Mick Jagger

According to this article, Mick Jagger might be a closet conservative in a new biography coming out in 2012. Interesting how the bad boys turn out that way (Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, etc.): http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2011/0728/Mick-Jagger-closet-conservative

It's hard to be an old, hippie, free spirit liberal when you live in a house made from stacks of money.

True, but I think the book says that he was always conservative in one way or another from a young age.

Who knows? I'm not sure why I or anyone else would care what his political views are. I know there are folks out there that care about that sort of thing, and bully for them. Have at it. But I fail to see the facination of it all. But hey, that's just me.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Who knows? I'm not sure why I or anyone else would care what his political views are. I know there are folks out there that care about that sort of thing, and bully for them. Have at it. But I fail to see the facination of it all. But hey, that's just me.

yeah - i really hate when stars use their celebrity to tell the rest of us what to do.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Who knows? I'm not sure why I or anyone else would care what his political views are. I know there are folks out there that care about that sort of thing, and bully for them. Have at it. But I fail to see the facination of it all. But hey, that's just me.

Good point. I don't think it should matter either (nor do I personally care).

Just so this doesn't turn into some twisted political discussion that gets the thread closed by our lock-happy mods ( ), how about we discuss Mick's solo albums, shall we?

They are terrible.

I owned Godess in the Doorway for about 15 minutes. It was a gift from my brother. Bless his heart. Every time he tries to by music for me, he never follows my suggestions and goes for something he "thinks" I'll like. He's 0-for-4 I think at this point. But he gets an 'E' for effort.

Anyway, Mick was trying to get on that Rod Stewart-adult contemporary-soft rock boat that was all the rage with old rockers and it fell flat on it's floppy man-tits. He needs to stick to rock n roll and more importantly, keep the peace with Keef. Solo records are not his forte.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Just so this doesn't turn into some twisted political discussion that gets the thread closed by our lock-happy mods ( ), how about we discuss Mick's solo albums, shall we?

They are terrible.

I owned Godess in the Doorway for about 15 minutes. It was a gift from my brother. Bless his heart. Every time he tries to by music for me, he never follows my suggestions and goes for something he "thinks" I'll like. He's 0-for-4 I think at this point. But he gets an 'E' for effort.

Anyway, Mick was trying to get on that Rod Stewart-adult contemporary-soft rock boat that was all the rage with old rockers and it fell flat on it's floppy man-tits. He needs to stick to rock n roll and more importantly, keep the peace with Keef. Solo records are not his forte.

Mick's solo is pretty awful. I bet it burned him up that Keef's solo material was a great success and his stuff failed pretty miserably, especially with some songs directed at Mick.

Keith has probably fared much better in terms of quality and sales with his solo albums than all of the other Stones solo efforts put together.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Keith has probably fared much better in terms of quality and sales with his solo albums than all of the other Stones solo efforts put together.

yep. I really enjoy Talk is Cheap and Main Offender. The live album was eh, but the two studio albums rock!

I maybe the only one, but I love Mick Jagger's solo albums, except for 'She's the Boss' which is a dog.

I loved 'Primitive Cool' which had some of his personal lyrics and think it is an excellent album, and 'Wanderin' Spirit' is an excellent disc IMO, 'Goddess in the Doorway' is hit or miss but I still I like it.

As far his personal politics, if you read his lyrics, he seems to think all politicans are sh!t, no matter what side of the aisle they sit on.

exact33 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Who knows? I'm not sure why I or anyone else would care what his political views are. I know there are folks out there that care about that sort of thing, and bully for them. Have at it. But I fail to see the facination of it all. But hey, that's just me.

yeah - i really hate when stars use their celebrity to tell the rest of us what to do.

I prefer not to know an entertainer's politics, helps me appreciate their talent without my own bias interfering (sic).

As for Mick's music, I never really listened to him since I'm not much of a fan of the Rolling Stones. I could get a best of RS album and never need to hear another song by them.

I actually think the best Stones songs are not the popular ones.

exact33 wrote:

I actually think the best Stones songs are not the popular ones.

Well, if anyone here wants to send me a comp of what they consider the best songs are I'd be happy to give them a try.

I like the Stones (best concert I've ever seen) but I think all you need is a comp like Forty Licks.

DallasBlack wrote:

As for Mick's music, I never really listened to him since I'm not much of a fan of the Rolling Stones. I could get a best of RS album and never need to hear another song by them.

Me too, I don't own any Jagger albums, but I do have a 2CD GH compilation of 40 Stones songs (The Forty Licks Toho referred to) which is more than enough for me.

Always thought Mick's stuff was alright but to me is a lot weaker when compared to Keith's two studio records. Probably unfair to look at it that way but I'll always be more of a Keith fan.

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Amen to that!

MetalGuy71 wrote:

It's hard to be an old, hippie, free spirit liberal when you live in a house made from stacks of money.

I know people who have always said they don't understand why Hollywood and music millionaires are supposedly Democrat and liberal when it's the Dems who want to add taxes to the rich.

They say that they're all closet Republicans.