posty 2,307 Posted October 14, 2021 https://nypost.com/2021/10/13/rolling-stones-retire-classic-rock-song-brown-sugar/ The Rolling Stones retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery. The Stones have not played the 1971 hit “Brown Sugar” on their current tour and said the blues classic has been removed from their setlist. “You picked up on that, huh?,” Keith Richards, 77, responded to the LA Times when asked if the Stones had cut the second-most-performed tune in their catalog amid a climate of heightened cultural sensitivity. “I don’t know. I’m trying to figure out with the sisters quite where the beef is. Didn’t they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery? But they’re trying to bury it.” The first verse of the hit song depicts slaves being sold and beaten in Louisiana, with references to a “slaver” who whips “women just around midnight.” The famous chorus portrays a non-consensual sex encounter between the violent master and a young female slave, while possibly also alluding to heroin use. In the next verse, the song describes the abuse suffered by slaves on a plantation. Lead singer Mick Jagger ends the tune by singing, “How come you taste so good … just like a black girl should.” “We’ve played ‘Brown Sugar’ every night since 1970,” Richards told the newspaper. “So sometimes you think, ‘We’ll take that one out for now and see how it goes.’ We might put it back in.” The Stones have played the song live 1,136 times, second to only “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” according to setlist.fm. “At the moment I don’t want to get into conflicts with all of this s–t,” Richard said of criticism of the song. “But I’m hoping that we’ll be able to resurrect the babe in her glory somewhere along the track.” The Stones were five shows into their “No Filter” tour Wednesday. The concerts marked the septuagenarians’ first gigs since 2019, and the first performances without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August at the age of 80. Jagger is clearly not singing the song in the first person, but the danceable tune has been slammed in recent years, with some critics dubbing it “stunningly crude and offensive.” Other commentators have conceded it is “gross, sexist, and stunningly offensive,” but still rocking. “I never would write that song now,” Jagger told Rolling Stone in 1995. “I would probably censor myself. I’d think, ‘Oh God, I can’t. I’ve got to stop. I can’t just write raw like that.’” Brown Sugar by Jagger/Richards Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in the market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver knows he’s doing alright Hear him whip the women just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Uh huh Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh, oh Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot Lady of the house wonderin’ when it’s gonna stop House boy knows that he’s doing alright You shoulda heard ’em just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good now? Brown sugar, just like a young girl should now (Yeah) Ah, get on, brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Ah, got me craving the, the brown sugar Just like a black girl should, yeah Ah, and I bet your mama was a tent show queen And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen I’m no schoolboy, but I know what I like You shoulda heard me just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, baby? Ah, come down, brown sugar Just like a young girl should, yeah I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, woo How come you, how come you taste so good? Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo Just like a, just like a black girl should Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 1,400 Posted October 14, 2021 it's art, not the most popular of subjects, but still art yet more tame than so many hip hop "songs" though I'm ok with them deciding to retire it, they suck anyway lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 4,090 Posted October 14, 2021 Rolling Stones retire classic rock song ‘Brown Sugar’... Should have just stopped there...Mick's 78 for Christ sak! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted October 14, 2021 No Filter Tour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gepetto 997 Posted October 14, 2021 I was on YouTube checking out nba news and stumbled on a live chat. Every other word was the N word, yet white liberal America keeps pandering to blacks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,627 Posted October 14, 2021 I gotta say, damn, thats a pretty horrible song, I am ok with this one, dunno why it took so long also I have never listened to the Rolling stones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,635 Posted October 14, 2021 https://sports.yahoo.com/paul-mccartney-disses-rolling-stones-195659771.html Paul McCartney disses The Rolling Stones, calling them 'a blues cover band' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBayXXXVII 2,155 Posted October 14, 2021 29 minutes ago, TimmySmith said: No Filter Tour. LOL, that is ironic, isn't it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utilit99 4,099 Posted October 14, 2021 26 minutes ago, Gepetto said: I was on YouTube checking out nba news and stumbled on a live chat. Every other word was the N word, yet white liberal America keeps pandering to blacks. Fire John Gruden for it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joneo 532 Posted October 14, 2021 Let Snoop Dogg cover the song...then it could be played at Halftime at the Super Bowl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
