Jagger - Rebel, Rocker, Rambler, Rogue
Marc Spitz
I just love the alliteration of the subtitle but sadly that’s about all I loved.
This “tiny todger” of a book came out within a year of the Richards book and this is curious? What was the point of this look at Mick Jagger? Maybe, just maybe old Mick was attempting to set the record straight, at least as straight as he saw it.
Richards has used the term “tiny todger” to refer to Mick’s penis size. Richards might actually know! Richards has claimed that former girlfriend Marianne Faithful simply had no fun with Mick sexually. Is that too much information?
That would have destroyed the fantasies of women around the world But someone had to set the record straight about Jaggers’ todger. Weren't you wondering? It’s a shame Cynthia Plaster Caster didn’t work her magic on Mick then we would have known for sure!
While this book has a bunch of fun, easy-to-read stories, I can’t help but feel Jagger or those in his camp wanted to put a positive spin on Jagger. I dunno . . . this just feels like a rush job to make some quick cash. . .
Ok so on to this quick cash grab, I mean book. There’s not a lot here that even casual Rolling Stones fans would not be aware of.
Mick is a smart fellow. He got accepted to the London School of Economics. How many of us can say that? This is not news to any of us.
Like many of you, I was curious about what Jagger would have to say about Brian Jones. Would Jagger admit to knowing something now many moons after the event of Mr. Jones’ death? Nah. . . nothing to see here.
There is a short passage on Margret Trudeau, the wife of the then Prime Minister of Canada. It’s amusing because the term “trophy wife” was used. That was a term I hadn’t heard in ages. It provided a good laugh actually.
The same paragraph goes on to tell us how he had sex with the women of nearly everyone he knew. Even after Eric Clapton did some begging Jagger wound up sleeping with that same woman. Clapton told Jagger he thought he was in love with this woman but that wasn’t enough to stop Jagger, that old dog.
I have to wonder if this was included to try and clear away the tarnish that Richards’ term “tiny todger” might have caused. The lad can’t have a tiny todger and still snag all these chicks, now can he? But then “Life” suggested that while Mick might have had a lot of women, the women were not happy with his. . . let’s say “Performance” and they weren't talking about his movie.
This is all rather childish. Sure Jagger slept with a lot of women but this sure seemed like bragging.
Maybe the bragging helped make Mick feel better about his tiny appendage. Regardless, the line about the Trophy wife was funny.
In the Keith Richards autobiography, “LIFE”, it was suggested that Mick might have been jealous of Gram Parsons. Gram was a country rocker who shared many vials of heroin with good old Keith. The pair spent a good bit of time hanging out and having a laugh with and without heroin.
Marc Spitz makes certain to include a short quote from someone who suggested that there was no jealousy on Micks’ part. This is just another attempt by the Jagger camp to set the record straight when it came to Richards' autobiography.
The stories about Parsons and Trudeau are included here because they support my thesis that “Jagger” was written solely to correct the image that Keith Richards had painted in his autobiography.
But “Jagger” comes off as petty and more than a little self-serving, sure I get that all biographies are self-serving but this goes above and beyond. Physically it’s not much of a book. It kind of reminds me of Jagger himself: short and skinny. In the end, no one really cares if you have a “tiny todger” Mick although it is sad that you seem to care so much.
If you want to read a really good book about one of the Rolling Stones, “Life” by Keith Richards is great. Any Rolling Stones fans worth their salt would have already read it. Keith really loved and respected Gram Parsons.
“Stone Alone” by Bill Wyman is also great and should be on your must-read list if you’re a Stones fan. But any Rolling Stones fan really should have read “Stone Alone”.
But “Jagger rebel, rock star, rambler, rogue” is simply not great. It’s not really worth your time. Especially when there are much better Rolling Stones books out there. Spend your time reading “Stone Alone” instead of “Jagger”. You’ll thank me later.
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