Crossfire Hurricane

that he speaks to a vast segment of the population that they can't. 351 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:08,999 They cross a barrier that at times, must be measured in light years, 352 00:36:09,041 --> 00:36:12,749 the two generations eye each other warily and distrustfully. 353 00:36:21,666 --> 00:36:25,415 It felt like an explosive moment. 354 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:29,582 People felt this sensation that something was going on 355 00:36:29,666 --> 00:36:33,582 that had never happened before that they'd been waiting to happen. 356 00:36:40,791 --> 00:36:46,082 And it was at that same time in London that all kinds of shit was hitting the fan. 357 00:36:46,833 --> 00:36:48,332 And of course we joined in. 358 00:37:02,208 --> 00:37:05,707 Our sort of success is a first-class ticket, 359 00:37:05,791 --> 00:37:09,249 you know, to a lot of things. 360 00:37:12,541 --> 00:37:16,957 We all smoked dope, I mean except for Bill, but it was pretty innocent stuff. 361 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,957 And then you got more and more different drugs coming in, 362 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,832 LSD, and cocaine, heroin and all these things. 363 00:37:22,916 --> 00:37:25,040 What do you think of LSD? Is it nice? 364 00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:28,249 It's very nice, I think. LSD's very nice. 365 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:32,415 It was like an orgy of drugs, actually. 366 00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:42,957 And those drugs were a great interest to the press and the general public. 367 00:37:53,583 --> 00:37:56,457 The News of the World was a newspaper 368 00:37:56,500 --> 00:38:01,999 that liked to reveal the faults in society, and they follow people, 369 00:38:02,083 --> 00:38:05,124 they put private detectives on people and unfortunately... 370 00:38:06,125 --> 00:38:09,624 There's a set of unfortunate circumstances... 371 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,915 So, we're having this party at Keith's house in Redlands, 372 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,874 and we went off for this expedition. 373 00:38:18,458 --> 00:38:23,540 We took acid, and then it took a long while to start. It always does. 374 00:38:27,041 --> 00:38:30,665 And we met someone who was milking a cow. 375 00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:33,665 I don't like milk very much. 376 00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:36,207 And they said, "Oh, come on, Mick, try the milk". 377 00:38:36,291 --> 00:38:39,249 When you're on acid, you know, everything's different. 378 00:38:41,958 --> 00:38:47,249 I still didn't like the milk, I mean, acid, fresh, cow, you know, everything. 379 00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:49,540 And we walked back down to the car and went back to Redlands, 380 00:38:49,625 --> 00:38:51,665 and by which time it was evening. 381 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,165 So we're all coming down, and it's a very smooth come-down. 382 00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:02,790 And we're just sitting around smoking a couple of joints. 383 00:39:02,833 --> 00:39:06,499 And bang-bang-bang on the door. 384 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:22,374 What had been a lovely day on acid, turned out to be a really unpleasant evening. 385 00:39:22,458 --> 00:39:25,082 The News of the World told the police there was a big drug party, 386 00:39:25,166 --> 00:39:28,374 and they should go and break it up and arrest everybody. 387 00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:32,540 A national newspaper had tipped off the police 388 00:39:32,625 --> 00:39:35,082 that it would be worth their while to raid Richards' home 389 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:37,582 for drugs on the Sunday afternoon, 390 00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,999 and the raid was carried out on that Sunday evening. 391 00:39:40,083 --> 00:39:41,582 There was a gasp of pure horror 392 00:39:41,666 --> 00:39:43,749 from the youngsters crowded into the public gallery. 393 00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:46,832 At the moment, Judge Block said sternly to Richard 394 00:39:46,916 --> 00:39:50,457 that the offence carried a maximum sentence of 10 years. 395 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:56,165 Emotionally speaking, it was very difficult. 396 00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:57,749 Because they thought we're gonna be put away 397 00:39:57,833 --> 00:40:00,332 and never make another record for years and years, 398 00:40:00,375 --> 00:40:02,707 and people were going to have prison sentences. 399 00:40:02,791 --> 00:40:06,332 It wasn't just a fine and a rap across the knuckles. 400 00:40:09,125 --> 00:40:12,540 We just kinda thought that was the end of the band, really. 401 00:40:12,625 --> 00:40:16,040 We never knew who was going to be in or out of jail, 402 00:40:16,125 --> 00:40:18,707 and whether there was a future and all that. 403 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:23,249 Did you feel that you were being persecuted for being a Rolling Stone? 404 00:40:23,375 --> 00:40:28,957 It was obvious that that notoriety plus the press thing turned it into, 405 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,957