…and in the process, i have just decided. the most perfect single of the rock 'n roll era is…

“jumping jack flash” by the rolling stones.

see, don't you feel better knowing that now?

i didn't say it was the perfect “pop” single. but all around, i would have to say that this song has just about everything going for it. amazing licks by the probably heroin-saturated keith richards (i think that was what he was up to by that time), peppy lyrics that don't necessarily mean anything but sound amazing together by former london school of economic scholarl mick jagger, a baseline that moves in all sorts of exciting directions, and harmonies that just pound you in your gut. i mean, when they sing “well it's all—right—NOW!” – when they hit the word “now,” then i truly understand the real meaning of the term harmonic convergence.

and its got a good beat and you can dance to it.