Legendary Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger is famously no stranger to a dalliance or two. Many of these were of epic rockstar proportions; he had a years long affair with the First Lady of France and currently has baby daddy status with five different actresses/models/dancers across the industry.
Jagger has even had a number of rumored flings with men in the past, most notably with David Bowie. According to a new book, two of these numerous affairs may have been carried on with his own bandmates.
The Stone Age by Lesley-Ann Jones thoroughly catalogues the band’s sixty year history, and multiple accounts and interviews hint to hidden affections between Jagger, partner Keith Richards, and former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.
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The relationship with Mick #2 is probably the most heavily hinted at by those around Jagger in the book.
Paul Levett, a friend of Taylor’s ex-wife, said, “She told me that she found her husband in bed with Mick Jagger. Why would she say such a thing to me, if she had not seen it with her own eyes?”
Christopher Andersen write in his 2012 biography Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger that multiple people in the band’s entourage “caught the two Micks dozing in bed together.” Apparently, this was a regular occurrence for the pair.
Jagger didn’t hint to much himself, but did have a very clear affection for the guitarist. In a 1995 interview, he said, “Mick [Taylor] would play very fluid lines against my vocals. He was exciting, and he was very pretty, and it gave me something to follow, to bang off. Some people think that’s the best version of the band that existed.”
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The relationship with Richards is more speculative, but has also stood the test of time.
Former Jagger flings Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull both seemed to find Jagger and Richards to be attracted to one another. Pallenberg is quoted as saying, “From when I first met them, I saw Mick was in love with Keith.” Faithfull noted, “I had an inkling that there was a sexual undercurrent between them. I knew in some part of my head that Mick was bisexual.”
The latter went on to state that “of all Mick’s relationships, the only one that really means anything to him is with Keith.”
Richards himself has been quoted with saying, “Mick and I live off the fire between us. We were made for each other. It’s like putting on an old glove, man, you know.”
scotty
they all get a “pass” on this story. rock star excess and lots and lots of money and drugs and the zeitgeist of the time make the history of rock and/or roll a sordid tale. icons dont get that way by doing what is often perceived by many as normal.
stanhope
Didn’t Bowie’s first wife say that she found Bowie and Jagger in bed together?
dbmcvey
Yes she did. There’s a rumor that’s what the song “Angie” is about.
gjg64
Big Stones fan here. Keef is god. Mick worships at his feet. I seriously doubt there was ever anything physical between them. Mick may have once had a crush on Keith but I seriously doubt it went the other way. Mick Taylor, I have no idea. Now, watching Mick and Ronnie Wood onstage in the 70s…….that’s when Mick was at his most “gay”. He really teased Woodie…..grabbing his crotch, slapping his ass, etc. Part of it was just to mess with him while he was doing a solo or something, but watch a live version of them on YouTube in the late 70s (1978 tour and SNL appearance especially) and you’ll see what I mean. Mick was a gay punk that tour!
WayDifferent
Look here Sonny, this was news back in 1978, along with David Bowie and Rod Stewart’s extracurricular activities. Wait until the gay newcummers discover Rosie O’Donnell, Whitney, Oprah and Whoopie made woopie at some time or another. Then this will be REAL news here.
Jim
Gee Mick is bi!
We knew that what 3 or 4 decades ago.
SDR94103
this is a non story.
DennisMpls
I was a huge Stones fan when I was a kid. Four times in the song Mick sings “Angie, Angie.” When I was in college I speculated and wondered whether Mick was singing “Andy” in the second of those two names. It sure sounded like that on my system, and I was aware of the rumors that Mick could be bisexual. I liked to think he was referring to Andy Johns, the engineer on the song, who was really cute at the time. I thought it could either be a reference to bisexuality, with him singing “Angie, Andy” back to back. Or that it was really Andy he was in love with, and this was his homage to him.
Keith wrote the lyrics, and said it wasn’t meant to be about anyone in particular, but I figured Mick could certainly be using it for his own purposes! It made the song especially meaningful to me.
On another note, at that time Mick Taylor was one of the most beautiful humans alive, and it wouldn’t shock me at all if Mick Jagger appreciated that as much as I did! (He was also a terrific guitarist. Listen to “Time Waits For No One,” perhaps the best deep cut of all time.)
DennisMpls
I just listened to “Time Waits For No One” again, and that guitar solo over the last three minutes or so is one of the best three minutes in all of music. Toward the end the guitar fades out, and then Nicky Hopkins picks up the same rhythm on piano before Mick Taylor comes back to match and overtake it. If you like lyrical guitar solos you have to listen to that.
jay 700
i love it.
Doug
Nothing new here. Mick Jagger was known to be bisexual decades ago, and he’s never hidden it. Kind of strange that the media is now making it sound like it’s scandalous news.