Flanagan: What do you think of the Stones?Dylan: What do I think of them? They’re pretty much finished, aren’t they?Flanagan: They had a gigantic tour last year. You call that finished?Dylan: Oh yeah, you mean Steel Wheels. I’m not saying they don’t keep going, but they need Bill. Without him they’re a funk band. They’ll be the real Rolling Stones when they get Bill back.
I am not quite sure what Mr. Dylan is trying to say. The term "funk band" is a bit abstruse. It definitely seems to be a disparaging criticism. Though, Dylan is quick to smooth over with a reparative opine regarding the requisite "greatest rock band ever" talk.
What does the retired bass player from the "greatest rock band ever" do in his golden years? Apparently, after years of diddling Mick and Keith's cast offs (Bill's sexual exploits are well documented including his 1989 marriage to eighteen-year-old Mandy Smith whom he had dated since she was thirteen and Maxim magazine rating him 10th in a "Living Sex Legends" list) he has taken to unearthing metal trinkets about his country cottage in Suffolk, England using his signature metal detector.
Here is some nice footage from the boys. Featuring Mr. Wyman, who is clearly thrilled, and some truly fucking inspired drumming from Charlie Watts. Also, check at the end, does Mick say, "Fuck a girl with far away eyes". Watch his lips.
Obviously Bob hasn't tried to listen to his latest album. It's terrible - unlistenable.
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