Then I listened to the record to see if the words were really in it. And they are. Yeah, they are. But what I'm saying is, I understood the negation, the disillusion, the destruction of all received ideas of how to view the world in that song without hearing the words by which this was explained. Lately, as I write checks out for bills and stuff, I keep looking at the year and thinking what an absolutely amazing time this is to be in, at the turn of the century.
Music seems to be ruled by whatever the blip on the radar screen is at the moment.
I don't think they do. The Rolling Stones are just a franchise now. The band is like a corporate spinoff of the franchise. When you see these billboards they've put up of models they've hired to pretend they're in a Stones audience going mad with delight, they're all in their 20s because you're not supposed to suggest that there's anything involved with the past here. Then the band comes out with different props every tour and the band plays songs that when they were written and originally performed not only were about the world but took place in the world and affected the world.