And then there's undercover of the night.

Oh and highwire.

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Oh and highwire.

We sell 'em missiles, We sell 'em tanks
We give 'em credit, You can call the bank

It's just a business, You can pay us in crude
You love these toys, just go play out your feuds

Got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick
We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick

So get up, stand up, out of my way
I want to talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, whose gonna pay
I want to talk to the man right away

We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
Hoping they don't catch the hell fire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist

Another Munich we just can't afford
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne

Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay
I wanna talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, outta my way
I wanna talk to the man right away

We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
And hoping they don't catch the shellfire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
Catching the bite on primetime
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Get up! Stand up!
Dealer! Stealer!
Hey!

We walk the highwire
We send all our men into the front lines
We're hoping that we backed the right side
With hot guns and cold, cold nights

We walk the highwire
We send all the men up to the front lines
And hoping they don't catch the hellfire
With hot guns and cold cold, cold, cold,
cold nights

We walk the highwire
We walk the highwire
With hot guns and cold, cold, cold nights

With hot guns and cold, cold nights

Jagger/Richards

Still as relevant now as then, and not a bad song

It seems kinda silly to hear millionaires singing about politics and war. I'd rather hear it from someone on the front lines who has actually experienced hardship because of politics, someone like Fela Kuti.

"Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk". Right, Mick

Street Fighting Man

Everyone mentions Sweet Neo-Con on Bigger Bang, but for some reason, Dangerous Beauty slipped under the radar when talk about political songs comes up.

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Everyone mentions Sweet Neo-Con on Bigger Bang, but for some reason, Dangerous Beauty slipped under the radar when talk about political songs comes up.

Quite possibly my fave song off ABB.

I don't agree with people who think singers should shut up and sing. No matter what you do for a living your opinion is no better or no worse than anyone else's. I don't mind Jagger or The Stones dabbling into politics as long as it doesn't turn into a Barbara Streisand type rant up on stage.

One thing is for sure- no matter what your politics, believe it because it is what you believe not because Jagger, Streisand or Ted Nugent tell you so.

"Lyin' awake in a cold, cold sweat. Am I overdrawn, am I going in debt?
It gets worse, the older that you get. No escape from the state of confusion I'm in.



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All the attempts have been lame though. The only song that caught some attention was "Sweet Neocon". To do "Sweet Neocon" was a bit risky considering the fact that, probably, half of the American Stones public are conservatives. Quite brave, actually. In Europe nobody noticed it though.

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It seems kinda silly to hear millionaires singing about politics and war. I'd rather hear it from someone on the front lines who has actually experienced hardship because of politics, someone like Fela Kuti.

"Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk". Right, Mick

I always took this line to be in the third person..same as "We sell them missiles".......obviously Mick's not literally himself selling them missiles and tanks, equally it's not literally his life or job on the line........no ?
Also this line to me comes across as slightly sarcastic, as in "that's the propoganda, that's why "we" gotta go and sort those people out". But then immediately after you've got the line "sometimes dictator's need a slap on the wrist"....which sounds more sincere...makes the song quite ambiguous...or confused.......

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Street Fighting Man

I always saw SFM as more of a social commentry.

Ev'rywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy
'Cause summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy
But what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause in sleepy London town
There's just no place for a street fighting man
No

Hey! Think the time is right for a palace revolution
But where I live the game to play is compromise solution
Well, then what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause in sleepy London town
There's no place for a street fighting man
No

Hey! Said my name is called disturbance
I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king, I'll rail at all his servants
Well, what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause in sleepy London town
There's no place for a street fighting man
No

I think the list of politically incorrect songs is longer...

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All the attempts have been lame though. The only song that caught some attention was "Sweet Neocon". To do "Sweet Neocon" was a bit risky considering the fact that, probably, half of the American Stones public are conservatives. Quite brave, actually. In Europe nobody noticed it though.

Nobody noticed it in America either after Fox News made a fuss of it for about two days.

Bit pointless releasing a song like that (crap though it was) or Dangerous Beauty (which was an excellent track) if you then dont have the conviction to perform it even once.

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I don't agree with people who think singers should shut up and sing. No matter what you do for a living your opinion is no better or no worse than anyone else's. I don't mind Jagger or The Stones dabbling into politics as long as it doesn't turn into a Barbara Streisand type rant up on stage.

One thing is for sure- no matter what your politics, believe it because it is what you believe not because Jagger, Streisand or Ted Nugent tell you so.

Precisely.

Street Fighting Man . . but when there were real riots in London, Jagger wimped out. Don't believe what he says in his songs. . it is just chatter.

Watch Fox News, then you will know what is going on in America.

Mick is an intelligent man, I wish he would write more politically-pointed songs. The SNL song was..ehh....kind of a cutesy thowaway. I wish he would do something with more bite. Dangerous Beauty was a good one.

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Mick is an intelligent man, I wish he would write more politically-pointed songs.

At this point I wish he would write anything, for the Stones of course.

I think the Stones discography has just enough politically-pointed songs.
After all, they are much more about sex & drugs & rock-n-roll.

One funny side effect of SWEET NEO CON was, I saw a couple interviews with Mick where the (male) interviewers launched enthusiastically into, "I hate George Bush, too, Mick!" commentary, with the attitude, "You and I think just alike, Mick! We are instant friends!" And Mick instantly distanced himself from the song, just as a way of keeping these dorks at arm's length. "No, mate, we're not instant pals! Just because you hate George Bush does not mean we are suddenly bosom buddies." It reminded me of John Lennon's finding tedious the long-hairs wearing peace symbols who constantly bothered him, thinking their hippy attire meant Lennon would embrace them as "brothers." Lennon related his feeling at the beginning of I FOUND OUT, "I told you before, stay away from my door./Don't give me that, `Brother, Brother, Brother, Brother.'/The freaks on the phone, won't leave me alone,/So don't give me that, `Brother, Brother, Brother, Brother.'"

Oops, Mick, a bunch of dorks suddenly think you're their pal! Yes, there is a back way out of here.



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All the attempts have been lame though. The only song that caught some attention was "Sweet Neocon". To do "Sweet Neocon" was a bit risky considering the fact that, probably, half of the American Stones public are conservatives. Quite brave, actually. In Europe nobody noticed it though.

It was just as specific as Highwire only with half the oomph I thought and only 2% effort at the actual songwriting, where as Highwire sounds like the Stones. It was an afterthought by the time it came out anyway. Old hat and all that. Talk about marking time. Dangerous Beauty was at least about SOMETHING specific. And a thousand times better of a song. Sweet Neo Con got hype because of the stupid 'Brown & Root' etc lines. Everyone knew about Cheney being Darth Vader and his company being the Death Star. So... what. They'd already destroyed environments around the world and robbed people blind.

A political song about feelings/opinions of something that happened in the 1960s or 1970s would have been far more interesting because it would have been historical.

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I don't agree with people who think singers should shut up and sing. No matter what you do for a living your opinion is no better or no worse than anyone else's. I don't mind Jagger or The Stones dabbling into politics as long as it doesn't turn into a Barbara Streisand type rant up on stage.

One thing is for sure- no matter what your politics, believe it because it is what you believe not because Jagger, Streisand or Ted Nugent tell you so.

Precisely.

Let's not forget Santana's rants during his shows.

Satan rants during his shows? What the hell have I been missing!!??

..and don't forget The Spider and The Fly...

2 1 2 0

"bein' hungry, it ain't no crime" is a line that sums up my entire political philosophy.

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Watch Fox News, then you will know what is going on in America.

Why do you have to constantly inject your stupid Fox News comments and Obama-hatred into threads, knowing political argument is not allowed here? All you do is show the narrowness of your mind to all concerned. You certainly don't persuade anyone with this crap. No one cares. Please stop doing it.



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Watch Fox News, then you will know what is going on in America.

No, but you will know what Rubert Murdoch and the far right wing want you to think is going on in America. You will also be extremely misinformed.

Almost getting into political territory there! It's fine to talk about the Stones songs and their meaning, but it corsses a line (especially with BV) if we start arguing our own political opinions on here.

Whatever side of the fence you come down on, with the exception of Street Fighting Man, the Stone's political harangues are easily the worst shite in their massive catalog.

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Watch Fox News, then you will know what is going on in America.

No, but you will know what Rubert Murdoch and the far right wing want you to think is going on in America. You will also be extremely misinformed.

Almost getting into political territory there! It's fine to talk about the Stones songs and their meaning, but it corsses a line (especially with BV) if we start arguing our own political opinions on here.

You are right, but one gets sick of the continual baiting and bigoted comments coming from the same poster. I edited my comment to make sure it was about the poster inserting inflammatory political invective into threads. I have no desire to debate political viewpoints with this individual on this site.



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Look at the bright side. To me a statement like "Watch Fox news, then you will know what's going on in America" is only amusing. It gives me a good laugh!