Just on music today because a bit tired of politics and family dispute
On “Just Waiting on a Friend” by The Rolling Stones”: this is one of my favorite pop songs. Mick Jagger advises against sexual or substance addiction and just relying on friends. I have always preferred this pop band to The Beatles. Jagger seemed to know how to know how to be part of counter-culture without dying young like Lennon or Bowie. I think Jagger was well-educated and a good business person. I don’t know what has kept Keith Richards going; he must have a strong constitution.
More on “Russians” by The Police. I think this is one of the pop songs that helped defuse international political/military conflict like some of The Doors during the Vietnam War. I may over-estimate art’s effect on politics though. Sting is probably more wealthy than he deserves, but he is a very good writer, singer, and musician, and this a capitalist economy.