Artist: Mick JaggerVideo: Brace yourself.
This is one of the few songs on the countdown that I don't remember. I think I did see the video in 1985 though. In fact, I'm pretty sure this is the reason I didn't appreciate the Rolling Stones until I became an adult. The song is, well, odd.
From Mick Jagger's first solo album, "Lucky In Love" barely cracked the top 40, peaking at #38 in the Billboard Hot 100. I find myself baffled by the order of the songs in the MTV countdown. We've already seen three #1 singles ranked lower than this song. Was the video that much more successful than the audio track?
Ah, and what a video it is. It begins with typical Jagger bravado: Mick strutting around a casino, wearing a big black cape, playing roulette, going to the track, basically being the coolest guy in the place. In his hotel room, he seems to be celebrating his luck (in love). But then Mick takes a dark turn. He takes out a gun and is about to play Russian Roulette, when the chambermaid discovers him before he can act. Then he apparently has sex with the chambermaid.
Then Mick becomes crazed, running out of the casino and spilling his chips everywhere. Gunfire breaks out, the pit bosses throw him down the stairs, and he parties on a boat with a bunch of crazy characters. Finally, the song descends into gibberish as he babbles like a homeless man, finally jumping overboard.
Not only is Mick Jagger always entertaining, he's also topical! Tonight he is hosting Saturday Night Live.
That is an odd placement. While I definitely heard Jagger's "Just Another Night" and his duet with David Bowie a lot more that year, I can't say I heard this song more than a few times and only remember the video playing a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteI watched a lot of MTV that year; maybe I just wasn't watching at the right times.
What the heck was *that*?? I don't remember this song either, and now I wish I could unremember it. I love some Stones tunes, and there are many I don't like, but I didn't know they could be this bad!
ReplyDeleteYes I'm lucky, yes I'm lucky!
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