Black and Blue, but no red

When I saw this 1976 ad for the Rolling Stones Black and Blue album, my brain said “something’s missing…” Sure enough, a quick search of the internet showed that the Stones’ lips, especially Mick Jagger’s, had been de-rouged. Here’s the front and back of the actual album:

I pulled this ad out of a DC book, so maybe there’s some sort of rule where they can’t have any man’s lips be redder than the Joker’s. Also, being comicized apparently subtracts about a decade from a person’s face. Jagger almost looks healthy in the ad. Keith Richards still looks like shit, though. I guess that’s his comfort zone.

I should confess that I debated infusing this entire post with Stones song titles, i.e. “I felt great satisfaction yesterday when this ad passed under my thumb…” Even telling anyone that I considered doing that is obnoxious beyond belief. Needless to say, I thought better of it.

You’re welcome.