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Going for heart surgery. Kinda surprised. Doesn't he run five miles a day?

North American tour is cancelled. Was going to play in an open field in Ontario very near to where my BIL lives. Inner circle tickets were going for $1300. and the nosebleeds are $200. Was in Cuba on a vacation in 2016 when they gave a free concert in Havana. Was about three hours away but didn't go. Kicking ourselves now.

https://www.cnn.com/...t-surgery/index.html
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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I'm shattered! by this news. It does indeed suck but Mick will pull through.

I have never experienced a crowd going from the normal din of sitting around with the houselights on to... complete, deafening, total mayhem when the houselights went dark than when I saw them in 1981 on the Tattoo You tour!! It was unreal. I've been to a lot (!!) of shows since and it is still the high-bar. Seen the Stones two or three times since... but that show was special. They were still "trouble" back in those days and there was an element of danger at those shows. As I recall they didn't come out until around 10... there was a bar on stage. Different times.

Here's to a full recovery for Mick!
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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I saw them 30 years ago on the Steel Wheels tour (Living Colour as the opening act) and it was the best live show I've ever seen. Hope it goes well



"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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Very fortunate to have seen them at the Super Bowl in 2006.
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Re: Mick Jagger [Frank] [ In reply to ]
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New Orleans in 1981 on the "Tattoo You" Tour was amazing---2 opening acts: 1)George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, and 2) The Neville Brothers! I agree, there was still an element of "danger" to them back then. I saw them on "Steel Wheels" tour with Living Colour.
This week, I was about to pull the trigger and buy tickets to take my sons (17 and 13) to see them at JazzFest in New Orleans on 5/2.

Habitual line stepper.
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Going for heart surgery. Kinda surprised. Doesn't he run five miles a day?

North American tour is cancelled. Was going to play in an open field in Ontario very near to where my BIL lives. Inner circle tickets were going for $1300. and the nosebleeds are $200. Was in Cuba on a vacation in 2016 when they gave a free concert in Havana. Was about three hours away but didn't go. Kicking ourselves now.

https://www.cnn.com/...t-surgery/index.html

I wouldn't doubt that he runs. He's in great shape for 75. I don't know if he quit smoking, but know he did for a long time.

It's interesting how many here saw the Tattoo You tour. I caught that tour in Seattle.

Get well soon, Mick!
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Going for heart surgery. Kinda surprised. Doesn't he run five miles a day?

North American tour is cancelled. Was going to play in an open field in Ontario very near to where my BIL lives. Inner circle tickets were going for $1300. and the nosebleeds are $200. Was in Cuba on a vacation in 2016 when they gave a free concert in Havana. Was about three hours away but didn't go. Kicking ourselves now.

https://www.cnn.com/...t-surgery/index.html

Cuba???



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Re: Mick Jagger [The GMAN] [ In reply to ]
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The GMAN wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Going for heart surgery. Kinda surprised. Doesn't he run five miles a day?

North American tour is cancelled. Was going to play in an open field in Ontario very near to where my BIL lives. Inner circle tickets were going for $1300. and the nosebleeds are $200. Was in Cuba on a vacation in 2016 when they gave a free concert in Havana. Was about three hours away but didn't go. Kicking ourselves now.

https://www.cnn.com/...t-surgery/index.html


Cuba???



LOL, I was about to post something like this. Wander if Windy e-mail Jagger about, you know....
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?

Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb
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Re: Mick Jagger [Duffy] [ In reply to ]
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Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?

  1. He lives there
  2. He's as rich as Croesus

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Re: Mick Jagger [Duffy] [ In reply to ]
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Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?

Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?


Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.

So, wait, are you saying that a government run healthcare system doesn't work for a rich person like Jagger too?
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?

Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.

Socialism in a nutshell.

Everyone gets screwed.

Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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it's been a few years since i lived in the UK, but there was private healthcare and private health insurance available. Don't think it has changed. Mick wouldn't have had to wait.
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Re: Mick Jagger [Brian in MA] [ In reply to ]
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Brian in MA wrote:
I saw them 30 years ago on the Steel Wheels tour (Living Colour as the opening act) and it was the best live show I've ever seen. Hope it goes well

I think that's when I saw them as well. I was never a big fan but I thought I might as well go as it may be last time to see them (boy was I wrong). I was very underwhelmed and may have left early. Each to their own I guess.

That said, I wish Mick a speedy recovery.
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Re: Mick Jagger [EndlessH2O] [ In reply to ]
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EndlessH2O wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?


Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.


So, wait, are you saying that a government run healthcare system doesn't work for a rich person like Jagger too?

Not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying it works just as good for a poor person as a rich person. Jagger can pay for out of pocket for his surgery anywhere in the world so can jump the line up. Most people can't.
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Re: Mick Jagger [Duffy] [ In reply to ]
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Duffy wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?


Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.


Socialism in a nutshell.

Everyone gets screwed.

How so? Everybody can get healthcare and that's a bad thing that the zillionaire doesn't get pushed to the line in front of your chronically critical child? You've outdone yourself this time in stupid comments. Universal healthcare is the best thing that ever happened to the world. There's a reason why no other country is trying to copy the USA system.
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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Hate to disrupt the political discourse on healthcare... but their tone sucks. Always has. It's thin and reedy. When others cover their music, it is so much better. Never seen them live, and don't care to based on their studio recordings. Grow some balls and make statement with the music, too.
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Re: Mick Jagger [triguy98] [ In reply to ]
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I went to see them last year - they were great.

If you don't like the Rolling Stones then you don't like rock music!
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Re: Mick Jagger [cerveloguy] [ In reply to ]
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cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?


Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.


Socialism in a nutshell.

Everyone gets screwed.


How so? Everybody can get healthcare and that's a bad thing that the zillionaire doesn't get pushed to the line in front of your chronically critical child? You've outdone yourself this time in stupid comments. Universal healthcare is the best thing that ever happened to the world. There's a reason why no other country is trying to copy the USA system.

How so?
He doesn't have an answer for that. Fox News is light on detail. Maybe it's the death panels.

I went >20 years without seeing a doctor, and was happy for my taxes to support our healthcare system then.
More recently I have become a pretty heavy user of the system, and I couldn't be happier now.
I actually have 2 unrelated elective surgeries in the next 4 weeks. I chose the surgeons (both are world class). I chose the hospital (world class). I chose the dates. No insurance, ever, and my out of pocket expenses will be $0. And I pay less tax than I would in the US. (And our federal socialist government announced yesterday its return to budget surplus - no $1trillion pa bill to the grandkids for us. My state has been in surplus for years.).

So how exactly are we all screwed?

Duffy has socialism derangement syndrome.

I hope Jagger has a speedy recovery. I met him once in Paris. He was very gracious in the face of my fanboy excitement.
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Re: Mick Jagger [Bone Idol] [ In reply to ]
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So how exactly are we all screwed?


Duffy has socialism derangement syndrome.


It is post 2016 and you think facts matter...


That's adorable.
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Re: Mick Jagger [EndlessH2O] [ In reply to ]
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EndlessH2O wrote:
cerveloguy wrote:
Duffy wrote:
Why did he get treated in the US and not in his native Britain?


Pretty sure he has residence in both countries. Its not because of quality of care, there are good heart surgeons in both countries, but in the UK under government healthcare he would have to take his turn and stand in line just like everybody else despite being famous. In the USA money talks in a private healthcare delivery system and he would be pushed to the front of the line.

So, wait, are you saying that a government run healthcare system doesn't work for a rich person like Jagger too?

A few things to clear up.

First, the NHS in the U.K. Is excellent for emergency services and if someone needs an urgent heart surgery then it's done very quickly and probably better than if done privately. For non-critical issues there can certainly be a wait for treatment using the public system.

Second, there is also private healthcare in the U.K. if you or your employer is willing to pay for it. Someone like Mick Jagger would almost certainly have private cover, so he would not have to wait for any kind of treatment.
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Re: Mick Jagger [triguy98] [ In reply to ]
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triguy98 wrote:
Hate to disrupt the political discourse on healthcare... but their tone sucks. Always has. It's thin and reedy. When others cover their music, it is so much better. Never seen them live, and don't care to based on their studio recordings. Grow some balls and make statement with the music, too.
You're basing your opinion on their music based on how their records were mastered? Pretty much all pop music from that era was mastered to sound good on car radio. Just like it's mostly mastered now to sound good in ear pods. If you went to see them, I guarantee the bass and drums would be cranked up to an insane level. Saw the Who a few years ago, took hours for my hearing to approach normal. I wear attenuators now. Oh, and get off my lawn.

Brian

Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots, take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive
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