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September 20, 2007

New Mick Jagger Video - "Charmed Life"

Mick flashes back through some of his favorite moments in the video for "Charmed Life"-- hugging Bono, playing bass, hugging Sting, chillin' with Lenny Kravitz, chicken dancing from here to eternity, wearing a pink scarf! The innocuously funky, oddly dub-tinged tune's one of the previously unreleased songs from the new greatest hits album, The Very Best Of Mick Jagger. Right, if this is the best we'd hate to see the worst, and all that. But note that hippity hop bounce in Mick's swagger during the "when I walk out my front door" studio shot. Damn, Jagger's gettin' jiggy with it!

Those beguilingly distant backup vocals? Jagger's daughter, Karis (no, not Kelis). The "song" is one of two previously unreleased, Rick Rubin produced Wandering Spirit demos from The Very Best-- way to save the music industry, Rick. "Charmed Life" was subsequently remixed by Ashley Beedle for inclusion on the collection. All said, it's as terrible as anything in his solo canon ... which means Rolling Stone will give it 5 stars.

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You left out... "meeting Britney Spears"... and "standing next to a photograph of Madonna". OK, I have to click "stop" now, too much Mick Jagger retro footage from the '80s is giving me a headache.

Posted by: d. at 09/20/07 5:33 PM | Reply
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you called him mike jagger

Posted by: panda at 09/20/07 5:51 PM | Reply
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he definitely had sex with david bowie

Posted by: raymond bayless at 09/20/07 6:02 PM | Reply
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If this wasn't Mick Jagger, it would get tossed on the bad 80's retro rubbage heap... but I think I will do that even though it IS Mick Jagger...

Posted by: JB at 09/20/07 6:03 PM | Reply
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ah, keyboard slip. thanks for the close reading, panda. all fixed!

Posted by: brandon at 09/20/07 6:10 PM | Reply
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Is this some kind of sick joke? Kind of reminds me of "Ever Present Past."

Posted by: ethan at 09/20/07 6:12 PM | Reply
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That bass line is making my ears bleed.

Posted by: Al at 09/20/07 7:39 PM | Reply
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'this video is unavailable'. thank god.

Posted by: PQ at 09/21/07 8:04 AM | Reply
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dear gum,
thanks for making fun of RS. you made my day

love always,
j-dubness

Posted by: jdubs at 09/21/07 3:35 PM | Reply
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oh, super! i love Dickhead Jagger!

Posted by: ron at 09/23/07 5:53 PM | Reply
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You are all too hard listen to the rap crap that is playing today boring as hell BLING, BLING.
At least Jagger has lived it and does not have to make this shit up. Better than most of the crap today

Posted by: Wm at 09/27/07 8:20 AM | Reply
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Agree with WM would rather listen and watch decadence from a artist who truly lives it than listen to a bunch of bad ryhmes standing infront of rented jets and roll royces that they will never own. Hail rock and roll royalty. Jagger is the real deal.

Posted by: Doug at 09/28/07 8:18 AM | Reply
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Could someone PLEASE help me here... when I try to play the above video or go to www.youtube.com/mickjagger and try and play any of his videos I get "Video Unavailable" - why is this so? Anything else I click on on youtube works fine. HELP!!!!

Posted by: Beaumont at 09/28/07 11:24 AM | Reply
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Anyone mind emailing me the lyric for this song please O.o?

Posted by: Leonel at 02/26/08 9:30 PM | Reply
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