Mick Jagger and ‘Moonlight Mile’: Anatomy of a Song

WSJ ^ | 5/28/2015 | Marc Myers

[notdownwidems]

Sorry, but I can't think of anything I'd less rather watch than a 71 year old man shaking his ass on stage and making kissy lips to the girls in the front row. I watched some video of their last tour and that's what he was doing and it was pretty repulsive. But, if people will still pay you big bucks to do it then I can certainly understand why they do. I just won't be watching it.

I have to agree! And that's coming from someone who thinks the Rolling Stones really WERE the 'greatest rock n roll band in the world'...AND who thinks 'Moonlight Mile' is one of their best songs. But enough's enough already! Several years ago I was working security at the Pepsi Center in Denver and the Stones came there for a Thanksgiving concert...they acted like such stuck-up pricks with their huge 'entourage', and their sell-out partnering with Harley-Davidson catalogue of every kind of chintzy merchandise, I knew then, if I hadn't realized before, they were sell-outs of the first order. To think, all the railing they did against 'the man' back in the day, only to become 'the man' themselves! Enough to make you sick.

[Beowulf9]

“I have, however, always assumed that “head full of snow” was a drug reference, since the rest of the album is saturated with them.”

I was always a Beatles fan, Stones were not my thing but I did love the album Flowers.

Mick might be telling the truth about it not being about drugs, but it made me remember John Lennon saying Lucy in the Sky was not about LSD, but was a picture his son drew and told him it was Lucy in the sky, with diamonds.

Didn’t really believe it, although I’m always tempted to try to but it’s pretty hard to.

[truth_seeker]

“This is what Murdoch’s WSJ wastes space and money on?

Pathetic.”

Why not? In another issue, they might cover musicians over 70 yrs. of age with platinum albums, and over 25 years sober, like Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Elton John, and others.

I would much rather follow the lives and music of people who have withstood the rigors of time, culture etc. than substandard music of later years.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“This is what Murdoch’s WSJ wastes space and money on?”

The Rolling Stones are worth more than a half a billion dollars. For a financial paper, I don’t think it is a waste.

[ifinnegan]

It was about a lousy song, not their finances.

[dainbramaged]

They are responsible for some great music over the years, I can still remember my Dad when he saw Mick Jagger singing Heart of Stone on Ed Sullivan. He said, “Who’s that girl?”

[To Hell With Poverty]

[SamAdams76]

What's funny is that I last saw them during the 1981 "Tattoo You" tour and at the time, they were considered rock dinosaurs. We commented back then on how ridiculous the then nearly 40-year-old Jagger looked trying to pull off his preening and strutting moves on stage.

Over 30 years later and he's still doing it. Well he has my respect and admiration. But I"m not paying to see it anymore!

[God luvs America]

not just them but a bunch of hypocritical bands....i believe U2 moved their offices from Ireland to Norway to avoid taxation- meanwhile they want to spend our (American taxpayer) money for every left wing cause...

[tumblindice]

I remember seeing that album with a pair of blue jeans on the cover and a real zipper.

[Tainan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF0nUnF4w0Q