Rolling Stones - Sweet Neocon

“Anyone heard it yet?


You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think you're full of sh*t!... How come you're so wrong, my sweet neo-con.


I like it already!

http://www.nme.com/news/113295.htm
last edited: 8/10/05 12:03:27 PM”

“Back to Venezuela with you!”

“Well, well, well.....
the Vile Man DOES know how to select the Fuego button.
LOL”

“Be nice Mutt! LOL!

I find it sad when the elderly try to be hip for no other reason than their own relevance. It’s like seeing your grandma in a spiked dog collar. A rock group being sponsored by a mortgage company is hardly a source for political enlightenment.”

“Don't you boys have records to burn or something?”

“i heard this the other day...pretty good song, classic stones

i'm with ya nigal...what's with all the "classic" bands getting corporate sponsorship?...did they "smoke" away all the money they've made over the years”

“The Stones don't need money. They are obviously not in it for that.

I heard "Rough Justice" from the new album. Real good track. Gets back to their 'Tattoo You' days a little, judging from the sound of it. Looking forward to the new release...
last edited: 8/10/05 12:29:57 PM”

““The Stones don't need money. They are obviously not in it for that."

And how much are those tickets going to be going for?”

“A freakin' fortune. But, that's the nature of the business. The band doesn't need money. Are you aware of just how rich these guys are?

The guys who sell beer for 7 or 8 bucks a pop at a ball game aren't doing it because they need money either...”

“If they aren't in it for the money than why don't they charge $20 a ticket instead of $158 for seats in the noise bleed section?”

“Nice to know the 'leftie libs' are taking their political leads from drugged out pop stars. ;-)
Why is Keith Richards even still alive? LOL”

“What's wrong w/ that SS?

I think Janeane Garofalo has a lot of good points.”

“Opps.... I made a mistake... that should be drugged out pop star has beens...
LOL”

“You miss the point. It's a business. Why is a gallon of gas so damned expensive? The oil companies are hurting? Of course not. There are a lot of pieces of the pie to go around in the music business. It's HUGE money entertainment now. Just like sports is. All I said was that the band is wealthy. It's a fact. Do they need the money for survival? No! My guess is that all they ever knew in life was this! mking music. Perhaps they don't want to stop. Now, why are the tickets expensive? Just like other businessmen and women,they're not out to do us any favors. They're in it (as well as the corporations, A&R people, record company execs and all the others involved in this tour and CD release) as a business venture.”

“Why is Keith Richards even still alive? LOL”
StoveStomper
2:05:16 PM
8/10/05
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That's just one of life’s mysteries.”

“I don't think they're washed up, SS. Hell, if I could make just one record in my life that even compares with what I heard from their new album, I'd be happy. Are you just jaded because of the subject matter?”

“He's very well pickled. He's a walking marvel...”

“I'm pretty well convinced Keith Richards is not even human. Maybe he's from another universe. ;-)”

““You miss the point. It's a business. Why is a gallon of gas so damned expensive? The oil companies are hurting? Of course not. There are a lot of pieces of the pie to go around in the music business. It's HUGE money entertainment now. Just like sports is. All I said was that the band is wealthy. It's a fact. Do they need the money for survival? No! My guess is that all they ever knew in life was this! mking music. Perhaps they don't want to stop. Now, why are the tickets expensive? Just like other businessmen and women,they're not out to do us any favors. They're in it (as well as the corporations, A&R people, record company execs and all the others involved in this tour and CD release) as a business venture.”
Treebeard
2:09:35 PM
8/10/05
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Good point Tree. It really is simple supply & demand. The ticket prices wouldn't be so high if people weren't willing to pay that much. I guess the real question is, why are people willing to pay that much?”

“I might pay a bit for The Who, but not the Stones.
Sir Mick and the boys became a caricature many many years ago.”

“wow...did i start this?...what i was talking(typing) about was not the concert tickets or the albums or anything like that, i understand all that...if i was a musician i'd make records till i died

what i was talking about was the same thing nigal said, why are they sponsored by a mortgage company and it seem like lately all the classic rockers are doing stuff like pepsi commercials and other stuff...arosmith was hawking dodge etc. etc.
last edited: 8/10/05 2:00:25 PM”

“Nice to know the 'leftie libs' are taking their political leads from drugged out pop stars. ;-)
Why is Keith Richards even still alive? LOL”
StoveStomper

As opposed to say.... the Right taking advice from drugged out (overweight) talk radio show hosts?”

“Music and political/social activism goes back an extremely long way.

The stones are ok I guess. Usually decent music and they got a right to speak their mind and hell, none of us are a nonprofit venture.

However, it's kinda hard to be revolutionary when you are whoring product for "The Man".

I can't get no satisfaction brought to you by Viagra.”

“Silly lib, Rush is for entertainment.
No one but you libbies take him seriously.”

“As opposed to say.... the Left taking advice from drugged out (overweight) talk radio show hosts...


LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Have you seen Air America's 'hosts' on the Sundance channel???

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

““Silly lib, Rush is for entertainment.
No one but you libbies take him seriously.”
StoveStomper
3:27:05 PM
8/10/05
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Tell that to my uncle.”

“Tell that to my inlaws.”

“The liberals are so far out of touch they're still calling Rush fat after all these years that he shed the weight.”

“However, it's kinda hard to be revolutionary when you are whoring product for "The Man". - HPM

True Dat!
Sir Elton, Sir Paul, and Sir Mick went from 'rockers' to 'pop' upon their knighting by the ultra establishment Queen of England.
LOL.”

“"True Dat!
Sir Elton, Sir Paul, and Sir Mick went from 'rockers' to 'pop' upon their knighting by the ultra establishment Queen of England.
LOL.”

They're just puppets to the Rotten Teeth Establishment man!”

“Rush is the boogieman they use to frighten each other, Nigal. LOL

Hey, I've heard Jessica Simpson is getting into deep political thought. We better check out her views!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“"Hey, I've heard Jessica Simpson is getting into deep political thought. We better check out her views!" - StoveStomper

I'll check out her views. Views from the left ... from the right ... from the front ...”

“Those new style Daisy Duke shorts make the rear view pretty dang nice also.”

“Hey, I've heard Jessica Simpson is getting into deep political thought. We better check out her views!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”
StoveStomper
3:51:20 PM
8/10/05
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I thought I smelled something burning.”

“She's still trying to figure out when spring break is for the electoral college.”

“You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think you're full of sh*t!... How come you're so wrong, my sweet neo-con.

those are the lamest fvcking protest lyrics i have ever heard in my life. shut up and go sail your yacht”

“The Stones were much better before they sold out to the establishment, man.”

“i mean, it sounds like, well, i mean, its so obvious, it sounds like......

A TRAILTALK FIGHT!”

“Now Encubus' Megalomaniac; now there is a a good hate song....

I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen
It's unkind but if I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone...

Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no #&%!$ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean on yourself, baby and
Step down
Step down
Step down

Oooo...

If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
And there was never meant to be only one
To be only one...

Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no #&%!$ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean on yourself, baby and
Step down
Step down
Step down
Step down
Step down
Oh step down

Oooo....
Oooo....

You're...
You're...
You're!!!!

You're no Jesus!
You're no Elvis!
You're no Jesus!
You're no Jesus!
You're no Elvis!

You're no answer!
Oooo...

Step Down...
Step Down...
Step Down...
Step Down...

Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no #&%!$ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean on yourself, baby and
Step down
Step....
Step down
Step down
Oh Step down
Oh Step down

Step down...”

“the video to a perfect circles "counting bodies like sheep" was a good piece of work, however”

“Jagger says the song is not aimed at Bush:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/11/rolling.stones.ap/index.html”

“Sweet Condi Rice.
I could see Sir Mick wanting her. ;-)”

“SS, I believe you're talking about Brown Sugar. LOL!”

“Yea Baby!!!”

“Jagger's Jab — But Towards Who?
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
By John Gibson

"How come you so wrong, my sweet neo-con?" That line is from a song which was written and sung by Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.

A lot of people are talking about how it's Jagger taking a shot at George W. Bush. After all, underneath it all, he's still a Brit. He's in show biz, so that makes him a raving leftie and, of course, he hates George W. Bush.

But I don't think it's about Bush. I think it's about Condoleeza Rice.

"How come you so wrong, my sweet neo-con?" Can't you just see Mick's lips wrapping around those lines as he checks out Condi in her "Matrix Reloaded" outfit?

I used to work at Mick's record company. Took him to dinner once. It was 30 years ago. But there's no way he's singing about a guy — George W. Bush — even if it is political commentary. No way.

Well wait. He is getting old. But, still, no way.

My question is this: Since when is the world's biggest troublemaker getting all dewy-eyed and singing peace ballads? Come on.

This is the sympathy for the devil guy. This is the guy who can't get no satisfaction. This is the guy who if he tries sometimes just might get what he needs.

This is the guy who has inspired God knows how many American criminals, those tattooed, toothless types you see lurking around places you want to just keep driving through. They all sit around saying, "Well, hell, if it's ok by Mick, I guess it's ok by me. I'll just go beat somebody's head in with a pool cue."

Come on now. That happened and you know it did.

So "how come you so wrong, my sweet neo-con?" Come on, Mick. How come you so wrong about keeping Saddam on his throne? How come you so wrong back home there in Britain about those hate-spewing imams who won't harm anybody?

So you think this line is going to go down in rock history? "Can't always get what you want, I can't get no" and "how come you so wrong, my sweet neo-con?" I don't know. Let's wait and hear how he sings it.

Who knows? Good singers make bad lines sound good all the time.

That's My Word.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165362,00.html”

“They had a full page photo of Mick from the tour opener in today's newspaper. All I could think of was this:

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“1973 called -- they want their rock band back...”

“NEW YORK (Reuters) - It could be just what the world needs now -- Burt Bacharach writing lyrics.

The legendary, 77-year-old composer has found his voice in a politically charged album "At This Time" that features his first lyrics ever in a nearly 50-year career creating some of pop music's best-known love songs.

"You could say, 'How does a guy who has written love songs his entire life suddenly decide to rock the boat?"' Bacharach says about the album that will be released internationally on October 24, with a U.S. release on November 1.

"I had to do it. This is very personal to me," he said of his first solo album in 15 years.


Challenged by his producer to take risks, Bacharach responded with songs set to hip-hop beats with lyrics, co-written with Tonio K., expressing nostalgia over bygone days and frustration with U.S. political leaders.
[...]
Titles include the opening track, "Please Explain," that laments "Where is the love, where did it go;" the second cut, "Where Did It Go?" urges "Stop the clock, make it stop. Where is that world, where did it go?" and the most stridently political number, "Who Are These People?" sung by Costello.


That song, expressing disillusionment with the war in Iraq, forcefully asks, "Who are these people that keep telling us lies and how did these people get control of our lives and who'll stop the violence 'cause it's out of control? Make 'em stop."


"Stuff just kept going more wrong and more wrong here as I was writing," explained Bacharach, still looking youthful in a blue sweat suit accentuating his bright blue eyes.


Bacharach, who projected an image of the Hollywood good life in the 1960s and '70s during his marriage to glamorous actress Angie Dickinson, told of a political turning point that sparked his anger.


"I heard (then U.S. Secretary of State) Colin Powell tell the United Nations there are weapons of mass destruction. I totally believed him. I love this guy. He's like a hero. This was such a bad, bad blemish mark on his life, that he was so wronged.


"Then we go into Iraq. It looked like the heroic, right thing to do. It was the wrong thing to do. There was fabricated information. There are no weapons of mass destruction."
[...]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?id=2005102008110002476313&dt=20051020081100&w=RTR&coview=”

“Nice to know the 'leftie libs' are taking their political leads from drugged out pop stars. ;-)
LOL”
StoveStomper

Feeling memory challenged Stove?
Here's some help - Dylan - Country Joe McDonald - Buffalo Springfield - Peter, Paul, & Mary.”

“Why am I not surpised Violin would look to a B-list singer for political validation?”