Mick Jagger and Madonna

[Blue Jean 15,419]

Does anyone know in what interviews in the 80’s did he say Madonna was characterized by a “central dumbness” or “a thimble of talent in an ocean of ambition.”

Im trying to find the original interview/s but I can’t!

[deathproof 10,631]

Can't find Mick's original source for the comment, but that quote has appeared in the press year after year.

The oldest i can find of this quote is a TIME article from May 1985: http://mus15teenpop.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/7/8/1678483/madonna_rocks_the_land.pdf

Hope that helps.

[Ian 2,287]

He can't sing for the life of him;  also he shouldn't talk when coked out -so, at all times-

[Blue Jean 15,419]

20 hours ago, deathproof said:

Can't find Mick's original source for the comment, but that quote has appeared in the press year after year.

The oldest i can find of this quote is a TIME article from May 1985: http://mus15teenpop.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/7/8/1678483/madonna_rocks_the_land.pdf

Hope that helps.

Yes that’s all I could find too! I’d love to know when it was exactly...

[Semtex1 845]

He attended the same London Drowned World Tour show as me. 

[into the erotico 979]

I always thought that Jagger was the Madonna of rock and Madonna the Jagger of pop, in many aspects! 

also we see the EGO of Leo! 

[madgefan 10,155]

Jagger us an utter overrated piece of shit. There, I said it.

[Blue Jean 15,419]

I saw an interview from 84 or 85 where he is literally slagging everyone current off including Depeche Mode and Frankie Goes to Hollywood

[Voguerista 11,870]

On 5/13/2020 at 2:15 PM, into the erotico said:

I always thought that Jagger was the Madonna of rock and Madonna the Jagger of pop, in many aspects! 

 

This is such a cool way to describe them. I love both of them for the heat they can bring on stage in different ways. 

[Blue Jean 15,419]

8 hours ago, Voguerista said:

This is such a cool way to describe them. I love both of them for the heat they can bring on stage in different ways. 

I really should check out some of their concerts. I know a fair bit of their music but have never watched a concert.

And yes they do have a lot in common. I seem to believe the anti Madonna remarks he made were only at the beginning of her career, and like I said, he was slagging others off at the time as well.

[survivalartist 6,517]

6 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

I really should check out some of their concerts. I know a fair bit of their music but have never watched a concert.

And yes they do have a lot in common. I seem to believe the anti Madonna remarks he made were only at the beginning of her career, and like I said, he was slagging others off at the time as well.

I watched their Some Girls tour concert the other day, it was really good. The outfits are hilarious. PlutoTV streams some of their concerts with commercials for free.

[Gilbert 501]

On 5/13/2020 at 7:08 PM, madgefan said:

Jagger us an utter overrated piece of shit. There, I said it.

his genuine popularity and bank book definitely differs. 

[Alibaba 1,525]

Do we always hold everyone accountable for things that were said thirty-five years ago? Is there ever a point when it feels better to move on from the pettiness and bitterness? The world was a very different place at the time this quote was attributed; Mick was 20-odd years into a pop career that was at that point somewhat inconsistent and flailing. MTV was not a natural landscape for these performers, and Madonna came along making it all seem like child’s play. I guess that would make any narcissistic rock/pop star crabby, defensive and dismissive. Madonna has proven herself a million times over since then, and has hosted the pop idols she grew up with many times. They are all in awe of her, whatever was said decades prior.

[Blue Jean 15,419]

13 hours ago, Alibaba said:

Do we always hold everyone accountable for things that were said thirty-five years ago? Is there ever a point when it feels better to move on from the pettiness and bitterness? The world was a very different place at the time this quote was attributed; Mick was 20-odd years into a pop career that was at that point somewhat inconsistent and flailing. MTV was not a natural landscape for these performers, and Madonna came along making it all seem like child’s play. I guess that would make any narcissistic rock/pop star crabby, defensive and dismissive. Madonna has proven herself a million times over since then, and has hosted the pop idols she grew up with many times. They are all in awe of her, whatever was said decades prior.

I am asking for the original article because I am making a doco and I wanted to use it as she actually was asked about his comments in the 1987 Jane Pauley interview. It’s an important part of her story that she was written off by everyone including big names like Mick Jagger.

[Alibaba 1,525]

9 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

I am asking for the original article because I am making a doco and I wanted to use it as she actually was asked about his comments in the 1987 Jane Pauley interview. It’s an important part of her story that she was written off by everyone including big names like Mick Jagger.

I think that's great that you're making a documentary! Good luck!