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Mick Jagger: If You Don't Know Who This Bloke Is, Ask Your Parents…

Tom Hibbert, Smash Hits, 14 February 1985

They'll tell you. "He's MICK JAGGER," they'll say, trembling visibly. "Singer with the Rolling Stones. He's 41 and he's had 8 Number Ones, 22 Top Twenty hits, released 24 LPs and spentt he last 20 years being the most outrageous pop star ever." Good for him. But isn't he over the hill? And does he know anything about modern music? And what's he like anyway? Tom Hibbert popped into his Paris hotel room to find out.

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