i have been a fan/groupie forever. back in the day.... we went to every concert within a 3,0000 mile radius. seven times i have rocked it out with them, even went to the infamous concert for the blind. there was something about the energy and anarchy that drew me to them. for me, it was all about mick and keith, the rest of the band were just there in supportive roles. mick's strutting and mincing across the stage was so very sexy. and keith, well he just stood there lost in a drug induced haze and his music. you could feel every note, every riff. he was there to play and play he did.
are you a beatles fan or a stones fan? the lines were drawn back then, who you listened to, spoke about who you were. the beatles brought mania, the stones, mayhem.
i just finished reading keith richards autobiography "life". it's a mother of a book, 547 pages. it's a big book about a big life. reading it brought back so many memories. not just of going to concerts. but of my youth as well. made me reflect on choices made and not made. would i be a different person today if for example, i had screamed and fainted over paul mccartny? or would i still be the me i became? am i giving too much credit to a sub culture of so very long ago?
some of my choices were made nearly forty years ago. i live with those choices and have very few regrets. now i must make choices that will affect me for another forty years (i hope).
like the song says-
you can't always get what you want
but if you try some time
you'll get what you need.
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