sparky wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:48 pm I first heard this anecdote on the forum (t/w Rolling Stone magazine link), but here's the condensed version:

For all of his low-key skill behind the kit, Watts seemed well aware that he was an irreplaceable element of the Stones’ sound. As one famous story from the band’s heyday goes, Jagger once phoned Watts’ hotel room in the midst of an all-night party, asking, “Where’s my drummer?” Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying, “Don’t ever call me your drummer again. You’re my fucking singer!”

Requiscat.

My favorite rock and roll story. I really, really hope it's true.

R.I.P. Charlie.

Nico Adie wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:36 am

As someone who was a first hand witness to the misguided idealism of hippiedom going horribly awry at Altamont, it's hard to blame him for his scepticism about it, or about playing festivals generally (even if he did change his mind and agree to play Glastonbury).

He didn't change his mind Re: Glastonbury. Still held the same line on festivals and hippiedom. Was quite funny to read him in interview at the time.

HeavenIsInYrBeard wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:55 amAs someone who was a first hand witness to the misguided idealism of hippiedom going horribly awry at Altamont...

Holy smokes, you were there?? That's nuts!

Am reminded of how Ray Davies was quoted as saying "the sixties were a lie" after the decade passed, though not having read any of his biographies/the interview in question, am not 100% sure what he meant by that, or who/what exactly he was reacting to.

Anyway, Watts, even to a casual observer, always seemed like the stoic drummer type, the sort who let slip the occasional smirk while holding down the song, but kept his cool for the most part, never one to "over-play."

DaveA wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:12 am

HeavenIsInYrBeard wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:55 amAs someone who was a first hand witness to the misguided idealism of hippiedom going horribly awry at Altamont...

Holy smokes, you were there?? That's nuts!

Thankfully not! I was still eleven months away from being born then. I was referring to Charlie - I meant that I could understand how the experience of playing there and seeing all the carnage unfold might have turned him off the whole hippie culture and the experience of playing festivals generally. I've seen the film about a dozen times though.

And yeah, that's something I could imagine Ray Davies saying - it's telling that the Kinks - unlike some of their contemporaries like the Troggs and the Small Faces - never really attempted to ride the psychedelic gravy train, even if "Village Green Preservation Society" accidentally chimed in quite well with the whole English pastoral / whimsical zeitgeist that was becoming popular over here at the time

Oh I see, hah, was still getting my day started when I read that. Was gonna say, didn't know we had any septeguanarians up in this place! It is a very good film though, I agree. Saw it in the theater once. Maysles Brothers are hard to beat.

Scratch Perry.

brephophagist wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:25 am Scratch Perry.

Oh man. A titan. Safe journey.

brephophagist wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:25 am Scratch Perry.

Shit, man. Putting on some Upsetters today.