You're all Forgiven!

It seems to me that we ought to take a break from politics for a moment and bathe ourselves in the soothing light of a late-60's Rock set-piece.

The Rock-and-Roll Circus was designed by the Rolling Stones' Mic Jagger as a musical spectacle of Olympian proportions. Featuring artists such as Jethro Tull, John Lennon, The Who, and other mega artists of the time; the Rock-and-Roll Circus is an absolute joy to behold. Most of the performers are at their best and the absurd poncho-wearing audience, half of whom are the other musicians, looks to be having the time of their lives.

Unbelievably, the whole show was scrapped at the last minute by Jagger due to his dissatisfaction with the band's performance. The special never aired on the BBC as it was intended and the footage was almost lost for good until someone found it in a trash can in the mid-1990's. This action by Mic could be understandable; original band member Ronnie Wood was well into the descent into drugs and madness at this point it shows in the Stones' set. I rather prefer to think that Mic Jagger was so pissed that the opening acts showed him up (The Who are at their finest, in my opinion) that he decided to burn the whole show rather than appear second-best.

Fortunately, the footage was remastered and, thanks to the internet, I am able to share this with all of you! I encourage you to watch the whole video with the sound up really, really loud. It is all a pleasure, except for one unfortunate song featuring Yoko Ono. If you don't feel like watching a 60-minute video though, please at least rock out to just The Who's performance in the second link. After all, you owe it to yourself, don't you?




The who - a quick one
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