The Times of London<\/a>\u00a0later summed it up, the band\u2019s romantic entanglements often overlapped: Richards slept with Pallenberg, and Pallenberg slept with Jagger. Marianne Faithfull slept with Brian Jones, Richards and Jagger, who also slept with Pat Andrews, Jones\u2019 girlfriend.\u00a0<\/p>\nJagger proposed to Faithfull in 1968, but she turned him down.<\/p>\n
Spitz wrote that it was no secret to Faithfull and\u00a0\u201cmost of London\u201d\u00a0that Jagger was \u201ctwo-timing her in a torrid affair\u201d with Marsha Hunt.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarianne Faithfull said that Keith was the most romantic man,\u201d Spitz said. \u201cThe one night she spent with Keith was the most romantic night of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spitz argues that Jones set the tone for the band\u2019s reckless reputation long before it\u00a0became part of Rolling Stones mythology.<\/p>\nKeith Richards and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, on Dec. 9, 1969. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cBrian, by the time he was 21, had fathered five children,\u201d Spitz said. \u201cHe was repopulating post-war Britain by himself. It didn\u2019t really affect the band\u2019s stability. It affected its pocketbook because every time there was a paternity suit, the Stones decided to pay off those harmed by Brian\u2019s behavior. But it increased, believe it or not, the band\u2019s reputation a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had in the very early \u201960s decided that they were going to be the anti-Beatles,\u201d Spitz continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was going to be their image. They weren\u2019t going to bow at the end of every song. They weren\u2019t going to wear suits onstage. Politeness was out the window. They were going to behave the way teenagers and young men in their early 20s behaved. That meant going their own way, being a little insolent and being arrogant. They dressed in their street clothes. They smoked onstage. They were the bad boys, and they liked being the bad boys.\u201d<\/p>\nMick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones, and actress Marianne Faithfull after their appearance at Marlborough Street Court in London. PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJones died by drowning in 1969. He was 27. The coroner recorded his death as\u00a0\u201cdeath by misadventure.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his book, Spitz detailed how sex at times complicated the band\u2019s relationships. He described how Jagger and Pallenberg played a couple in 1970\u2019s \u201cPerformance\u201d and had sex on film.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a lot of very explicit video taken by Anita on her handheld movie camera showing Mick and Anita really screwing \u2014 steamy, lusty stuff that was edited into a separate X-rated short feature,\u201d Spitz wrote, quoting a Rolling Stones employee.<\/p>\nBob Spitz\u2019s new Rolling Stones biography also reveals Keith Richards was far more romantic than his bad-boy image suggested. Alan Messer\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSpitz wrote that \u201cthings grew itchy\u201d between Pallenberg and Richards. They were renting a home where \u201ca pressure cooker of tension and frustration polluted the once-carefree atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven the customarily fearless Keith couldn\u2019t handle this one,\u201d Faithfull recalled, as quoted in the book.<\/p>\n
After decades of affairs,\u00a0marriages, breakups and betrayals, the band\u2019s longest-lasting love story was never a romance at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Stones have some magic that\u2019s held them together through thick and thin, and there\u2019s been a lot of thin,\u201d Spitz told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the years, there were times when Mick and Keith weren\u2019t talking to each other. There were times when they weren\u2019t making the music of the moment. But for some reason, they\u2019ve connected with audiences time and time again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything in the band depends on Mick and Keith\u2019s relationship,\u201d Spitz said. \u201cTheir rapport is so crucial to the Rolling Stones\u2019 longevity. There was a time when things got pretty tense, especially in the \u201990s. But these guys \u2014 it\u2019s a love story.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two of them have enormous respect for each other. When Keith married Patti Hansen, whom did he choose as his best man? The guy he wasn\u2019t speaking to, Mick Jagger. So that tells you all about them \u2014 how tight their bond is and how much they really care about and love each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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