WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 Okay, so let's unpack this. When you think of 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.120 the ultimate rock front man, I mean, the absolute 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:07.879 definition of swagger, that enduring image of 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:10.880 counterculture. Yeah. One name just immediately 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:14.699 leaps out, Sir Michael Philip Jagger. But what 00:00:14.699 --> 00:00:16.879 if I told you the rebel who invented that role? 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:20.679 The pouting, gyrating embodiment of anti -establishment 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:24.480 freedom is also one of the most astute, calculating, 00:00:24.899 --> 00:00:27.960 and successful businessmen in modern music history. 00:00:28.250 --> 00:00:30.050 And what's fascinating here when you look at 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:32.750 the sources is the sheer breadth of it. This 00:00:32.750 --> 00:00:34.909 isn't just a discography review or a list of 00:00:34.909 --> 00:00:37.810 his girlfriends. It's a comprehensive biographical 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:40.049 overview. We're talking eight decades of one 00:00:40.049 --> 00:00:43.329 incredibly dense life. So our mission today is 00:00:43.329 --> 00:00:45.490 really a deep dive into the totality of that 00:00:45.490 --> 00:00:47.869 career, which means we have to look beyond the 00:00:47.869 --> 00:00:50.429 stage. We have to get into the astute financial 00:00:50.429 --> 00:00:53.969 architect, the intermittent actor, the lightning 00:00:53.969 --> 00:00:56.630 rod for controversy, and the artist who somehow 00:00:56.630 --> 00:00:58.810 maintained relevance. of Vincent Power for over 00:00:58.810 --> 00:01:01.869 60 years. Absolutely. We're dissecting the blueprint 00:01:01.869 --> 00:01:05.549 for longevity, for reinvention. This is an individual 00:01:05.549 --> 00:01:09.349 who perfected the art of balancing two, well... 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:12.159 completely contradictory identities. Right. How 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:14.719 does a figure who perfectly embodied that anti 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.260 -establishment ethos, the guy the authorities 00:01:17.260 --> 00:01:20.239 were constantly trying to jail, also become essentially 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.760 the chief executive officer of the world's most 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.000 lucrative touring machine? It's the central question. 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:27.840 It is. So for you, the listener, this deep dive 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:31.040 is a masterclass in operational longevity. It's 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.140 the story of the learner who studied finance 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:35.439 at the London School of Economics and ended up 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.519 owning the ultimate counterculture brand. Retracing 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.060 that tension point all the way from his discipline 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:43.780 upbringing in Dartford right through to the billion 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:46.379 dollar tours of the 21st century. So to understand 00:01:46.379 --> 00:01:48.659 the global icon, you really have to start in 00:01:48.659 --> 00:01:51.439 Dartford, Kent, 1943. Michael Philip Jagger. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:53.840 He wasn't born into bohemian poverty. That's 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.159 the standard rock star myth. No, he was born 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:58.760 into a thoroughly disciplined, stable, middle 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.670 class family. This is such a brilliant starting 00:02:02.670 --> 00:02:05.010 contradiction, isn't it? I mean, the ultimate 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:08.349 symbol of unrestrained youthful energy grew up 00:02:08.349 --> 00:02:11.669 with a physical education teacher for a Father 00:02:11.669 --> 00:02:14.770 Basil, Joe Jagger. Right. A gymnast. A gymnast. 00:02:14.789 --> 00:02:17.830 Exactly. And Joe Jagger is credited with helping 00:02:17.830 --> 00:02:20.909 to popularize basketball in Britain. So you have. 00:02:21.189 --> 00:02:23.330 The discipline, the physical rigor, the awareness 00:02:23.330 --> 00:02:26.270 of athletic performance literally baked into 00:02:26.270 --> 00:02:28.370 his genetics before he ever even stepped on a 00:02:28.370 --> 00:02:31.210 stage. Precisely. And, you know, the discipline 00:02:31.210 --> 00:02:34.349 didn't even end there. His mother, Eva, was a 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:36.229 hairdresser who was also politically active, 00:02:36.449 --> 00:02:38.770 specifically in the conservative party. Which 00:02:38.770 --> 00:02:42.270 is just... The perfect irony. It's crucial context. 00:02:42.449 --> 00:02:44.550 The parents represent discipline, athletic health 00:02:44.550 --> 00:02:47.270 and, you know, political conservatism. The exact 00:02:47.270 --> 00:02:50.009 institutional opposite of the persona Mick Jagger 00:02:50.009 --> 00:02:52.550 would cultivate in the 1960s. So that rebellious 00:02:52.550 --> 00:02:55.789 image was a deliberate rejection of his own stable 00:02:55.789 --> 00:02:58.810 roots. It had to be. Although it is noted in 00:02:58.810 --> 00:03:00.930 the sources that the fundamental passion was 00:03:00.930 --> 00:03:03.129 always there. He always sang as a child, you 00:03:03.129 --> 00:03:05.530 know, in the church choir. Right. And he loved 00:03:05.530 --> 00:03:08.370 listening to singers on the radio, BBC, Radio 00:03:08.370 --> 00:03:10.919 Luxembourg. watching them on TV and in movies. 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.699 So this wasn't some sudden haphazard ambition. 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:16.520 The joy of performance was an early constant. 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:19.520 So the foundation was stability and performance, 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:22.340 but the content that came from somewhere else. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:24.919 Now we get to the most famous origin story in 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.180 rock history, the one that broke him out of that 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:29.860 middle -class trajectory, the meeting with Keith 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:33.520 Richards. The full story is actually a bit more 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.120 layered. They first met as classmates at Wentworth 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.520 Primary School way back in 1950. Oh, that early? 00:03:38.860 --> 00:03:41.340 Yeah, but they lost contact when Jagger's family 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:43.539 moved. It was just a childhood friendship that 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:45.979 faded. The crucial second meeting, the one that 00:03:45.979 --> 00:03:47.919 launched everything that happened over a decade 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:51.539 later. October 17th, 1961 at Dartford Railway 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.240 Station. And what sparked it, it wasn't just 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.879 a casual hello. It was the records Jagger was 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:58.219 carrying. Exactly. Chuck Berry's Rockin' at the 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:01.419 Hops and an album by Muddy Waters. In 1961 England, 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.590 these were not common LPs. Not at all. This revealed 00:04:04.590 --> 00:04:07.409 a shared, specific, and frankly niche interest 00:04:07.409 --> 00:04:10.930 in American R &B and electric blues, a sound 00:04:10.930 --> 00:04:13.530 so far removed from the polite British pop of 00:04:13.530 --> 00:04:16.269 the time, that instant recognition that he'd 00:04:16.269 --> 00:04:19.649 found another blues devotee that cemented everything. 00:04:20.089 --> 00:04:21.649 But this is where we connect the dots back to 00:04:21.649 --> 00:04:23.589 your central point, the LSE background. This 00:04:23.589 --> 00:04:26.490 is what you, the listener, really need to remember. 00:04:27.110 --> 00:04:29.670 Before he was the rebel, he was a serious student. 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.100 Before dropping out in 63, Jagger had passed 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:36.100 seven O -levels and two A -levels. He was actively 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:38.399 studying finance and accounting at the prestigious 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.220 London School of Economics on a government grant. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.339 And that's a key detail. LSE is not a party school. 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:47.000 No. It's a highly competitive institution known 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.660 for producing economists, politicians, business 00:04:49.660 --> 00:04:53.160 leaders. He was legitimately on a path to a high 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:55.279 -powered, high -financed career. He absolutely 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.920 was. The sources make it clear he was not automatically 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.379 destined for rock stardom. He had seriously considered 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:02.939 becoming a journalist or even a politician. He 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:04.959 even compared the ambition of a politician, that 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:06.920 desire for influence, public performance, control, 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:10.170 to that of a pop star. Which suggests a deep, 00:05:10.209 --> 00:05:13.029 lifelong fascination with public identity, with 00:05:13.029 --> 00:05:15.810 brand management, with the control of large systems, 00:05:15.949 --> 00:05:17.930 whether those systems were financial markets 00:05:17.930 --> 00:05:21.410 or a global rock band. He was training to understand 00:05:21.410 --> 00:05:24.379 the structure of wealth and power. while at the 00:05:24.379 --> 00:05:26.699 same time falling in love with the music of rebellion. 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:30.439 The irony is just delicious. You have the future 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:34.240 CEO of a major touring corporation literally 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.319 training for that job while secretly building 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:39.839 the foundation of the world's greatest anti -corporate 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.199 band. He had the foresight of a banker and the 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.339 theatrical instincts of a bluesman. And that 00:05:44.339 --> 00:05:46.819 foundation started simply. They were the blues 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:49.579 boys in the mid -50s, with Dick Taylor playing 00:05:49.579 --> 00:05:52.180 the stuff they loved. Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:55.079 Chuck Berry, a deep immersion in authentic American 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.360 music. Their entry into the professional circuit 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.819 was through Alexis Corner's Blues, incorporated 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:02.519 at the legendary Ealing Club. Initially, they 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.639 played for basically no money, often borrowing 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.339 Corner's equipment. The hustle was real. Their 00:06:07.339 --> 00:06:10.620 first recorded gig as a unit was July 12, 1962, 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.350 at the Marquee Club. The name was already chosen, 00:06:13.509 --> 00:06:15.810 pulled from a Muddy Waters song, The Rolling 00:06:15.810 --> 00:06:19.129 Stones. And that initial lineup, Jagger, Richards, 00:06:19.550 --> 00:06:22.410 Brian Jones, Ian Stewart on piano, Dick Taylor 00:06:22.410 --> 00:06:25.819 on bass, was just this... fluid group of young 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:29.420 guys captivated by American blues, just scraping 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:32.560 by, foreshadowing none of the global empire that 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.079 would follow. Okay, so once the basic structure 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.139 of the band was in place, the strategic move 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:39.399 that differentiated them from everyone else came 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.519 pretty quickly. Abandoning covers. Exactly. Abandoning 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.939 covers and establishing the Jagger -Richard songwriting 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:47.720 partnership. This was where the brand was truly 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.540 forged. And that shift was largely pushed by 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:53.139 their manager at the time, Andrew Logg Oldham. 00:06:53.899 --> 00:06:55.920 was the one who saw the Beatles' success, driven 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.839 by Lennon and McCartney's originals, and recognized 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:02.579 that for real longevity and wealth, the LSE goal, 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.879 if you will, they needed intellectual property. 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:06.439 You can't just keep playing Willie Dixon and 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.779 Chuck Berry covers. Right. Though that partnership 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:10.939 took some time to develop. One of their earliest 00:07:10.939 --> 00:07:13.860 compositions was As Tears Go By, but they actually 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:15.680 wrote it for Marianne Faithfull. It was almost 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.839 like a practice run. A practice run, yeah. But... 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.509 The real seismic events started with their own 00:07:21.509 --> 00:07:23.790 material, like the last time, which was based 00:07:23.790 --> 00:07:26.790 on a staplesinger spiritual. And then, of course, 00:07:26.850 --> 00:07:30.310 I can't... get no satisfaction. That song, more 00:07:30.310 --> 00:07:32.189 than any other, just immediately established 00:07:32.189 --> 00:07:35.689 the Rolling Stones' image as defiant troublemakers. 00:07:35.990 --> 00:07:38.750 And that intentional contrast was brilliant marketing. 00:07:38.990 --> 00:07:40.990 The sources highlight it. They were positioned 00:07:40.990 --> 00:07:44.370 in stark contrast to the Beatles' image as lovable 00:07:44.370 --> 00:07:46.829 mop tops. The Beatles were safe for your parents. 00:07:46.889 --> 00:07:49.509 The Stones were dangerous. It was so calculated. 00:07:49.910 --> 00:07:52.430 Jagger initially claimed he was just being me, 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:55.269 not trying to be rebellious. But that very claim, 00:07:55.290 --> 00:07:57.540 combined with the raw sound, the provocative 00:07:57.540 --> 00:08:01.180 lyrics, it was an aggressive act of countercultural 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:03.259 rebellion. And the conservative social structure, 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:06.500 well, it responded in kind. By 1967, the band 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:09.220 faced intense scrutiny, culminating in the notorious 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:11.920 drug scandals. The spark was a News of the World 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.939 feature, pop stars and drugs, facts that will 00:08:14.939 --> 00:08:17.379 shock you. And here's a deeply ironic detail. 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.279 The article's based on a reporter who misidentified 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.300 the drug user. He thought he saw Jagger when 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:25.839 it turned out to be Brian Jones. And Jagger, 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.800 the future legal architect of the band, actually 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.459 filed a libel writ against the paper. But the 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:33.399 authorities seized the opportunity anyway. Oh, 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:36.379 absolutely. Despite the libel writ, the police 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:39.500 hounded them, leading to unusually harsh sentences 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:41.720 that shocked even the British establishment. 00:08:42.139 --> 00:08:45.320 This was about making an example of them. Jagger 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.100 was sentenced to three months for four over -the 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:50.779 -counter pep pills he bought legally in Italy. 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.580 Three months for that. And Richards. One year 00:08:54.580 --> 00:08:57.379 for allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property. 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:01.590 That is just... Astronomically, it was so excessive 00:09:01.590 --> 00:09:04.330 and it showed the cultural war being waged against 00:09:04.330 --> 00:09:06.509 them. But the backlash was swift and powerful. 00:09:06.830 --> 00:09:09.090 Even the traditionally conservative editor of 00:09:09.090 --> 00:09:11.950 The Times, William Rees -Mogg, a very powerful 00:09:11.950 --> 00:09:14.789 figure, openly criticized the sentences. In that 00:09:14.789 --> 00:09:17.090 famous editorial, who breaks a butterfly upon 00:09:17.090 --> 00:09:19.350 a wheel? Exactly. That was a watershed moment. 00:09:19.549 --> 00:09:22.169 The public pressure became intense. Richard's 00:09:22.169 --> 00:09:24.669 sentence was overturned. Jaggers was amended 00:09:24.669 --> 00:09:26.809 to a conditional discharge, though he did spend 00:09:26.809 --> 00:09:28.950 one night in Brixton prison. Yeah. And that whole 00:09:28.950 --> 00:09:32.129 episode just solidified their image as martyrs 00:09:32.129 --> 00:09:34.370 for the counterculture. It fused their legal 00:09:34.370 --> 00:09:36.690 troubles directly into their artistic identity. 00:09:36.990 --> 00:09:38.950 It turned them from rock stars into political 00:09:38.950 --> 00:09:42.830 symbols. But as the 60s closed, that symbol became 00:09:42.830 --> 00:09:46.539 stained with real tragedy and violence. We have 00:09:46.539 --> 00:09:48.860 to talk about Brian Jones. Yeah. By the time 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:51.039 of the Beggar's Banquet album, Brian Jones, one 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.620 of the founders, was contributing only sporadically. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:55.820 The weight of the lifestyle was just crushing 00:09:55.820 --> 00:09:58.620 him. Jagger noted bluntly that Jones was not 00:09:58.620 --> 00:10:00.940 psychologically suited to this way of life. The 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:03.279 discipline and financial acumen required to survive 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.919 the Stones. That was completely foreign to Jones's 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:09.820 erratic nature. He left the band in June 1969, 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.440 and less than a month later, he tragically drowned 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.389 at his home. Jagger's feelings on this, which 00:10:15.389 --> 00:10:17.690 he expressed years later, are incredibly complex. 00:10:18.029 --> 00:10:20.070 A lot of guilt. A deep sense of guilt, but also 00:10:20.070 --> 00:10:23.330 distance. He admitted behaving childishly, picked 00:10:23.330 --> 00:10:25.389 on him, but also said that Jones made himself 00:10:25.389 --> 00:10:28.230 a target. He also confessed to a profound ignorance 00:10:28.230 --> 00:10:30.990 about drug addiction back then, LSD and cocaine, 00:10:31.350 --> 00:10:33.629 which made him unable to handle Jones's behavior. 00:10:33.909 --> 00:10:36.370 And this tragedy immediately led to this massive 00:10:36.370 --> 00:10:38.990 public moment of grieving. The Hyde Park concert, 00:10:39.210 --> 00:10:43.250 two days after Jones's death, for 250 ,000 people. 00:10:43.769 --> 00:10:47.450 They dedicated it to him. Jagger, wearing a white 00:10:47.450 --> 00:10:50.490 dress red from Shelley's Adonais, released thousands 00:10:50.490 --> 00:10:53.850 of butterflies. It was a huge stage theatrical 00:10:53.850 --> 00:10:57.070 moment of mourning. A very controlled PR event 00:10:57.070 --> 00:11:00.429 around a very messy tragedy. And that brief moment 00:11:00.429 --> 00:11:03.090 of mournful beauty was swiftly eclipsed by the 00:11:03.090 --> 00:11:05.269 catastrophe that definitively ended the decade. 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.600 The Altamont Free Concert. The dark mirror image 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:11.480 of Woodstock. Exactly. The fatal stabbing of 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.700 Meredith Hunter by a Hell's Angel near the stage 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:16.460 became, as the source states, symbolic for the 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:19.600 corruption of 1960s hippie idealism. It was absolute 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.240 chaos. Jagger later said he was scared shitless 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.039 on stage. He was. Altamont closed the 60s with 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.259 a literal bang, cementing the Stones' reputation 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:29.639 as the darker, more dangerous alternative, and 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:31.620 forcing Jagger to realize that rebellion had 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:33.820 real -world costs and it needed stricter management. 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:36.259 So if the 60s were about... building the anti 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:38.279 -establishment image and enduring the fallout, 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:41.179 the 70s were about survival and, critically, 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:43.519 financial shrewdness. Which takes us directly 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:45.820 back to the LSE training. This is the moment 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:47.820 the student becomes the CEO. This is where the 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:50.419 student of finance truly takes over. In early 00:11:50.419 --> 00:11:53.899 71, Jagger and the Stones left the UK. They moved 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:57.049 to southern France as tax exiles. And the reason? 00:11:57.450 --> 00:12:00.309 Avoiding Harold Wilson's labor government's punitive 00:12:00.309 --> 00:12:03.889 93 % super tax on top earners. And you have to 00:12:03.889 --> 00:12:06.470 understand, this wasn't just high taxation. This 00:12:06.470 --> 00:12:08.950 was practically confiscatory. So this wasn't 00:12:08.950 --> 00:12:12.590 some bohemian jaunt. This was a cold, hard, financially 00:12:12.590 --> 00:12:15.169 calculated business decision to protect their 00:12:15.169 --> 00:12:17.789 future earnings. Oh, completely. The records 00:12:17.789 --> 00:12:20.590 show Jagger moved into his chateau near B .O. 00:12:20.649 --> 00:12:24.789 in April 1971, just days before the new tax year 00:12:24.789 --> 00:12:27.549 began. Timing tells you everything. And at the 00:12:27.549 --> 00:12:29.730 same time, the band's structure shifted. They 00:12:29.730 --> 00:12:32.570 split with their manager, Alan Klein. An acrimonious 00:12:32.570 --> 00:12:35.230 split. They felt he'd poorly managed their finances, 00:12:35.330 --> 00:12:38.289 their IP. So Jagger stepped into that void. He 00:12:38.289 --> 00:12:40.230 assumed control of the band's entire business 00:12:40.230 --> 00:12:43.169 affairs in 1971 and has managed the group ever 00:12:43.169 --> 00:12:45.210 since. This is the moment the rock god becomes 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:48.110 a CEO. Right. And he establishes a framework 00:12:48.110 --> 00:12:50.230 that protects their revenue streams for decades. 00:12:50.690 --> 00:12:53.889 He brings in a key business advisor, Prince Rupert 00:12:53.889 --> 00:12:56.429 Lowenstein, to ensure the financial operations 00:12:56.429 --> 00:12:59.210 remained professional and separate from the artistic 00:12:59.210 --> 00:13:01.769 chaos. And that transition of power created. 00:13:02.570 --> 00:13:05.070 Well, immediate and predictable tension with 00:13:05.070 --> 00:13:08.450 Keith Richards. Of course. While Jagger was structuring 00:13:08.450 --> 00:13:10.769 the business for long -term survival, Richards 00:13:10.769 --> 00:13:13.669 was descending into heroin addiction. For Richards, 00:13:13.909 --> 00:13:16.730 Jagger's control looked like megalomania. But 00:13:16.730 --> 00:13:18.970 for Jagger, it was simply securing their future, 00:13:19.149 --> 00:13:21.250 ensuring they could keep touring and recording 00:13:21.250 --> 00:13:23.950 on their own terms. It was a necessary schism. 00:13:24.350 --> 00:13:26.450 Jagger's financial prudence saved the band's 00:13:26.450 --> 00:13:29.210 viability, but it created an artistic and personal 00:13:29.210 --> 00:13:31.549 gulf with Richards that would just widen over 00:13:31.549 --> 00:13:33.570 the next decade. And alongside the financial 00:13:33.570 --> 00:13:36.570 shift came an aesthetic one. The 70s saw Jagger 00:13:36.570 --> 00:13:39.750 fully embrace the glam rock aesthetic. A decisive 00:13:39.750 --> 00:13:42.250 move away from the ragged, hippie look. For their 00:13:42.250 --> 00:13:45.990 huge 1972 American tour, The Exile Tour, he adopted 00:13:45.990 --> 00:13:49.029 bold, glam rock clothing, jumpsuits, glitter 00:13:49.029 --> 00:13:51.559 makeup. Transforming his stage persona again 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.159 into something theatrical, sexual, and utterly 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.840 polished. Pure theatrical genius. and strategic 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.360 image diversification. That famous jumpsuit from 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.620 the 72 tour is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:06.600 now. And defining albums just kept flowing, despite 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.019 the internal chaos. Think of the masterpiece 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:11.740 Exile on Main Street, recorded during the tax 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:15.019 exile. Music critic Russell Hall even singled 00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:18.100 out Jagger's vocal on Let It Loose as his single 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:21.179 best vocal achievement. Which suggests that even 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:23.720 with all the administrative chaos, his artistic 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:26.980 power was peaking, evolving into a more emotional, 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:29.340 soulful space. It's also interesting to look 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:31.919 at his side ventures then. He released Jamming 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.840 with Edward in 72. Yeah, that wasn't a serious 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.460 artistic statement. It was just loose, impromptu 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.240 blues jams with Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Nikki 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.139 Hopkins, Rye Cooter. They recorded it while they 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:45.200 were waiting for Richards to show up to the studio. 00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:47.139 That tells you a lot about the internal operations, 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:49.720 doesn't it? It does. Then the band faced more 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.820 turmoil in 74 when Mick Taylor unexpectedly left. 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:55.539 Which triggered this frantic, almost chaotic 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:57.799 search for a new guitarist. The recording sessions 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:00.460 for Black and Blue in 76 basically became an 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:03.279 informal audition period. The outcome was Ronnie 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.750 Wood joining in 75. And Wood quickly proved valuable 00:15:06.750 --> 00:15:09.769 not just as a musician, but as an essential mediator 00:15:09.769 --> 00:15:12.110 between the feuding Jagger and Richards. He was 00:15:12.110 --> 00:15:13.990 a piece of necessary corporate infrastructure, 00:15:14.389 --> 00:15:16.909 bridging the gap between the CEO and the chief 00:15:16.909 --> 00:15:19.529 creative officer. And with Wood on board, the 00:15:19.529 --> 00:15:23.559 band kept evolving. Their 78 album... Some girls 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.179 saw them famously venture into disco and punk 00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:29.080 genres that were absolutely contemporary at the 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.440 time. And that direction was primarily led by 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.519 Jagger, showing his willingness to constantly 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.740 reinvent the brand, chase new sounds. Even if 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:38.899 it clashed with their blues roots, it kept them 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:41.639 relevant. OK, so if the 70s stabilized the Stones 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:45.799 as a financial entity, the 80s, the 80s nearly 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:47.879 tore them apart. Artistically and personally, 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.679 we enter the period famously dubbed World War 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.820 III. Where the relationship between the two main 00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:54.960 partners just completely fractured. And this 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:57.220 rift had been developing for a decade. It was 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:59.320 noted as early as the emotional rescue sessions 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.279 in 1980. Richards desperately wanted to tour 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:04.340 to promote the album. He believed their power 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:07.299 was on the road. Right. But Jagger, who was more 00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:09.820 focused on his own identity, pursuing a different 00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:13.139 sound. He just declined. And that was the opening 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:15.720 salvo. And according to the sources, his motivation 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.399 wasn't just spite. It was a sincere desire to 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:22.559 establish an artistic identity for himself apart 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.899 from the Rolling Stones. He didn't want the band 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:27.159 to be the only thing defining his global image 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.039 anymore. He wanted his own narrative. So he launched 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.620 his solo career. She's the boss in 1985. And 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:36.139 the choice of producers was telling. Contemporary 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:39.100 giants. Nile Rodgers and Bill Laswell. Not old 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:41.120 blues cronies. He was collaborating with the 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.080 architects of modern pop and funk with musicians 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.080 like Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Pete Townshend. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.320 And it was a commercially strong debut. Just 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.159 Another Night was a top 10 hit, which confirmed 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.679 he could succeed outside the mothership. And 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.980 he capitalized on that individual fame spectacularly 00:16:57.980 --> 00:17:00.539 at Live Aid in 85, performing without the Stones. 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.639 Which led to those high profile collaborations, 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.400 the duet with Tina Turner. Where he famously 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.660 tore away her skirt on stage. And even more significant, 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:11.819 the transatlantic duet of Dancing in the Street 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:14.869 with David Bowie. The video was shown simultaneously 00:17:14.869 --> 00:17:18.349 at Wembley and JFK stadiums. The single went 00:17:18.349 --> 00:17:21.430 to number one in the UK. This was Jagger operating 00:17:21.430 --> 00:17:24.190 as a massive, independent, global entertainment 00:17:24.190 --> 00:17:27.430 force, proving his viability as a solo brand. 00:17:27.750 --> 00:17:29.950 And that independence is exactly what fueled 00:17:29.950 --> 00:17:32.710 World War III with Richards. Let's look at Richards' 00:17:32.829 --> 00:17:35.849 side. He had managed to end his heroin use and 00:17:35.849 --> 00:17:38.369 he became more present, more authoritative in 00:17:38.369 --> 00:17:40.609 the band's decisions. And the sources suggest 00:17:40.609 --> 00:17:43.690 Jagger resented that. He was not accustomed to 00:17:43.690 --> 00:17:45.890 Richard's presence and felt his authority over 00:17:45.890 --> 00:17:47.670 the business, the business he had rebuilt, was 00:17:47.670 --> 00:17:49.849 being diminished. So when the Stones released 00:17:49.849 --> 00:17:53.150 Dirty Work in 86, Jagger's response was decisive. 00:17:53.390 --> 00:17:56.329 He flat out refused to tour. A decision that 00:17:56.329 --> 00:17:59.059 was almost catastrophic for the brand. Touring 00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:01.920 is the lifeblood of the Stones ecosystem. Shutting 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:03.859 that down meant shutting down the whole financial 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:06.539 engine. And Jagger defended it, saying he felt 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:08.779 he ought to be allowed to have one's artistic 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:10.960 side apart from just being in the Rolling Stones. 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:14.519 It was a primal clash of egos. The stability 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.400 of the billion -dollar band versus one individual's 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.700 artistic freedom. And the market responded. His 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:23.819 next solo album, Primitive Cool, didn't match 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:26.569 the debut's sales. And Richards quickly followed 00:18:26.569 --> 00:18:29.809 with his own successful solo debut, Talk is Cheap. 00:18:29.869 --> 00:18:32.250 And this period just cemented the feeling that 00:18:32.250 --> 00:18:34.950 the Rolling Stones were not just resting, they 00:18:34.950 --> 00:18:38.009 were over. So how did they bridge that massive 00:18:38.009 --> 00:18:40.990 gulf? It took personal sacrifice and external 00:18:40.990 --> 00:18:44.190 validation. They reunited in Barbados in 88, 00:18:44.490 --> 00:18:47.309 and Richards recounts his sacrifice of taking 00:18:47.309 --> 00:18:50.930 Jagger to discos, a scene he loathed. just to 00:18:50.930 --> 00:18:53.509 humor him the pirate of rock and roll forcing 00:18:53.509 --> 00:18:55.789 himself into a dance club just to placate the 00:18:55.789 --> 00:18:57.890 rock ceo yeah the stakes must have been high 00:18:57.890 --> 00:19:00.529 at the same time ron wood observed that the modest 00:19:00.529 --> 00:19:03.269 sales of primitive cool had surprised jagger 00:19:03.269 --> 00:19:05.849 jagger the ultimate businessman realized that 00:19:05.849 --> 00:19:08.049 while he was a successful solo act the strength 00:19:08.049 --> 00:19:10.430 of the band brand was exponentially greater than 00:19:10.430 --> 00:19:12.970 his own and that realization coupled with richard's 00:19:12.970 --> 00:19:14.970 willingness to compromise provided the bridge 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:17.599 The reconciliation resulted in dozens of new 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.059 songs, culminating in the 1989 album Steel Wheels, 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:25.200 and crucially, the massive 1989 -1990 world tour, 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:28.299 which proved the brand was not just alive, but 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:31.099 more lucrative than ever. So having survived 00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:34.019 World War III, The Stones entered the 90s as 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:36.440 the undisputed champions of sustained touring 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:39.220 dominance. A financial machine engineered largely 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:42.140 by Jagger's business foresight, the LSE training 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:44.960 was fully manifesting. The numbers are just staggering. 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:48.019 The Voodoo Lounge Tour. in the mid -90s grossed 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:51.859 $320 million, a record at the time. Then, a Bigger 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:56.000 Bang tour in 2007 grossed $437 million, earning 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.220 them a Guinness World Record for the most lucrative 00:19:58.220 --> 00:20:00.400 music tour ever. If you look at the cumulative 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.900 scale, the efficiency is clear. Between 1989 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:05.400 and 2001 alone, the Stones generated over $1 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:08.299 .5 billion in gross revenue. That's more than 00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:10.819 U2, Springsteen, and Michael Jackson during that 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.960 same period. It confirms that the man who started 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.500 finance was now operating a meticulously managed 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:18.519 global financial entity that fundamentally changed 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.420 how Stadium Rock operates. And he was simultaneously 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:24.599 maintaining his own artistic vitality. He continued 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:28.299 his solo work. Wandering Spirit in 93 was successful, 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:30.819 featuring collaborations with contemporary artists 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:33.319 like Lenny Kravitz and Flea. Always assimilating 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:36.329 new sounds, staying current. Right. And he kept 00:20:36.329 --> 00:20:39.390 up high -profile collaborations. After 9 -11, 00:20:39.509 --> 00:20:41.369 he joined Richards for the concert for New York 00:20:41.369 --> 00:20:44.450 City. Then in 2004, he co -wrote and performed 00:20:44.450 --> 00:20:47.029 the Golden Globe -winning single Old Habits Die 00:20:47.029 --> 00:20:50.569 Hard for the film Alfie. And that desire to constantly 00:20:50.569 --> 00:20:53.950 fuse styles led to the formation of Super Heavy 00:20:53.950 --> 00:20:57.279 in 2011. A true supergroup. Dave Stewart, Joss 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:59.940 Stone, Damian Marley, A .R. Rahman. The whole 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:02.519 idea was to fuse different musical styles, rock, 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:05.960 reggae, soul, Bollywood sounds. They reportedly 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:09.319 recorded 29 songs in just 10 days. Just incredible 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:11.599 creative energy. He also maintained his status 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.460 as a cultural figurehead at the highest levels. 00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:16.099 In 2012, he performed blues at the White House 00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:18.299 for President Obama. Which perfectly encapsulates 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:20.880 his shift from counterculture symbol to cultural 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:23.019 statesman. And the anecdote from that event is 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:26.140 fantastic. Oh, yeah. When Jagger performed Sweet 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:28.619 Home Chicago and held the mic out to the president, 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:31.200 Obama didn't hesitate. He just sang the line, 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:33.660 come on, baby, don't you want to go? A moment 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:35.779 that shows his universal cross -generational 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:39.019 reach. He also continued to engage with his own 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:42.500 history, headlining Glastonbury in 2013, playing 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:45.019 Hyde Park for the first time since the 69 tribute 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:47.460 to Brian Jones. But despite all the establishment 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:49.859 recognition, he remained highly engaged with 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:52.539 current politics. The post -Brexit single. Yes. 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.809 In 2017, he released Gotta Get a Grip. England 00:21:55.809 --> 00:22:00.049 lost as a direct response to the anxiety, unknowability 00:22:00.049 --> 00:22:03.109 of the changing political situation. He never 00:22:03.109 --> 00:22:06.150 fully shed that politicized image from the 60s. 00:22:06.150 --> 00:22:08.589 Which brings us to the challenges of aging. Despite 00:22:08.589 --> 00:22:11.210 his famously healthy lifestyle, running, kickboxing, 00:22:11.329 --> 00:22:14.329 ballet, yoga, he faced a major health scare in 00:22:14.329 --> 00:22:16.829 2019. The heart procedure. He had to postpone 00:22:16.829 --> 00:22:19.529 the tour for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, 00:22:19.849 --> 00:22:23.180 a TAVR. And the fact that he needed it. Speaks 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.980 to the challenges of age, but the speed of his 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:27.220 recovery. That speaks to the incredible physical 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:29.920 discipline from his PE teacher father. It was 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:32.160 successful, and he resumed the tour after just 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.539 a six -week delay. It's almost unbelievable. 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:37.880 It's pure athleticism. The sources estimate he 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:40.660 covers between 5 and 12 miles on stage per show. 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:43.619 That's a 10K run while singing. And the band 00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:47.039 kept breaking records. The 2020 reissue of Goat's 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:49.579 Head Soup topped the UK charts, making them the 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:52.000 first band to hit number one across six different 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:54.799 decades. Then, in response to COVID, they released 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:57.240 Living in a Ghost Town. Their first original 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.000 music since 2012. It reached number one on the 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:02.140 German singles chart, their first time in 52 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:04.799 years, making them the oldest artist ever to 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.980 do so. Astonishing ability to maintain contemporary 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:10.480 relevance. But tragically, the era of the core 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:13.099 lineup ended in 2021 with the loss of Charlie 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:15.619 Watts. And the question was, could they survive 00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:18.430 it? They opted to carry on because, as Jagger 00:23:18.430 --> 00:23:21.329 said, it was what Charlie wanted us to do. During 00:23:21.329 --> 00:23:23.930 the first post -Watt show, Jagger dedicated it 00:23:23.930 --> 00:23:26.730 to him, recalling that Watts held the band together, 00:23:27.009 --> 00:23:29.869 a deeply personal loss that required the CEO 00:23:29.869 --> 00:23:32.509 to manage an intensely emotional crisis for the 00:23:32.509 --> 00:23:35.789 organization. So beyond the stage and the balance 00:23:35.789 --> 00:23:38.509 sheets, Jagger's personal life has been a relentless 00:23:38.509 --> 00:23:41.049 public presence, and we have to address it not 00:23:41.049 --> 00:23:43.589 as gossip, but as a crucial engine that fueled 00:23:43.589 --> 00:23:46.619 the band's imagery and often... the music itself. 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:49.759 The sheer volume of it tells a story. Eight children 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:52.839 with five women, seven grandchildren, and as 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:56.220 of 2024, three great -grandchildren. He's running 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:58.730 his own dynasty. If we trace a few key relationships, 00:23:59.150 --> 00:24:01.349 his time with Marianne Faithfull was incredibly 00:24:01.349 --> 00:24:04.430 influential. She was the quintessential counterculture 00:24:04.430 --> 00:24:07.670 muse of the late 60s. They co -wrote Sister Morphine. 00:24:07.829 --> 00:24:09.829 Then there was Marsha Hunt, mother of his first 00:24:09.829 --> 00:24:11.789 child, Karis, and rumored to be the inspiration 00:24:11.789 --> 00:24:14.509 for Brown Sugar. His official marriage was to 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:17.890 Bianca Perez Mora Macias from 71 to 78. Bianca 00:24:17.890 --> 00:24:20.369 was a style icon, the jet -set muse for the early 00:24:20.369 --> 00:24:22.990 70s Stones. His longest partnership was with 00:24:22.990 --> 00:24:26.799 Jerry Hall from 77 to 99. They had an unofficial 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:29.759 ceremony in Bali, but it was later declared invalid 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:32.539 after she discovered his affair with Luciana 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:34.700 Jimenez. And of course, the affair with Carla 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.680 Bruni, who later became the first lady of France. 00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:39.420 This pattern of high profile partners consistently 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:42.160 kept his image in the public eye, leveraging 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:45.039 personal intrigue into cultural capital. More 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:48.000 recently, he was with designer Elren Scott until 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.539 her tragic suicide in 2014. She left her entire 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:54.900 estate to him, and he in turn established a scholarship 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:57.559 in her honor. And then most recently, he welcomed 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:59.859 his eighth child, Devereux, with Melanie Hamrick 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:03.619 in 2016, a father again at 73. And this brings 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:05.279 us back to his professional diversification. 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:08.180 His film career. The early roles in performance 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:10.180 in Ned Kelly often blurred the line between the 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:12.259 rock star and the character. What's fascinating 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:14.579 are the rules he almost took. He auditioned for 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:17.279 Dr. Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror and was approached 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:19.960 for Jodorowsky's Dune. He had to leave Werner 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:22.400 Herzog's Fitzcarraldo because of Stone's touring 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.119 conflicts. And that last detail is key. It shows 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:28.559 the Stone's business always took ultimate priority. 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:32.400 The CEO protects the core asset. And that business 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.900 focus extended into production. He co -founded 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:49.980 Jag - He even extended his influence into TV. 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:53.140 He co -created and executive produced the HBO 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:56.380 drama Vinyl alongside Martin Scorsese. He became 00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.839 the custodian and narrator of the very mythology 00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:01.180 he lived. All these threads, the business, the 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:03.539 sexuality, the performance, contribute to his 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:06.410 massive endurance. legacy. Philip Norman described 00:26:06.410 --> 00:26:09.109 him as having a disturbingly physical power, 00:26:09.269 --> 00:26:12.089 comparing his early style to a male ballet dancer 00:26:12.089 --> 00:26:14.450 with conflicting sexuality. And we shouldn't 00:26:14.450 --> 00:26:16.410 overlook his vocal impact. Stephen Van Zandt 00:26:16.410 --> 00:26:18.250 noted that the acceptance of Jagger's voice on 00:26:18.250 --> 00:26:20.970 pop radio was a turning point because his bluesy 00:26:20.970 --> 00:26:23.109 delivery broke the door open for others like 00:26:23.109 --> 00:26:25.589 Eric Burden and Van Morrison. And that physical 00:26:25.589 --> 00:26:28.730 vitality is legendary. He's now a poster boy 00:26:28.730 --> 00:26:31.769 for healthy living. It's no wonder he was knighted 00:26:31.769 --> 00:26:34.589 in 2003, though he said the honor was less significant 00:26:34.589 --> 00:26:36.349 to him than the pride it brought his father, 00:26:36.529 --> 00:26:39.410 a final nod to his Dartford roots. But maybe 00:26:39.410 --> 00:26:41.869 the most unexpected testament to his impact is 00:26:41.869 --> 00:26:44.369 outside of music entirely. There are multiple 00:26:44.369 --> 00:26:47.670 fossil species named after him. Jagger Marix 00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:50.650 Naida, a 19 -million -year -old long -legged 00:26:50.650 --> 00:26:53.750 pig whose lips scientists thought resembled his. 00:26:54.009 --> 00:26:56.589 And Petroperla Mick Jaggery, a stonefly placed 00:26:56.589 --> 00:26:59.029 in a new family called Petroperlidae, or simply 00:26:59.029 --> 00:27:01.809 rolling stoneflies. His influence extends into 00:27:01.809 --> 00:27:04.069 the paleontological record. You know, for a man 00:27:04.069 --> 00:27:06.329 who defined rebellious youth and longevity, the 00:27:06.329 --> 00:27:08.569 greatest irony is the one he imposed on himself, 00:27:08.789 --> 00:27:11.630 that 1975 quote, I'd rather be dead than sing 00:27:11.630 --> 00:27:14.390 Satisfaction when I'm 45. And here he is, well 00:27:14.390 --> 00:27:23.980 into his 70s, still performing it to What an 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:27.000 incredible journey. The middle class LSE student 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:29.599 who became the king of Dionysian swagger, defining 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:31.759 the anti -establishment while simultaneously 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:34.539 using his sharp business instincts to ensure 00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:36.940 his own wealth and longevity. And that tension 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:40.359 between the wild persona and the astute. cautious 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:43.940 CEO, it isn't a contradiction. No, it's the single 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:46.480 defining brilliant feature of his entire career. 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:49.299 And if we connect this to the bigger picture, 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.400 his greatest talent, aside from performing, might 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.440 truly be his ability to surround himself with 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:58.660 a group of very able executives. By taking control 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:01.440 in 71, he fundamentally changed how a rock band 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.920 operated. He turned the Stones into a vertically 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:06.609 integrated multinational corporation. He's a 00:28:06.609 --> 00:28:09.150 pioneer of the modern music industry, a model 00:28:09.150 --> 00:28:11.829 copied by every billion dollar touring act that 00:28:11.829 --> 00:28:13.549 followed. So what does this all mean for the 00:28:13.549 --> 00:28:16.150 legacy? It means that behind the lips and the 00:28:16.150 --> 00:28:19.190 glitter, there is a meticulous calculating genius. 00:28:19.609 --> 00:28:22.630 And our sources point to one final provocative 00:28:22.630 --> 00:28:26.150 mystery that encapsulates this duality. The rebels 00:28:26.150 --> 00:28:29.500 refusal to fully reveal the CEO. Exactly. The 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:31.740 source notes that Jagger, despite refusing to 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:34.380 write an autobiography, was once persuaded to 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:37.160 prepare a manuscript in the early 80s. He completed 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:40.500 a massive 75 ,000 -word manuscript. But then, 00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:43.160 in a moment of extreme control, he withdrew his 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:45.559 support and it remains unpublished, locked away. 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:48.440 So considering his early ambitions, his unique 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:50.759 position as the rebellious frontman who was also 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:54.240 the CFO of this massive machine, we have to ponder. 00:28:54.829 --> 00:28:57.309 What untold stories, what essential business 00:28:57.309 --> 00:29:00.170 insights, and what final true definitions of 00:29:00.170 --> 00:29:02.769 its complicated identity are locked away in those 00:29:02.769 --> 00:29:05.390 75 ,000 words. That unreleased manuscript might 00:29:05.390 --> 00:29:07.190 be the final piece of the puzzle. And until it 00:29:07.190 --> 00:29:09.190 sees the light of day, the true depth of Sir 00:29:09.190 --> 00:29:11.730 Mick Jagger's mastery remains tantalizingly out 00:29:11.730 --> 00:29:12.029 of reach.