Pleased to Meet You; Hope You Guessed My Name
By Ted Genoways
March 31st, 2008
So apparently Hillary Clinton is a big fan of the Rolling Stones. I’ll admit that I’ve been spinning Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed more than a little bit these days. Something about the apocalyptic energy of those tracks—recorded in the months leading up the 1968 Democratic convention and the debacle there that led to Nixon’s election—seems to speak to my soul. But Clinton explains to CNN that what she admires about the Rolling Stones most is Mick Jagger’s “work ethic.”
Hmmm. “Work ethic”? While I’ll grant you that over the years Jagger has been, shall we say, tireless?—you’d also have to admit that the Glimmer Twins have been more juiced that Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. After listening to Clinton go on about how Obama couldn’t choose his family, but he could certainly choose his pastor, I couldn’t help wondering whether—at least for baby boomers and younger—who you name as your favorite isn’t the actual Rorschach test for your soul.
So, with that in mind, I’m officially kicking off my call to everyone to leave your favorite lewd, lascivious, or just plain drug-addled Stones lyric in the comments section. This could take a while, I realize. (And remember folks, we’re a fair use operation, so please limit your quotes to one stanza or less.) Here’s my choice to kick things off from “Let It Bleed”:
She said, “My breasts, they will always be open
Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me
And there will always be a space in my parking lot
When you need a little coke and sympathy”
The Virginia Quarterly Review
March 31st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
You don’t even have to get down to the level of the lyrics - song titles are enough. The first one that came to my mind was “Turd on the Run” from “Exile on Main Street”. Think Hillary has that one on her IPod?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Thanks, Wags! Yeah, the titles alone are pretty evocative, aren’t they? It’s kind of disturbing to imagine her grooving to “Little T & A” or “When the Whip Comes Down.”
April 1st, 2008 at 11:34 am
Great post. What a fun way to kick off the morning.
Right off the top of my head there’s “Brown Sugar”:
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should
And “Rocks Off”:
I was making love last night
To a dancer friend of mine
I can’t seem to stay in step
‘Cause she come every time she pirouettes over me
You can also dig through and get some nice commentary on Clinton’s presidential campaign:
“Miss Amanda Jones”:
Hey girl don’t you realize
The money invested in you
Hey girl you just got to find
Someone who’ll really pull your family through
“Street Fighting Man”:
Think the time is right for a palace revolution
But where I live the game to play is compromise solution
April 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
“Bitch” –
Sometimes I’m sexy, move like a stud
Kicking the stall all night
Sometimes I’m so shy, got to be worked on
Dont have no bark or bite, alright
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is bumpin louder than a big bass drum, alright
April 1st, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Oh, for the love of God. Now Obama likes the Stones too:
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/04/01/obama-the-stones-fan-who-would-be-like-lincoln/
Isn’t anyone going to ask John McCain where he stands on this issue?
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 am
He prefers the Stones over the Beatles? And to think I liked him!
April 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
“Memo from Turner,” anybody?
I remember you in Hemlock Road in nineteen fifty-six.
You’re a faggy little leather boy with a smaller piece of stick.
You’re a lashing, smashing hunk of man;
Your sweat shines sweet and strong.
Your organs working perfectly, but there’s a part that’s not screwed on.