A trip in our virtual way back machine offers another example of how much times change.
In January 1967, when the Rolling Stones performed Let's Spend the Night Together on Ed Sullivan's popular Sunday night variety show, they were instructed to change the recurring lyric line to "let's spend some time together." I guess this was because "nice people" did not spend the night together back in '67.
Anyway, the Stones complied, but Mick Jagger rolled his eyes several times as he sang the altered line. Ed Sullivan responded by saying that the Stones would never again appear on his show, and indeed, they never did.
Today's track features the Stones singing their classic hit, complete with those squeaky clean lyrics, at least a couple of eye rolls and a lot of camera work not being focused on Mick, or at least at a great distance. If I were a betting man, the cameras were being directed to avoid focusing on it as much as possible.
1967 - Let's Spend ... Some Time Together by the Rolling Stones[[cue eye roll]]
We now return you to your current century.
That's another Classic Track Lookback. See ya next time.
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