Photo of the Day: Mick and Marianne (Happier Days)

Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull on the set of Rock & Roll Circus shortly before her solo performance, “Something Better ” 1968.

Aaaah the Beautiful People!

 

Picture of the Week! Mick and friends . . . . .at The Playboy Mansion 1972

 Why whatever could have been on his mind . . . . . . smile for the camera!

Mick Jagger, Playmate Mercy Rooney, and unidentified Playboy bunny at the original Playboy Mansion in Chicago, 1972. 

I imagine they all stayed firm friends after discussing the latest books and a round of backgammon?! No?

Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - Walk & Don't Look Back

 Again someone posted a clip of this!! Why would you do THAT! cut off before the sax break!? Good Grief . . . . . here’s the whole thing upgraded and remastered!

Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - Walk & Don't Look Back (Official Video), Digitally Remastered & Upscaled

Mr Michael Phillip . . . . from Voodoo Wagon

 

Mick Jagger – State Of Shock - His First Solo Tour 1988

 An XRay Special

Mick Jagger – State Of Shock

His First Solo Tour

Liberated Bootleg

Melbourne, National Tennis Centre At Flinders Park, 

October 15, 1988.

1. Gimme Shelter 5:47  

2. Start Me Up 3:40  

3. Brown Sugar 3:32  

4. Jumpin' Jack Flash 4:18

5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 5:17

      San Francisco, California, Skywalker Ranch, August 24, 1988 (Tour Rehearsals).

6. Stomp 2:56 Sydney, Australia, Hordern Pavillion, September 17, 1988

    (Tour Rehearsals).

7. I'm A King Bee Jam  0:44 Live Aid Concert, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia (PA), July 13

   1985.

8. Lonely At The Top 3:14  

9. Miss You 5:40 

10. State Of Shock 2:34  

11. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 2:59 Melbourne, National Tennis Centre At Flinders Park, 

     October 15, 1988.

12. Just Another Night 4:26  

13. Honky Tonk Women 3:36  

14. You Can't Always Get What You Want 7:08  

15. Foxy Lady 3:34

Jimmy Ripp - Guitar

Joe Satriani - Guitar

Doug Wimbish - Bass

Simon Phillips - Drums

Bernard Fowler and Carol Kenyon - Background Vocals

Mick Jagger - Vocals

The Rolling Stones and Steve Riley - Zydeco Sont Pas Salés (tribute to 100 years of Clifton Chenier)

 Eh Toi! My ole pal popped over for a curry last night and we stayed up talking BS til late so scant posting yesterday but he mentioned having heard this in tribute to Clifton Chenier and it called to mind that Mick has always had a penchant for Zydeco / Cajun music as for his wedding to Jerry he booked The Companions of The Rosy Hours (one of the finest live British bands I saw at the Broadstairs Folk Festival way back - think I mentioned them before and was going to post their album from me for the 2 millionth hit here but y’all caught me off guard and am still working on it . . .so let’s start the week with some Fais Do Do!

The Rolling Stones and Steve Riley 

- Zydeco Sont Pas Salés

Don's Tunes The Rolling Stones . . . . . Charlies sums up the start

 

1965 - Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman looking sharp at a BBC radio recording session in London  

Charlie Watts: Brian initially was the one who everybody spoke to, ‘cos none of us wanted to talk to anyone. Mick was very much in the background at that early time. Brian very much pushed this band to be a band. He pushed us to get work. All the clubs we used to play in London were because Brian was on the phone annoying owners, asking ‘can you squeeze us in?’

“We usually played in between jazz bands because most of the clubs in London were run by jazz musicians or their managers. Alexis Korner conned Bill Pemberton into having the worst night for Jazz – which was Thursday night – as a tryout for his R&B band, which I was in. Then it became the biggest night of the week. Before that it was Sundays at the Marquee Club with Johnny Dankworth’s Orchestra – a bloody marvellous band. Dudley Moore was the piano player. it was a fantastic band. Great bloke, Johnny Dankworth.”

By Alex Flood / NME

(Photo: Stanley Bielecki/ASP/Getty Images)

Don's Tunes

Tina on Jagger!

 

Jagger may have said his mother taught him how to dance but lord I think I knew what he meant!

Tina Turner:   

“Mick Jagger showed up at the dressing room I shared with our dancers and said in his unmistakable voice: ‘I like how you girls dance.’

“Well, we had seen him strutting on stage with his tambourine and thought he looked a little awkward.

“So we pulled him in and taught him how to do the Pony, our signature prancing footwork.

“Mick caught on fast but found it difficult to do certain steps. He obviously kept practising as when we watched him doing a little bit of the Pony during his next show, we thought: ‘Well, that’s good.’

“Not that he ever gave us credit for his new fancy footwork. To this day, Mick likes to say: ‘My mother taught me how to dance.’

“OK fine – but I know better.”

Toronto Sun

Photo: Everett Collection

Mick (Jagger) on his musical roots | Don’s Tunes

Mick Jagger:  

I first wrote songs in the blues idiom. And most of the writers that I learned form were blues writers – John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon – they were all in their forties when those songs were written. Those guys were not particularly young or particularly old . . . they just wrote as they felt it.

James Brown was a big favorite, and a different kind of music than I played at that time, which was mostly Chicago-style blues and rock. In those days, he did a lot of ballads, and also did super-fast stuff like “Night Train.” All these songs were on this huge-selling album, where you kind of lived the James Brown show without actually seeing it, so I was very familiar with it. When I first went to America, I met James at the Apollo, and he let me hang out with him. I was just a kid, really. He was, like, ten years older than me or something, but he’d been doing it for so long, and he had it down so much. He was kind to let me hang out, and I watched the shows. They did, like, four or five shows a day. Not all with the same intensity, obviously. It’s not possible. So I watched him there at the Apollo, we hung out some, and then I met him various times, we crossed paths on tours and so forth. I went on stage with him at the Apollo in the seventies. He called me up on stage with him. It was kind of a cringy moment for me, because English people don’t really…(laughs)…I just wanted to watch the show. I wasn’t there to be called up to dance with James Brown. But of course, you had to. That was the first time I was on stage at the Apollo, funny enough. James was always very nice to me, always giving me advice.

Photo: Peter Webb

Don's Tunes

Too Many Cooks (spoil the soup) Mick Jagger (produced by John Lennon!)

In either March 1974 (around the time of the Nilsson Pussy Cats sessions) or late 1973 (around the time Phil Spector ended the Rock ‘n’ Roll sessions - no one seems to have it documented), John produced a solo Mick Jagger track: a cover of the 1969 single by 100 Proof (Aged in Soul), "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)." (Many sources refer to it as being a “Willie Dixon song,” but in fact this was actually penned by Dunbar-Wayne-Bond, who had also wrote 100 Proof’s more successful follow-up single, “Somebody’s Been Sleeping In My Bed.”) 

Jagger was backed by the "Jim Keltner Orchestra," which on this occasion included Keltner, Jack Bruce, Jesse Ed Davis, and Bobby Keys, among others. The track went unreleased for decades, though it was rumored to have been planned as a one-off Apple single for a time (until record company realities asserted themselves).

It finally saw release in 2007 on the Mick Jagger 'Best of' compilation. A source tape proved difficult to locate, until May Pang produced one stored beneath her bed.!!!

THE FILM QUENTIN TARANTINO CALLED: “One of the greatest rock movies of all time” | PERFORMANCE

 

THE FILM QUENTIN TARANTINO CALLED:
 "one of the greatest rock movies of all time"

No stranger to scenes of graphic violence in his own movies, it makes complete sense that Quentin Tarantino would be enamoured with a film that proved to be so contentious that the studio which backed the production initially refused to release it.

Written by Donald Cammell – who co-directed alongside Nicolas Roeg – Performance was initially envisioned as a much more light-hearted and comedically-tinged affair, which Cammell proposed as a starring vehicle for his friend Marlon Brando during the earliest stages of development.

The longer it was worked on, though, the darker it became. With the film featuring one of Mick Jagger’s first major acting performances in a role where he played a reclusive rock star, Warner Bros largely stayed away from Performance under the assumption it would be to the Rolling Stones what A Hard Day’s Night was to The Beatles.

Instead, Cammell and Rogue delved deep into sex, psychology, psychedelia, and drug addiction, which took the studio by shock. Legend claims that during a test screening, the wife of an executive threw up after being completely unprepared for what was about to unfold, causing then-boss Ken Hyman to indefinitely shelve the film and deny it a theatrical release.

That stance ultimately softened, albeit after significant re-editing, with Performance released in the United States in the summer of 1970. Among those instantly won over by its unique charms was a young Tarantino, who called it “one of the best movies that has a two-director team”.

The story follows James Fox’s unruly Chas, who ends up on the run from both his criminal boss and the authorities, which leads him directly into the path of Jagger’s hedonistic musician. Gradually putting their mutual distrust to one side, they each become increasingly fascinated with each other’s lifestyle, altering them on a foundational level forever.

“This film is one of the greatest rock movies of all time, and one of the best films that deals with this period,” Tarantino outlined to Sky Cinema when promoting Performance‘s addition to its line-up of classics. “This is the bad side of the psychedelic 1960s dream.”

Never mind Jagger, Tarantino was completely blown away by Fox, who he describes as giving “my favourite British gangster performance of that type.” It was hugely controversial at the time, to such an extent that the studio flat-out refused to make it available to the general public, but Performance has gone on to become an enduring and influential classic that’s inspired many more auteurs beyond the creator of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

The combination of sex, drugs, and rock and roll has always been an alluring one for obvious reasons, and once Warner Bros overcame its skittishness of seeing the three depicted so outrageously on the big screen, Performance was finally given the run in cinemas that it deserved after a few minor tweaks to prevent any more vomiting incidents

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Gone Dead Train - Randy Newman and ensemble

ARE WE NOT MEN? AQUARIUM DRUNKARD Interview with Mark Mothersbaugh | WE ARE DEVO!

Mark Mothersbaugh :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

Posted on October 23, 2023

On the eve of the new 4-LP Devo retrospective, Mothersbaugh caught up with us from his Los Angeles studio. We discuss the experimental beginnings and future of Devo, the group working with Brian Eno and David Bowie, his fascination with early animation soundtracks, auditioning for Mick Jagger, the NYC scene that brought the band’s breakthrough, the death of the album format and much more…

MACCA & MICK - more from Barry Miles on Paul McCartney ‘MANY YEARS FROM NOW'

 

'Mick Jagger often called at Cavendish Avenue and it was Paul and Mick who often checked with each other to make sure that the Beatles and the Stones didn't release a new single within the same few weeks, which would have split sales and jeopardised both their chances of reaching number one. After Marianne Faithfull left John Dunbar in January 1967 to live with Mick at Harley House on Marylebone Road, just across Regent's Park from Paul's house, they would often come to visit Paul together.

Marianne: We would go and see them a lot, but I don't remember him coming to us. Mick always had to come to his house, because he was Paul McCartney and you went to him. Paul never came to us. I was always very curious about how Mick saw him, how Mick felt about him. It was always fun to watch. There was always rivalry there. Not from Paul, none at all. Paul was oblivious, but there was something from Mick. It was good fun. It was like watching a game on the television.'

—from Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Barry Miles

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: SONG OF THE DAY BOWIE AND JAGGER AND THAT VIDEO :: Dancin’ In The Street!

 Let's start the day with this . . . . . . . .the boys having SUCH FUN! 

Bought this when it came out!

From David Bowie FACEBOOK page . . . . . . . 

who say:

BOWIE AND JAGGER AND THAT VIDEO

“Calling out around the world...”

Great to read your 35 year old memories in the BOWIE KOOKS Facebook group today, regarding the Live Aid benefit concert held on Saturday 13th July 1985.

Aside from all of the live music performed on the day, you will surely remember Bowie and Jagger’s remarkable video for Dancing In The Street, possibly the campest duet ever committed to tape. 

The friends recorded it at Spillers Millennium Mills in London with director David Mallet. Dancing In The Street was shown a couple of times at the Live Aid event and it was also used to promote the single released the following month.

Here it is for those of you that have never seen it or those who need to be reminded of just how rock stars are meant to behave.

PLAY IT LOUD & DANCE AROUND THE ROOM IN YOUR PANTS!

Mick on Charlie - Paul Sexton. Charlie's Good Tonight

'Charlie's good tonight, inne? ' - Charlie Watts 1941-2021

Mick Jagger: Charlie was an incredibly open-minded musician, and there was a real subtlety about his playing. He was so catholic in his taste, through jazz, boogie-woogie, blues, classical, African music, dance, reggae and dumb pop songs that just happened to be good. People always say he was a great jazz fan, but he wasn’t just that. It’s over-simplifying his musical tastes, and what he liked to play.

He was a classical music fan, too. He liked Dvořák, Debussy, Mozart, and he and I used to listen to Stockhausen and Mahler. We listened to modern composers and tried to figure out what the hell they were on about. He was intelligent, and softly spoken, but he could be direct and say what he thought. He would keep his private life very private, but we understood each other’s thought processes. Charlie was a very quiet person, but he had a great sense of humour and we laughed all the time. I miss him in so many ways.

Sexton, Paul. Charlie's Good Tonight 

Photo Philip Townsend

ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

1967 - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards busted

Rolling Stone Keith Richards was found guilty of allowing his house to be used for the illegal smoking of cannabis. He was sentenced to one year in jail and a £500 ($850) fine, (prison number 5855). Mick Jagger was also fined £100 ($170) and given three months in jail on drug charges. Jagger and Richards were both released and granted bail of £7,000 the following day.

© The estate of Richard Hamilton

This work (above) is based on a photograph, taken from a newspaper, showing Mick Jagger handcuffed to the art dealer Robert Fraser following their appearance in court on drugs charges. Both were convicted. The title plays on the term ‘Swinging London’ and the judge’s insistence on imposing a swingeing penalty. For many, this occasion typified the moral backlash against the liberalisation of the 1960s. Richard Hamilton who I have mentioned elsewhere here, incorporated images from film posters, magazines and art history in his art and was interested in architecture and design, as well as much broader political subjects

© The estate of Richard Hamilton

Richard Hamilton - Swingeing London 1967 - The Tate Gallery

1968 - Small Faces

The Small Faces started a six week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. A concept album with a round cover designed to look like a tobacco tin.In my top ten albums of all time without a doubt I bought this when it came out and still love it. The Journey aspect narrated by the TV personality and another hero in Professor Stanley Unwin. "Stay cool won't you?!"

Afterglow

Colour Me Pop - Song of a Baker

1979 - Lowell George

American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lowell George died of a heart attack. The Little Feat front man was found dead at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. George joined Zappa's Mothers of Invention as rhythm guitarist in 1968, played guitar on John Cale's 1973 album Paris 1919, Harry Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson album and Jackson Browne's The Pretender.

1985 - David Bowie & Mick Jagger

David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded a version of the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1964 hit 'Dancing In The Street' for the forthcoming Live Aid fundraising event. The single went on to become a No.1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium, until it was realised that the satellite link-up would cause a half-second delay that would make this impossible unless either Bowie or Jagger mimed their contribution, something neither artist was willing to do.

1994 - Oasis

Oasis made their debut on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops performing their new single 'Shakermaker'.

2000 - Eminem

Eminem's mother went to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million (£5.8 million) civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'.

2007 - Lily Allen

Lily Allen was questioned by police over an alleged assault on a photographer outside a nightclub in London. She was freed on police bail after she was quizzed about an alleged assault on a male photographer in his 40s near the Wardour Club in London's Soho in March.

BIRTHDAYS

1953 - Colin Hay

Colin Hay, Scottish Australian musician with Men At Work, (1983 UK and US No.1 single 'Down Under').

1945 - Little Eva

Little Eva, US singer. She was babysitting for Carole King and Gerry Goffin who asked her to record a song they had written. It gave her the 1962 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Loco-Motion'. She died on April 10th 2003.

1943 - Roger Spear

Roger Spear, multi-instrumentalist with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. He wrote some of their wittiest songs such as ‘Shirt’, ‘Tubas in the Moonlight’ and ‘Trouser Press’. The Bonzos came to the public attention through a 1968 ITV comedy show, Do Not Adjust Your Set.

Roger at the back on trumpet and general lunacy . . . . 

all lone by yourself in the moonlight . . . . .