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11 Comments

Plummet on April 15, 2014 at 9:33 am

WBER the only station that matters

wber.monroe.edu

BobX on April 15, 2014 at 9:54 am

steppy on April 15, 2014 at 10:34 am

I was listening to this at JFK Stadium in 1981. We were wondering even then how long the Stones were going to be touring and playing. It was only 33 years ago.

Geov Parrish on April 15, 2014 at 7:29 pm

When this song was current, I was working at CITR in Vancouver Canada, and we did a parody of this song called “Prop Me Up,” riffing on the ancientness of Jagger et al. At the time, a rock star over the age of 40 was well nigh unthinkable.

More recently, though, I’ll never be able to think of this song without recalling that it was the adopted theme song of Joe Lieberman’s abortive 2004 presidential campaign. It was just like Clueless Joe to embrace, as his theme song, a little ditty about a guy with an unending erection.

Love the Stones, but the misogyny of some of his lyrics can be hard to take. And then there’s “Brown Sugar”: A great riff married to pretty much unforgivable lyrics about raping your black slave girl.

Brendan Skwire on April 15, 2014 at 10:43 am

American Speedway

and Airbourne

donnah on April 15, 2014 at 11:21 am

I’m listening to Radical Face and their latest release, the Family Tree: The Branches. Ben Cooper is a great singer/storyteller and his songs are beautiful.

Holy Branches is a Youtube official video of the song.