Rolling Stones sing anti-war song

[resisting arrest with violence]

And the Rolling Stones have taken a rare break from sex odes to record an antiwar song called "Sweet Neo Con," chiding Condi Rice and Mr. Bush. "You call yourself a Christian; I call you a hypocrite," Mick Jagger sings.

[Another]

It seems a shameless and exhausted attempt to make a final stamp on a music industry they've already shaped.

From the lyrics I've read, it hardly seems original. It isn't difficult to hurl the bush-bashing party line. We all know the score, and to hear the Rolling stones repeat it for us doesn't really excite me in any way.

Bottom line: They've jumped on the bandwagon. I suppose they're looking to die with a bang rather than a whimper..

[bolshevik butcher]

Bit ritch coming from sir mick jagger, 'rock and roll rebel'. The stones have completley sold out themselves.

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by Clenched [email protected] 10 2005, 04:59 PM
Bit ritch coming from sir mick jagger, 'rock and roll rebel'. The stones have completley sold out themselves.
That happened ages ago. Shit they must have been one of the first bands to get corporate sponsors for their tours, and then there's the whole knighthood thing, what a wanker.

[coda]

Hey RA! I haven't heard it yet. Thanks! I'll have to check it out.
"Gimme Shelter" might be their defintive anti-war song though, -- a little lyrically sparse, but a classic.

yeah, they sold out musically long before he was knighted, though. "Shattered & "Emotional Rescue'" come to mind and consistently took a dive thereafter -- even earlier than that after Brian Jones got kicked out of the band late 60's. The stuff with Jones 1964-69 wasn't bad. Musicians have a tendency to rip eachothers sounds off -- but nothing really sounds like "Paint it Black". Some other pretty good ones: "19th Nervous Breakdown","Mother's Little Helper" -- very British invasion. and there's a few more....