Posted on 02/27/2008 6:25:01 PM PST by RDTF
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is a "power freak" who is also a "bit vain", bandmate Keith Richards said in an interview set to be published Thursday. Speaking to Uncut magazine in an interview to promote a Martin Scorsese documentary about the band, "Shine A Light", the guitarist also said he would have told his younger self to "lay off" drugs.
"Mick's a maniac. He can't get up in the morning without knowing immediately who he's going to call," the 64-year-old Richards said.
"Meanwhile, I just go 'Thank God I'm awake' and wait for three or four hours before I do anything. He is a power freak and there's nothing we can do about it. I don't want to do anything about it. Let him bugger about. It doesn't make any difference to what we do."
Addressing Jagger's on-stage presence, Richards told the magazine, "Excuse me while I laugh. He's a bit vain, let's put it like that," before adding: "We want a vain bloke up there, don't we? Meanwhile, the band can go to work. Vanity will not carry a band. But a band can carry vanity."
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In the interview, he also belittled Led Zeppelin's December one-off reunion gig, telling Uncut: "They had one? Well, well done Jimmy (Page) and Robert (Plant). F**k off. Stairway To Heaven don't make it for me, baby."
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Those crazy kids and their “rock and roll”. They will calm down when they grow up.
as opposed to just a freak, like Richards.
Mick is vain? Who knew?
The reason you can lay in bed for half a day is because Mick Jagger has hustle and keeps his head on straight. Lots of talented drug abusers die young, Mr. Richards. You ought to thank God for Mick Jagger.
Well, Keith does say drugs really aren’t worth it.
Richard’s brains have been fried for at least a decade.
I'd wager he wouldn't have lived long enough to say it had not Jagger kept him gainfully employed.
He probably thinks this thread is about him.
Or perhaps the Kidney Stones. :^)
lol!
That's because there aren't any "real drugs" left! Keef used em all up!
Mark
Amazing ehhhh? That ol' Keef is able to wake up every day and still play that Rock n Rool'ish giiitar, while roaches and rats are still sleeping ...... /chuckle
Seems like they got the interview with Keith AFTER the first morning batch of drugs....
Yeah after he’s snorted a pharmacy’s worth....
Kinda like if Ron Jeremy or John Holmes made a PSA telling kids not to have sex....
All kidding aside, I read an interview in RS a few years ago and they asked Keef, what would you have done if the Stones had not been successful? The gist of the reply was that the success in its self was only secondary. If the Stones had not been successfull, he still would have kept playing. Whether in the basement, the local club, or what ever, you play because it’s in your blood.
I never really regarded what Keith was doing as ‘playing the guitar’...
I never really regarded what Keith was doing as ‘playing the guitar’...thought it was more like ‘trying not to fall down’...
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