World In Action - Mick Jagger - 1967 - Part One of Two

This is a very odd interview with Mick Jagger done in July of 1967. It was done for a British TV program entitled "World In Action" and was recorded right after Jagger was released from jail after his drug conviction was quashed by the courts.

He is being interviewed by a group of men who could be said to represent the "establishment" in Great Britain at the time. The thing that makes this so interesting is that the interviewers (Times Editor William Rees-Mogg, Bishop of Woolwich Dr. John Robinson, Jesuit Priest Father Corbishley and Lord Stow Hill) seem to be trying to grasp how "pop stars" have such an influence over their children and youth in general. You can't help but wonder if Jagger felt he was in over his head as he tries to bridge the generation gap during this interview.

Apologies for the occasional tape dropouts. I found this clip at the end of a Beatles documentary about the 20th anniversary of the "Sgt. Pepper" album. It may have been added to the program to fill out the time slot on my PBS station and appears to be missing a few minutes from the original running time.

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• Mick Jagger
• Granada Television
• World in Action
• William Rees-Mogg
• Father Corbishley
• Lord Stow Hill

[boazyu]

Jagger is hot

[michelleleawaldrop]

jagger is hot

[kanumbra]

@ChadTRex I appreciate the comment, and I do agree with you. Because I wasn't alive at the time it is hard to judge, because I only listen to what was good at the time, but I'm sure there was a lot of crap like today. Perhaps it is me personally, but I find the 'good' stuff of back then, much better than the 'good' of today.

[ChadTRex]

@kanumbra Don't take this personally, but people who say things like that tend to have a limited scope of music. There's been a lot of great music since the sixties. And let's not forget that most of the music on the charts in the sixties was bland commercial pop masquerading as something else, just like today.

[edwardszzz]

Keith Richards has more brains than Jagger. He is the one who should be interviewed. He could've verbally destroyed all those old fogeys.

[blackmichael75]

One invariably gets drawn into controversy, Mr. Jagger, doesn't one?

[gatortailor]

@Jennysmandolin Well, no one's perfect,

[gatortailor]

@kschoeck One of them, Rees-Mogg, was the writer for the Times who wrote the article questioning the Stones harsh sentence and influenced the court to dimiss Keith's 1 yr. sentence & Mick's was shortened.

[carlacostantino]

The main reason artists from the 60's are so iconic and intriguing is that they were ground-breakers. They smashed social barriers. They exposed the repressive, hypocritical morals of the previous generations. They liberated youth. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the likes of the Stones, for the freedoms we now take for granted. This is what makes 60's music so vital - in a way that present-day music can never be.

[xnimini]

@Sirscorps He took too much valium

[ScrotieMcBizzle]

If today's artists had "Brains Like Jagger" instead of his moves the radio would be so much nicer to listen to...

[Sirscorps]

Is Mick high?