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Gimme Shelter from the Hypocrite Rolling Stones
Andrew L. Jaffee, August 10, 2005 |
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The Rolling Stones’ music has been downright awful since Tattoo You (1981) – but Mick Jagger’s big lips keep on yammering. Mick, the great arrogant hypocrite, with a net worth of $500,000,000.00, and 7 children he couldn’t give a damn about, is now lecturing American conservatives about morality: The Rolling Stones, not exactly a band at the forefront of rock 'n' roll activism, are taking aim at the American right with a new song on their upcoming album, according to Newsweek magazine. A just what does ol’ Mick, one of the biggest narcissists in the entire known universe, know about patriotism or morality? The Stones are probably the biggest sell-out band of the great 60’s music renaissance. The Stones aren’t redistributing their wealth. They routinely rip fans off for $300 just for the privilege of hearing Mick’s raunchy voice and watching Keith get more and more ate up every year (see here also). Track marks, anyone? Yeah. There are some old Rolling Stones songs I treasure. Albums like Beggar’s Banquet will always be close to my heart – just because of the sheer beauty of the music. But I never felt these ruffians were kindred spirits – not like Crosby, Stills, and Nash. You don’t see CSN’s members pinning for the 60’s wilted dreams, like revising Stalin or Ho Chi Min’s history/legacy of bloodletting. David Crosby, Steven Stills, and Graham Nash flew to Berlin in 1989. They gave a free concert to commemorate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. They didn’t charge people $300 per head. I’d like to say something to the Rolling Stones: "Gimme shelter" ... from you hypocrites. They say a picture is worth a thousand words:
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