Mick Jagger has simply proved to the entire world that age has never been much of an issue for him. A short clip of the 83-year-old Rolling Stones frontman dancing on a congested club floorrolling hips, waving hands, blessing the dance floor with his presence, to the music of the band’s new single”Mr. Charm”did just that. The short as followed: In the clip, Jagger is strutting about with the same casual, rhythmic swagger that has lit up his stage persona for the last 60 years.
He’s clearly having a good time, even if he’s not the main man in the room with other dancers about. There is a no frills, natural feeling to the shot; rather it looks and sounds like a regular ‘night on the town’ phone footage, which somehow only makes the appearance of a 90+ rock god running with the rhythm all the more interesting. “Mr.
Charm” is from the band’s recent studio album, Foreign Tongues, a little different from the band’s previous releases in its release date of July. Jagger explained that “it has that 4/4 going great in the dance mode with the rolling Stones classic-rock chorus over the top of it, (something that) is neither one thing or the other, but somewhere in-between, and that was my aim” The music fit the O2 easily, and watching Jagger listen to it in the video transforms the song into something that the audience is experiencing, rather than hearing. Fans were quick off the mark.
Replies followed praising his electric nature, while various others commented how he seems to have more endurance at 83 than most around this age. Still, there was also an element of disbelief and sheer joy in seeing one of rock’s most revered creatures still in his natural element, dancing the night away. There was not necessarily a sense of nostalgia but a straightforward statement of the cold reality of his body.
77 Jagger has never been static but the video just continues to prove his worth. Jagger has always attributed his longevity of stamina to a diligent regime of exercise and movement. Through the years he continues to maintain dance practice and gym routines whose initial rebellious spontaneity has transformed into disciplined regularity. Jagger’s father, a teacher of physical education, died in his nineties. Jagger sometimes references this fact when discussing long life. And the club footage captures some of this lifestyle in ways in which interviews cannot.
Here is not a man shaping vibrant-concept into spectacle. Here is an expression of vitality. In addition, the timing is good. Two weeks before, Foreign Tongues came out and, while the band has yet to plan a full tour to promote the new record, Jagger is already considering 2027.” So far, audiences are happy to have a little of that in a more up-close and personal setting. Rather than a large-scale marketing effort, this is the singer explaining what the song sounds like in a band space.