Great story in last weekend's Times all about its editorial by William Rees-Mogg, the paper's editor, who 50 years ago had unexpectedly come to the aid of the "strutting bad-boy of rock 'n' roll – Mike Jagger.
The article is not available in full (without registration) - but these links give an outline @ BBC and the National Post.
The Times story re-told the situation, the party, the trail and the night in jail while reminded us that "in 1967 the Rolling Stones and their lead singer were seen by many as a genuine threat to society, civilisation and morality, a sexual rebel with his thick-lipped mouthings and corybantic contortions". Indeed ?
Rees-Mogg had argued that "Mr Jagger was not treated exactly the same as anyone else". And the article closed with: "Up until that moment, most of the media had painted the Rolling Stones, and Jagger in particular, in diabolical colours. The Times reflected the changing times, by showing sympathy for the Devil".
My brother was always the big Rolling Stones fan when I was growing up. He had the singles and LP's. I would discover these great 'B' sides of singles that were very different to their well known hits and almost provide a kind of commentary to the story surrounding the drug trail and conviction in 1967. Songs like "Play with Fire", "As Tears Go By" and this "The Singer Not The Song". This was the flip-side of the UK release "Get Off Of My Cloud" > in the US it was changed to "Sad Day".
The video shows a very young Mick Jagger, who now is Sir Michael Philip Jagger but still that singer. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, but I like it.

This is classic though - same song on YouTube - but the maker of the video has put the 45 on the wrong speed !  We've all been there….