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On May 11 1968, the Stones filmed a promotional film clip for Child of the Moon in the Surrey countryside, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and then a second one forJumpin’ Jack Flash at Olympic Sound Studios. In this music promo, a solitary woman emerges from a dark forest, her face marked by tears, only to confront a group of stern men blocking her path. The most apparent interpretation is that these men represent potential threats. Alternatively, they could symbolize figures of excess, aligning with the song’s mystical themes. Styled akin to Lynn Redgrave’s innocent character in “Georgy Girl,” the woman seems cautioned against proceeding further, perhaps hinting at a foreboding future or simply not fitting in. Child Of The Moon, intentionally or not, offers a potent depiction of The Rolling Stones’ dark ’60s mythology, reflecting on what Gary Valentine termed “the latent violence of the love generation”
*Read about the filming of the ‘Child of the Moon’ video on the Brian Jones Timeline blog *Read more about this on Mojo magazine
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