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| Monkey Woman |
Posted by Rices Cherry Red on Shidoobee (from New Yark Mag) :
"Keeping Mick Jagger lookin' toothsome.
"Mick Jagger's maintenance routine involves more than keping his 61-year old body looking like it belongs to a 19-year old. The night before the Stones kicked off their U.S. tour with an unannounced mini-set at Lincoln Center, the singer made a nocturnal visit to the office of Dr. Robert DiPilla, so the cosmetic dentist could whiten his legendary smile and polish the diamond in his eyetooth. Maybe you can blame his fondness for brown sugar for Jagger's stained teeth but he was treated with DiPilla's latest invention: a luxury whitening agent made of diamond dust.
Beth Landman
New York magazine
June 6, 2005
page 10"
Blame all that tea! Mick's English, after all! 
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| Dutch Michael D. |
does he still have that diamond in there???? i've never seen it anymore since the seventies |
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| FPM C10 |
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Dutch Michael D. wrote:
does he still have that diamond in there???? i've never seen it anymore since the seventies
Always thought it was hilarious that he originally had an emerald and everyone thought he had a piece of lettuce stuck in his teeth. |
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| luxury1 |
...and then he switched it to a ruby --and everyone thought it looked like blood.
I hope he is whitening his bottom teeth too--last tour they were stained, and didnt match his top rack. Christ, I need to style that man. |
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| Nellcote |
Luxy, I thought Mick only grabbed your hat in Montreal?
This tooth detail leads one to think..... |
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| gimmekeef |
Diamonds huh?..well now we know why tix are so expensive! |
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| texile |
the origin of the jeweled/diamond tooth is a mystery of deepthroat proportions............
apart from the lettuce/blood anecdote - i've never read anything about when or why he got it - my guess is 71.......he didn't have it before he married bianca - but it's evident in early 72 pictures.
anybody know anything about it? |
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| Monkey Woman |
Mick himself started the joke about trying first a ruby and an emerald. In an interview, he said he had that diamond inserted in order to "look pretty". In another he said that he took example from Buddy Guy, who has "a big huge diamond" in his teeth, but he, Mick, being "a modest white guy" had a "tiny one" inserted. As for when he started wearing it, I don't know, maybe early '70s. |
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| luxury1 |
MW--you are an absolute WEALTH of info on the boys. Are you coming to the states for any shows??
And Nellcote, I just happen to notice the small details.... |
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| glencar |
Didn't the diamond start during the 81 tour? |
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| Nellcote |
I recall a Rolling Stone piece on the boys from '72 where Mick had it, with photo. During the 75 rehearsals on Long Island, another Rolling Stone piece noted it, along with Micks' arm injury...Back when Rolling Stone was a great read... |
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| texile |
yeah, i remember about the "modest white guy", though i think it was actally "modest white person" which sounds funnier.........
it was definately between late 71 - early 72 - because he there's a glimmer of it in cocksucker blues.
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| Riffhard |
Mick had the diamond inserted in his right front tooth because he chipped it when a mic stand hit him in the mouth during a windy outdoor performance sometime in the early seventies. It wasn't just about vainity here. He really did get popped pretty hard and he had to have it filled. So Jagger,being Jagger,decided to fill it with a diamond.
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| Monkey Woman |
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Riffhard wrote:
Mick had the diamond inserted in his right front tooth because he chipped it when a mic stand hit him in the mouth during a windy outdoor performance sometime in the early seventies. It wasn't just about vainity here. He really did get popped pretty hard and he had to have it filled. So Jagger,being Jagger,decided to fill it with a diamond.
Riffhard, I raise my hat to you! I've read tons of books and articles about the Stones but never that one. 
Luxy, sorry to disappoint you! Can't cross the Atlantic this tour, not enough time and m-o-n-e-y, alas... 
But I'll follow it all on RO, RS.com and other boards, and cheer for everyone who can see the boys in the North American leg of their tour! |
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| luxury1 |
Oh yeah, remember the "arm injury"?? He said he put it through a revolving glass door in Manhattan. I bet he was stark raving drunk. Those Annie Liebowitz photos were so great. I can remember pouring over that issue many times. Black and white, no?
SOrry to hear we wont be graced with your presence MW--however, I trust you will see the boys on the European leg? |
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| gypsy |
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| Maxlugar |
[quote]Riffhard wrote:
Mick had the diamond inserted in his right front tooth because he chipped it when a mic stand hit him in the mouth during a windy outdoor performance sometime in the early seventies. It wasn't just about vainity here. He really did get popped pretty hard and he had to have it filled. So Jagger,being Jagger,decided to fill it with a diamond.
He almost lost it the same way.
In 1981, Buffalo I think it was, the wind was so bad it smacked the stand into his mouth and loosened the diamond in his teeth.
This was in that book of the '81 tour.
I don't think he has it anymore. |
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| Joey |
" In 1981, Buffalo I think it was, the wind was so bad it smacked the stand into his mouth and loosened the diamond in his teeth.
This was in that book of the '81 tour. "
I absolutely LOVE listening to boots from the 1981 Tour . Whenever I hear tracks off those '81 boots I get that " The Party has just started Feeling " . Indeed , I hear barkers and see colored balloons falling down all around me ..............................and you ?!?!
" Stones Is Stones Ronnie ............. Bigger than ALL of us ! "
Kins !
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[ Edited by Baby Steelie ]
[Edited by Joey] |
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| Monkey Woman |
Luxy -- sure I'll be there for the Euro leg of the tour, at least the shows in France and probably some in England too. 
Wow, gypsy! That's a great pic! Thanks for sharing. It reminds me about some close-ups in the Being Mick documentary: I'd swear he still has that jewel in his tooth.
Yeah, only Mick would have had the nerve of disguising a tooth injury with a diamond... I love that guy! |
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| luxury1 |
I agree, MW--I still think he has it. I swear I see flashes of it sometimes. Again, the details.... |
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| Monkey Woman |
Ah yes, the devil is in the details! |
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