July 11, 2003
THE WORM HE LICK MY BONES
Every so often I have to pop in the Stones' Rock and Roll Circus video. Filmed in November '68 as a Christmas special, it never saw the light of day until a few years back. Could've been the obscenity of Brian Jones so fried he was relegated to maracas half the time, or Mick's Satanic goat's head tattoos on his torso. This was no Christmas special.
Wade through the crap and you'll be treated to Jethro Tull's Song For Jeffrey, Taj Mahal, and of course Lennon with his band the Dirty Mac, featuring Clapton, Keith Richards, and Mitch Mitchell, performing Yer Blues, the only extant version of that song I am aware of. And the first live version of Sympathy. Not exactly Woodstock, but most of that film sucked, and badly. This is a great flashback, even with Yoko in a bag (not airtight, alas).
uh, sir velociman, how DARE you leave out mention of the who's classic performance of "a quick one while he's away" which i think is the only redeeming feature about the whole thing.
slap, slap, slap, slap...
Posted by: mr. helpful at July 12, 2003 11:58 AMSorry. I find the Who's performance off-kilter, lackluster, and rather corny in comparison to what they're up against.
Posted by: Kim at July 12, 2003 4:53 PMI SAY NEE-ZERE yupp thats the way Niger works people.
Posted by: Abdul Salaam at April 25, 2007 7:58 PM