I agree that he's not spouting any hate. But I disagree that he's speaking his mind. He doesn't have a mind any more. He's speaking his "grey fluff that's floating around in his cranium".
I don’t know why people agree with Mick saying Keith isn’t a happy person. He seems like one of the happiest, most “comfortable in his own skin” people I’ve ever seen.
Oh does he? Tell where in Keith's book "Life" did he say ANYTHING derogatory about Elton John. In fact he was very complimentary about Elton. So sick of BS on the net, it's really starting to become out of control, although many would say it started long ago.
Actually, June 20, 1975, Elton John really pissed off the Stones, and in particular, Keith, by outstaying his welcome by a whopping 10 songs. He was only supposed to play for one song, Honky Tonk Woman. Elton was so coked out he didn't take the cue to get off the stage. At the time, Billy Preston was playing keyboards for the Stones. Jagger introduced him as "Reginald Dwight from Watford," hoping he'd get the message. They were not happy. It was my first concert. Fort Collins, Colorado.
Keith Richards, speaking about Elton John, called him "an old bitch… his writing is limited to songs about dead blondes." Sounds pretty derogatory to me.
Jack Sparrow was modelled after Keith Richards. Johnny Depp even talks like him in the movies. Keith even played his father in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
He's a middle class Londoner who played music by people who lived a life that he has no idea about, other than the times he purposely tried to emulate it. Not in anyone's top 100 of guitar players and while an important figure in rock, not a guy whose playing chops clear the way for him to sit up high and call out people below him.
In early 1969 my pal Stuart, one year older than me aged 16, talked me into going with him to the Redcar Jazz Club on 7th February to see a group I’d never heard of called Jethro Tull. I don’t know how my parents allowed me to go on a Sunday evening, so school next day, especially as it was licensed premises, so we were both underage. We had a table near the stage and fairly central, so great view. What an experience that was for me as a 15 year old!
I loved Tull too. JT's earlier albums caught on in Britain but Aqualung was an album that received a lot of US play and put them on the map here, prob around 1971 or even 1972. I was in the USN at the time of its release and no one had ever heard of them, however that album did it for the band.
@@58landman -- I was in High School and just another Pop Rock listener and then my brother brought home Aqualung. I had never heard guitar playing like that in my life. Martin Barre's playing was just phenomenal with his blend of riffs, fills, runs, and those unbelievable leads. They are a Progressive Rock band, but that album featured Martin doing some revolutionary Hard Rock guitar work.
@@ricenglish4556I saw Tull outside DC bak in '84. Called for a snowstorm that nite so my friend chickened out. Went by myself. Still have my ripped tik and his unripped tiket!
I think John Paul Jones deserves much credit. I also think that Oasis is more derivative of the Beatles and I adore Keith. Met him at a Tom Waits concert at The Beacon. It was terribly amusing. My friend was in a leg cast and he told her to take care of herself. She yelled, "You take care of YOURSELF!" The lobby laughed.
Oasis are shite-typical 90s shite. And I think it's funny he dares criticise the like of Beatles album, and Led Zeppelin, good, they ain't gods and I don't play their stuff, unless someone else had done a cover and I prefer them and it just happens to be a Beatles tune. It doesn't make me play theirs.
@@kyachdistent1301You have to be American oasis changes millions peoples lives. And just to let you Noel zeppelin as amazing as they were as musicians were ripping everybody off a Evian blues to lot. Big court case common knowledge on stairway to heaven
That was a one time thing which lasted for about an hour, including rehearsal. It's like saying Ray Charles and Cyndi Lauper were bandmates cause they both appeared on "We are the world".
Keith is a very smart gentleman and one Kool Kat I have total respect for him, he’s always treated his woman right he and Patti have been happily married for over 40 years. He’s a mighty fine guitarist/writer/bassist. He’s the,,,♥️,,,of the Stones and my favorite band member! Check out newer interviews with him, he also has a right to his own opinion. 😘
My late older brother used to spend the night together with Keith Richards at his house. One evening, Mr. Richards expressed the opinion to my brother that he didn't like the music of The Grateful Dead. I told my brother (he was still alive at the time) that Keith should not knock The Dead. He said-'why not?' I said-'because they may comeback to haunt him.' True story.
@@ChiSam_521 The Grateful Dead are a noun, the word 'comeback' is a verb, 'silly is an adjective. 'Bitch' can be all three of these; noun, verb, and adjective. Thanks for reminding me of it.
@@romanticandperky We're you a wise man, rather than an arrogant punk, you would have looked the word up before doubling-down on stupid. How's that for a comeback.
@@user-nj8ub8bg6e -- I agree. I saw the Stones in '79 and they were awful. No, actually they would have had to be 10 times better just to work their way up to awful. Keith couldn't play or sing harmony. He was a joke. At least Mick tried.
I think Mick had a point, but he is KR and people are interested in his opinion. I wonder what his opinion about himself is? As for laughing all the way to the bank, aren't they all, or were.
Although I could understand some of what was shared here, whether I agree with it or not, one thing I want to know is why Keith would be so dismissive of John Paul Jones. It's nice that he gives props to Jimmy Page among Led Zeppelin members, but why shaft John Paul Jones?
Maybe he had a senior moment where he thought that John Paul Jones was related to Brian Jones. Other than that, I dunno, except that he probably never listened to LZ or that he was more enamored of big, over-the-top, full-of-themselves personalities (like himself) than he was of an actual musical genius.
Jonesy is a brilliant musician, he and Page were very busy doing sessions for others before Led Zep. One of the things he did was arranging the strings on “She’s Like A Rainbow” by the Stones in 1967. I think Keith wants to forget that year…
Heard Richards on the Howard Stern Show & when he laughed, it sounded like he was gargling butter. He's one pneumonia session away from meeting Prince for real.
Love Keith but musically he was insecure with many super groups. The fact of the matter is in 75 Zeppelin was the biggest band on the planet and it was only two years later (IMHO) The Stones put out their last great album.
@@igottheblues1 ...ya many considered Exile their best for sure...and I tend to agree but Some Girls was a monster album for them and id had a handful of really solid tunes but I'd suggest that was their last great album per say. As I say I live Keith but the one thing that's always bugged me is that he's craps on some really great bands and especially so it they were successful rivals of the Stones.
@@FilmSchool-om3ewI agree and I have to do the math. If Richard was in either group, Could Songs like stairway to heaven and Purple Rain exist ? Let alone anybody else On Keith's list ? Kieth is blessed to be where he is and he is the best At The greatest pirate rock and roll and all that but Time and music (She is a force of nature) moves On to other lovers.
Guess they asked him what he thought...and he told them..its just observations and an opinion..and everyone's got one of those. He's walking talking rock and roll history.😊
now I know two things Keith Richards has in common with Elvin Bishop. Both cite "how much is that doggie in the window" as the pop music of their early years & both were hooked on R&B and blues music as teenagers. Elvin went to Chicago on a scholarship because that was the center of the electrified blues in the 50s and 60s and he first got popular as a founding member of Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Geesh! Keith Richards probably doesn't even like Sara Lee. However, I saw the Stones last week in Vegas at the Hackney Diamonds concert tour at Allegiant Stadium. They were great. The black drummer, girl singer, bass player and sax player brought their music to a whole new level, sounding better than they did back in the 1960's.
I agree with Keef on a lot of his musical views. Sergeant Pepper is the most overrated album ever. Oasis is just the same song on repeat. LZ have put out some great stuff, but also a lot of trash. The LZ legend doesn't match reality on that front.
Couldn’t be further from the truth about oasis listen and think for yourself not read what people write about them. First single supersonic to last single falling down couldn’t be more different musically
@@michaelmulhall5007 You've obviously put a lot lot of thought and reason into your vacuous comment. Perhaps it is because you have a vacuum where other people have brains. Btw, it is you're instead of your, so that further confirms that you are the dullard.
@chrisbotelho7212 You've just told everyone that you've NEVER seen The Stones recently without telling us you've not seen them. They've NEVER EVER EVER used auto tune nor do they lip sync, they're a real band who play their own instruments and sing their own songs. If you knew anything about them,then you'd know that they hate lyp syncing and auto tune etc and when it comes to a point that they can't play for real then that's when they'll stop
@@markusaurelius777 Reading comprehension isn't your strong point now is it? I said *Mick* not Keith. I was refering to the end of the video when Jagger said that Richards wasn't a happy person.
@@jchis9852 I think he is actually he sounds grumpy all the time, and seems to always to be having a go at someone. Mick on the other hand doesn't seem to bother putting other musicians people down .
Agree, keith a bad guitar player criticizing other musicians, rather he seems to me like a clown who is very overrated. He can never compare to Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Mick Taylor, Jorma Kaukonen, John Cipollina, Jimmy Page, Kim Simmonds, Ritchie Blackmore, Duane Allman, Henry Vestine, Stan Webb, Mark Knopfler, etcetcetcetc or the greats Mick Bloomfield and Peter Green. He is a rhythm guitarist and also very famous. With all due respect is my opinion. Ask Chuck Berry, what a bad guitar player keith is . ✌️
I had the privilege of seeing The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin live in concert. The Rolling Stones had great stage effects, but Zeppelin's music soared in live performance. Some of Zeppelin's shows would go 3 1/2 hours, and always seemed too short. No disrespect meant to the Stones, but their shows were like a "greatest hits", and seemed rote and less inspired than the aforementioned.
I laugh. It's weird that Jagger said Prince was the best musician of all time. Keith adapts to Stone, Prince could adapt to all the other musicians. The difference is there
I don't know why I clicked on this; I care as much about what musicians Keith Richards likes or hates about as much as whether or not the guy in the annoying you tube ad is going to quit carbs.
keef is A musician, singular not plural.... let's be honest, the reason you clicked is just like a shit eating hog, you're attracted to shite. the "HATE" word gotcha !! you're soooo coool sweety, you're the ICEman !!!!!! ur soooo coool.... u dont care dahhhrlingggggs if only u were as successful as keef !! or even vanilla ice.... maybe you ARE vanilla ice ??? just vanilla ?
We all have a right to our opinion. I disagree with some of his takes. Especially his views on Zeppelin. But in my opinion he's more than earned his right to comment. And he's also a musically knowledgeable (and funny) dude.
He knocks everybody. Riffhard has spent his life tarnishing the legacy of Brian Jones. But, yes, Keef was the creative spark of the Stones' amazing 60s music.
Why do´nt the Stones tell their greedy managers to f...off and give the whole world a final concert for a week in Hyde Park along with some of the old and best Rock´roll musicians of England ? ps. they should ask Bill on their bended knees to join them.
I think Jagger managed the Stones for a good part of the band's life. He was a smart cookie and wasn't going to let the Stones get ripped off by greedy leeches, which was all too common back in the 60s and 70s.
I personally can’t stand Keith Richard’s, he needs to put down other greater musicians, to boost his ego. Other then a handful of decent songs, The Rolling Stones actually suck, certainly don’t get any better still hanging around. The only thing Keith Richard’s is good for, is the jokes about him.
@@mcross320 I remember Ronnie saying Keith is much less nasty since he gave up drinking, so maybe he has changed now. But he does sound like a bit of a curmudgeon.
There's a fair share of folks out there critical of the Keith-dom himself, especially on his playing, and creativity or like they say - lack of it over these last 30 years. I think the spark went out of him a pretty long time ago. These guys are all dancing skeletons at this point.
The guy who made this video has also done the same with Jimi Hendrix.. ('Jimi Hendrix hated these five bands') and has prob'ly done the same with others. This is totally contrived and deliberately angled to highlight (his own?) negativity. For instance, when Keith says that John wanted to 'be a Stone for a night' he simply meant that John could let his hair down and get wasted. He is not trying to denigrate the Beatles by saying that. Another point that people seem to have picked up on in the comments is that the narrator talks about 'his band-mate'. This is not a factual error but simply an error of diction; what he meant to say was 'his fellow musician'. As for Sergeant Pepper, well I listened to it when I was young, always preferred the Double White and Let it Be. Still like Good Morning and A Day in the Life... I agree with many here who say it is over-rated. But then, the polls are often very artificial. I sometimes think that polls should not be 'the best album' or 'the best film' but 'my favourite album' and 'my favourite film'. There seems to be a phenomenon that happens where critics, and then people, just go along with 'received wisdom'. My personal favourites are not necessarily the ones in the polls. One's tastes change also with the years. Now I'm old (68) I love to listen to the Beach Boys, who I originally 'grew out of' when I was about 13 or 14. Similarly, people's favourite movies are usually NOT Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Lawrence of Arabia or Jeanne Dielman (recently voted best film ever!?!). If you love some films and can watch them multiple times, then surely they are 'the best films ever made'? Your favourite albums or songs are also 'the best ever made'. It's personal, it's individual, it's not a collective. How awful it would be if you were only allowed to listen to what someone else has decided is 'the best'... OK, 'nuff from me!
It’s Keith! Like he possibly gives a hoot what people think. He’s Mt. Rushmore. Also both John and George have expressed they didn’t think Sgt Pepper was they’re best stuff either.
Mick Taylor really enhanced their sound and they made their best music when he was in the band, and their sound never recovered from him leaving. I like Ronnie's playing but he is no blues virtuoso the Mick Taylor was.
@@827dusty actually you're probably just reading something from another perspective. I knew very few people famous or not that didn't love his music. Lots of people have different tastes but he was very much liked among musicians because he was so talented and different. Are you a musician? Not trying to be rude, I was a professional musician for over 30 years and I only met a couple metal heads that didn't like him. He was amazing.
@@DougCanney1 I have 54 of his albums - I'm also an "ex musician" soon to restart my music career in my retirement as a big hobby/project - Prince in my opinion was the most accomplished brilliant overall musician we have seen in the last 100 years, multi talented, multi instruments, vocalist, most albums he played/recorded 90% of the tracks on all instruments - the most underrated and appreciated musician - luckily I saw him 3 times live - 2 concerts and one "post concert gig" in a club in Melbourne Australia
@@DougCanney1 He has more than 54 as some are being slowly released from his "Vault" by his Estate - I just can't afford them at the moment but will soon
You can't criticize Keith Richards for being Keith Richards. His lasting power isn't just his music, it's also his image as a forefather of a gritty rock and roll lifestyle. Today, I'd rather listen to Richards talk about his experiences for 2 hours than pay $1000 for a ticket to watch them clumsily sludge through a concert at a cavernous sports arena.
He is absolutely a Legend and entitled to his Opinion. I've said it Before about Other Musicians Likes & Dislikes, It Does Not Matter to me what They Say! I Like what I Like and Nobody will Change my Mind. So, I look at These Videos with a Wonder of WHO Really Cares? For Me, The Stones reached their Peak in the Early 70's. Does anybody Care?
“Paint it black” is a great song - that said, one of its co-authors - Richards - does seem to daub the black stuff on others and their accomplishments - and - as the other writer of the foregoing song says of Richards - “He’s not a happy man……” . I rest my case !
Keith was certainly right about Sgt Pepper and about Oasis, as to the others, the narrative in this post is too confused to be sure about what he was actually asserting. Great bloke.
Il a dit la vérité sur beaucoup de choses...il est un peu dur avec Paul mc Cartney , sergent pepper est une bonne chanson...Le reste peu déplaire..certains trucs du hard rock étaient bien je ne supporte pas les groupes de ultra heavy speed métal...
When he and Mick saw Hendrix gigging at a club in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1966 (they had been recommended to go and watch him by Stones girlfriend Linda Keith), both failed to see that there was anything very special about him. Chas Chandler came by two weeks later and the rest is history...
@@louise_rose they probably shat themselves when they saw Hendrix, he was so far ahead it was ridiculous - the Stones got much better but just listen to Jimi on his first record.
Im really disheartened by these ridiculous rock stars sniping about one another. They are very immature and petty . I am a musician in the realm of early music. It is a competitive field but we all remain supportative with each other. These clowns should grow up and realize there is lots of room for different takes and tastes.
Remember, these guys are JUST entertainers. They are very rich and have become like all other very rich. Self absorbed and thinking that because they are very rich they think they must have a special power of knowledge about the world. They don’t. They are JUST entertainers. Similar to the clown act in a circus. Speaking as a musician myself. It’s all for your entertainment. Nothing more nothing less
The stones outgrew Brian Jones when Mick and Keith started writing songs, and they ceased forever to be a blues/rock n roll cover band, which is what they started out as. Brian was not a song writer, and eventually could barely function as a musician because of his drug problems, so he became obsolete.
@@martinnewtonholmes He did for sure, he started the stones, as a blues cover band but he became a dead weight. If anything the Stones should have got rid of him two or three years earlier. He had already lost interest in the guitar by around 1965-66 and stopped developing as a guitarist, but he could still add little instrumental flourishes to songs on different instruments but after a while he couldn't even do that.
How about a one-on-one TV show with Keith Richards and Ozzy Osbourne discussing their past escapades when they were younger men. It could be a PPV event for charity. Of course, you'd have to have the "Closed Caption" turned on, or have an interpreter telling us what was said.
I think Keith was jealous about all the musicians that were technically so much better then he was. He probably hated that LZ was so much bigger then the stones in the 70's . Proven with ticket sales, album sales and all the Beetles records they broke . Imagine how good he could have been if he wasn't always toasted.
I am 61 years old. I have been listening to music my whole life and I agree Keith about prince. While I think Prince was okay. I thought he was more of a stage act, than a musician.
From U.K. I’m 67 now, and not living far from Liverpool and Manchester. Over the decades I’ve seen em all. Prince is waaay up there! Guitar live playing off the scale! Check out his studio footage on bass! Multi instrumentalist. A real one off!
@@KennethSimmons-sy4pj while I have not been playing guitar as long as Keith Richards I have been playing guitar since the 60s. My opinion has a small amount of value about as much as yours.
You are musically ignorant if you think Prince was just a stage act. On his first demo record he played every instrument used in the song. His guitar skills are far better than Keith Richards whose fame rests on being in the Stones.
I agree with him on most things here. Half of Sgt Peeper is crap and the other half is great. Especially Lennon's songs. But The Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request' wins hands down for me. It's just that Pepper was better produced. I never got Led Zep. They just didn't click with me. Much preferred the Who. And I wasn't into Prince either until a few months ago I rediscover his Purple Rain album. It's a classic album. And great movie. The guy had it in spades. Fantastic guitarist. I bought the Special edition 5 cd set of Purple Rain which had a live concert. I watched it and I noticed his influences. Little Richard. Jerry Lee. Jimi Hendrix. Even the androgony of David Bowie etc.
That bit of news reel is completely absurd to me; first, he treats someone's citicising anything about the Beatles as news, then goes on to say 'but he's *old!*' Who thought that would be good journalism?
Southern stones in Madison Square Garden it was either 82 or 3 Prince was a warm-up band he was bottled off the stage I guess the people in New York weren't ready for him
Sorry but I have to agree with Keith about the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album...the first time I saw and heard the album I had the same reaction as Keith!!!
Interesting that Kieth never mentioned John Paul Jones, yet he played piano on shes a rainow, i guess he forgot about the crown jewel of Ledzeplin Zeppelin
Some people say stuff just for effect. He knows Zeppelins influence is well beyond the Stones.ever was. He knows his own playing can't compare to Jimmy Page. Just smoke another joint and get over in the corner somewhere, Keith
There's a vid on the tube with Keith trying to deal with Chuck Berry. We also notice that the narrator who kicked this thing off has a noticeable lisp..
Have to say, I agree with Keith, except to say I don't think there was much "beautiful" about Lennon (given how much of himself he exposed in his songs and public behavior) -- I'm sure he was fun to hang out with if he respected you, but if not, then look out!
Personally I love the Stones, especially the era from Satisfaction till Sticky Fingers. Keith's book is a damn good read. He owes his guitar style ( tuning and no low E string) to his music and drugging buddy, GRAM PARSONS. That he is one of the most opinionated musicians of the old school is obvious. Making controversial statements are very useful for keeping him and his Stone buddies on the global media's radar. Some of his beefs have some validity and some are hackney BOLLOCKS. He hardly rates as a great guitarist these days, but his contribution as a co-writer with Jagger has produced a plethora of classic rock songs. Some of his observations are downright embarrassing. Example, at the age of 18, Prince recorded his first album entirely alone. What could Keith have done ? I wonder if he was even capable of trying his own shoelaces and playing more than 10 chords. I think that it's time to stop the deification of artists who were a product of another age, and the idolisation of the sex and drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyle and admit that Keith wouldn't be taking cheap shots at other worthwhile artists, 'cause he would've been 6 feet in the ground. But being a very rich rock star, he was able to pull himself from the brink and survive, unlike many of his contemporaries who kicked the bucket early on.
Most “stars” are consumed with being #1 and will only put others down to try to get press or make themselves seem better than they are. Look out for the ones singing other artists’ praises during interviews, they’re the real ones! Smart & confident enough to recognize they’ve “already got” the interview & attention, and kind enough to shine light on others. Those are the real heroes!
I think he hated Mozart since Keith knew him when he he was a baby!
LOL! That’s all Keith is good for, the jokes.
LoL, heard they were drinking buddies
He is Mozart's dad
😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaa brilliant...
Its nice to hear people still can have opinions.
Like a$$h0les everyone has one.
Too many people have opinions! Are you serious?
@@animaljustice7774 You just expressed one. Consider yourself lucky.
Keith can say whatever he wants, he's Keith Richards! I'm almost 70, and Keith has seemed old to me since the 60's LOL!
70? lolol dude he's almost 80
WTF? I didn't hear any hate from Keef at all. He's just speaking his mind.
Thank you . I agree 💯
@@gretchengoulet9109 Ditto. The word "hate" will draw a larger audience, I suppose.
I agree that he's not spouting any hate. But I disagree that he's speaking his mind. He doesn't have a mind any more. He's speaking his "grey fluff that's floating around in his cranium".
@@SoopahG lol !!
We are talking about Keith. Who’s Keef? 🤔🤔🤔
I don’t know why people agree with Mick saying Keith isn’t a happy person. He seems like one of the happiest, most “comfortable in his own skin” people I’ve ever seen.
Keith is the Coolest Cat since Dean Martin.
Mick was joking .
@@tommurphree5630 That's not how it comes off to me, or to most people commenting on it, but it's possible.
What he meant to say is that Keith is happy to be bitching about everything all the time.
Also, he had Patti
Hey, that's just Keith being Keith. There's no malice to any of it.
Calling Prince an “overrated midget,” is kind of malicious.
Keith really wouldn't be Keith if He didn't say controversial things. It's one of the things We expect from Him.
Not liking some music isn`t controversial
@@martinnewtonholmes yet, not liking what "everybody does" (or not doing what everybody does) is
@@inmundo6927 People thought I was a bit odd cos I didn`t like Queen
Very controversial
@@martinnewtonholmes very, though Queen is very over the top too, so, understandable
Oh does he? Tell where in Keith's book "Life" did he say ANYTHING derogatory about Elton John. In fact he was very complimentary about Elton. So sick of BS on the net, it's really starting to become out of control, although many would say it started long ago.
Actually, June 20, 1975, Elton John really pissed off the Stones, and in particular, Keith, by outstaying his welcome by a whopping 10 songs. He was only supposed to play for one song, Honky Tonk Woman. Elton was so coked out he didn't take the cue to get off the stage. At the time, Billy Preston was playing keyboards for the Stones. Jagger introduced him as "Reginald Dwight from Watford," hoping he'd get the message. They were not happy. It was my first concert. Fort Collins, Colorado.
Keith Richards, speaking about Elton John, called him "an old bitch… his writing is limited to songs about dead blondes." Sounds pretty derogatory to me.
He tried to smooth things over in the book.
After decades of drugs, smoking and drinking, how is this guy still alive? Life makes no sense.
He's been dead for forty years, he just don't know it.
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Keith will live on forever weeds don't die
He died in 1970😅😅😅
just LOOK at 'im... you reckon he's alive eh?
When Keith saw his Stairway to Heaven, he took a drag, flicked the butt, and said “ No, Thanks. Where’s the bloody bar”?
That’s because he doesn’t have the guitar skills to handle that
Jack Sparrow was modelled after Keith Richards. Johnny Depp even talks like him in the movies. Keith even played his father in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Fortunately, Keith doesn't need your approval and gave the opinions he was asked for. He's still laughing all the way to the bank.
Amen
yeah, so is Led Zeppelin and they've been broken up for a long time🙄
And forever known as the most overrated guitarist in the most overrated band in history. Wealth is irrelevant… His legacy matters.
He's a turd
Money doesn't make one good. Hes just a rich junkie.
He's a middle class Londoner who played music by people who lived a life that he has no idea about, other than the times he purposely tried to emulate it. Not in anyone's top 100 of guitar players and while an important figure in rock, not a guy whose playing chops clear the way for him to sit up high and call out people below him.
grateful dead nice cover versions of Last time and satisfaction
➕ 7. The late David Bowie. Keith Richards complained, "What is with David Bowie and posing?!" 🙄
Oh, Keith does his share of posing!
@@Mr.56Goldtop A drunk 🥴 complains over a heroin user! L🤣 L
Every time he knows his picture's being taken he does that opened mouth, ''I'm the coolest thing to ever live'' pose. So shut up Dracula.🧛♀🦇
One thing he does is spread his legs wide apart as he strums his guitar and he holds that pose. Cool as Hell!
More friendly banter than real criticism, he actually praises him in his autobiography!
In early 1969 my pal Stuart, one year older than me aged 16, talked me into going with him to the Redcar Jazz Club on 7th February to see a group I’d never heard of called Jethro Tull. I don’t know how my parents allowed me to go on a Sunday evening, so school next day, especially as it was licensed premises, so we were both underage. We had a table near the stage and fairly central, so great view. What an experience that was for me as a 15 year old!
Wowwwwww ❤️
Since Tull is my all-time favorite band, that must have been awesome.
I loved Tull too. JT's earlier albums caught on in Britain but Aqualung was an album that received a lot of US play and put them on the map here, prob around 1971 or even 1972. I was in the USN at the time of its release and no one had ever heard of them, however that album did it for the band.
@@58landman -- I was in High School and just another Pop Rock listener and then my brother brought home Aqualung. I had never heard guitar playing like that in my life. Martin Barre's playing was just phenomenal with his blend of riffs, fills, runs, and those unbelievable leads. They are a Progressive Rock band, but that album featured Martin doing some revolutionary Hard Rock guitar work.
@@ricenglish4556I saw Tull outside DC bak in '84. Called for a snowstorm that nite so my friend chickened out. Went by myself. Still have my ripped tik and his unripped tiket!
I think John Paul Jones deserves much credit. I also think that Oasis is more derivative of the Beatles and I adore Keith. Met him at a Tom Waits concert at The Beacon. It was terribly amusing. My friend was in a leg cast and he told her to take care of herself. She yelled, "You take care of YOURSELF!" The lobby laughed.
Your point?
Oasis are shite-typical 90s shite. And I think it's funny he dares criticise the like of Beatles album, and Led Zeppelin, good, they ain't gods and I don't play their stuff, unless someone else had done a cover and I prefer them and it just happens to be a Beatles tune. It doesn't make me play theirs.
@@kyachdistent1301You have to be American oasis changes millions peoples lives. And just to let you Noel zeppelin as amazing as they were as musicians were ripping everybody off a Evian blues to lot. Big court case common knowledge on stairway to heaven
@@michaelmulhall5007 Yes, the Spirit song written by Randy California. Now there's an underrated band. And guitarist.
@@readmelancholystrumpetmaster I thought y point was clear. What didn’t you get?
Keith always disses Sgt Peppers cos Her Satanic Majesty's request bombed. They tried the hippie thing and it didn't work out for them
Sgt. Peppers wasn’t that great actually ! Very over rated
peppers is shit, keef has taste !!!
It's overrated alright. The Times newspaper described it as the best musical work since Schubert. The Sixties ended then...
@@SpookyFox1000overrated are Stones albums. Gst pepper not
@@eamocoverrated is sticky fingerzzz
Mick at the end - absolute gem! 🤣
0:34 sorry, Lennon was neither Keith's nor Elton's bandmate.
The Dirty Mac.
@@SergeitheMetThat’s right 👍
That was a one time thing which lasted for about an hour, including rehearsal. It's like saying Ray Charles and Cyndi Lauper were bandmates cause they both appeared on "We are the world".
@@bnpzarie9511 True, but for that brief moment they WERE bandmates. 😁
@@SergeitheMet I still get a kick out of Lennon, Clapton, Richards and Mitchell's work, a rare treat from a time long gone by.
Keith is a very smart gentleman and one Kool Kat I have total respect for him, he’s always treated his woman right he and Patti have been happily married for over 40 years. He’s a mighty fine guitarist/writer/bassist. He’s the,,,♥️,,,of the Stones and my favorite band member! Check out newer interviews with him, he also has a right to his own opinion. 😘
SAY IT!
@@annangel4828
Whew!!! Hooo!!!
Keith is da MAN!!! 🎸♥️♥️.
He’s a gardener too and that’s sexy.
🍋 trees 🌳🌳🌳
Truth!!!!
Keith has lived…opinions that are spite…are worthless
Wth???
That's what makes a master musician to you???
Just wow, haaaaa
Elvis said the rooling stones dancing around on stage like Crazy Chickens 🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔 🤣 🐔 🤣
His wisdom never ceases to amaze me. I thought mick looked like one of Jerry’s kids on stage.
I LOVE Elvis and The Rolling Stones!!! 😃❤
@@SeptemberChild1835 I do too. 💯
@@jakepepper2279 😃👍👍🎸🎸
As if he could talk. 😁
My late older brother used to spend the night together with Keith Richards at his house. One evening, Mr. Richards expressed the opinion to my brother that he didn't like the music of The Grateful Dead. I told my brother (he was still alive at the time) that Keith should not knock The Dead. He said-'why not?' I said-'because they may comeback to haunt him.' True story.
Like Jerry Garcia cared what Keith had to say.
Come back. The word comeback is a noun, silly.
@@ChiSam_521 The Grateful Dead are a noun, the word 'comeback' is a verb, 'silly is an adjective. 'Bitch' can be all three of these; noun, verb, and adjective. Thanks for reminding me of it.
@@romanticandperky We're you a wise man, rather than an arrogant punk, you would have looked the word up before doubling-down on stupid.
How's that for a comeback.
@@romanticandperky Do you derive some weird satisfaction from having adults look down on you?
Does he have christmas ornaments hanging off his head thingy ?
LOL! As opinionated as ol' Keef is, there is always a grain of Truth in it!
No truth in Led Zeppelin not taking off.
Keith has never liked mainstream Rock. Without the Roll it's thud thud thud. No soul, no swing.
Kind of like everything the Stones have made for the last 40 years.
@@user-nj8ub8bg6e LOL Yep.
@@user-nj8ub8bg6e unless you listen to the records
@@user-nj8ub8bg6e -- I agree. I saw the Stones in '79 and they were awful. No, actually they would have had to be 10 times better just to work their way up to awful. Keith couldn't play or sing harmony. He was a joke. At least Mick tried.
I think Mick had a point, but he is KR and people are interested in his opinion. I wonder what his opinion about himself is? As for laughing all the way to the bank, aren't they all, or were.
I met Keith and the Stones,for a weekend in St.Louis, Babylon tour, Keith and Ronnie taught me snooker,lol
It was an awesome time!❤🎉
STL represent!! Lol
Although I could understand some of what was shared here, whether I agree with it or not, one thing I want to know is why Keith would be so dismissive of John Paul Jones. It's nice that he gives props to Jimmy Page among Led Zeppelin members, but why shaft John Paul Jones?
Because Jones didn't sign The PACT
Maybe he had a senior moment where he thought that John Paul Jones was related to Brian Jones. Other than that, I dunno, except that he probably never listened to LZ or that he was more enamored of big, over-the-top, full-of-themselves personalities (like himself) than he was of an actual musical genius.
😲
Led Zeppelin is arguably the greatest rock band of all time.
Jonesy is a brilliant musician, he and Page were very busy doing sessions for others before Led Zep. One of the things he did was arranging the strings on “She’s Like A Rainbow” by the Stones in 1967. I think Keith wants to forget that year…
Heard Richards on the Howard Stern Show & when he laughed, it sounded like he was gargling butter. He's one pneumonia session away from meeting Prince for real.
Joe Rigoli
the cigs are keeping him alive
Your point?
@@musicland2024-gq2pb And ALL those sacrifices over the years startin with Brian......
Keith is older than the Grim Reaper!
Keith looks out for his younger brother..."do you see the resemblence"?
Opinions are like assholes… Everybody has one.☺️ ☺️
Keith's is extra smelly!!
@@mistersniffer6838 ok mo
EXACTLY !!!!!
Except for conjoined twins in some cases
Very original and profound statement.
Keith Richards 'Life' was one of the best autobiographies I ever read.
Probably the only one then. LOL
One of the best autobiographies period....
@@johnryan3913
Rock 'n' roll personified.
@@joeknockane8831 NY times non fiction book of the year!!
Love Keith but musically he was insecure with many super groups. The fact of the matter is in 75 Zeppelin was the biggest band on the planet and it was only two years later (IMHO) The Stones put out their last great album.
Ye, him snubbing Zeplin and Prince, ah, I think that was just arrogance or jealousy
You mean two years earlier (exile)
@@igottheblues1 ...ya many considered Exile their best for sure...and I tend to agree but Some Girls was a monster album for them and id had a handful of really solid tunes but I'd suggest that was their last great album per say. As I say I live Keith but the one thing that's always bugged me is that he's craps on some really great bands and especially so it they were successful rivals of the Stones.
@@FilmSchool-om3ewI agree and I have to do the math. If Richard was in either group, Could Songs like stairway to heaven and Purple Rain exist ?
Let alone anybody else On Keith's list ?
Kieth is blessed to be where he is and he is the best At The greatest pirate rock and roll and all that but Time and music (She is a force of nature) moves On to other lovers.
@@prezooom4307 great analyst.
Guess they asked him what he thought...and he told them..its just observations and an opinion..and everyone's got one of those. He's walking talking rock and roll history.😊
Anyone who is a real living person will have opinions that change. Honesty matters!
Well Kieth I have a question. Are there any artists that you approve of. Besides the stones that is.
Love Kieth and the stones but LED ZEPPELIN is one of the greatest bands of all time he is right on about prince
now I know two things Keith Richards has in common with Elvin Bishop. Both cite "how much is that doggie in the window" as the pop music of their early years & both were hooked on R&B and blues music as teenagers. Elvin went to Chicago on a scholarship because that was the center of the electrified blues in the 50s and 60s and he first got popular as a founding member of Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Prince sounded HORRIBLE in that clip lol
He was doing his Mick Jagger impersonation. Of course he sounded horrible.
Yes, but "Miss You" is - to me - a song very far from rock, and I can't understand how Keith Richards can be proud of it...
well he never was a great singer anyways prince
Prince. Fab stuff.
@@musicland2024-gq2pb
Weak voice, he should have played and zipped it
Also agree with him on Oasis
Gotta remember, viewers, this is show business. Acting stoned is part of the image.
Geesh! Keith Richards probably doesn't even like Sara Lee. However, I saw the Stones last week in Vegas at the Hackney Diamonds concert tour at Allegiant Stadium. They were great. The black drummer, girl singer, bass player and sax player brought their music to a whole new level, sounding better than they did back in the 1960's.
I agree with Keef on a lot of his musical views. Sergeant Pepper is the most overrated album ever. Oasis is just the same song on repeat. LZ have put out some great stuff, but also a lot of trash. The LZ legend doesn't match reality on that front.
I saw John Lennon talking about Sgt. Pepper. John basically said people were attributing things to that album that never occured to him.
Couldn’t be further from the truth about oasis listen and think for yourself not read what people write about them. First single supersonic to last single falling down couldn’t be more different musically
@@michaelmulhall5007 That is my opinion based on listening to them. Basically a one song repertoire.
@@gustaaf1892 Then your not very bright
@@michaelmulhall5007 You've obviously put a lot lot of thought and reason into your vacuous comment. Perhaps it is because you have a vacuum where other people have brains. Btw, it is you're instead of your, so that further confirms that you are the dullard.
Please Keith ! The stones been doing the same stuff for 50 years!
Only now it's auto tuned, lip sung and accompanied by some 5, 10, 15, 20 odd folks on and off stage.
Boring, good in the 60's. @@chrisbotelho7212
you didnt listen much Stones then?
If it ain't broke. Don't try to fix it. I have seen them over the last 50 years. They are not the same!
@chrisbotelho7212 You've just told everyone that you've NEVER seen The Stones recently without telling us you've not seen them.
They've NEVER EVER EVER used auto tune nor do they lip sync, they're a real band who play their own instruments and sing their own songs.
If you knew anything about them,then you'd know that they hate lyp syncing and auto tune etc and when it comes to a point that they can't play for real then that's when they'll stop
i like doggie in the window, great instructional tune for waltz and augmented chords, and a pioneer in over dubbing, patty page, eh jimmy...
Mick hit the nail on the head.
No he didn't. Zeppelin never really "took off?" As if.
@@markusaurelius777 Reading comprehension isn't your strong point now is it? I said *Mick* not Keith. I was refering to the end of the video when Jagger said that Richards wasn't a happy person.
@@jchis9852I don’t believe that at all, about Keith being an unhappy person. Mick isn’t around him 24/7.
@@jchis9852 I think he is actually he sounds grumpy all the time, and seems to always to be having a go at someone. Mick on the other hand doesn't seem to bother putting other musicians people down .
Rory Gallagher, the best guitarist the Rolling Stones never had, at the time Rorys tour of Japan was more important to him..
Agree, keith a bad guitar player criticizing other musicians, rather he seems to me like a clown who is very overrated. He can never compare to Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Mick Taylor, Jorma Kaukonen, John Cipollina, Jimmy Page, Kim Simmonds, Ritchie Blackmore, Duane Allman, Henry Vestine, Stan Webb, Mark Knopfler, etcetcetcetc or the greats Mick Bloomfield and Peter Green. He is a rhythm guitarist and also very famous. With all due respect is my opinion. Ask Chuck Berry, what a bad guitar player keith is . ✌️
I had the privilege of seeing The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin live in concert. The Rolling Stones had great stage effects, but Zeppelin's music soared in live performance. Some of Zeppelin's shows would go 3 1/2 hours, and always seemed too short. No disrespect meant to the Stones, but their shows were like a "greatest hits", and seemed rote and less inspired than the aforementioned.
Keith is still king
I’ve listened to Sergeant Pepper often and I seem to agree with Keith
Because You only like blues
Nothin' fake 'bout Keef.
Opinion from the biggest poser in music history.
You really need to have your head examined if you think Prince is anywhere near Beck, Page, Hendrix or Eddie.
Prince is fake. all show @ not much talent when it comes to playing guitar..
I laugh. It's weird that Jagger said Prince was the best musician of all time. Keith adapts to Stone, Prince could adapt to all the other musicians. The difference is there
Somebody supposedly asked Clapton how it felt to be the greatest guitarist ever and he replied that you would have to ask that question to Prince
@@garymcnaughton2501
Thanks for exposing Eric's understanding of reality
He is. So there.
Glad Keith is remembering God's agreement with Abraham with the rainbow headband.
Had no idea that Rowley Birkin (QC) had a career in rock and roll
I don't know why I clicked on this; I care as much about what musicians Keith Richards likes or hates about as much as whether or not the guy in the annoying you tube ad is going to quit carbs.
keef is A musician, singular not plural.... let's be honest, the reason you clicked is just like a shit eating hog, you're attracted to shite. the "HATE" word gotcha !! you're soooo coool sweety, you're the ICEman !!!!!! ur soooo coool.... u dont care dahhhrlingggggs if only u were as successful as keef !! or even vanilla ice.... maybe you ARE vanilla ice ??? just vanilla ?
We all have a right to our opinion. I disagree with some of his takes. Especially his views on Zeppelin. But in my opinion he's more than earned his right to comment. And he's also a musically knowledgeable (and funny) dude.
Keith Richards, Pete Townsend, and Frank Zappa all think they are the only ones doing music right.
can you prove that claim. I don't think so.
Richards and Townsend are correct!!
He knocks everybody. Riffhard has spent his life tarnishing the legacy of Brian Jones. But, yes, Keef was the creative spark of the Stones' amazing 60s music.
Why do´nt the Stones tell their greedy managers to f...off and give the whole world a final concert for a week in Hyde Park along with some of the old and best Rock´roll musicians of England ? ps. they should ask Bill on their bended knees to join them.
Well that's all ridiculous.
I think Jagger managed the Stones for a good part of the band's life. He was a smart cookie and wasn't going to let the Stones get ripped off by greedy leeches, which was all too common back in the 60s and 70s.
Bill is 93
Because we're all laying awake at night wondering what Keith is thinking....
I guess if your not kieth Richard's, your no good
Pretty much
That's right 😊
Damn right!
That’s just as well cos frankly he ain’t that good
I personally can’t stand Keith Richard’s, he needs to put down other greater musicians, to boost his ego. Other then a handful of decent songs, The Rolling Stones actually suck, certainly don’t get any better still hanging around. The only thing Keith Richard’s is good for, is the jokes about him.
Great ending “no he’s not a happy person” lol
Somebody should tell Keith, "alcohol is a depressant" opens doorways to negativity and criticism.
@@mcross320 I remember Ronnie saying Keith is much less nasty since he gave up drinking, so maybe he has changed now. But he does sound like a bit of a curmudgeon.
There's a fair share of folks out there critical of the Keith-dom himself, especially on his playing, and creativity or like they say - lack of it over these last 30 years. I think the spark went out of him a pretty long time ago. These guys are all dancing skeletons at this point.
SYF! Dancing skeletons were the Grateful Dead!
The guy who made this video has also done the same with Jimi Hendrix.. ('Jimi Hendrix hated these five bands') and has prob'ly done the same with others. This is totally contrived and deliberately angled to highlight (his own?) negativity.
For instance, when Keith says that John wanted to 'be a Stone for a night' he simply meant that John could let his hair down and get wasted. He is not trying to denigrate the Beatles by saying that.
Another point that people seem to have picked up on in the comments is that the narrator talks about 'his band-mate'. This is not a factual error but simply an error of diction; what he meant to say was 'his fellow musician'.
As for Sergeant Pepper, well I listened to it when I was young, always preferred the Double White and Let it Be. Still like Good Morning and A Day in the Life... I agree with many here who say it is over-rated. But then, the polls are often very artificial. I sometimes think that polls should not be 'the best album' or 'the best film' but 'my favourite album' and 'my favourite film'.
There seems to be a phenomenon that happens where critics, and then people, just go along with 'received wisdom'. My personal favourites are not necessarily the ones in the polls. One's tastes change also with the years. Now I'm old (68) I love to listen to the Beach Boys, who I originally 'grew out of' when I was about 13 or 14.
Similarly, people's favourite movies are usually NOT Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Lawrence of Arabia or Jeanne Dielman (recently voted best film ever!?!). If you love some films and can watch them multiple times, then surely they are 'the best films ever made'? Your favourite albums or songs are also 'the best ever made'. It's personal, it's individual, it's not a collective. How awful it would be if you were only allowed to listen to what someone else has decided is 'the best'...
OK, 'nuff from me!
Paul said about the stones: Just a good blues's band. I agree
Paul wrote silly silly music
@@shadrach6299more interesting and innovating than playing the blues for 60 years...
Mccartney songs are awfull.
And Pepper is trash.
Have a nice day.
@@alphatrion100 Without Lennon, McCartney wasn`t that great was he ?
@@martinnewtonholmes
What do you mean?
Paul was pretty succesful even without the other Beatles.
It’s Keith! Like he possibly gives a hoot what people think. He’s Mt. Rushmore. Also both John and George have expressed they didn’t think Sgt Pepper was they’re best stuff either.
Peppers is sooooooooo overrated.
Jealous of Zeppelin. No doubt.
Led Zeppelin is Bonham.
Prince is a better guitarist than Richards. Again Jealousy.
Lennon was a self absorbed ass.
@@albertopa58 Prince was both a front man and guitarist all in one, and I'm not necessarily his biggest fan but he was an amazing talent.
He blew being in the position of able to PROMOTE others.
The good die young. You are so right Keith.
Much as I admire and have always loved Keef I fell out of love with the Stones a long time ago. Somewhere around when Mick Taylor left.
Mick Taylor really enhanced their sound and they made their best music when he was in the band, and their sound never recovered from him leaving. I like Ronnie's playing but he is no blues virtuoso the Mick Taylor was.
So good to see Prince jam and adlib. Miss him and his music.
Not well liked by other artists and Bands.
@@827dusty actually you're probably just reading something from another perspective. I knew very few people famous or not that didn't love his music. Lots of people have different tastes but he was very much liked among musicians because he was so talented and different. Are you a musician? Not trying to be rude, I was a professional musician for over 30 years and I only met a couple metal heads that didn't like him. He was amazing.
@@DougCanney1 I have 54 of his albums - I'm also an "ex musician" soon to restart my music career in my retirement as a big hobby/project - Prince in my opinion was the most accomplished brilliant overall musician we have seen in the last 100 years, multi talented, multi instruments, vocalist, most albums he played/recorded 90% of the tracks on all instruments - the most underrated and appreciated musician - luckily I saw him 3 times live - 2 concerts and one "post concert gig" in a club in Melbourne Australia
@@AndrewBaileyMusicProductions Damn, I didn't even know he had 54 albums out.
@@DougCanney1 He has more than 54 as some are being slowly released from his "Vault" by his Estate - I just can't afford them at the moment but will soon
It seems like Keith forgets what he's talking about half way through and just cuts it short with a summation.
Shame he can't run for POTUS! He's more coherent than Sock-Puppet Biden!
You can't criticize Keith Richards for being Keith Richards. His lasting power isn't just his music, it's also his image as a forefather of a gritty rock and roll lifestyle. Today, I'd rather listen to Richards talk about his experiences for 2 hours than pay $1000 for a ticket to watch them clumsily sludge through a concert at a cavernous sports arena.
Or $5000 for a Taylor Swift concert! Have ya ever seen the earliest pics of The Rolling Stones?!?
He is absolutely a Legend and entitled to his Opinion. I've said it Before about Other Musicians Likes & Dislikes, It Does Not Matter to me what They Say! I Like what I Like and Nobody will Change my Mind. So, I look at These Videos with a Wonder of WHO Really Cares? For Me, The Stones reached their Peak in the Early 70's. Does anybody Care?
i agree seen them in 72 and 75 great time to be young
Exiled on main street I felt was their peak . . The 80's the slide was very clear . Now they are geriatric jokes .
Interesting to hear his opinions.
And everybody gets pissed off when it's not the one they wanna hear 😂 it's hilarious
“Paint it black” is a great song - that said, one of its co-authors - Richards - does seem to daub the black stuff on others and their accomplishments - and - as the other writer of the foregoing song says of Richards - “He’s not a happy man……” . I rest my case !
He says stuff like that just to be contrarian . He likes to go against the grain and be rebellious and non-conforming about everything.
Keith was certainly right about Sgt Pepper and about Oasis, as to the others, the narrative in this post is too confused to be sure about what he was actually asserting. Great bloke.
Several million music lovers would disagree with Keith Richard's biases. Let us know when he comes down from his eternal high. 😅😅😅
I agree with Keith Richards . He likes blues purists , Hendrix , BB King , Muddy Waters , Trower , Clapton ....
Il a dit la vérité sur beaucoup de choses...il est un peu dur avec Paul mc Cartney , sergent pepper est une bonne chanson...Le reste peu déplaire..certains trucs du hard rock étaient bien je ne supporte pas les groupes de ultra heavy speed métal...
but he can't play like any of them. He's cool, i like him, but he is not someone that should be criticizing anyone.
@@johnharrington2400yeah but he got the soul that moves you just like the best of the best bluesman!
When he and Mick saw Hendrix gigging at a club in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1966 (they had been recommended to go and watch him by Stones girlfriend Linda Keith), both failed to see that there was anything very special about him. Chas Chandler came by two weeks later and the rest is history...
@@louise_rose they probably shat themselves when they saw Hendrix, he was so far ahead it was ridiculous - the Stones got much better but just listen to Jimi on his first record.
I would like to hear more from him. I agreed with everything he said.
I agree with you.
Im really disheartened by these ridiculous rock stars sniping about one another. They are very immature and petty . I am a musician in the realm of early music.
It is a competitive field but we all remain supportative with each other.
These clowns should grow up and realize there is lots of room for different takes and tastes.
Remember, these guys are JUST entertainers. They are very rich and have become like all other very rich. Self absorbed and thinking that because they are very rich they think they must have a special power of knowledge about the world. They don’t. They are JUST entertainers. Similar to the clown act in a circus. Speaking as a musician myself. It’s all for your entertainment. Nothing more nothing less
He’s 😎 🎸 definitely going to live long enough to bury his competitors. 😇🎸
No Jones, no Stones.
No Jagger no swagger
The stones outgrew Brian Jones when Mick and Keith started writing songs, and they ceased forever to be a blues/rock n roll cover band, which is what they started out as. Brian was not a song writer, and eventually could barely function as a musician because of his drug problems, so he became obsolete.
@@theodoreconstantini2548 Correct !! He became a liability as time went on
@@martinnewtonholmes He did for sure, he started the stones, as a blues cover band but he became a dead weight. If anything the Stones should have got rid of him two or three years earlier. He had already lost interest in the guitar by around 1965-66 and stopped developing as a guitarist, but he could still add little instrumental flourishes to songs on different instruments but after a while he couldn't even do that.
How about a one-on-one TV show with Keith Richards and Ozzy Osbourne discussing their past escapades when they were younger men. It could be a PPV event for charity. Of course, you'd have to have the "Closed Caption" turned on, or have an interpreter telling us what was said.
I think Keith was jealous about all the musicians that were technically so much better then he was. He probably hated that LZ was so much bigger then the stones in the 70's . Proven with ticket sales, album sales and all the Beetles records they broke . Imagine how good he could have been if he wasn't always toasted.
I am 61 years old. I have been listening to music my whole life and I agree Keith about prince. While I think Prince was okay. I thought he was more of a stage act, than a musician.
From U.K.
I’m 67 now, and not living far from Liverpool and Manchester.
Over the decades I’ve seen em all.
Prince is waaay up there!
Guitar live playing off the scale!
Check out his studio footage on bass!
Multi instrumentalist.
A real one off!
Well you and Keith are foolish the dude played any instrument an he would kill Keith on guitar not even close Stop it
@@KennethSimmons-sy4pj while I have not been playing guitar as long as Keith Richards I have been playing guitar since the 60s. My opinion has a small amount of value about as much as yours.
You are musically ignorant if you think Prince was just a stage act. On his first demo record he played every instrument used in the song. His guitar skills are far better than Keith Richards whose fame rests on being in the Stones.
I agree with him on most things here. Half of Sgt Peeper is crap and the other half is great. Especially Lennon's songs.
But The Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request' wins hands down for me.
It's just that Pepper was better produced.
I never got Led Zep.
They just didn't click with me. Much preferred the Who.
And I wasn't into Prince either until a few months ago I rediscover his Purple Rain album. It's a classic album. And great movie.
The guy had it in spades. Fantastic guitarist. I bought the Special edition 5 cd set of Purple Rain which had a live concert.
I watched it and I noticed his influences. Little Richard. Jerry Lee. Jimi Hendrix. Even the androgony of David Bowie etc.
What's up with the rainbow Keith? I never knew you were fluffy.
"She's like a rainbow!" The Stones were singing about rainbows in the 60s.
That bit of news reel is completely absurd to me; first, he treats someone's citicising anything about the Beatles as news, then goes on to say 'but he's *old!*' Who thought that would be good journalism?
Southern stones in Madison Square Garden it was either 82 or 3 Prince was a warm-up band he was bottled off the stage I guess the people in New York weren't ready for him
that was in canada
Sorry but I have to agree with Keith about the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album...the first time I saw and heard the album I had the same reaction as Keith!!!
And yet The Stones then did Their Satanic Majesties Request which was 100% their poor ass lame attempt to produce their own Sgt Pepper's.
@chrisbotelho7212 now that really WAS crap
Interesting that Kieth never mentioned John Paul Jones, yet he played piano on shes a rainow, i guess he forgot about the crown jewel of Ledzeplin Zeppelin
" Ledzeplin Zeppelin
" the group Led Zeppelin could have been..
That was Nicky Hopkins playing the piano. John Paul Jones arranged the strings.
I admire him for being honest but do not agree with his opinions. Slagging on Zeppelin come on.
Some people say stuff just for effect. He knows Zeppelins influence is well beyond the Stones.ever was. He knows his own playing can't compare to Jimmy Page. Just smoke another joint and get over in the corner somewhere, Keith
@kbob1163 my album cover says Jonws played piano, and most likely the strings too..
There's a vid on the tube with Keith trying to deal with Chuck Berry. We also notice that the narrator who kicked this thing off has a noticeable lisp..
I love Keef but for sure I'd rather be Mick, who seems to really enjoy life.
Have to say, I agree with Keith, except to say I don't think there was much "beautiful" about Lennon (given how much of himself he exposed in his songs and public behavior) -- I'm sure he was fun to hang out with if he respected you, but if not, then look out!
He’s wrong about Led Zeppelin.
Fortunately, I don't need to be "right".
Yes, I agree! 👍👍
I couldn't agree with him more about Prince. Spot on.
Seriously dude? I love Keith to bits but y'know... He is wrong. Still the Guv'nor...But he is wrong.
Year 2072 anyone?
Keith: Yep
Personally I love the Stones, especially the era from Satisfaction till Sticky Fingers. Keith's book is a damn good read. He owes his guitar style ( tuning and no low E string) to his music and drugging buddy, GRAM PARSONS. That he is one of the most opinionated musicians of the old school is obvious. Making controversial statements are very useful for keeping him and his Stone buddies on the global media's radar. Some of his beefs have some validity and some are hackney BOLLOCKS. He hardly rates as a great guitarist these days, but his contribution as a co-writer with Jagger has produced a plethora of classic rock songs. Some of his observations are downright embarrassing. Example, at the age of 18, Prince recorded his first album entirely alone. What could Keith have done ? I wonder if he was even capable of trying his own shoelaces and playing more than 10 chords. I think that it's time to stop the deification of artists who were a product of another age, and the idolisation of the sex and drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyle and admit that Keith wouldn't be taking cheap shots at other worthwhile artists, 'cause he would've been 6 feet in the ground. But being a very rich rock star, he was able to pull himself from the brink and survive, unlike many of his contemporaries who kicked the bucket early on.
That's what being a junkie does to your mind.
Keith hasn't used heroin for nearly 45 years
Opinions are like cellphones: everyone's got one. (I mean like yours. Not Master Richards.)
Nothing to do with drugs,he stopped being a junkie in 1978
Being a junkie allows you to form your own opinion?
At least he's got a mind.
Most “stars” are consumed with being #1 and will only put others down to try to get press or make themselves seem better than they are. Look out for the ones singing other artists’ praises during interviews, they’re the real ones! Smart & confident enough to recognize they’ve “already got” the interview & attention, and kind enough to shine light on others. Those are the real heroes!
Keith is easily my favorite neo classical shred guitarist
I love his talent. He shreds. Truth is he’s dead but nobody told him. Still shreds.
Keith tells it like it is.