Mick Jagger's new tune, Neo Con

Ha, good one, Sir Mick. I know it's probably all hype, but still, I'm interested in hearing it.

Newsweek: It was all built on two acoustic guitars, and in such a sparse and stripped-down way that if you tried to elaborate on it later you'd lose the whole essence of it.“ The Stones' new music sounds more spontaneous than most of their recent efforts, and Jagger sounds angrier than he has in years. Since the band's last studio album, Jagger has ended his 23-year relationship with wife Jerry Hall, and was taken to court over an illegitimate child he fathered with a Brazilian model, which may explain such lyrics as ”Oh no! Not you again, fucking up my life/It was bad the first time around/Better take my own advice.“ But the most searing moment, on a song called ”Sweet Neo Con,“ isn't personal but political. ”You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/You call yourself a patriot, well I think you're full of shit.

”It is direct,“ Jagger says with a laugh. ”Keith said [he breaks into a dead-on Keith imitation], 'It's not really metaphorical.' I think he's a bit worried because he lives in the U.S.“ Jagger smiles. ”But I don't.“

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