Today was Keith Richards' 65th birthday. (This is one of those pieces of information that takes up space in my brain where an understanding of global warming should be.) I'll mark the occasion by urging you to go out and buy Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary, "Shine a Light," for any Stones fans on your holiday gift list. The film shows a private benefit concert celebrating Bill Clinton's 60th birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York, interspersed with some backstage footage and television clips from the '60s.
After I saw this at the Uptown Theater last spring I was bursting with thoughts I wanted to post, but it only remained in theaters another five minutes, so I abandoned it. Here's what I remember:
- The clip of Mick being interviewed in the '60s on a Granada television show by a group of very serious-looking clerics with titles like the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Keith singing a gorgeous version of "You Got the Silver" and then, instead of letting the moment speak for itself, saying "Cool, huh?" (I think Charlie then did an incredulous double-take, though it's hard to say since he always looks like he's doing an incredulous double-take.)
- Mick's duet with Jack White on "Loving Cup" was amazing; his duet with Christina Aguilera on "Live With Me" was kinda icky.
- Ron Wood's big expensive-looking wristwatch; I mean, does he have somewhere he has to be?
- Are those fishing lures hanging from Keith's hair?
- I am in love with Bernard the back-up singer.
- Though at the beginning there are scenes of the Clintons meeting the Stones (including Hillary's mother getting a smooch from Keith), we mercifully never see the former President doing the white man's overbite in the balcony.
- I forgot about the song "She Was Hot." What other songs have I forgotten? I should get a new turntable.
- Keith Richards still has a nice smile.
Last week Dubliner gave me the DVD of the movie. I just watched Keith singing "You Got the Silver." I have to admit it wasn't as moving on my substandard TV as it was on the Uptown's big screen. You might want to add an HDTV to the package if you give this as a gift. (Hear that Dubliner?)
By the way, getting back to Keith, did you notice back in March I managed to post a photo that showed both Rufus Sewell and Keith Richards?
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