Well, you know, even he said he still hasn't found what he's looking for...anyway, if politics makes strange bedfellows, how about politics and rock 'n' roll, with some religion tossed it.
Posted on 10/20/2004 10:32:32 AM PDT by Area Freeper
President Bush and Sen. John Kerry can be grateful that at least one British rock star is keeping his opinions to himself. Unlike Sting - who this week told a German newspaper that Kerry lacks humor but that he would "rather vote for a chimpanzee than Bush" - Mick Jagger believes in letting England's former colony sort out its own affairs.
On Monday, when we ran into Jagger at the premiere of "Alfie" (he and Dave Stewart did the soundtrack), we asked if he'd been following the presidential race.
"How can you avoid it?" laughed the Rolling Stone, who'd been watching the candidates' stump speeches earlier in the day.
Jagger, who lived on the upper West Side for many years, said: "I feel very much at home in America. I've spent half my adult life here. I have many personal feelings. But I'm from the school that considers it impolite to comment on other people's elections."
He went on: "Now if I had the vote - and I should have, as I pay so much in taxes - I would have a lot to say."
Jagger wasn't shy about rebutting a British report about some renovations he was said to be doing on his London flat. The Daily Mail reported last week that the 5-foot-8 singer had spent a fortune lowering the floor of his home so that his 6-foot-4 girlfriend, L'Wren Scott, would have plenty of headroom.
"Rubbish," Jagger, 61, said. "No one has been able to believe that paper since 1904."
Of course, that's hearsay since even the Wrinkly Rocker wasn't around then.
We will note, though, that on Monday night, Miss Scott was wearing flats.
True story:
I used to work with a British I-banker who was friends with Mick's older brother at the LSE. When Mick announced he was dropping out to join a band, my friend said to him "You're an IDIOT! The School of Economics is a free ticket to a great job, and nobody wants to listen to that n-gger music anyway."
Fast-forward thirty years and the same friend was talking a client to a Stones concert at the Hollywood Bowl. They had backstage passes. Jagger has not seen the guy since, but he notices him across the room and comes over to say: "Who's the idiot now bloke?"
Well, you know, even he said he still hasn't found what he's looking for...anyway, if politics makes strange bedfellows, how about politics and rock 'n' roll, with some religion tossed it.
Too bad his first wife doesn't have the same sense: "Bush re-election would threaten world peace, says Bianca Jagger"
Did ever see Mick doing his Keith Richards imitation on SNL? It was hillarious.
According to the Sunday Times, Roman Abramovich is the richest person in the UK at about $12 billion. McCartney is #40 at about $1billion. Nothing to sneeze at though.
Just what I was going to say, the place is an excellent school, but as left wing as it gets, or so I've heard. Met one of their students at Bob's Youth Hostel in Amsterdam back in '82 (?) at the height of the Falklands War.
Guy was terribly torn, hated Thatcher reflexively but admired her for her resolve in dealing with the Argies, supported Palestinian statehood, but was just returning from doing three months on a kibbutz. Go figure, guess it was indoctrination/ Left Chic at war with his patriotic common sense impulses.
A 6'4" girlfriend?
In the entertainers category, I beLIEve McCartney ranks tops in the UK. He owns the rights to so many different artists and music aside from his own. I recall his publication owns the rights to "On Wisconsin", "Grease", etc. Regardless, put me in your will Sir Paul, and go find a landmine...
Richest Brit in entertainment goes to Clive Calder who produced Britney Spears, 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys. It makes me sick to type this, but he's worth $2 billion after selling his Zorba lable to BMG. He's 23rd on th eoverall list. McCartney is next, followed by Andrew Lloyd Webber @ 101 on the list.
Yes, you are correct. I knew I should have said "musician", lol. Oh well. You never give me your money, you only send me your liberal b.s.
Now that was rude of him to say that! If he had meant to say Jagger was a "SHREWD" businessman, that would be fine. But there's no reason for him to make snide comments about Mick's love life.
He is a Tory. And in spite of what John Lennon said, he admitted that he voted Tory too.
Regards, Ivan
At least Bono has a little more sense than a lot of the other celebrity idiots. He knows that just going around insulting Republicans isn't helpful to his cause. He disagrees with them, but at least he doesn't go around like Gordon Sumner (I won't dignify him by using his stage name) and saying he would rather vote for a chimp than President Bush.
I still love U-2. I just ignore any political opinions.
Rock ping. :-)
When Keith Richards was on Rockline in October 1992 to promote his solo album, "Main Offender," a caller asked him about the presidential election and "the possibility of Tipper Gore sleeping with the vice president." Keith laughed and said that it's wrong for him to comment on US elections since he's not a citizen. Also, Bill Wyman wrote in his autobiography that he votes Conservative.
While I've known for years that Sting is a liberal, I heard recently on the radio that Sting refuses to get involved in the presidential election since he's just a guest in this country.
Is there really any doubt about Jagger's political leanings with lyrics like these:
Let's Work
No sitting down on your butt
The world don't owe you
No sitting down in a rut
I wanna show you
Don't waste your energy
On making enemies
Just take a deep breath
And work your way up
Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty
La, la, la
Work your way up
Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty
You're sitting down on your butt
And you get greedy
You start to lose your nuts
Don't you look seedy
Can generosity bring you humility
So take a deep breath
Ain't gonna sweat for you
Ain't gonna sigh for you
Ain't gonna cry for you
If you're lazy
Ain't gonna slave for you
Ain't gonna hurt for you
It just won't work for you
If you're lazy
Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Let's work, let's eat
Let's live in ecstasy
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, kill poverty
Let's work, be proud
Stand tall, touch the clouds
Man and woman, be free
Let's work, let's work
Get down in the dirt and let's work
Get down in the dirt and let's work
Get up, be free
Get down in the dirt, let's work
Get down in the dirt, let's work
Get down in the dirt
Take off your shirt
Get down in the dirt
Let's work.
And....
Hang Fire
In the sweet old country where I come from
Nobody ever works
Yeah nothing gets done
We hang fire, we hang fire
You know marrying money is a full time job
I don't need the aggravation
I'm a lazy slob
I hang fire, I hang fire
Hang fire, put it on the wire
We've got nothing to eat
We got nowhere to work
Nothing to drink
We just lost our shirts
I'm on the dole
We ain't for hire
Say what the hell
Say what the hell, hang fire
Hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire
Doo doo doo
Take a thousand dollars go have some fun
Put it all on at a hundred to one
Hang fire, hang fire, put it on the wire
Did John Lennon ever admit that he voted Tory? I've read many of his interviews and John boasted on more than one occasion that he never voted in his life. John's personal assistant, Fred Seaman, said that John supported Reagan in 1980 because John thought Carter made America look weak after the failed attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran. Also, Mike Tree, the gardener at John's apartment, said John backed Reagan over Carter because John heard that Reagan was into astrology.
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