# Mick Jagger and Keith Richards statues unveiled in Dartford, their hometown **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 10, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367 "2023-08-10T18:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/1 "2023-08-10T18:27:18Z")
Story and pics here: > **[Statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards unveiled in home town of Dartford](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/09/statues-of-mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-unveiled-in-home-town-of-dartford)** > > The duo, who formed the Rolling Stones in the early 60s, met on a platform at the town’s train station I really like them, the artist captured both in absolutely iconic poses we know them well for. Much better than the Jimi Hendrix statue in Seattle, and as good as the Beatles in Liverpool (though it would be a dream come true for me to visit all three places) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/2 "2023-08-10T18:47:00Z")
Cool. But why do I think of Nelson’s Column? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/3 "2023-08-10T19:09:53Z")
Whatever happened to pedestals? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/4 "2023-08-10T19:10:05Z")
Yeah, the poses are excellent. But the details… Let’s just say I’m surprised you can make Mick’s mouth even uglier than it really is. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/5 "2023-08-10T19:10:11Z")
I think I prefer an earlier design that depicts the actual meeting on the Dartford platform. Keith with his guitar and Mick with his stack of Blues records. > **[Stones statue](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/plans-for-lasting-tribute-to-rol-a80243/)** ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/6 "2023-08-10T20:58:54Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Let’s just say I’m surprised you can make Mick’s mouth even uglier than it really is. Yeah, they broke the first rule of statuary, which goes back to the ancient Greeks - avoid showing teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/7 "2023-08-10T22:01:38Z")
Boston needs a Jonathan Richman statue. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/8 "2023-08-10T22:04:26Z")
I thought the city in the topic name was “Detroit” at first, which left me somewhat puzzled. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/9 "2023-08-10T22:30:36Z")
The “'80s Mick” is going to look awfully silly within 20 years of Mr. Jagger’s demise. The “'80s Keith” is totally unrealistic in that the figure looks too alive. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/10 "2023-08-10T23:02:50Z")
The set-up looks ideal for tourists to pose with the statues, so it’s bad that the faces are easily recognizable as Mick or Keith. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/11 "2023-08-10T23:47:09Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Boston needs a Jonathan Richman statue. I’m a big fan of Jojo. I have met him a few times and have seen him perform well over twenty times since 1987 or so. Are you really comparing him to the Beatles and the Stones? Most people haven’t heard of him. Off the top of my head Joe Perry is probably the most famous rocker from there and I wouldn’t give him a statue. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/12 "2023-08-11T00:46:14Z")
[My Favorite Rocker Statue picture](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=GvItItY8&id=16D66F1360E8E49138025FA08169B1EA8B7A875B&thid=OIP.GvItItY8iVwE0JZJs_YxlAHaLH&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi.pinimg.com%2foriginals%2f90%2fd3%2f55%2f90d3554fcdbf0e4ab414508cdc7afc90.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.1af22d22d63c895c04d09649b3f63194%3frik%3dW4d6i%252bqxaYGgXw%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=870&expw=580&q=stevie+ray+vaughan+statue+in+flood&simid=608026653645821966&FORM=IRPRST&ck=5B5072C79A7FABD5923989E5BACEB4C2&selectedIndex=0&idpp=overlayview&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/13 "2023-08-11T08:23:01Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I really like them, the artist captured both in absolutely iconic poses we know them well for. Much better than the Jimi Hendrix statue in Seattle, and as good as the Beatles in Liverpool (though it would be a dream come true for me to visit all three places) Something no one has ever said about Dartford before! ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/14 "2023-08-11T08:41:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > …I’m surprised you can make Mick’s mouth even uglier than it really is. I have to agree. I was going to post but couldn’t find the right words. I think you nailed it! IMO, it’s a given that Mick has to appear with a sneer of some sort, but he’s been made to look like an old woman puckering up to put on lipstick. You just know that vandals will do something in short order. I like the poses of both and nearly all the details of Keith’s statue, but something’s not quite right about Mick’s face. Looks more like Steve Winwood than Jagger. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/15 "2023-08-11T10:07:52Z")
Yeah, let me know when they erect a statue of Brian Jones. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/16 "2023-08-11T10:29:35Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Something no one has ever said about Dartford before! Hah 😂! The only thing I know about Dartford is that Mick and Keith were born there and now have statues… ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/17 "2023-08-11T10:45:43Z")
😆 It’s an industrial wasteland that you (literally) drive over when you’re trying to navigate London’s nightmare traffic circulatory. Breath in the beauty of it [![](https://parkers-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/177119/dc_cover_june22.jpg) ](https://parkers-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/177119/dc_cover_june22.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367/18 "2023-08-11T10:53:44Z")
Ah, nice! At least that’s an architecturally interesting bridge, though ugly.