Happy 80th birthday Keith Richards
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Technically speaking this most unlikely of milestones, from the epidemiological/demographic perspective of a half century ago, isn’t until Monday, but time isn’t on our side, so . . .
A few disconnected thoughts about the Rolling Stones and related subjects.
(1) The Rolling Stones are doing yet another massive US stadium tour next summer, and for the heck of it I checked secondary market ticket prices for their Denver show. The best floor seats are going for several thousand dollars apiece, and even a pair of nosebleed tickets that leave you a quarter mile from the stage will set you back two or three hundred bucks. The band’s only concert I’ve ever been to was 42 years ago, also at a football stadium, and semi-decent floor seats set me back $20, which to be fair is about $70 in 2023 money.
(2) I’m vaguely fascinated by the thought of what it must be like to be Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at 80 years old, still doing this thing. Both of these men are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, 80 is like 234 in rock star years, and hanging out in even the most luxurious hotels for months at a time sounds just horrible. But I guess there’s no replacement for that high.
(3) OK, general theme: List one or three or five RELATIVELY OBSCURE SONGS BY A FAMOUS BAND WITH MANY FAMOUS SONGS, that you would suggest somebody who doesn’t know that band’s music check out. I’ll do this for the Stones, and you’re welcome of course to do it for them as well, but I’m hoping people do it for other famous bands/solo artists etc.