What would be the most controversial song The Rolling Stones ever wrote and why?

C o c k s u c k e r Blues...the title says it all.

Probably their most controversial released track would be either Star Star or Some Girls.

Star Star because of the chorus and the name dropping of Steve McQueen and John Wayne... there were fears of lawsuits, that never happened.
Some Girls caused a stir with "black girls just wanna get f... all night, I just don't have that much jam" The American politician Jessie Jackson threw a hissy fit, and it was quite a media story for a while.

Sweet Neo Con also caused a stir during a time in US history when most Americans do not want to look in the mirror and see their own political complexions.



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Some Girls
Undercover
Let's Spend the Night Together
Brown Sugar
Satisfaction
Among the most obvious.

Paint It, Black


(amazing what a well-placed comma can do)

Is there any banned songs from Stones? If Zappa had 100 controversial songs, Stones may had 1...

Didn't Street Fightin' Man and Highwire get banned ....



ROCKMAN

there were Stones-album-burning events in some locales in the 60s



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Banned by who? The Chinese gov't banned 4 songs from 40 LICKS which they subsequently could not play when they eventually performed there.

Several videos were banned, and a sloppy edit of "She's So Cold" had to be released to radio stations (the label said something like "Goddamn-less version").

there were Stones-album-burning events in some locales the 60s

YEAH burnin' HOT on the turntable in the bedroom of me home ....



ROCKMAN

Banned by who?

Both from radio play for a short time by BBC... Glam...



ROCKMAN

Claudine

Banned by... well Claudine.

>> Banned by who? <<

Chicago radio stations wouldn't play SFM when it came out, and the original picture sleeve had to be recalled

Under my thumb

FIGHT

For obvious reasons :-)

"If Zappa had 100 bad songs, Stones may had 1..." ><

[EDIT : to make it clear : Zappa sucked, he died, he's about to be forgotten despite numerous attempts by his son to revive the "myth". Voila]



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dcba
"If Zappa had 100 bad songs, Stones may had 1..." ><

Since reading Miles autobiography by Troupé I also have realized what badreally means talking about songs and musicians..sooooooo ><

Street Fighting Man was banned on alot of American radio stations in 68

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loog droog
Paint It, Black


(amazing what a well-placed comma can do)

A least this version:





- Doxa

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with sssoul
there were Stones-album-burning events in some locales in the 60s

Great! Only in America.

(the Rev.) Jesse Jackson would have banned the song Some Girls if he could have.

Brown Sugar and Some Girls

For the modern Stones period i think it may be SWEET NEO CON..

I remember when Bigger Bang was released the Stones cut a deal with nascar to use their song--Driving too fast, for
their car race promo's..

But as you may know many race car fans are also a little right wing and they were not to happy about a band putting down the
president...I think Neo Con really hurt sales of Bang with race fans as it turned off a lot of new listeners who may have otherwise got into the track, Driving too fast and the album bigger bang.

Sadly Sweet Neo Con is not a very good song and i think it may have hurt more then it made them look cool.
I agree with Keith on this one... Not sure if they should have gone down that road.

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Ket
Street Fighting Man was banned on alot of American radio stations in 68

It was also banned by the BBC!

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with sssoul
there were Stones-album-burning events in some locales in the 60s

Mainly in Liverpool in 64!

I'd have to go with any of these:

Some Girls
Star Star
Let's Spend the Night Together
She's So Cold

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this is just a gallery of dead guitarists that sucks:

I once had the chance to ask Jesse Jackson, face-to-face, what he thought of Some Girls, and I blew it!

I didn't think to ask!

frank zappa sucked? wow. chalk that up onto the list of moronic things people have said on here. still in the lead, mickscarey.

i seem to recall there was some controversy with Brand New Car when Voodoo Lounge came out.