1978: The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger apologizes to activist Jesse Jackson, who raised a public outcry over the lyrics of the Stones' recent song "Some Girls," specifically the line "black girls just want to get ------ all night." Jagger refuses calls to change the lyrics.

Apologies?

I thought he commented the issue with something like "if you can not take that as a joke, that's too bad"...

- Doxa

Jagger famously replied, "I've always said, you can't take a joke, it's too @#$%& bad," although he was reportedly more conciliatory to Jackson in private, as he claimed the song was intended as a parody of racist attitudes.



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

Actually Jagger commented on that incident a few times. Since it did make the news, and he was asked about it repeatedly. I also think he kind of enjoyed dishing it on this particular matter a bit.

And many years later....While performing "Some Girls,"On SAL Jagger inexplicably changed the lyrics from, "Some girls I give all my bread to, I don't ever want it back," to "Some girls I give all my love to, I don't ever get it back." While performing "Just My Imagination," he added libs, "But in reality, she doesn't @#$%& know me." Why ?



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

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SwayStones
although he was reportedly more conciliatory to Jackson in private, as he claimed the song was intended as a parody of racist attitudes.

ugh..i hope not.......but i wouldn't be surprised. i think when push comes to shove
mick is a wimp about such things. it took 20 yrs but jesse got his wish. lyric change.


IORR............but I like it!

Best comment on this was done by Saturday Night Live when Garrett Morris (who is black) asks, "Mr. Jagger, where are all these Black girls?".

Just looked for the clip but could not find it.

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mccparty
Best comment on this was done by Saturday Night Live when Garrett Morris (who is black) asks, "Mr. Jagger, where are all these Black girls?".

Just looked for the clip but could not find it.

I'd love to see it !!!!

Bill Murray: Last year, the Rolling Stones album "Some Girls" was attacked by black leaders as being racist and it seems that time has not diminished the furor over it, as it was recently the subject of a speech delivered by the Reverend Jesse Jackson at an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's desegregation decision. Here to comment is Update's token sociologist, Garrett Morris. ...

[Polite applause for a bespectacled Garrett Morris who looks dapper and dicty in a suit and tie.]

Garrett Morris: [dignified, dripping with snooty condescension] Now, I'd like to speak about the subject of a certain Mick Jagger - of the Rolling Stones. ... And I'm going to talk about the song he sang -- a song in which he sings these very words: "Black girls - just want to have sex - all night long." ...

Now, Mr. Jagger, there is only one question I want to ask you -- Jaggs. ... And you better have the answer, man, you better have the answer, since you have besmirched the character of black women. Therefore, here is my question, Jaggs. [pause, takes off eyeglasses, suddenly drops the pose, pleading] Where are all of these black broads, man? ... [huge cheers and applause] Hey, like, where ARE they, baby? You got any phone numbers for me, baby? ... Please send 'em to me. [puts glasses back on, dignified again] Thank you. ... [enthusiastic applause]



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

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mccparty
Best comment on this was done by Saturday Night Live when Garrett Morris (who is black) asks, "Mr. Jagger, where are all these Black girls?".

Just looked for the clip but could not find it.

Only place I know to find SNL clips is on the NBC website and there are shamefully few clips from the '70s shown there.





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But it's 21 years, so we can't talk about it.

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But it's 21 years, so we can't talk about it.

Never Mind A Decade

Does this mean the Rev. Jerkson never heard "Brown Sugar"?

>While performing "Some Girls,"On SAL Jagger inexplicably changed the lyrics from, "Some girls I give all my bread to, I don't ever want it back," to "Some girls I give all my love to, I don't ever get it back." While performing "Just My Imagination," he added libs, "But in reality, she doesn't @#$%& know me." Why ?


He sang those songs in the movie just like he performs them in concert. He was singing "she doesn't @#$%& know me" on "Imagination" at least as far back as '81, if not '78. He never sang the original black girls line when he performed SG on the NS tour.

In short, it had nothing to do w/the movie cameras.

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1978: The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger apologizes to activist Jesse Jackson, who raised a public outcry over the lyrics of the Stones' recent song "Some Girls," specifically the line "black girls just want to get ------ all night." Jagger refuses calls to change the lyrics.

How could he have changed the lyrics four months after the record was released?

>Only place I know to find SNL clips is on the NBC website and there are shamefully few clips from the '70s shown there.

The complete episode including that sketch is available on DVD:

[www.amazon.com]

It's true. I've dated many a black girl, and that's what they like to do. True statement.