Posted on 08/11/2005 10:28:25 AM PDT by familyop
Mick Jagger has insisted that a song on the new Rolling Stones album called Sweet Neo Con is not about US President George Bush.
The rocker admitted the song is critical of some of the Bush administration's policies, but pointed out that it does not mention the President directly.
But the military contractor Halliburton, which used to be run by Vice President Dick Cheney and has been awarded key Iraq contracts, does come in for criticism.
"It's not really aimed at anyone," Jagger told US television show Extra.
"It's not aimed, personally aimed, at President Bush. It wouldn't be called Sweet Neo Con if it was."
The song contains the lyrics: "You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite. You call yourself a patriot, well I think you're full of s***."
It also includes the line: "How come you're so wrong? My sweet neo-con, where's the money gone, in the Pentagon."
The song is on new album, A Bigger Bang, to be released on September 6.
It's curious to me that he finds it necessary to distance himself from the obvious interpretation of his own lyrics. Maybe he had a change of opinion after the London bombings.
If so, then I call him a "hypocrite."
Funny, I thought Jesse Jackson wrote the lyrics.
Oh...another note here. We are not allowed to post from the publications in the UK that are referring to him as "Sir," as far as I could find.
i personaly respect people alot more if they stick to their guns instead of talking out of both sides of their mouth or in sir mick's case both sides of his lips
A country the size of New Jersey. That can't be his main focus.
They're way overdue for their dirt nap.
Ditto for Bob Dylan too.
Doesn't matter. The stones haven't written a song people listen to in over 30 years.
But he lives here for the tax breaks and makes more money here than he will in the UK. Mick screwed the pooch. He knows its the 45-55 year old crowd that can afford to pay the $75 - $150 a ticket.....and there are few liberals in that crowd!
Jagger, who lived on the upper West Side for many years, said: "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."
True Brit Jagger won't rock the vote (Mick content to shut up and sing)
Jagger on the Cannes carpet for Fahrenheit:
Then it was Moore climbing the entry steps to the Cannes Festival accompanied by Mick Jagger.
JAGGER ROCKS BUSH: 'HOW COME YOU'RE SO WRONG, MY SWEET NEO-CON'
JAGGER ROCKS BUSH, RICE: 'HOW COME YOU'RE SO WRONG
Jagger Says Song Not an Anti-Bush Tirade (MICK STARTS DANCIN' BACKWARDS)
This is released after Brit civilians on their way to work get blown up by Al Qaeda. Great timing.
Well one thing Mick has always been a shrewd business man. He got people talking about the new album and their tour. It may very well have been a calculated move on his part, and may not really indicate how he feels. To him, it's just business. But if that is the case, he may find it backfires on him big-time. I can easily see half-full stadiums for their tour.
so how many freepers are going to the Stones concert?
The context for me is I can give a rat's arse concerning this old gasbag.
"so how many freepers are going to the Stones concert?"
I'd sooner go to the junkyard and listen to cars being crushed.
Not me. I did see them for the Steel Wheels tour, and it was one of the best shows I'd ever seen. But Mick might be very surprised to realize that half of his potential audience is Republican and supports the President.
Too bad. I am the biggest Stones fan around, and have been waiting for a GOOD new album for years. Won't be forking out any cash for this.
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