The Rolling Stones
The Stones are back on the road (this is the "Do Not Resuscitate" tour) and sadly they are starting up just to slow down a little bit, yeah, yeah, girl.
Although Mick Jagger still has the chops and can kick out the jams as if it were 2003, you can tell the age thing is getting to be a factor. The "ladies" throw him their support hose and plastics jars of Maalox instead of their room keys. They would throw him their room keys, but they are staying with their children while following the Stones on tour (Dead style).
Speaking of death, Keith Richards is probably doing best of all on the tour. He is finally starting to look his age, which is about 85. He and Jagger can still groove just all right still, except that his colostomy bag sometimes bumps Micks artificial bladder, and that's some shit.
Charlie Watts is still about the coolest drummer in Rock n Roll, but does have some trouble keeping proper time with the band having dropped back to 2/4 time instead of 3/5 time after his retirement party in 2004. He thought part of the deal of his continuing with the band was that they would slow down everything so that he could relax more during the time between when his sticks actually hit the drum set. So far he's hurting.
One big change as the Stones begin to age ever so slightly is that they have become much less demanding about what goes on backstage and hotel roomwise. Each man only gets one professional whore (except Ronnie Woods, the baby at 58, gets two due to his younger genitals) and two groupies a night. This ain't so bad, because the boys just want to talk nowadays, anyhow.
The bowl of coke has been replaced with a pitcher of Diet Coke. And the red and green M&M's have been tossed for a plate of Ex-Lax. Also, instead of throwing tv sets out of hotel room windows, they watch the shows. Keith Richards was said to be devastated by the death of Myron Floren. Mick watches the news channels, except when the news is really bad. Then he turns it off and goes quietly to bed, a tear in his eye.
Good luck to the Rolling Stones! And get your tickets while you can. This may be their third or forth next to last concert tour this decade.
jp
Although Mick Jagger still has the chops and can kick out the jams as if it were 2003, you can tell the age thing is getting to be a factor. The "ladies" throw him their support hose and plastics jars of Maalox instead of their room keys. They would throw him their room keys, but they are staying with their children while following the Stones on tour (Dead style).
Speaking of death, Keith Richards is probably doing best of all on the tour. He is finally starting to look his age, which is about 85. He and Jagger can still groove just all right still, except that his colostomy bag sometimes bumps Micks artificial bladder, and that's some shit.
Charlie Watts is still about the coolest drummer in Rock n Roll, but does have some trouble keeping proper time with the band having dropped back to 2/4 time instead of 3/5 time after his retirement party in 2004. He thought part of the deal of his continuing with the band was that they would slow down everything so that he could relax more during the time between when his sticks actually hit the drum set. So far he's hurting.
One big change as the Stones begin to age ever so slightly is that they have become much less demanding about what goes on backstage and hotel roomwise. Each man only gets one professional whore (except Ronnie Woods, the baby at 58, gets two due to his younger genitals) and two groupies a night. This ain't so bad, because the boys just want to talk nowadays, anyhow.
The bowl of coke has been replaced with a pitcher of Diet Coke. And the red and green M&M's have been tossed for a plate of Ex-Lax. Also, instead of throwing tv sets out of hotel room windows, they watch the shows. Keith Richards was said to be devastated by the death of Myron Floren. Mick watches the news channels, except when the news is really bad. Then he turns it off and goes quietly to bed, a tear in his eye.
Good luck to the Rolling Stones! And get your tickets while you can. This may be their third or forth next to last concert tour this decade.
jp
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