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SONGWRITERS, COMBINED AGE 1498 YEARS, DISAGREE
Keith Richards, who in 2003 urged “Osama and the boys” to “bring it on”, is distancing himself from a new Rolling Stones tune that attacks neo-cons:
Guitarist Keith Richards disclaims responsibility for the song, written by singer Mick Jagger: “If I’m going to write a song, politicians are the last subject I think of,” he tells USA Today. ” ‘Neo-Con’ is like an old headline. Nobody will know what it means in 10 years.” Sort of like “Center 42.”
But Jagger says: “I have my opinions, which I’ve stated in the tune. Maureen Dowd is no more qualified to have opinions than I am.” No one can possibly disagree with that.
Not at all, Mr Taranto. Of Jagger’s song, we may now consign it to the pit already filled to overflowing with other Jagger solo projects.
o/t Andrew denton interviews a muslim couple-he a company director, her an academic? gushes all over them and they in turn talk of prejudice they have experienced.
She says George Bush is frustrating and dumb.Audience,the converted,titter along with denton.
Meanwhile on 7.30,red kerry showcased several muslims who complained they “needed” to be represented at government conference on terrorism.Didn’t these guys write ‘c**k sucker blues’? Maybe they should take a leaf out of ACDC’s book: ‘One of these days I’m gonna change my evil ways and Ride On….Ride on’ or perhaps they should ‘ride out on the sunset on your colour tv screen…out to get what I can get, if you know what I mean’...Or maybe they should go down to park and get some neo con girls who are jus dyiiiine to meetch you. Doooh dooo dooo do doo do do dooo do Miss You’. Not. Why don’t any of these guys go to Woomera and sew their lips up, I men seriously for the good of humanity we would appreciate that kind of practical demonstration!
Posted by platey mates on 2005 08 22 at 10:26 AM • permalink#3 I think we need to be represented at the Govt conference on terrorism. After all they are killing us,last time I checked we weren’t indiscriminately killing Muslims because they weren’t Christians. The ABC and SBS have descended into farce.
Posted by platey mates on 2005 08 22 at 10:38 AM • permalinkI mean I like early Stones as much as anyone,but I also like watching Kelly Slater surf.
He has tried the same trick,prompted by journosluts,it’s worse than an honest opinion because it is so conditional on environment.
Should/could /would,do what I say cos I have been told my opinion is valuable to our youth.
Just don’t know what I am on about.Why does every other artist think they have something sooooo incredibly important to say? I mean really!
Posted by platey mates on 2005 08 22 at 10:46 AM • permalinkYes, but ofcourse your right. What would I know, with only two post graduate degrees. Bottom line is I ain’t got a knighthood and I don’t got no multi million dollars. Therefore Mick IS smarter than me and SHOULD be telling me what to think. I humbly submit myslef at your service Sir Mick!
Posted by platey mates on 2005 08 22 at 11:06 AM • permalinkNot at all, Mr Taranto.
I don’t get it—what’s this reference to?
James? What’s he doing in here?
Posted by zeppenwolf on 2005 08 22 at 11:10 AM • permalinkjgm, you are soooo uncool not knowing what centre 42 is. Really!
Posted by platey mates on 2005 08 22 at 11:35 AM • permalinkJagger probably wrote the lyrics after consulting with his marketing people; the ageing-hippie after-market demand for lefty tunes is still strong. Jagger really shouldn’t be let out on his on when it comes to performing or writing. I always felt that his ballad, “Angie”, was exhibit A for the existence of payola in the music business; it’s one of the worst excuses for a song ever recorded, and just hearing a couple of bars of the thing makes me want to take an ice-pick to my ear drums (or to Jagger’s larynx).
Can’t work out the angle that Mick is taking on neo-cons.
For the same reason that Joan Baez is at Camp Cindy, Sean Penn sucked up to Hussein, Martin Sheen sings praises of Castro, Linda Ronstadt went moonbat on a Las Vegas stage, etc., etc., ad nausem......
They are all ancient entertainers, hoping to rekindle the flame of passion in the public, and once again be in the limelight, and bask in their refurbished glory, thereby increasing ticket and CD sales enormously.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 08 22 at 12:12 PM • permalinkHuh? What’s a “Jagger”?
These “Rolling Stones” sure make me feel young and cool (something I rarely feel these days).
Posted by Drunk Fade on 2005 08 22 at 12:21 PM • permalinkPathetic. Blew their one chance at life on “the rock & roll lifestyle”. They’re gonna die alone, in a rented room, face down in their own vomit.
Posted by nofixedabode on 2005 08 22 at 02:39 PM • permalinkI don’t get it—what’s this reference to?
James? What’s he doing in here?
The block quote is from Friday’s Best of the Web.
Posted by nofixedabode on 2005 08 22 at 02:46 PM • permalinkWell, Jagger IS in an excellent position to comment on Neo-Cons.
As an extremely wealthy business tycoon with a knighthood he’s a rock-solid member of the Establishment.
Or as his adoring fans might say, “the system, man.”
Isn’t that the same capitalist “system” those dastardly “neo-cons” supposedly control?
Mick, what can it all mean?
Oh, but of course he can’t see me or hear me.
Once they roll up the blacked-out windows of those limos, they’re securely sealed off from the riff-raff.
Posted by JJM Ballantyne on 2005 08 22 at 05:06 PM • permalinkOT:
Hey, Zeppenwolf:
I’m getting bounced mails from you (from the comment message notification) because apparently “zeppenwolf@lafn.org” is either not a valid email or it’s having a problem. Please go into your profile on Timblair.net, go to your email preferences, and uncheck the box next to “Enable email notifications by default when you post messages.” And if you are using a fake email please replace it with a real one. Thank you.
(Note: I also sent this to your Hotmail email address on your website, or what I hope is your website.)
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2005 08 22 at 05:34 PM • permalink“o/t Andrew denton interviews a muslim couple-he a company director, her an academic? gushes all over them and they in turn talk of prejudice they have experienced.
She says George Bush is frustrating and dumb.Audience,the converted,titter along with denton.”crash, what were you doing watching denton at 9.30pm??......if you watched 24 you could see jack bauer giving it to arab terrorists and saving the free world…..wooohooo.
you would enjoy this more than the abc.
#7 - bleary:
I didn’t realize that Slater was such a chomsky-tainted moonbat.
That sucks!
Apparently his talent for connecting the dots anywhere from Floridian shorepounds to Ulu doesn’t translate so well into other aspects of his intellectual life.
Creative talent vs non-theoretical reality is apparently a zero-sum game for him as well. They seem to be inversely proportional qualities amongst the jetset artsy elites.
My guess is that the less hands-on their relationship with their money becomes, the more abstract they tend to be regarding the realities that surround its aquisition. The typical starving artist on the other hand tends to the abstract simply because they just can’t get their hands on the cash.
A Pity…
Speaking of compromised connections to reality, I love the “Strolling Bones” headline Drudge uses for the Rolling Stoned ones.
Perfect.
They should cut a track.The Rolling Stones… as I’ve said before, didn’t my dad used to listen to them?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 08 22 at 07:45 PM • permalinkpaco
Jagger probably wrote the lyrics after consulting with his marketing people
Agreed, I dont buy for a moment that he gives two turds about foriegn policy…werent the Stones regarded as a sort of an anti-hippie band in their hay-days anyway?
Also, I recall reading somewhere Jagger remarking, “No one ever believes me, when I tell them I only got into music for the money”.
Yep, just a ploy to get dusty 60s & 70s-era rockers to open up their wallets and contribute to Mick’s favorite cause.
Drop-out or not, Mick knows his economics.
And Bush a Neo-con?
Such sloppy lyrics, especially from the person who crafted Sympathy For The Devil.
Monkeyfan—he’s connected enough to his money to avoid paying one ha’penny in UK taxes…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 08 23 at 12:10 AM • permalinkRE #25, I understand that Mick Jagger got his start in the entertainment industry as an extra in this movie.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 08 23 at 01:15 AM • permalinkHere’s something Keith Richards said a little while ago about terrorism . . . go Keef!
Posted by Young and Free on 2005 08 23 at 07:34 AM • permalink
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