"This is one of Keith's most quotable and infamous lines ever. This one will outlive him, despite the denials and even if its totally untrue. The public love urban myths - this one is even better than the blood change story and up there with the Mars Bar one." (Gazza)

Yeah, this is also up there with Lennon's "Now we're bigger than Jesus"
(or however his word fell)... Just hopin' this will be if but slightly
easier to adjust...

Exactly Gazza. He has become little more than a walking punchline. I have a feeling we're in for some more Unintentional Comdey from Mr. Richards this summer!

Then Mick will make all forgotten with a stellar album this fall.

donnywas Wrote:
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> This is it: (source:rs.com)
>
>
> 04.04.07 From Keith Richards
> The story currently circulating around the net
> that Keith snorted his Dad's ashes with some
> cocaine is totally untrue. To set the record
> straight, Keith has sent us the following
> statement:
>
> "The complete story is lost in the usual slanting!
> The truth of the matter is that I planted a sturdy
> English Oak . I took the lid off the box of ashes
> and he is now growing oak trees and would love me
> for it!!! I was trying to say how tight Bert and I
> were. That tight!!! I wouldn't take cocaine at
> this point in my life unless I wished to commit
> suicide."


This is pretty lame as far as damage control, imo.

Jagger, a stellar album?.....I don't think so.

You know they think they've found the tomb of Jesus now .....

Maybe Keef could snort him?

Be the best of John and Keef ....

Marv Peck

Y'all remember that rubber legged boy

the Radio said thta his manager said he was just joking
and it was an april fools joke

[[FEAR; BUILDS WALLS.]]

Which radio? BBC?

Keith made a joke ...
but I think the magazine editors turned his joke into a joke on him

I don't think Keith realized that in this day of instant information and if it bleeds it leads type of journalism this would be a big deal. God forbid anybody talk about the British hostages being released or the war in Iraq or a million other semi-important stories. I heard Don Imus this morning say Keith Richards ought to be put to sleep. This from a guy who already looks like a walking corpse himself. By the end of the week,the media will find a story about a dog with 2 heads or Rosie O'Donnell will say something else stupid and they will forget about Keith.

MsTuesday Wrote:
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> the Radio said thta his manager said he was just
> joking
> and it was an april fools joke


well...she WOULD say that, wouldnt she?

The interview was leaked on the 3rd April and published on the 4th. I doubt it was conducted as recently as two days earlier.

Keith may have said it in jest, but the 'April fool' angle (if thats what she said, I havent seen a quote saying exactly that) doesnt hold up.

what comments has mick made on this issue if any?

melillo Wrote:
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> what comments has mick made on this issue if any?


"how are ticket sales doing?"

very good

JaggerFan Wrote:
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> The whole thing reeks of cheap publicity sham,
> imo.

What are they Cheap Trick? They already set a new record and grossed over 400 million bucks. They need publicity for the upcoming leg of the tour?

Not a publicity stunt- just Keith trying to say something outrageous.

I'd really be surprised if Keith gives the coming tour many thoughts. Let alone try to draw publicity through a magazine that nobody, who is a potential ticket buyer after the first week of sales, reads. That's a stretch too far.

If he knew this would have happened, media-wise, he did it just to stir the pot, not with publicity for the tour in his mind. (But I doubt he knew or gave it a thought.)

Anyway, aside from the fear I have that people who have never seen him play find him a ridiculous clown, AND the hypocrisy in the reactions, I really don't care.

Jelle

Edit: And somewhere, I have to admit that I think it is touching that someone cares so little about what anyone thinks, says or does. Even to the extend that it drives Mick, and many fans crazy with a mixture of shame and irritation. It is who have to learn to live with him. Sometimes he makes it clear that he will never dance to our tune. (If you allow me to invent a metaphore). Even if it harms his own band, which he, in the end, will probably regret, facing Mick and Charlie.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2007-04-05 09:45 by sluissie.

melillo Wrote:
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> what comments has mick made on this issue if any?

No reason for Mick to comment publicly. Like most celebrities, he only does interviews when he has something to promote.

the unprecented haste of the rs.com statement is proof enough that the Stones organisation see this as something of a faux pas

Folks in the UK should have a look in the Daily Mail.
There's a whole page article about Keith from Ray Connolly, which draws on a few well known "stories", but paints an affectionate picture of keith as "wily" and "truly odd english eccentic".

Alongside the article is a Mac cartoon with an old man in a hospital bed saying to his Stones T shirt wearing son "I've got some bad news son...I've asked to be buried"

ny post

Looks like full blown damage control.......

"Let's make sure we don't damage the money machine"

Spud Wrote:
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> There's a whole page article about Keith from
> Ray Connolly, which draws on a few well known
> "stories", but paints an affectionate picture of
> keith as "wily" and "truly odd english eccentic".

This one?
[www.dailymail.co.uk]

A year ago the crowd waved blow-up coconut trees around -- I wonder what they'll inflate this time...

BTW: Thanks Keith for sticking your neck (& nose) out. We all needed a good laugh and I'm sure the gullible reporter will be constantly reminded about this for a long time to come. See you all on the tour!

Rune

i predict this season, we'll mainly be
carrying inflatable urn's.

Adrian - That's the funniest damn cartoon I've ever seen!!!!!!!

MLC

When I heard this story, It only made me even "more proud" that I saw him at a concert !