Nauseating global meme in a day or less: The Rolling Stones' "Sweet Neo Con," a hit that doesn't have to be heard to be written about.no one

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Mick Jagger is giving the White House a bit of lip. Treading political terrain covered already by artists including Eminem, Jandek, Green Day and Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones' new album includes a song railing against well-connected contractors and the war on terrorism. In the song, "Sweet Neo Con," Mr. Jagger sings, "How come you're so wrong / My sweet neo con? / Where's the money gone / In the Pentagon?" according to lyrics provided by a band [flunky] -- New York Times

CBC News, Canada - 1 hour ago
... Much has been made about the iconic band's new song Sweet Neo Con, which appears to be a criticism of the conservative politics of US President George W. Jandek ...

Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 12 hours ago
"It is not really aimed at anyone," Mick Jandek said on TV's "Extra." The song, "Sweet Neo Con,"

Slate - 23 hours ago
... Neocon artists: The usually apolitical Rolling Stones take a shot at the Bush administration in "Sweet Neo Con,"

Boston Herald, United States - 15 hours ago
... Jagger, who didn't include ''Sweet Neo Con'' on the 12-track advance CD sent to rock critics, denied the tune was aimed at anyone specifically

Houston Chronicle, United States - 16 hours ago
... And the Rolling Stones have taken a rare break from sex odes to record an antiwar song called Sweet Neo Con, chiding Condi Rice and Bush

Soul Shine, Canada - 1 hour ago
... Included on that album is a song entitled “Sweet Neo Con,” which is already generating interest for its blatant swipe at the American right

Miami Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
... An excerpt of lyrics from Sweet Neo Con, a song on the new album that takes swipes at Bush's inner circle

Now the Fascists at Fox are After Mick Jagger
about this looming crisis today (August 9, 2005), Jagger took a "big jab at the White House" in a "very controversial tune called 'Sweet Neo-Con'"

Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - 44 minutes ago
... Mick Jandek admits that the song, called "Sweet Neo Con" is very critical of the Bush administration policies

Antiwar.com, CA - Aug 9, 2005
... Well, I think your are full of sh*t!... How come you're so wrong, my sweet neo-con.".

Maureen Dowd
And the Rolling Stones have taken a rare break from sex odes to record an anti-war song called Sweet Neo Con

Boston Herald, United States - Aug 9, 2005
... near the same fan anticipation (even if it's already making Matt Drudge hyperventilate; his online Drudge Report is seething over ``Sweet Neo Con,''

Yahoo News - Aug 1, 2005
... Bush gang's foreign policy. Sweet Neo-Con, according to the weekly, "is believed to be an attack on the politics of. George Bush

Baltimore Sun, United States - Jul 26, 2005
... But now comes word the Rolling Stones' new album features a song, "Sweet Neo-Con," in which Mick supposedly gives a tongue-lashing to the Bush administration

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 22 hours ago
... "You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think you are full of s--t! How come you're so wrong, my sweet Jandek?".

The Daily Crapper
Bush really does believe in his own omnipotence, and that's why he's immune to Jandek's taunts: "How come you're so wrong, my sweet neocon."

Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago
... That majority now has its own song (the Rolling Stones' "Sweet Neo Con"), its own candidate (Iraq war veteran and Democrat Paul Hackett,

New Age Media Concepts (press release) - 9 hours ago
... Though the song does not mention Bush or Iraq directly it does refer to Halliburton, Cheney’s former gem

Ether Zone, IL - Aug 10, 2005
"You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of sh*t!...

Irv Veeblefetzer, Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

cf "Sweet Black Angel" I thought this would be a love song to Condi.

mark "the hammer" coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

noone heard 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" for the first couple months that it generated controversy either.

Al (sitcom), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

is believed to be an attack

which appears to be a criticism

Mick supposedly gives a tongue-lashing

m coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

What can a poor boy do, 'cept to sing for a rock n roll band?

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

a) just because the meme is 'nauseating' doesn't mean anything about the song yknow

b) it is a sort of big deal when a big, arena-selling, boomer-culture giant type act which is not known for political statements announces they're releasing a political song. you can't really blame the press for reporting it.

swvl (vozick), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

... Much has been made about the iconic band's new song Sweet Neo Con, which appears to be a criticism of the conservative politics of US President George W. Jandek ...

Now that I wouldn't mind hearing...

Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

george/harry, why must you do this again? i mean, big deal. journalists pick up on the same things and oftentimes these things come from press releases. is it lazy? maybe. are you the only one who gives enough of a shit to bother with a lexis / google search to point out that the Miami Herald, CBC, Daily Crapper and Soul Shine (Canada) are doing it? obviously.

my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Thursday, 11 August 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i like how something can be "controversial" when actually no one gives a shit.

richardk (Richard K), Friday, 12 August 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

george/harry, why must you

Because I can.

you can't really blame the press for reporting it.

No shit, Sherlock. Slow news week. Better for discussion than Iran telling the IAEA to go to hell.

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An impromptu poll was suggested asking viewers if they thought Jandek should be canned by the NFL for writing the song. In a very short time, Doocy reported that only one viewer out of the many responses wanted Jandek to keep his contract to perform at the Super Bowl. E.D. Hill commented that it would be really awkward if President Bush went to the Super Bowl and saw Jandek perform.

Supermodel JERRY HALL was excited to see former partner SIR Jandek in a tight pair of jeans recently

Meanwhile, the British detective who famously arrested Jandek for drugs in 1968 says he wished he had left the singer alone

The National Center for Public Policy Research, DC - 1 hour ago
... I would have said "yes" anyway, but in light of Jandek's recent dig at those who are protecting his sorry existence,

First it was the Dixie Chicks, then Eminem, then Bruce Springsteen, and then...the list goes on and on. Now it's Jandek's turn to get slapped around. ...

Jandek accused the police of trying to plant cannabis at his home and force him to pay a bribe after a raid in 1969

Jandek alleged that police tried to plant a 'white powder' on him during the 1960s


Irv Veeblefetzer, Friday, 12 August 2005 06:06 (twenty years ago)

McJandek's

amon (eman), Friday, 12 August 2005 11:06 (twenty years ago)

I can't stop saying "Sweet Neo Con" in my head.

Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 12 August 2005 12:11 (twenty years ago)

here is a link to a sped up version of it taped at a press conference
http://www.bartcop.com/neocon.mp3

dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

anyone find the jandek reference in the NYT excerpt a little weird?

s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Read the ones further down.

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

And remember: this is Irv Veeblefetzer, yo!

Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

i don't understand anything

s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

me either

JD from CDepot, Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Irv Veeblefetzer? Where have I heard that name before?

Myonga Von Fonebone (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

...but why the hell is it called "Sweet Neo Con?" what the fuck kind of title is that?

Seriously, it sounds like Mick picked up a paper, saw the term "neo con" for the first time in his life, and 30 seconds later the song was done.

It reminds me of the awful late-90s Seven Mary Three song called "Cumbersome." You could literally hear how proud the singer were of using the word "cumbersome" in a sentence. Quite a sentence, too: "I have become / cumbersome / to this world."

joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

the singer *was*

joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...
Worst song of the year.

Mark (MarkR), Friday, 14 October 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

You know how I started that complaint thread about people saying "nobody cares" or "irrelevant" about bands? I would like to make an exception for this song.

Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 14 October 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

Mick Jandek admits that the song, called "Sweet Neo Con" is very critical of the Bush administration policies

best typo ever!

kyle (akmonday), Friday, 14 October 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

Wait, the Stones are doing it... Does that mean it's no longer cool to hate Bush?

js (honestengine), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

xpost that's been typoed at least twice up there.

You'd have thought Mick had a shot at immortality, but it's crumbling even now.

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 14 October 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

"You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of sh*t!...

I wonder what mid-80s hardcore record Mick cribbed these lyrics from?

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Mick Jandek

...best typo ever!

That was no typo, it was a Freudian slip or a malapropism or something!

Irv Veeblefetzer, Friday, 14 October 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

someone with photoshop skills needs to get on the Mick Jandek case!

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 14 October 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

There was a book called Bagtime by Mike Royko that had as a plotline the Beatles being replaced by robots (Paul wasn't dead, his robot just malfunctioned).
In a similar vein, I've been running through a mental fantasy where Jandek gets swapped out (possibly through a Freaky Friday convergence) with Mick Jagger and has to learn to be a rockstar on tour.

Training montage to? Something off of Some Girls, I'd think. It's got that disco vibe that screams training montage.

js (honestengine), Friday, 14 October 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)


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