Still rolling

Concert film shows aging Stones pumping life into songs | Arsenio Orteza

Paramount Vantage

From Faust to Dorian Gray, the pursuit of eternal youth has inspired morbid fascination. Something similar is at work in the Rolling Stones concert film, Shine a Light (rated PG-13 for brief strong language, drug references, and smoking). How is it that the "core four," whose average age was 63 when this 2006 New York City footage was shot, can still pump life into these songs?

True, they pace themselves with low-energy interludes ("As Tears Go By," "Faraway Eyes"), and they're assisted by sidemen. But the sound and energy emanate from the Stones, leaving open the question of whether they may indeed have made a pact with the entity on whose behalf Mick Jagger sings in "Sympathy for the Devil."

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