keith-oriented fans, without me now wanting to say so much about such. - So I don't think the explanation in the quote holds true.

As others may have touched, I don't remember who, one part of the explanation might be that Richards is a more anonymous name than Jagger.



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Is this actually a topic.... Jagger simply rolls off the tounge easier and sounds way cooler & tougher than Mick

Keef or Keith or yes even Richards

Look and the song writing credits on every song...

Hopefully this album comes out soon

Thanks for the many posts. It changed my opinion or at least is questioning my opinion I had so far massive.
My opinion was that my fan colleagues feel more connected to Keith, Ronnie, and before Charlie because they can reflect on them like pals, mates, buddys. Street credibility is the word. But Mick with his extravagance through all the years, his jet set, attitude, cricket club fan- and member-ship, knighthood may sometimes not occur reachable. Somewhere on a Superstar-Cloud. So I assumed that many people here on IORR felt Mick is keeping some distance to the fan base so in return of this they kept some distance themselves which they expressed in choosing the item "Jagger" instead of the more personal Mick.
BUT I WAS WRONG, as i learned here through all your posts.
You even turned my my assumption upside down, by making clear that "Jagger" is meant to express that he is a big personality. Plus he Bowie example cleared my mind too.
Thanks for that!



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