Just another mad, mad day

"I got silence on my radio

Let the air waves flow, let the air waves flow

Oh, I'm sleeping under strange, strange skies

Just another mad, mad day on the road

My dreams are fading down the railway line

I'm just about a moonlight mile down the road"

- Lyrics from Moonlight Mile, 1970, credited to Mick Jagger and Mick Taylor; released on the album Sticky Fingers. The video was found on this Rolling Stones' channel.

I rarely feel nostalgic most days... figuring what's gone is gone (for the most part) and, in the last analysis, the (alleged) "good old days" were never all that good. But, every now and then, some old tune pops up out of nowhere and takes me back to a less complicated time in the long past when merely being alive seemed to be enough. Yes, I was very young then. But, in ways, I knew my priorities far better then than I do now.

I never saw the Stones do a live version of this traveler's tune. But, hearing it again kind of soothed my "savage beast." Maybe it'll soothe yours, too.

Namaste.

(Blogger's note - April 29, 2026: Yes, I realize Valentine's Day of the Dead (Part II) is long overdue, but I am continuously interrupted these days with topics I am compelled to address. One recent topic has just been investigated on Post-Mac Blues: The Mar-a-lago Messiah - reverse engineering a hazardous meme. Also, I will be cross-posting the Day of the Dead story and the first installment is likely to be found on PMB.)

Heart Full of Soul

 

 

 

 

Moving backwards again... to the latter half of the 60s. I seem to be mysteriously drawn to that decade these days. There was so much great music; a Big Bang of musical styles and interpretations which immediately branched out into a multitude of directions until the atmosphere was so saturated with new sounds, one got the impression something majorly transformative was about to occur across the field of human endeavor.

That delusion.

 

The music featured in this post emerged in the middle of the decade in the States, having first traveled from the UK; a period known as the British Invasion.

Directly above: The Yardbirds (featuring legendary Jeff Beck).

I've just learned Count Five (above) were actually from California... but they were obviously influenced by the Brits. Incidentally, this song has been covered by numerous bands. Tom Petty's harp in this live Heartbreaker's cover is excellent, but for a spot-on portrayal of psychosis, I recommend The Cramps.

 

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