Re: When did Mick lose his virginity?
Date: July 22, 2007 20:02
with sssoul Wrote:
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> Q: Have you ever used a song as a form of
> emotional revenge?
>
> K: Oh yeah! There's a song on the Emotional Rescue
> album called All About You. That's a particularly
> nasty song. It's like a litany of insults. And it
> was written so I could get a few things off my
> chest. The funny thing is that everyone assumes
> that it was written about Anita (Pallenberg). In
> fact, it's about Mick. I'd just come off junk and
> went back to work with the Stones. In my absence
> Mick had been running the show. I was ready to
> pick up where we left off. But in the meantime,
> Mick had got used to being in charge ... so, when
> I returned to the fold, I was made to feel like an
> intruder. I got the impression that certain people
> wished I was back on junk. Well, thank you very
> much , and @#$%& you Jack! So, you see, I had a
> lot of poison in my system and I had to get it all
> out. But it's not all about Mick. That song is
> about a few other things as well. And Anita is one
> of them. I was breaking up with her around that
> time. I'd said, 'Look, if we clean up together,
> we'll stay together'. Well, I cleaned myself up.
> But she didn't. And I realized that I couldn't
> sleep with someone who had a needle beside the
> bed. I was too fragile at that point. I loved her,
> but I had to leave.
>
That's the first time I've ever seen Keith admit that "All About You" was written about Mick. There's always been speculation but it's kind of rare for Keith or Mick either one to flat out admit who a song is really about.
Fantastic interview with sssoul....I've never seen that one before. That was great.