European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ibmh.mmp4 Imp pm a Babii Hon Imp bpm profile Mick Jagger sympathy for the Mellow by Robert Paimer new York Minim 1 w his Lii i Pirerr us Villi to Rollins slum s apparently in held Siule finitely. Mil k Agger was i 1 a Yak talking it limit ihi1 , "., and ,n a. Hichem part us lit is Iii referring in ills in w 11i i Niilyn i i in Columbia -10 9  and Tompai t disk. I  Heel keyboard Iliili is and in some  la it i write Wilh Daw Stewart of . Ii two of us played rhythm guitars. Rul i Iii of to keep the Basic k our somewhat lighter in order id Elti insistent feel and establish a bit of an identity. I think i be moved away from lilt1 rolling Sinnit sound on this record but i Hope i be retained some of Ilie Lisl parts i f   the band heard in primitive Cor f in t going the mistaken for ihi1 rolling stones nol even Wilh  s unmistakable phrasing Mil v  textures front Ishri. I wanted to make the in Jis rnori.1 varied in Moo skillful at creating an illusion of spontaneity anal improvisation on Lagise Tan of Quick willed into inventive bul he  never in sort of Singer when simply picks up n Lyric Sheet my sings the a tins in his own Way. He sludge .1 Lyric considering ,1 it rsiin.1 behind the words try  , Ihen timing up with the sort of phrasing and vol textures  seem up prep Lac. The  who emerges from the lyrics and from Btl wern Ilif Linis on primitive caul is a dude Day did Ernel  r  i i Jer rolling slime. I suppose some of the Ennis i limit Ivy coot and  Hiby. Fur  More ," he Siil with a disclaimer they re a inn Way from being  in ihi1 song primitive Cool the Sinfer finds himself trying in Anwer some embarrassingly direct Truf Lions Posl to by his children or   i it1 in a place far in the  the Thi Kire n s voices seem Kilisl int mining did you  tool in the Fco a daddy did you Tiehl in the War or did you Chase ill Ihu whores on the Nick n Roll Rumba diet you break All the Liws thai we ready to Crumbie the Singer Tan Only answer co Check it Oul yourself cause i be Hart if playing teacher for  in ,  scat Shiesl song Willia Nii Lillious i. Horus and a motown flavor the sinner says he used id play the Casanova bul  of his absorption in to Heap Champagne Brief j i lairs and backstage love because a love Tike this is much too Good to Ever  this is  the hedonistic parly animal and Prophet of apoialyp1 j.ikb1 Playl to the Hill is ,1 Rittling slime. Rock idol Micor a fit s second Solo album is primitive Cool this sin Jer appreciates Home and Hearth h in in rat and Good clean fun. Ami one suspects disclaimers  that this Singer is much closer 1 it real ingk1 t than thai satanic fellow who used losing sympathy fair the Devil Ever was lagger was unable to pinpoint a particular incident Hal led to his a decision logo Solo. "1 Don t remember that sort of blinding moment he said bul i Kuess it was there fora Long while those things tend to creep up on you. But it s nol such an unusual thing to do. The More unusual thing is to nol do it and i think  i was just being really Lazy. Working with Keith Keith Richards rolling stones Lead guitarist writer you be been working Wilh for a Long Lime you expect other people to put a to kit of input into your songs so thai you can go into the studio with a song Hal perhaps in t totally finished or you Don t have a total vision for. Some Perls you purposely leave undone because you Hope the rest of the band is Gonna Chip in Wilh ideas. In other words making records Wilh a Gro Trp should be a group car Fri is far As arranging and everything whereas with a Solo record in s a slightly different concept because you really want to feel that this is yours anal though other people Are Welcome to Chip in ideas you can reject those ideas without feeling anything really. You have to have o very Clear idea of what you want i r tin. Vou be got to show i he Way totally. It should t  be like that with a  a measure of. Or s Success in establishing a Vider emotional Range on primitive Coo Isth present u of several outstanding love songs particularly Vutci Hilt and . It s quite a Lough order to write a Romanyk nuke song tagger said. A s sometimes a bit Ofa contradiction in  the Phil Speiler Issax Vou Vav Crocall Jagger s songwriting As a fowl Only years ago. It s quilt hard for me to sing beiausi1 the Range is  Sll , who to role say you , was one of several All Star players on the Sesini in. Which also featured licit an  guitar. Dave w.inhfn1 from the beginning . In fact he was quili1 supp live. When i showed hint the songs  i d already written he said 1 like  one and thai one probably needs a ,1.1 met Bun at a gig. We k 1 on realty ill but it s always Diluci nil in know How you re going to gel on Wilh people writ info songs or just hanging Oul in the Sturro sri we went in Dave s basement and started writing songs. We did them very quickly he s very Quick anal i m very Quick and it jelled  the album s first single let s work is a Good illustration of their relationship. We d just finished the track  you Wilt and Dave said i be Bol this other idea " tagger recalled. I said enough is enough. We d Hail a Long Day Al it and i fell whacked. He said just ii5len to this a minute and he played this one Little Parl of la Melody and we started programming away. I wrote the lyrics Down there and Ihen Wen in ant Sang in. Part of that first Quarter of an hour of us writing it is st ill there on the record. It was one of those very Quick fun Type feels. Quite often the Best kind of Rock records Are made Wilh rent Quick instinctive grooves. 1 Don t think Dave had any idea of what we were doing we were just  the spontaneity on Hal Irack i Jagger s idea of How Rock n1 Roll works. It s Dave and i playing the guitars he said. Neither of us arc claiming to be Genius guitar players bul the rhythm guitar thing we get together there is our title Groove so that gives in Hal Quality Hal in s not quite session a you know i like to get the arrangements really tight and the play ing tight without straying Inlo the thing of it feeling too perfect which is a very Fine line. It s the instantaneous Factor it s write that stuff and Tien when they d whipped it up can scially the London press As soon is they be it Rev that Hun they want to write the in in Story which is How you re gelling on  Jagger no stranger i n a Norm Ersy Over Len years paused it Jugh we re keeping them  24 st Tipti Oughin tfpttmbtr24, i9s7