Friday, December 31, 2021

'Love' crazy

 
  • I've been listening to "We Love You" by the Rolling Stones because the song reminds me of a friend who died this year.
  • Somehow, I'd never seen the promo video for the song from 1967 that (thank you, IMDB, cutting and pasting) included footage from recording sessions along with segments that re-enacted the 1895 trial of Oscar Wilde, with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Marianne Faithfull respectively portraying Wilde, a judge and Lord Alfred Douglas.
  • The IMDB description helpfully notes the following: "Footage also appears of Brian Jones, apparently high on drugs with his eyes drooping and unfocused." (So 2021!) More facts about the song here.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2022 at 10:24 AM

    Written in the aftermath of the drugs arrests faced by Jagger and Keith Richards at the Redlands country home of the latter in Sussex that year, "We Love You" opens with the sounds of entry into jail, and a cell door clanging shut. The draconian nature of the sentences handed down to the two Stones relative to the charges prompted a stern editorial in The Times on 1 July 1967, titled "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?", in protest

    The recording features a Mellotron part played by Brian Jones and backing vocals by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2022 at 1:17 PM

    Wow. I LOVE this blog. It always surprises, just like the city itself. Happy New Year all.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2022 at 6:04 PM

    There’s an excellent cover version of We Love You by British band Cock Sparrer

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