This is so cool! At the age of 80, Mick Jagger is talking about a new studio album from The Rolling Stones! The album - titled "Hackney Diamonds" will be released October 20 but the first single "Angry" has just been released. "Angry" is a combination of classic Stones and new Stones with signature guitar strokes and a melody that shows The Stones are not stuck in the past.
The video for "Angry" stars vintage Stones and current Stones performing the song on billboards that come to life and accompanying the rock is a hot, sexy Sydney Sweeney - best known for her roles in the HBO series "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus." In The Stones video Sweeney is the sexual energy that is rock n roll.
At the press conference announcing the release of the single "Angry" and the upcoming album release - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood were playful and seemed genuinely excited to be talking about a new album. "We were maybe a bit too lazy," Mick said, and "Suddenly we said, let's put a deadline… we did it pretty quick."
The album's title 'Hackney Diamonds" refers to the bits of shattered glass left on the street after a car break-in in East London - which is apparently known for car break-ins. (With car break-ins so common in New Orleans maybe we should use a phrase to refer to the shattered window glass left on the street after a break-in? Big Easy Diamonds?)
As a Boomer who grew up with The Rolling Stones - it is a thrill to hear new music from one of the true and enduring legends of rock.
The idea of The Stones writing and recording new music at this stage in their lives should serve as an inspiration to all Boomers - as well as Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Z - that you never give up in life and you keep striving to be the best you can be.
It is now obvious that The Rolling Stones are not retiring and have not become complacent with the incredibly vast library of their work and they continue to strive to contribute to the music world.
And now - 61 years after they formed as a band - The Rolling Stones remain relevant. Mick Jagger once echoed the Boomer generation's obsession with being young by saying he would rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" at the age of 45.
This new music from The Stones in 2023 means that our youthfulness can live on within us well beyond the calendar threshold of what is generally considered young. When we are young and act silly or out-of-line - we are told to "act our age." The Rolling Stones are supporting the idea that as we get older we never have to "act our age."
