More than a week has passed since the conclusion of Daisy Jones and The Six, let’s talk about the song that ended the series?

After opening with the wonderful Dancing Barefoot, by Patti Smith, the production chose another great classic of the 1970s that perfectly match the characters. In this case, Shine a Light by the Rolling Stones.

As shown in Daisy Jones, especially in the 1970s, drug use took or almost took a lot of talent, interfering with friendships or the continuation of bands. In the case of the Rolling Stones, the relationship between friends and musicians with Brian Jones grew into conflicts as he also lost control of his drug addiction.

Brian was one of the founders of the Rolling Stones, acting as the main guitarist in the early years, but he lost his leadership when his companions, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards started to compose together, assuming the musical direction of the group and moving away from the blues, which was what Brian liked best.

Dependence on alcohol and drugs began to interfere with his ability to play and his participation in the band that he had founded was decreasing. It didn’t help that his model girlfriend Anita Pallenberg dumped him for Keith, further straining the musicians’ relationship (something we saw well portrayed in Daisy Jones as well). In June 1969, the Rolling Stones saw no alternative but to fire Brian. Less than a month later, he drowned in his home’s swimming pool.

It was during the troubled period of his departure and before his death that Mick Jagger began writing Shine a Light for Brian, mentioning in the lyrics how drug addiction separated him from the Group. The intention was to call the song “Get A Line On You“, but that version was never released. After his friend’s death, the vocalist rewrote part of the lyrics and it won its final version in 1972, already as Shine A Light.

In the chorus, Mick Jagger says a prayer asking for help and light for his friend and hope. hope that Brian is enjoying the afterlife in heaven. Either way, it’s a farewell where you genuinely hope you’ll find happiness. In the case of the series, it is Camilla’s message to Daisy and Billy Dunne, who are now sober and free to live the love that was not released to them when they met. A beautiful song to express the hopeful future of the characters.

Saw you stretched out in room 1009
With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye
Oh, couldn’t see to get a line on you
My sweet honey love

Berber jewelry jangling down the street
Making bloodshot eyes at every woman that you meet
Could not seem to get a high on you
My sweet honey love

May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun

When you’re drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn
And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn
Whoa, just seemed too many flies on you
I just can’t brush them off

Angels beating all their wings in time
With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes
Whoa, thought I heard one sigh for you
Come on up, come on up now, come on up now

May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah
Warm like the evening sun
Now, now, now, yeah

Come on up now, come on up now
Come on up now, come on up

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May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun
Now, now, now, now, now, yeah
Yeah, yeah