Mick Jagger

Philip Norman zeichnet ein hautnahes Bild von Mick Jagger, dem man ja nachsagt, dass er niemanden wirklich an sich heranlasse. Da werden sowohl seine Schrullen in der Leitung der Band deutlich als auch sein widersprüchliches Verhältnis zu Frauen.

Good read

Being slightly younger than Mick and having lived around the corner from him in London I have a considerable affinity with this brilliantly written bio on one of the most influential artists of post WWII Britain. I cannot think that MJ could be offended by this book which I get the impression Philip Norman has written based not on tabloid gossip but considerable knowledge of his subject coupled with detailed research. It is a complete Who's Who of the musical world which I found riveting but it is the author's fabulous sense of humour that gives so much joy. He's serious when required but then there are priceless one-liners that left me in stitches; unfortunate though Keith Richard's life threatening accident was in Fiji, Philip Norman brings it to the reader's attention so suddenly and succinctly that you are left in no doubt that it was spectacularly clumsy for KR to have been in the palm tree at all.Whilst I have never met MJ nor, to my eternal sadness ever even been to a Stones concert, I have come away from this book feeling as though I know the bloke. That he has survived intact seven decades is nothing short of a miracle - this book nearly did me in just reading it - when all around him others have fallen off the 'sex, drugs and rock 'n roll' roundabout is a testament to the ultimate man that he is.Father of 7, grandfather and lover of - sorry, lost count - MJ comes out of this book alive and well. All I found difficult was keeping up with the names, which litter the pages but unless you are doing your Phd on MJ, this will not dilute your enjoyment of this book. A tour de force that I hope MJ thinks does him justice.

The story remains the same but not as good a read as Keith Richard's autobiography... not as colorful as Keith's rendition of events, but then again - that either of them can remember anything is a feat in itself!

J'ai passé un bon moment avec Mike et sa tyrannie du cool comme le dit Norman. Ouvrage bien construit, assez détaillé, je ne suis pas d'accord avec les critiques littéraires qui disaient en substance qu'à la fin l'on apprenait rien de nouveau. J'ai lu à peu près tout ce est sérieux sur les stones et celui-ci m'a encore surpris par l 'éclairage différent sur Mike que je n'avais pas trouvé ailleurs même si bien sûr à force de lire des trucs sur les stones on finit par relire les mêmes choses, Bien surpris et surtout bien écrit.