What better way for the Stones to kick off their U.S. tour than with a shiny, new Bush-bashing song?
Drudge reports:
"You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of sh*t!... How come you're so wrong, my sweet neo-con."
Ready to drop in the coming weeks, a new Bush-bashing tune from the ROLLING STONES: "Sweet Neo Con."
"It is direct," Mick Jagger says with a laugh to fresh editions of NEWSWEEK.
"Keith [Richards] said, 'It's not really metaphorical.' I think he's a bit worried because he lives in the U.S." Jagger explains. "But I don't."
The full lyric also mocks National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.
News about the song surfaced a few weeks ago with many expecting that it would not make the finally cut on the new CD, A BIGGER BANG.
Jagger once vowed not to comment on the political process in the United States.
"I feel very much at home in America. I've spent half my adult life here. I have many personal feelings. But I'm from the school that considers it impolite to comment on other people's elections. Now if I had the vote - and I should have, as I pay so much in taxes - I would have a lot to say."
Are the Stones trying to be relevant to a younger demographic?
Do Jagger and Richards hope to deflect all the jokes about their geriatric status with this edgy anti-Bush rip?
I think it's a calculated move. They want to draw attention to the new CD. The Stones weren't born yesterday---obviously. After forty years in the public eye, they know how to play the publicity game.
The gray-haired hippies in the liberal media are sure to lap this one up.
I think Mick would be wise to just shut up and sing his good stuff, before his aging lungs give out.
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Don't Gimme Shelter, Gimme a Break
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Again....all I can do is just shake my head and smile at the disconnect. My favorite artist whose music I like on a consistent basis, is Bruce Springsteen. There's so much I like....and then his politcal pontificating gets in the way that it sometimes makes it difficult to allow myself to forget and just appreciate the music. I've quit wearing concert t-shirts I have of his; I used to not be bothered about wearing a "Born in the USA" t-shirt and let people think what they will; but then after his injection of political diatribe in the 2004 Election process....well, I just don't want people to mistake the t-shirt for support of his politics instead of identifying me as just a fan of his music.
If these artists are going to use their celeb status as a platform to reach people with political messages, then they shouldn't whine and complain when their sales drop; when their box-office draw wanes. Just shut up and perform.
That's just a sacrilege to bash my sweet neo-con, Condoleeza, who is number 2 on my "celebrity babes I'd like to date" list, second only to Michelle Malkin.
Mick better stay away from me, I'll kick his ***! :D
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