Keith Richards: Culture Show Special BBC2 7pm rpt 11.20pm

Some pretentious claptrap from the other "talking head" his co-writer.

Born in 1943, he'd have precious little recall of WW2. I can't accept the "hairs on the back of his neck or whatever would go up at the sound of an air raid siren."
 
Hmmm - a tad superficial; expect more depth from the Beeb. Not much more than a promo for his book. Some nice archive footage though.
 
Why is it that when it comes to people talking about these pop performers of the sixties there's mention of the "deprivation" of their childhood? When he was growing up, there wasn't any that he experienced.
His parents were no less well-off than most and there was nothing wrong with Dartford.

He was fourteen when Harold MacMillan reminded everyone "You've never had it so good."
 
Not a geat talker is Keith...............

He doesn't seem very comfortable talking about himself, which I guess is a bummer if you've got an autobiography to plug.

Enjoyed it for the clips..........

I was a bit too young for Elvis, but you can imagine what Heartbreak Hotel must have sounded like to a teenager brought up on Sarah Vaughan (great tho' she was !)
 
Both him and Jagger said Dartford was boring and they couldn't wait to escape, yet as a child I grew up there and it was like any other town I'd imagine. Its right on the edge of London surrounded by countryside. I used to go cycling in the country and see all sorts of wildlife, or go into town and get chased or beaten up by the "bigger boys"

I would be tempted to use the teacher's reply of "only boring people get bored" but there was little boring about the Rolling Stones.
 
Well MacMillan actually said "most of our people have never had it so good" :)

RicharRAB would've grown up with rationing and post-war austerity.

Bit of a disappointing show, I didn't learn anything new about Keef.
 
Most of wartime rationing ended when he was ten, so I doubt if he remembers anything about it. Most of these so-called "childhood recollections" are from newsreels and programmes seen in later life, people of his (and my) generation can barely remember it, but can be quick to remember the "hard times" when talking to younger generations.I vaguely remember sweets coming off rationing in 1953.

Austerity? I lived through this so called "austerity" but we didn't think it such at the time. Compared to modern-day circumstances it was, but as kiRAB we didn't notice it.

It's relative and a bit like the Peter Kay joke, talking to his kiRAB in the future. "You know your mum and I had it rough when we were your age, we only had one phone and one car each."
 
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