Word: jumpin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concerts-and at some shows they make up the majority of the audience-this tour is a way to ease into the slipstream of a myth, to check it out firsthand. For their elders, who were teen-agers when the Stones first sang Play with Fire and Satisfaction and Jumpin' Jack Flash back in the high '60s, it is a way-for some, now, the only way-to rejustify and perpetuate the myth. The Rolling Stones are living out, maybe stringing out, the legend, coasting, even capitalizing on it. But the foundation of the myth is the music...
...Stones can, for example, throw themselves ecstatically into a song like "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (or "Neighbors" on the new album), rattling the ceiling and shaking the floor. Mick Jagger lets the mood and the rhythms and the words overrun his body as he raves on. But Jagger also has scorn for the power he wields. He slurs his meanest lines with utter disregard, perhaps to illustrate how idiotic it is to hang on every syllable he and Richards decide to cram into a verse. By the same token, take a look at any picture of minimalist drummer Charlie Watts...
...Stanford Dollies, at least, may have shown some disappointment at Stanford's inability to score. These five girls dance to the band's music when the Cardinals reach the end zone. Since they love to dance (especially when the tune is "Jumpin' Jack Flash") their frowns were understandable. The Dollies don't like to be thought of as cheerleaders because "we don't lead cheers. We don't even use our pom--poms in half our routines," says Lenita Williamson, the Dolly leader. The Dollies wanted to be associated with the band, not with the Cardinals...