{"id":147234,"date":"2011-04-15T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T10:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/its-only-rock-n-roll-but-i-like-it\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:12:32","slug":"its-only-rock-n-roll-but-i-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/its-only-rock-n-roll-but-i-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s only rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll (but I like it)&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"    <section  class=\"container container--large article-container\">\n            <div class=\"article \">\n            <div class=\"article__sidebar\">\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section author\">\n                    <div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-200x200.jpeg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-50x50.jpeg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-100x100.jpeg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-200x200.jpeg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey.jpeg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>                                            <\/div>\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Written By<\/span>\n                    <a class=\"u-text-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/authors\/john-dicey\/\" title=\"John Dicey Bio\">\n                        <h5 class=\"author__author\">John Dicey<\/h5>\n                    <\/a>\n                                                                <h6 class=\"author__title sidebar-content\">Former Global Chief Executive Officer &#038; 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roll (but I like it)&#8230;.<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/23164729\/Rolling_Stones_bow_post-show_London_22_May_2018_41437870545-free-by-Raph-ph.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/23164729\/Rolling_Stones_bow_post-show_London_22_May_2018_41437870545-free-by-Raph-ph-220x124.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/23164729\/Rolling_Stones_bow_post-show_London_22_May_2018_41437870545-free-by-Raph-ph-440x249.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/23164729\/Rolling_Stones_bow_post-show_London_22_May_2018_41437870545-free-by-Raph-ph.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/23164729\/Rolling_Stones_bow_post-show_London_22_May_2018_41437870545-free-by-Raph-ph.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/its-only-rock-n-roll-but-i-like-it\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); 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How anyone could take The Beatles seriously while the stones were doing their stuff is beyond me. But even if you don\u2019t care for the sound and the attitude \u2013 it can\u2019t be denied that The Stones provided an endless array of iconic images over many decades. They were \u201cUber-iconic\u201d.<br><br>Mick Jagger and Keith Richards \u2013 two battling war-like tribal leaders constantly pushing and pulling in different musical and artistic directions. It was lovely to see Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman use Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway To Quit Smoking method \u2013 may they rock and roll and party harder and for longer on the strength of it.<br><br>Having said that \u2013 it was very sad to see Keith\u2019s autobiography in my local bookstore last weekend with the front cover emblazoned with that amazing battle-scarred face in the process of lighting a cigarette.<br><br>Is that really all you\u2019ve got left Keith? Is the only picture worthy of adorning your book cover one that makes you look like a complete twit? Is \u201chaving a fag\u201d the last bastion of the last wild man of rock and roll? What a radical, edgy, rebellious character you remain Keith \u2013 smoking on the cover of your autobiography. What next? Walking on the grass in spite of a \u201cKeep of the grass\u201d sign? Riding a bicycle without lights on it?<br><br>Lest anyone think that you are striking a blow against ninny nanny political correct types by standing up for your right to smoke whatever you like\u2026.I notice, presumably on advice from your publicist, that the cigarette you are lighting clearly has a filter and can therefore not be mistaken for something of a more \u2013 erherm \u2013 rebelliously herbal nature.<br><br>There was always so much more to you than the fags (or any of the other drugs you took liberally for that matter) Keith. Are you really just settling for remaining a poster boy for Big Tobacco? 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