The Rolling Stones, not exactly a band at the forefront of rock 'n' roll activism, are taking aim at the American right with a new song on their upcoming album, according to Newsweek magazine.  | | Uhuh. Right. We're supposed to take his opinion seriously. |
| That's probably the signal to start the revolution. Is Charlie Manson still locked up? Is it 1969 again? I keep playing this Stones CD backward, and it sez "Jagger is dead"... |
The track, "Sweet Neo Con," boasts the line, "You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/You call yourself a patriot, well I think you're full of s---," according to the weekly newsmagazine.
| "You call yourself an intellect, I call you a dumbass/You ain't got no voice left/And you never had any looks" |
"It is direct," singer Mick Jagger was quoted as saying, adding that his collaborator, Keith Richards, was "a bit worried" about a backlash because the guitarist lives in the United States and Jagger does not.
| So what's he know about the U.S.? |
"Sweet Neo Con" is one of 16 tracks featured on the Stones' new album, "A Bigger Bang," which comes out in the United States on September 6, and a day earlier internationally. It was not featured on a 12-track advance CD circulated to critics. The group's publicist was traveling and not able to confirm the quoted lyrics or provide the complete lyrics. The band is currently rehearsing in Toronto ahead of a world tour that begins on August 21 in Boston. In their 43-year career, the Stones have observed political developments in songs like 1968's "Street Fighting Man," but have generally avoided taking sides. Notable exceptions included the 1983 single "Undercover (of the Night)," about civil rights abuse in Latin America, and 1991's Gulf War-related track "Highwire."
| Whoopdy doo. Somehow, when I sit down and think real hard on the great minds of the 20th century, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards don't immediately spring to mind. I dunno why. |
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