Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood from The Rolling Stones join Vernon for a special edition of Tracks Of My Years, taking us through their lives and careers in ten songs.

Available Sunday 31st May on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.
















Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026-05-31 19:35 by Lien.

cool

thanks

If people don't want to wait, it will be run in slots every day the preceding week (Monday to Friday) between 11:30AM and 12PM UK time on BBC Radio 2.

Thanks will tune in for that Cheers IORR

Thanks for the info, Lien

keith continue to be absent from events.... after not be anymore on jimmy fallon show..

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Mick & Ronnie, The Rolling Stones: Tracks Of My Years - 10 songs that tell their life & career

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Mick 'I'd love to go on tour, can't wait - don't think it'll be this year but hopefully it'll be possible'

Mick 'I'd love to go on tour, can't wait - don't think it'll be this year but hopefully it'll be possible'

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A few things come to light, one that Mick possibly intentified himself as Kali ( in relation to the tongue logo ) in his 70's performances, an auto ego state persona he takes to the stage. It goes beyond the stage in relation to Keith's nickname for Mick, "Brenda", he certainly appeared to evoke feminine.


Secondly that Keith not committing this year could be tit for tat reaction to Mick deciding not to tour in 2025. Yes i think Keith can be that stubborn.
I actually think Keith has no interest in playing next year with the Stones, it's too long a lay off to get his chops back next year after what will be a 3 year pause.

Thirdly Ronnie seems to have replaced Keith in promotion activity.
My gut feeling is Keith wants out of the Stones now, could he be sick of Micks obsession with youth if you follow. I remember Keith as far back as the late 80's saying he wants to see this thing grow up, referring to being middle age men writing and performing rock music. I guess Keith didn't get his wish.

keithriffhards, I think it’s a combination of Ronnie happening to be based in London and he generally being more of approachable and media-friendly person, generally. If this had been a radio interview in New York, perhaps Keith may have participated.

some things never change I guess....Keefriffhards trying to create or reignite the Mick vs Keith wars....you must be a lot of fun at home.

Keith may not have got his wish but he seemed happy enough with the money.

I'm a lot of fun at home, I'm a lot of fun everywhere.

I don't think pointing out that Ronnie replaced Keith on Fallon and Keith possibly declined an interview with the BBC is causing a Mick vs Keith War, the War was won by Mick a long time ago.
With today's technology you telling me Keith couldn't have linked up for an interview on air. He clearly doesn't want to do it.

This is indeed the best Stones interview I have seen in quite a while.

That was great! A lovely present on Ronnie's birthday too, so happy birthday Ronnie and the same to my mate Charlie, for tomorrow.

Great stuff ! I was struck by the "selling song" comments, both by Mick about how the Beatles were trying to sell songs to everyone (hence the "I wanna by your Man" single"...exactly like he did in the Rutles ! At the time I thought it was a joke, but possibly a wry comment too ;-)

Ronnie said the same about "selling" songs to the Stones, like "Hey Negrita" and then "Dance". Now he could have meant that as "trying to get them interested in his stuff of course, but with Mick's comment it put it in a different light. Also interesting to hear Ronnie saying he had a small tape recorder to record all the ideas for songs he keeps having...when he hasn't released any new material in 15+ years and very little over the past 40 years.

Mick is usually quite graceful but it was disappointing to not to hear him mention Andrew Oldham as the one who "locked them up" to force them to write their own songs when he answered in a detail to how they came about to writing songs with Keith...or maybe that old story is a fabrication ?

Ah and "Mr. Charm" seems to be a song to look forward to !

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A few things come to light, one that Mick possibly intentified himself as Kali ( in relation to the tongue logo ) in his 70's performances, an auto ego state persona he takes to the stage. It goes beyond the stage in relation to Keith's nickname for Mick, "Brenda", he certainly appeared to evoke feminine.


Secondly that Keith not committing this year could be tit for tat reaction to Mick deciding not to tour in 2025. Yes i think Keith can be that stubborn.
I actually think Keith has no interest in playing next year with the Stones, it's too long a lay off to get his chops back next year after what will be a 3 year pause.

Thirdly Ronnie seems to have replaced Keith in promotion activity.
My gut feeling is Keith wants out of the Stones now, could he be sick of Micks obsession with youth if you follow. I remember Keith as far back as the late 80's saying he wants to see this thing grow up, referring to being middle age men writing and performing rock music. I guess Keith didn't get his wish.

Mick's femminine side is indeed very interesting. I wonder what Mick makes of gender constructivist ideas and the modern trans movement. I don't recal him ever talking about these topics. Maybe too political for his taste.

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A few things come to light, one that Mick possibly intentified himself as Kali ( in relation to the tongue logo ) in his 70's performances, an auto ego state persona he takes to the stage. It goes beyond the stage in relation to Keith's nickname for Mick, "Brenda", he certainly appeared to evoke feminine.


Secondly that Keith not committing this year could be tit for tat reaction to Mick deciding not to tour in 2025. Yes i think Keith can be that stubborn.
I actually think Keith has no interest in playing next year with the Stones, it's too long a lay off to get his chops back next year after what will be a 3 year pause.

Thirdly Ronnie seems to have replaced Keith in promotion activity.
My gut feeling is Keith wants out of the Stones now, could he be sick of Micks obsession with youth if you follow. I remember Keith as far back as the late 80's saying he wants to see this thing grow up, referring to being middle age men writing and performing rock music. I guess Keith didn't get his wish.

Mick's femminine side is indeed very interesting. I wonder what Mick makes of gender constructivist ideas and the modern trans movement. I don't recal him ever talking about these topics. Maybe too political for his taste.

And most definitely too political for IORR!

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A few things come to light, one that Mick possibly intentified himself as Kali ( in relation to the tongue logo ) in his 70's performances, an auto ego state persona he takes to the stage. It goes beyond the stage in relation to Keith's nickname for Mick, "Brenda", he certainly appeared to evoke feminine.


Secondly that Keith not committing this year could be tit for tat reaction to Mick deciding not to tour in 2025. Yes i think Keith can be that stubborn.
I actually think Keith has no interest in playing next year with the Stones, it's too long a lay off to get his chops back next year after what will be a 3 year pause.

Thirdly Ronnie seems to have replaced Keith in promotion activity.
My gut feeling is Keith wants out of the Stones now, could he be sick of Micks obsession with youth if you follow. I remember Keith as far back as the late 80's saying he wants to see this thing grow up, referring to being middle age men writing and performing rock music. I guess Keith didn't get his wish.

Mick's femminine side is indeed very interesting. I wonder what Mick makes of gender constructivist ideas and the modern trans movement. I don't recal him ever talking about these topics. Maybe too political for his taste.

And most definitely too political for IORR!

Very possible haha

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some things never change I guess....Keefriffhards trying to create or reignite the Mick vs Keith wars....you must be a lot of fun at home.

I don't see this as a Mick v Keith thing at all.
To me, it's a very clear indication that Keith is perhaps 'winding down' a bit recently. But then I guess we all knew that anyway really.

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Great stuff ! I was struck by the "selling song" comments, both by Mick about how the Beatles were trying to sell songs to everyone (hence the "I wanna by your Man" single"...exactly like he did in the Rutles ! At the time I thought it was a joke, but possibly a wry comment too ;-)

I was struck by it, too.

Mick is useful for "de-mythology." The legend has always had it that John and Paul made up the song on the spot and gave it to the Stones as an act of charity or solidarity (however you want to look at it).

Even the details man Bill Wyman saw it that way — "they could do things like that; we couldn't."

And the truth of course is more complicated.

Just like Mick and Keith writing their first song while locked in a kitchen — not completely true, either. They had been writing and trying to sell songs before that. They just didn't consider them very worthy.

Great interviews!
The interviewer is very intuitive and you can tell both Mick and especially
Ronnie appreciate it.