BeSPOKE 07

CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP LEFT: miCk jAggER
AND thE Rolling StonES.
miCk jAggER PERFORMING
DURING THE ROLLING STONE
CONCERT AT glAStonBuRy
fEStivAl OF CONTEMPORARy
PERFORMING ARTS
29 JUNE 2013 © FACUNDO
ARRIzABALAGA/EPA/CORBIS.
MICK JAGGER 2007.
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half century, is how sane he has remained. That
includes his healthy suspicion of drugs. He has indulged,
but was never an addict, deeming cocaine
“a daft, debilitating habit-forming bore, and bad
for the voice” and heroin “quite destructive and
devious”. Recently, on the David Letterman show,
Mick joked “you start playing rock ’n roll so you can
have sex and do drugs, but you end up doing
drugs so you can still play rock ’n roll and have sex”.
The rumour that he has a metal plate in his nose
he dismisses as “rubbish”. As far back as the late
seventies, journalists asked Jagger “Will the Stones
ever tour again?”. Since then, there have been a
dozen world tours, and although the Stones aren’t
yet in the Dylanesque Neverending Tour league, it
looks as the recent concerts in Hyde Park were
anything but a farewell. During a concert, I heard
Keith say “This is better than dying, huh?”. Quite.
Frank Sinatra said there’s a lot to be said for longevity.
Jagger said, dryly “Well, there’s two options really:
either you’re dead or you’re longevity”. But
Mick isn’t one to dwell on the past. “I don’t look at
the clouds of tomorrow through the sunshine of
today. It’s ridiculous: while you’re around, in great
shape, with no chance of extinction, everyone’s
ready to kick you and say “Why don’t you break up,
you’ve outstayed your welcome””. And when it
seems you’re ready to retire, they go “But it’s the
Stones, man, you should go on forever!” People
seem to demand of me that I keep their youthful
memories intact in a glass case specifically reserved
for them and damn the sacrifices I have to
make. They have this conservative picture of us
and don’t want us to change. But I don’t want to
live in the past just for their petty satisfaction. I still
make music “cause it’s fun and challenging. And I
love the warmth of an audience, rolling towards
me in waves”. Jagger was always fiercely competitive
- keeping one eye on the competition - what
was David Bowie doing, or Prince, or Michael Jackson,
or whoever seemed a fitting sparring partner
at the time. So, this year we find Jagger the elder,
the peer, the survivor, the legend, the icon, blessed
with an undiminished lust for life. Peter Pan Jagger
the unstoppable. We’re lucky to have him. To
quote Mr zimmerman: may he stay forever young.
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