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Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a founder member of The Rolling Stones.
Jagger's career has spanned over fifty years. Allmusic has described Jagger as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and performance, along with Keith Richards' guitar style, have been the trademark of The Rolling Stones throughout the career of the band. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Rolling Stones.
Jagger gained much press notoriety for admitted drug use and romantic involvements, and was often portrayed as a counterculture figure. In the late 1960s Jagger began acting in films (starting with Performance and Ned Kelly), to mixed reception. In 1985, Jagger released his first solo album, She's the Boss, and was knighted in 2003. In early 2009, he joined the eclectic supergroup SuperHeavy.
Jagger was born into a middle class family at Livingstone Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger (13 April 1913 – 11 November 2006), and his grandfather David Ernest Jagger were both teachers. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary (née Scutts; 6 April 1913 – 18 May 2000), born in New South Wales, Australia, was a hairdresser and an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger is the elder of two sons (his brother Chris Jagger was born on 19 December 1947) and was raised to follow in his father's career path.
Actors: Brian Grazer (producer), Viola Davis (actress), Mick Jagger (producer), James DuMont (actor), Billy Slaughter (actor), Octavia Spencer (actress), Ritchie Montgomery (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Clyde Jones (actor), Keith Robinson (actor), Lennie James (actor), Fred Melamed (actor), Jill Scott (actress), Kathryn C. Galberth (miscellaneous crew), Sharen Davis (costume designer),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Gabrielle Union (actress), Beyoncé Knowles (producer), Emmanuelle Chriqui (actress), Elvis Presley (actor), Jeffrey Wright (actor), Beyoncé Knowles (actress), Mos Def (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Eric Bogosian (actor), Cedric the Entertainer (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Norman Reedus (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Terence Blanchard (composer), Marc Levin (producer),
Plot: In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Keywords: 1950s, african-american, african-american-music, arson, band, bankruptcy, bathtub, bigotry, billboard-magazine, blues-musicActors: Bob Geldof (actor), Trevor Cooper (actor), Struan Rodger (actor), Brian Conley (actor), Maxine Peake (actress), David Bamber (actor), Ann Beach (actress), Claire Rushbrook (actress), Robert Dearle (actor), Teun Hilte (producer), Patrick Chadwick (miscellaneous crew), Jacqueline Goldenstein (miscellaneous crew), James Devlin (editor), Donald Rice (director), Donald Rice (writer),
Plot: On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern England. To his horror, he discovers a lookalike contest is taking place, and no-one will believe he is the real Bob Geldof. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, he discovers he may not be the only Bob Geldof in the room...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, elvis-presley, impersonation, look-alike, madonna, michael-jackson, mick-jagger, mother-teresa, osama-bin-laden, pope-john-paul-iiActors: Henning Molfenter (producer), Eberhard Junkersdorf (producer), Inga Busch (actress), Matthias Schweighöfer (actor), Peter Przygodda (editor), Georg Friedrich (actor), Charlie Woebcken (producer), Petra Berndt (actress), Alexander Hacke (composer), David Scheller (actor), Alexander Scheer (actor), Perry Lütke (miscellaneous crew), Milan Peschel (actor), Dileep Singh Rathore (producer), Friederike Kempter (actress),
Plot: 'Achim Bornhak' (qv)'s movie focuses on the restless life of 'Uschi Obermaier' (qv), the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. While the other occupants claim she isn't political enough, Uschi just wants to have fun, works as fashion model and leads international music stars in temptation...
Keywords: bare-breasts, based-on-true-story, drugs, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, female-pubic-hair, male-frontal-nudity, male-genitalia, orange-panties, pantiesActors: David Walliams (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Clifford De Spenser (miscellaneous crew), Mohamed Benhmamane (miscellaneous crew), David Arnold (composer), Stephen Woolley (producer), Stephen Woolley (director), Tuva Novotny (actress), David Morrissey (actor), Elizabeth Tremblay (miscellaneous crew), Paddy Considine (actor), Jane Trower (miscellaneous crew), Paula Jack (miscellaneous crew), Ben Whishaw (actor), Simon Chandler (actor),
Plot: Fact-based story about the drug-addled and sordid life of The Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones. Unfortunately the story moves so quickly into the sensationalized decadence and drug-induced state of Jones, that the unknowing viewer has to wonder why anyone would care. There are only a few framing sequences with members of The Stones, particularly Keith Richards, that show they had a great respect for him and tried to bring him back into the band as he drifted away. Mixed into the destruction of Jones is a common builder, Frank Thorogood, who is given the unenviable task of trying to please Jones by rebuilding his estate and to watch him per Jones' manager's instructions. Thorogood's life is so far removed from all of the sex and drugs that he sees, that he envies and desires the tawdry life as well, but never quite fits in. Unfortunately, at least according to this film and according to a supposed death bed confessional of Thorogood in 1993, it led to Thorogood's murder of Jones in a swimming pool "accident".
Keywords: 1960s, accountant, acid-the-drug, american-flag, anita-pallenberg, antichrist, archive-footage, asthma, attempt-to-save-life, bandActors: Phil Cornwell (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), Phil Cornwell (actor), John Sessions (actor),
Plot: A satirical glimpse at the early 21st century in which impressionists Phil Cornwell and John Sessions send up celebrity culture, including: Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, who run a corner shop; Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino, who rub shoulders in a leafy lane in suburbia; and David Bowie, who has his underpants starched and ironed by an uptight cockney charlady named Mrs. Huggett. Megastars come and go, but nothing escapes the watchful eye of their long-suffering neighbor, Michael Caine.
Keywords: alternative-comedy, madonna, mick-jagger, place-name-in-title, street-in-titleActors: Jennifer Harland (miscellaneous crew), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Oliver (actress), George Segal (actor), Ashley Fester (miscellaneous crew), Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), David Lewis (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Barry W. Levy (actor), Hiro Kanagawa (actor), Armand Mastroianni (director), Jodelle Ferland (actress), J. Peter Robinson (composer), Jamie Payton (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Wheeler (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance,Actors: Mark Aldridge (actor), Mark Aldridge (actor), Mark Aldridge (miscellaneous crew), Mark Aldridge (actor), Mark Aldridge (actor), Mark Aldridge (actor), Mark Aldridge (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor), John Fendley (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Sport,Actors: Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (writer), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bill Murray (actor), Lorne Michaels (actor), David Frost (actor), Neil Innes (actor), Mick Jagger (actor), Al Franken (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Barry Cryer (actor), Tom Davis (actor), Eric Idle (actor), John Belushi (actor), Eric Idle (actor), George Harrison (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Michael Palin (actor),
Plot: Rutland Weekend Television takes a look at the Pre-fab Four: Dirk, Barry, Stig and Nasty; better known as the Rutles. This documentary follows their career from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg's infamous Rat-Keller, to their amazing worldwide success. A parody of Beatlemania and the many serious documentaries made about the Beatles.
Keywords: fake-documentary, fictional-band, imaginary-band, joke, mock-documentary, mockumentary, musical-number, musician, parody, rock-musicYeah!
I'm livin' a charmed life
Whoo!
Yeah! I'm livin' a charmed life
When I walk out of my front door
I'm livin' a charmed life
Put my foot down in the fast lane... huh
And I'm livin' a charmed life
I move to the left
I move to the right
Watch out for the husband
Stay close to the wife
Yeah!
I'm livin' a charmed life (Charmed life)
Whoo! Yeah!
On edge of a nerve
When I step out on the dance floor
Charmed life (Charmed life)
I move to the left
I move to the right
Ahhhh
When I'm walkin' on the North edge
I'm livin' a charmed life
Yeah
Hangin' by a left-up tiny thread
Be a sacrifice
Look out...
Yeah!
I'm livin' a charmed life (Charmed life)
Whoo! Yeah!
I'm livin' a charmed life (Charmed life)
Whoo!
[18 sec. harmonica solo]
Mmmm... I like to keep my head way down in this town
Someday I like to stand up
I hope my body'll prowl-l-l
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