Back in the days....

....when I was defying my parents by listening to T Rex - 1970s, in case you're wondering - another type of song topped the charts.  'I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony.' by The New Seekers.  A song of hope and peace, of universal love, trust and forgiveness, and strangers stopping to smile at one another in the street. It became an enormous hit, not just because the tune was so catchy but because the sentiment struck such a chord.

We wanted it then, we still secretly want it now. We might yet get it. But not by chasing rainbows indiscriminately.

He who is brave, is free.   (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)