(Log in to disable ads.)

  • Players

  • The Keef swinging his axe... but like really

OK, I can't say that I know the Rolling Stones all that well (bit before my time I guess) but I'm sitting here watching a VH1 countdown of Rock songs when during a performance of "Satisfaction" the Keef casually unslings his guitar, takes it by the neck and properly moers some other guy on the stage with it! ???

Someone care to fill me in with the story there? Was it a fan who invaded the stage or what? I'd imagine this must be a fairly well known event so I'm a bit surprised that I haven't heard of it before (along with Hendrix torching his guitar etc.)

The best part actually was when he slung the guitar over his shoulder again and continue playing like nothing's happened. Pretty EPIC!
    Yeah. Some guy got onto the stage and Keef wanged him to discourage such activity. Having done that he had a song to play dammit.
      I don't want to say that this is habitual for Keef, but it's certainly not the only occasion on which he's taken a guitar to somebody. Back in the early days when they played clubs around the UK a fight started in the crowd and Richards laid into some guy with his guitar. Repeatedly. Eventually Charlie said "Keith, why do you keep on hitting that bloke". Keith replied "he keeps on getting up."
        Here's the clip:



        I have an interview referring to the incident where he says if anyone invades his turf he's "going to cut the mother down" ?
          I find it hilarious! Amazing how the guitar was still in tune and he could continue playing the song.

          Here's what he had to said about the event in an interview I just found on Youtube.
            deefstes wrote: I find it hilarious! Amazing how the guitar was still in tune and he could continue playing the song.
            Dunno why. It's a Telecaster after all. That's one of their secondary functions.
              Yowzer! Look at Keith's hands. Looks like a bad dose of arthritis.
                X-rated Bob wrote: Yowzer! Look at Keith's hands. Looks like a bad dose of arthritis.
                But he doesn't seem to have any pain or constriction of movement. So I'm not sure what you call that.

                  • [deleted]

                  • Post #10

                  muhaha! I've been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett lately, so in my mind Death 'SPEAKS LIKE THIS, IN UPPERCASE ONLY'... lol!
                  (credit: http://www.offthemark.com)
                    singemonkey wrote:
                    X-rated Bob wrote: Yowzer! Look at Keith's hands. Looks like a bad dose of arthritis.
                    But he doesn't seem to have any pain or constriction of movement. So I'm not sure what you call that.
                    No, he’s close to 300 years old and riddled with arthritis, the only reason he is still able to play a guitar is because of the mind numbing amounts of drugs and alcohol in his system. When he finally dies in the Nuclear Holocaust, his liver & kidneys will be studied for generations to come! ???
                      MoreCowBell wrote:
                      muhaha! I've been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett lately, so in my mind Death 'SPEAKS LIKE THIS, IN UPPERCASE ONLY'... lol!
                      (credit: http://www.offthemark.com)
                      ? a comedian once said ( i forget who) , he was totally mislead when that movie "dead man walking " was released he went to see it thinking it was the "Keith richards biography"
                        Keira WitherKay wrote:
                        MoreCowBell wrote:
                        muhaha! I've been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett lately, so in my mind Death 'SPEAKS LIKE THIS, IN UPPERCASE ONLY'... lol!
                        (credit: http://www.offthemark.com)
                        ? a comedian once said ( i forget who) , he was totally mislead when that movie "dead man walking " was released he went to see it thinking it was the "Keith richards biography"
                        He is proof that Zombies, the Living Dead & the Undead truly exist. Be afraid children, be very afraid!!!
                          The only reason I bear the folly of Pirates of the Caribbean is to see Pirate Keef in all his glory... I may even sit through the 4th instalment to see his almighty zombieness on the big screen...
                            X-rated Bob wrote: It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.
                            I completely forgot about startreking!!! thank you! yay!
                              "I watch my man's back". Cool.
                              I watch my man's back too, but mainly because there's no space on our stages for me to stand next to him.
                                Jack Flash Jr wrote: "I watch my man's back". Cool.
                                I watch my man's back too, but mainly because there's no space on our stages for me to stand next to him.
                                LOL, I suppose that also means that your stage will be less likely to be invaded by a fan ?
                                  deefstes wrote:
                                  Jack Flash Jr wrote: "I watch my man's back". Cool.
                                  I watch my man's back too, but mainly because there's no space on our stages for me to stand next to him.
                                  LOL, I suppose that also means that your stage will be less likely to be invaded by a fan ?
                                  ?

                                  We've had a couple of attempted invasions... the buxom blondes keep interrupting Renesongs mid-solo to whisper in his ear ???
                                    Jack Flash Jr wrote:
                                    deefstes wrote:
                                    Jack Flash Jr wrote: "I watch my man's back". Cool.
                                    I watch my man's back too, but mainly because there's no space on our stages for me to stand next to him.
                                    LOL, I suppose that also means that your stage will be less likely to be invaded by a fan ?
                                    ?

                                    We've had a couple of attempted invasions... the buxom blondes keep interrupting Renesongs mid-solo to whisper in his ear ???
                                    Why don't they just ask Singemonkey for his number directly?