Jordan Karlesson
Mick Jagger on Wednesday tweeted a touching tribute to his friend, recently deceased Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
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Jagger posted the video collection, which lasts one minute and 40 seconds, on the first anniversary of Watts’ death. It features a montage of photos of Watts while Jagger sings the Rolling Stones ballad “Till the Next Goodbye.”
Toward the end of the clip, Mick Jagger shares his thoughts about Watts in spoken-word form.
“You know, I miss Charlie because had a great sense of humor, and outside of the band, we used to hang out quite a lot,” Jagger reminisced. “We like sports. We’d go to football. We’d go to cricket games. And we would have other interests apart from just the music. I really miss Charlie so much.”
A Beautiful Tribute
Jagger simply captioned the post “Thinking of Charlie today.”
Watts is considered one of the best drummers of all time. He joined the Stones in January 1963.
Mick Jagger Says Rock And Roll Isn’t For The Elderly
For Mick Jagger’s own part, the singer recently revealed that his high-energy days are coming to an end. Earlier this year, The Rolling Stones canceled their concert in Amsterdam at the last minute, after fans had already packed the venue, after Jagger, 78, tested positive for Covid-19, he told NBC News.
“Rock ’n’ roll, or any kind of pop music honestly, isn’t supposed to be done when you’re in your 70s,” Jagger told U.K. paper The Sunday Times. “It wasn’t designed for that. Doing anything high-energy at this age is really pushing it. But that makes it even more challenging. So it’s, like, ‘OK, we’ve got to f***ing do this right,’ but it’s got to be as full-on as possible. Of course you could do another type of music — we’ve got lots of ballads. I could sit on a chair.”
Jagger mourning Watts is similar to how Dave Grohl reacted to the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins earlier this year. Foo Fighters are playing two tribute shows to Hawkins, who is also considered one of the best drummers ever — and one of Grohl’s best friends.
