"it should be possible to say, ‘This is a good book or a good picture, and it ought to be burned by the public hangman.’ Unless one can say that, at least in imagination, one is shirking the implications of the fact that an artist is also a citizen and a human being."
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And that vileness being part of the appeal, as the Stones were always marketed as the "nastier", "bad boy" Brit group in comparison to the Beatles. (Sorry: I grew up in a divided home--mom was a Beatles fan, dad a Stones fan--and I continue to have thoughts)
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The song isn't celebrating the protagonist.
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Times change.
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It is great and it is vile, but probably about as vile as Stray Cat Blues. Also not as peak as Gimme Shelter or Sympathy for the Devil or Street Fighting Man or Honky Tonk Woman ...
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or Under My Thumb
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That looks really interesting. Will check it out.
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Just watched Elton John play Indian Sunset, a particularly racist bit of tripe with a great percussion solo. His set list on the goodbye tour also includes "All the Young Girl Love Alice", where Alice is either being trafficked or serial abused. It's not just the bad boys.
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Is “Brown Sugar” the only non-PC Rolling Stones song? “Under My Thumb” doesn’t work so well either.
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