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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,130 aTx Gender:	violent lyrics Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 8:10pm for instance, street fighting man's revoltionary images and words... giimme shelters war descriptions. heartbreakers detailed slaying by cops... and of course ramblers first person portrayal of a serial killer. any others pop up, the only other one i can think of is undercover.... what else... tie you up pain of love, maybe?
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #1 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!
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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,130 aTx Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #2 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:49am We'd have songs like knitting, knitting ah shidoobee i am knitting!
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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 16,083 Atlanta Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #3 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 8:12am this ain't bringing the political thread back
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Holden Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,317 Tampa Bay Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 9:18am GUNFACE! And too much blood!
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StPeteStone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 828 Madeira Beach, Florida Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #5 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:26am Jumpin' Jack Flash It's Only Rock n Roll Hand of Fate Raunch and violence...a winning combo!!
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Pdog Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 6,130 aTx Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #6 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:40am Some Guy wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 8:12am: this ain't bringing the political thread back sex and violence only!!! if anybody pulls some of that crap and gets another thread locked, I will definitely post alot less than I already do...
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Re: violent lyrics
Reply #7 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:57am

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am:

A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!

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“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef

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Tom Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 635 US Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #8 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:26am "Streets of Love" is really violent to my ears
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Reply #9 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 12:34pm

Edith Grove wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:57am:

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am:

A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!

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it is, and a quote i don'te recall seeing before...

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Reply #10 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 1:26pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am:

A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!

That's a great quote. True, Undercover was violent in every way and the only Stones album lacking a proper ballad. The only "love songs" are Keith's "Wanna Hold You".

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SoulPlunderer Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 215 Northern Ireland Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #11 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 2:45pm Another from undercover is Too Tough. Not exactly the most violent but it's got some violent imagery, with the girl who haunts Micks dreams with a kitchen knife.
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Reply #12 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:03pm

Pdog wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 12:34pm:

Edith Grove wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:57am:

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am:

A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!

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it is, and a quote i don'te recall seeing before...

BBC Whistle Test Stones special, August 1986.

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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: violent lyrics Reply #13 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:16pm Tom wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:26am: "Streets of Love" is really violent to my ears Start me Up makes me violently ill.
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Reply #14 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:16pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:03pm:

Pdog wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 12:34pm:

Edith Grove wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 10:57am:

Gazza wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 7:28am:

A sizeable chunk of 'Undercover' and 'Dirty Work' have quite violent lyrics - when questioned whether it was distasteful, Keith snapped "well of COURSE its distasteful. If you stop writing about things because they're distasteful, you're reduced to writing about things like...embroidery!

Candidate for the Rock n Roll Quotes thread.

it is, and a quote i don'te recall seeing before...

BBC Whistle Test Stones special, August 1986.

is this one of those things you just know... amazing. I'm sure it is... Amazing!!!!

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