let me, up front, make something as reasonably clear as possible. i quite like ronnie wood. no, hang on. rather let me say i don't have any particular issue or quarrel with ronnie wood. there, that would be a more better way of describing my stance, look you see. by all means, though, take all of this which follows as some sort of attack or slur on him, but it isn't really, entirely, intended so. don't hate the player, hate the game, and all that.
it has struck me that recently, or over the last two or three years, i have spent more on ronnie wood related things than i had any reasonable intention of. yes, i did indeed purchase (or get gifted) some Stones recordings, but only one of them, the CD single Living In A Ghost Town, featured him in any sort of prominent way. life is a little too complex as it is to make it more difficult by means of actively avoiding ronnie wood purchases, but in fairness it is true that, on a day to day basis, well, it's hardly a consideration you have to weigh up.
of what i have spent in regards of ronnie wood, well, an interesting sort of valuation dynamic has presented itself. interesting, at the least, by the standards of other things what i have put here claiming them as interesting. surely, certainly i shall go through these items, but illustration of point first.
that is indeed, presented in the greater good and glory of Commodore 64 mode, a postcard of a stamp what Royal Mail issued, celebrating ronnie wood. next to it is, of course, a or the autobiography of ronnie wood, what he decided to call "ronnie".
yes. i confess, yes. of my own free will did i come to take ownership of these, as in i, myself, directly, paid coins of money to take ownership. for matters of provenance, which appears to be slightly important to some, the postcard came off of Royal Mail, who are honouring / cashing in on the rolling stones with some commemorative yet perfectly legal to use stamps. as for the story of ronnie wood by ronnie wood, purchased off of HMV in conjunction with another concern.
going with the stamps first, despite them being the more recent purchase (within the last two weeks, as point of fact, at least at time of writing), them, Royal Mail, have issued some stamps to "honour 60 years of the rolling stones as a live act". instead of, one presumes, a dead one? i believe they meant performing, or doing gigs. of course i purchased some, because it's the stones, man, and also i still do what one or two may call formal correspondence. i love sending letters, and would probably like to receive too but no one appears to write to me.
certainly all of the stamps pertain to them, the stones, as a "live act". by this, the images are of them doing a gig, or some form of promotion for a gig. what's interesting is how often, exactly, each member of the rolling stones - past, present or hired long term - features. yes, i decided to count. here's how many times you can see each stone across the stamps (and postcards) -
sir mick jagger - 6
keith richards - 7
bill wyman - 0
charlie watts - 4
darryl jones - 0
brian jones - 0
mick taylor - 0
ronnie wood - 6
so, in world of Royal Mail, ronnie wood is "as popular" (or important) as sir mick, and second only to keith richards (or "keith richard", if American). this strikes me as being a somewhat unusual ranking of the favourite, or most important, member(s) of the band. not once in my travels, allowing for the fact that i have never met he himself or any of his family, have i ever encountered someone what says, or believes in, "think stones, think ronnie".
whatever point this is vaguely making, then, is illustrated in the picture above. for HMV it is so that the life of ronnie wood by ronnie wood is valued at 99p, whereas a stamp of ronnie wood is valued by Royal Mail at £1.70. that's a differential of some (as in exactly) 71p. surely it is so that some form of statement is being made by this. i have no idea what it says, but a statement all the same.
at some stage i shall, indeed, use the stamp and postcard of ronnie wood. i believe i know who shall be getting it, but that is not to be discussed here. with regards to the book, i confess to not having read it all, but do pick it up and read extracts from time to time. one particularly interesting bit was when he started waving the album cover for black and blue off of the stones around, for there is a small picture of him on the cover, and so he uses that to show who he is. or used to.
no, i have thought about it and no, nothing further to add to this. for now.
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