LinnLM1 said:

JoeTyler said:

Ok, sensible guy, and how do we know that you're not telling lies as well? Link? Proof? Source?

Well, he's saying hs proof is the book itself - he apparently actually read it. The source would then be Keith Richards.

Exactly

carlcranshaw said:

http://www.slate.com/id/2273611/pagenum/all/

If that article is true (actually written by Mick Jagger) then I must say that ANY fan should read it; it's mesmerizing...

Mick completely acknowledges that Keith BASICALLY wrote EVERY major hit of the band during their early years (Satisfaction, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Last Time, etc.) and the 80% of both Beggar's Banquet and Let It Bleed , but at the same time is completely bitter about Keith's heavy heroin addiction, FORCING him to become the leader/manager of the band during the 70s...just to be treated as a "tyrant" and "control freak" once Keith "sobered up" in the 80s; oh, and he also says one thing what we all knew: Keith has been an alcoholic for the last 30 years...

One poignant moment comes when Mick confesses that he can only "connect" with his former friend with the help of a burned CD of Keith's solo songs and ballads...communication breakdown? you bet...

sad, really; if "Keith Richads: Life" doesn't destroy the Stones, I don't know what will...

JoeTyler said:

carlcranshaw said:

http://www.slate.com/id/2273611/pagenum/all/

If that article is true (actually written by Mick Jagger) then I must say that ANY fan should read it; it's mesmerizing...

Mick completely acknowledges that Keith BASICALLY wrote EVERY major hit of the band during their early years (Satisfaction, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Last Time, etc.) and the 80% of both Beggar's Banquet and Let It Bleed , but at the same time is completely bitter about Keith's heavy heroin addiction, FORCING him to become the leader/manager of the band during the 70s...just to be treated as a "tyrant" and "control freak" once Keith "sobered up" in the 80s; oh, and he also says one thing what we all knew: Keith has been an alcoholic for the last 30 years...

One poignant moment comes when Mick confesses that he can only "connect" with his former friend with the help of a burned CD of Keith's solo songs and ballads...communication breakdown? you bet...

sad, really; if "Keith Richads: Life" doesn't destroy the Stones, I don't know what will...

Dude, it's not real.

I love the stones...

Heroin Helluva drug...