Shine a Light
By John Mulderig
Catholic News Service (http://www.catholicnews.com/)
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Veteran rockers the Rolling Stones perform some of their most familiar songs as well as lesser-known original numbers and cover material in the high-energy documentary "Shine A Light" (Paramount Classics/Shangri-La/CPI). The film captures parts of two performances by the age-defying quartet of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood at New York City's Beacon Theatre in fall 2006. Songs range in mood from the heart-pounding 1981 hit "Start Me Up" to the meditative 1964 ballad "As Tears Go By," said to be the first song Jagger and Richards ever wrote together and one which they seldom perform. Featured guests include singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, bluesman Buddy Guy and White Stripes vocalist Jack White. In addition to the music, there are amusingly chaotic pre-production scenes and clips of old interviews, some by now thoroughly ironic. One snippet, from the British television series "World In Action," shows Jagger, freshly released from a 1967 drug charge, incongruously sitting down with establishment figures, among them a( here , here, here and here ) Jesuit ( Fr. Thomas Corbishley S.J. ) priest. While Christianity of the broadcasting evangelical variety is mocked in the lyrics of Jagger and Richards' "Far Away Eyes," the titular tune, played over the credits, invokes the blessings of "the Good Lord," apparently in tribute to deceased Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Other selections reflect a lifestyle not much given to temperance.
By John Mulderig
Catholic News Service (http://www.catholicnews.com/)
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Veteran rockers the Rolling Stones perform some of their most familiar songs as well as lesser-known original numbers and cover material in the high-energy documentary "Shine A Light" (Paramount Classics/Shangri-La/CPI). The film captures parts of two performances by the age-defying quartet of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood at New York City's Beacon Theatre in fall 2006. Songs range in mood from the heart-pounding 1981 hit "Start Me Up" to the meditative 1964 ballad "As Tears Go By," said to be the first song Jagger and Richards ever wrote together and one which they seldom perform. Featured guests include singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, bluesman Buddy Guy and White Stripes vocalist Jack White. In addition to the music, there are amusingly chaotic pre-production scenes and clips of old interviews, some by now thoroughly ironic. One snippet, from the British television series "World In Action," shows Jagger, freshly released from a 1967 drug charge, incongruously sitting down with establishment figures, among them a( here , here, here and here ) Jesuit ( Fr. Thomas Corbishley S.J. ) priest. While Christianity of the broadcasting evangelical variety is mocked in the lyrics of Jagger and Richards' "Far Away Eyes," the titular tune, played over the credits, invokes the blessings of "the Good Lord," apparently in tribute to deceased Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Other selections reflect a lifestyle not much given to temperance.
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor speech on Fr. Corbishley's and the free exercise of religion. (here) Hat Tip to Fr. Ray Blake at St. Mary Magdalene Blog.
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