ROLLING STONES Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 70's

[@Canada-gs3jc]

Look at Keith’s eyes! Holy moly, definitely smacked up for this one folks.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

This would definitely be prime time for his H habit. 1974. He was deep into the brown.

[@glynjones7158]

And yet perfectly articulate, remembering all the folks he jammed with at Ronnie's 😅

[@jr13227]

@@glynjones7158Keith always lit up and was articulate about music no matter how wasted he was

[@chuckselvage3157]

Yeah a good thing he gave it up a few years later even for Keith it would probably end up claiming him.

[@Poppaea-Sabina]

He didn't kick dope until the 80s

[@smackfoot21]

Micks interview is from 1972 for Exile. Keiths interview is from 1974 for IORR.

[@meowsymcdermott9626]

One of the more down to earth interviews I've seen from this era. He's not in tour mode yet.

[@klausrain111]

😂Mick's no dummy. He's fully aware of his charisma and how his obvious intelligence adds to that. 😅

[@martinperlstam9389]

Best Rock n Roll album ever by the coolest band ever. No other band comes near in having that perfect line up that is Mick, Keith, Charlie and Bill. Ronnie, Taylor and Brian added their individual flavour as well.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Mick is very sharp and got his eye on the ball.

[@SJ9336JE]

Its amazing that Keef survived that period. Think because he received pharmaceutical clean stuff.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Yeah it definitely helps when you have a nice cushion of money to fall back on. Not only was he most likely getting good, clean, pure dope, but there’s also the well documented blood transfusions that helped tremendously with the withdrawals. I mean, if you’re going to be a junkie, it helps to get rich first.

[@andyspencer4786]

@@Shikta-poobah67apparently he wasn't big into mainlining either, which probably helped.

[@MarkGelderland]

No amazing at all. Opiates aren't that harmfull, the lifestyle can be though. We have old folk homes for harddrug users in my country, they live as long as you and me.

[@jellobiafra2810]

I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! "I used to have a drug problem." "Then I got rich!" (David Lee Roth) *ROX ON!* - Dave B.

[@crimony3054]

Mick swore he'd blow the whole "Faul" hoax sky-high the first time The Beatles released a shitty album. But they wouldn't release a shitty album. And just to cope, young Keith Richards turned to drugs.

[@jean-pierrepaul-poire9984]

Mick Jagger impersonating "Mick Jagger as fantasized in 1972". He's a healthy cautious clever cat in the rock business. His genius lies in the "make believe" too. Nick Kent painted a vivid picture of him in The Dark Stuff.

[@asfan]

nick kent is a tosser

[@hondahaney6404]

Jagger has a good business mind. Keith is the soul of the band

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

I'd add Charlie Watts as Nicky Hopkins and Mick Taylor too in this era in particular. Together with Beggars Banquet and Let it Bleed my fav Stones album.

[@alexbowman7582]

Mick has an economics degree.

[@bakkels]

@@michelvondenhoff9673 It's not like Mick was just the savvy businessman, he deserves more credit than that. Keith, Charlie and Mick is the magic trio the Stones I believe. Taylor was maybe the best _technical_ guitar player they ever had, but the way Keith and Ronnie can weave rythm and lead is just out of this world. And of course Let it Bleed is their best album indeed 😉

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

@@bakkels Taylor was the one whom kent the Stones together when Keith had his moment of doubt and pain.

[@stella3265]

Yeah Mike has a good business acumen because The Stones got ripped off by Allen Klein and Mike went to the London school of economics to become a Keynesian economist.

[@pythagorasvinesloungeMIRC]

He is one of the reasons why my father went to uk. Hahah we got an album of him an original that phonograph record before that big cd like record disc so as chakakhan and bgees etc, reason why he is the only lead vocal that i known the name, he’s an intl legend

[@cidlopez]

I’ve been a huge stones fan for decades. I’m embarrassed to admit that I never realized exile is a double album. It’s such a great album. One of the few albums I can listen to from start to finish without skipping a song.

[@SmashPhysical]

Best album they ever made.

[@FTStratLP]

Which album are they talking about? For me it seems the two interviews have not been made at the same period of time.

[@SmashPhysical]

@@FTStratLP Mick said it was a double album, so I'm assuming it's Exile On Main Street.

[@mikeberg5003]

@@FTStratLP Exile. They recorded it in France and is their only double album

[@kevio6868]

Exhile..best Stones album ever. Maybe best all time Rock Album

[@acethegreat3963]

@@FTStratLP the Keith bit is around 2 years after the mick interview. 72 and 74 I believe.

[@simonrae3048]

Whispering Bob of the OGWT and Keef totally off his head. The voices are so soothing, enough to, uuuuuh zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

They were all whacked out on heroin in the South of France during the recording of Exile on Main Street. So the party continued on for a while for a few of the Stones, Keith supposedly quit H in the late 70s I believe after the Some Girls album 1977/78. Mick Taylor quit the band in 74 to get away from the madness. Gram Parsons who was Keith's partner in crime died of a morphine overdose in 73 and their great producer Jimmy Miller ruined his career with heroin. He produced the stones greatest work from 1968-1973. He was basically washed up by 1974 and dead by 1994, liver failure. That exile on main Street sessions in Nellcote France and loads of heroin in 1971-72 claimed alot of victims . Some just took a lot longer to die. Even Andy John's and Bobby Keys developed problems!!! Even the always solid rock of reliability Charlie Watts got hooked on heroin and speed in 1983 . Lasting through 1986.. crazy session in France that it's tentacles messed people up for decades .

[@swbbreps8464]

Excellent rundown.

[@nerkfumgogi798]

You got a whole thread here b.s about how mick never did drugs...those little babies don't even comprehend.(on a diffrent comment here)

[@StratsRUs]

I'm amazed they got so much music and touring done. Mick went to LSE too.

Probably the same junk that took out Morrison.

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

Marianne faithful Mick jaggers ex girlfriend was dating a heroin dealer and he was the one who sold the heroin to Morrison in Paris in July 71. She told the story a few times it's on you tube somewhere

[@shable1436]

You can when ppl are high when they are whispering to each other 😂😂

[@robertparker4833]

Exile is the album. . The GOAT in waiting. Great interview. 😎🎸👍🏻

[@jayaybe1]

I was never impressed with it 😐.

[@robertparker4833]

@@jayaybe1 the interview or Exile? 😵‍💫

[@jayaybe1]

@@robertparker4833 No, the album 🙂. To me it sounds rushed and half finished. I just don't like the style of the songs. I think Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed are three of the best back to back albums from any band and I love them dearly. Exile, I could just never get into.

[@robertparker4833]

@@jayaybe1 jeez ya hard to please ! But it’s your opinion. . Millions of others don’t agree with ya. 😎🎸👍🏻

[@acousticshadow4032]

Agreed, RP. Exile is a masterpiece. I recently saw a film on Aretha, where she sang with a gospel choir in an LA church, 1971. Jagger & Watts sneak in and grab a seat in the back pew. Mick gets right into the performance, stands up starts dancing & clapping along. That church performance is when & where much of Exile was born.

[@judewessel5713]

Mick is flying in this interview hahaha

[@williamsullivan1474]

I don't see it.

[@KikeGarcia66]

You know!

[@mariettestabel275]

@@williamsullivan1474 I do. 💫

[@williamsullivan1474]

@@mariettestabel275 after watching again, I think you’re right. Lol

[@ladybird7845]

One is all curled up, the other one is flying…

[@jbstonesfan]

Mick pre Exile release , Keith circa 1974 ….

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I figured these segments had to be a couple of years apart.

[@UAL320]

Keith is almost three times older now yet he looks three times better….

[@johnA-o2m]

Very Dorian Gray 😳

[@lizbourn4192]

I love the glimmer twins!!!!

[@rimrunz1795]

It's amazing, th power of suggestion in these comments, on any similar channels.. Someone says they must b stoned or coked up, so hey, then everyone all of a sudden agrees it must b so. In all fairness, those guys were drugged a LOT less often than what people like to speculate, as cn readily b confirmed in many magazine interviews, tv interviews etc etc, yrs later. Also, it's more than a little insulting when people (who admittedly enjoy doing drugs) insist that those who don't agree that th artists are high must just be tuned out, out of th loop, unaware etc etc etc etc..... Such a played_out claim, tiring.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Well since you said “in all fairness”, it’s more than a bit obvious that in these two clips (Mick in ‘72, Keith in ‘74), they were both indeed high on their respective kicks. They weren’t exactly trying to hide it. The thing is, so what? It was the 70’s. The golden age of drug culture. They’re the Rolling Stones, not that it made them any more or less synonymous with getting loaded than any other big name rock band of the era. It was par for the course back then if you were a rock star. They had the money to afford the lifestyle, they were still relatively young enough to get away with it, and they already had the ‘bad boy’ stigma (though by the mid 70’s it had lost most of its edge), so why not. However I agree, pointing it out is a bit redundant, and there were plenty of other bands/musicians back then who were far more ‘drugged out’ than Mick and Keith. No need to drop names. It was a decadent era.

[@jellobiafra2810]

I'm from Detroit (blow the reveille)! I agree ppl tend to focus on their drug intake to the point where it overshadows the AMAZING SONGS they were creating at the time. A couple things that make them different than other _'Rock-Stars-on-drugs':_ (Keef specifically) - it never seemed to have a negative effect on his ability to write 'n play. (live) - he didn't make any excuses or regrets atf. *ROX ON!* - Dave B.

[@theelvisguru9490]

Amazing that they’re talking about people needing something new a year before the punk explosion

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I’m pretty sure the Mick segment here was done just after wrapping up recording on Exile, so ‘72. The most commonly acknowledged year for the “punk explosion” is ‘77, even if punk did actually begin to take root a bit earlier. So in other words, this wouldn’t be a year before punk blew up big. More like 5 years prior. I think the “new generation” being discussed here is the glam rock movement. Hence the mention of Marc Bolan.

[@michaelchallen]

@@Shikta-poobah67 I was a punk in 1976, a few of us about, listening to New York Dolls and Iggy, and fighting Teddy Boys. 77 was when it hit big but with it came the kind of punks who had silver razor blade necklaces and gold safety pins as the designers got in on the whole thing. We used to wear bin liners and make our own bondage trousers.

[@returnoftheschaef2084]

I imagine Keith has at least a 20 yr period of his life that he doesn’t recall at all.

[@windyhillbomber]

That was from June 1345 to 1365 right?

[@davidmellish3295]

Nah,Ronnie has always said that Keith remembers everything

[@marcsullivan7987]

Read his book “Life” He has a ridiculously good memory

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Were they talking about Exile On Maine Street ?

[@krisscanlon4051]

Yep dbl album

[@SJ9336JE]

Keef more on the dark side , on H

[@foto21]

Talking about 'Exile on Main Street' and no one's heard it yet - hilarious! It was probably their last truly epic album also. After that, they got more refined, whatever you want to say about it. It's ironic how everyone thinks about how much bands party, but the work these guys put in to record and tour is pretty intimidating. This reporter has to go for the stab like usual. I got into the Stones at 15 years old in the early 1980s and didn't care what age they were, so the interviewer thinking the Stones can't appeal to new teenagers is idiotic, since it's prob still happening today, even if at a lesser extent.

[@curtzeek8818]

I've got an 18 yr old granddaughter that loves all the old music

[@IvanBrousse]

QUEL CHARISME !!!!!

[@triggerfish999]

The interviewer's body language is interesting. Sitting sideways on, hugging himself. Not exactly the picture of confidence.

[@benedictweisser3086]

This is Richard Williams interviewing

[@chriskroll4166]

He's a burke 😮

[@Ada..D]

Yeah you start me up.... yeah you start me up I never stop.

[@mariettestabel275]

Keith lost a tooth or two. 🤣 Like this Crazy People. 🎼✌

[@xiaogeju2011]

Just got the LUCKY DIP for MetLife Stadium... 💠🔹🔸🔷🔶♦🎶🎵🎸🎹🎙 haaaaapyyyyyy!

[@keithsa41]

It's a ruse. Mick is an entertainer and actor. He would 🏃‍♂️ daily, several miles a day, yoga, eat healthy. Just a performance put on, dizty, aloof, contrived. Read the biographies. Mick loves to be in control, power and money.

[@dutchybag]

He still did some party stuff, lsd/blow/drinking, seemingly it was just rec partying

[@Star_._]

They do love playing live. They don't have to.

[@jerryshunk7152]

I think they do have to, accordingly with S ~ ~ ~ ~ .

[@jerryshunk7152]

@user-pv8jy1nt8f Satan says NO !

[@foothilldave]

I think I got a contact high thru the internet...

[@janpierzchala2004]

Keith's looks were improving with time, Mick's deteriorating, thus they became equally handsome around 40

[@slappyabromowitz]

Astonishing genius

[@arnoldzilban8274]

Is it even possible to interview someone higher than that...and all the accommodating whispering questions. G-d forbid the interviewer would have suddenly shouted, 'Keith!'

[@chrisbronson5341]

Now I get the British Teeth thing . Isn't heroin great !

[@idolhanz9842]

Spring 1972 ...release of Exile on main street

[@Malama_Ki]

Keef….. keeping English dental stereotypes alive….

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

wow, they had mobiles back then?!! i had no idea!! i've tried recording on my phone but it sounds nothing like exile

[@TheDessez]

He means the mobile recording van they had parked outside the house, the cables taking the signal from inside the house, Charlie and Bill in the basement etc.

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

@@TheDessez are you sure?!? im pretty sure mobile means cellphone 😅

[@mikecrystal6236]

the stones had a mobile recording studio. Its referenced in Smoke on the Water, lake Geneva to make records with the mobile, And later in the song we ended up at the grand hotel, the rolling truck stones parked just outside@@rikurodriguesneto6043

[@TheDessez]

@@rikurodriguesneto6043 😀i'm pretty sure you are joking!

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

@@TheDessez me? noooooo :o i resent the accusation :D

[@geneobrien8907]

Keith looks loaded, his eyes are pinned.

[@fisherguzzi]

And his teeth look horrid

[@Romanovhundreds17]

How did they all keep there accents and keith went posh 😂

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

I used to love The Stones when I was younger (when they were younger too) and I had a lot of respect for Mick and Keith. Not so much anymore. I still like Brian. And Bill and Charlie, but not Mick and Keith anymore. I don't know why but they kind of repulse me now.😒

[@bungle3912]

The famous story of Keith's interview is that he was completely fucked and no one could wake him up. This interview was after hours and he still looks high.

[@giggstrafford1]

No Turkey teeth back then😝

[@αλεξανδροςραπτης-λ5ζ]

keith talks about it's only rock and roll

[@modernearlmusic]

What record?

[@steveoutdoorsuk1788]

❤

[@debbieonore3086]

Young little Mikey

[@davidlanham99]

Man, these guys need to relax and just calm the hell down.

[@SJ9336JE]

Mick totally on coke here

[@kjeldpedersen666]

...and Keith totally on heroin

[@safranpollen]

Keef heavy on smack....

[@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest.]

@ 5:30 - Displaced? As of 2023......They will never be......displaced.

[@josephcefalu2157]

Cocaines a helluva drug

[@MsZelda2012]

Eeeek

[@dolceanstar]

I grew up with the Stones and in 60 years, I've never heard Jagger say anything of substance. Richards, on the other hand, can be smacked out into next week, yet there's substance to every utterance.

[@vic3925]

junky teeth great. his toothpaste advert flashy bleached shiny white one these days suck. don t quite fit

[@jeremywanner4526]

Got Coke?

[@JStarStar00]

Call me crazy but I think Keith Richards may have taken drugs

[@sabinianomaia4844]

The Stones "stoneds" !?

[@rudbel88]

Lol not the most articulate of interviews “ you know “ , you know !

[@johnwilliams2479]

Where's keeef man

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

Mick the mockney who wines and dines with the elite

[@JoRock-kj7qh]

That’s drugs folks!!!!

[@marccarter1350]

Heroin 😂

[@Peter-fo4ec]

Nice teeth Keith, how's you our breath ????🤔

[@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest.]

Keith looks, due respect, Mate, awful. Today, 2023, he looks and acts healthy, wealthy, and wise.......which he is!

[@anthonyclegg1511]

Soon as Harris came on, I switched off, can't do with the false person.

[@snertster]

Not one of my favorite Stones' albums.

[@boxerpaws55]

keith had the worst teeth at the time. he must have gotten implants at some point. yeah, mick does mick well. like to read NIck Kent's the Dark Stuff and see what he came up with.

[@cashew1]

Keith's missing tooth, meth life?

[@michaelsuder486]

Opiates cause tooth decay as well

[@davidlomax4028]

When keef writes a song he tells me what to do and I do it yknow.. And when I write a song keef tells me what to do and I do it yknow..

[@lackof548]

Drugs - what a waste.

[@babyblutube-s5j]

Keith never should have quit doing smack………they haven’t made a decent album since

[@gasparucciox9706]

exile on main street