I've read that too. It actually makes sense. "'Cuz you really ain't that young," would make sense because at the time, rock stars were seen as very youthful, but Mick was getting older. I think in 1975 (the year before this song came out), he turned 32, which wasn't straight-up old, but certainly it had been a decade since "Satisfaction" had come out, there had been a number of rock stars who died at 27 or even younger and I think most of the '50s rock stars had been washed-up by that point in their lives, though...
I've read that too. It actually makes sense. "'Cuz you really ain't that young," would make sense because at the time, rock stars were seen as very youthful, but Mick was getting older. I think in 1975 (the year before this song came out), he turned 32, which wasn't straight-up old, but certainly it had been a decade since "Satisfaction" had come out, there had been a number of rock stars who died at 27 or even younger and I think most of the '50s rock stars had been washed-up by that point in their lives, though I could be wrong.
There's also the line "it's a shame you're so refined," which could be a comment on how the Stones were a lot less unruly by that point and had arguably become mainstream stars.
I think I read in Aerosmith's bio that this was about Steven Tyler meeting Mick Jagger. I think...
I've read that too. It actually makes sense. "'Cuz you really ain't that young," would make sense because at the time, rock stars were seen as very youthful, but Mick was getting older. I think in 1975 (the year before this song came out), he turned 32, which wasn't straight-up old, but certainly it had been a decade since "Satisfaction" had come out, there had been a number of rock stars who died at 27 or even younger and I think most of the '50s rock stars had been washed-up by that point in their lives, though...
I've read that too. It actually makes sense. "'Cuz you really ain't that young," would make sense because at the time, rock stars were seen as very youthful, but Mick was getting older. I think in 1975 (the year before this song came out), he turned 32, which wasn't straight-up old, but certainly it had been a decade since "Satisfaction" had come out, there had been a number of rock stars who died at 27 or even younger and I think most of the '50s rock stars had been washed-up by that point in their lives, though I could be wrong.
There's also the line "it's a shame you're so refined," which could be a comment on how the Stones were a lot less unruly by that point and had arguably become mainstream stars.