{"id":874798,"date":"2021-10-13T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=874798"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:00:20","slug":"rolling-stones-drop-brown-sugar-over-slavery-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stones-drop-brown-sugar-over-slavery-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stones Drop \u2018Brown Sugar\u2019 Over Slavery Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frolling-stones-drop-brown-sugar-over-slavery-lyrics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=874798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Rolling Stones have reportedly retired one of their most popular rock songs because the lyrics pertain to slavery.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics actually detail the horrors of slavery. But try telling that to the woke cancel crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stones have not played the 1971 hit \u2018Brown Sugar\u2019 on their current tour and said the blues classic has been removed from their setlist,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/13\/rolling-stones-retire-classic-rock-song-brown-sugar\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou picked up on that, huh?\u201d guitarist Keith Richards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2021-10-07\/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-no-filter-tour\">said<\/a> when asked by The Los Angeles Times why the band hasn\u2019t been playing the song on the current \u201cNo Filter\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m trying to figure out with the sisters quite where the beef is. Didn\u2019t they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery? But they\u2019re trying to bury it. At the moment I don\u2019t want to get into conflicts with all of this s**t. But I\u2019m hoping that we\u2019ll be able to resurrect the babe in her glory somewhere along the track,\u201d Richards told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Singer Mick Jagger chimed in. \u201cWe\u2019ve played \u2018Brown Sugar\u2019 every night since 1970, so sometimes you think, \u2018We\u2019ll take that one out for now and see how it goes,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWe might put it back in.\u201d Jagger also said, \u201cthe set list in a stadium show, it\u2019s kind of a tough one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song is one of the most performed by the Stones, who have played it live more than 1,100 times, second to only \u201cJumpin\u2019 Jack Flash,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlists\/the-rolling-stones-bd6ad22.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to setlist.fm.<\/p>\n<p>Jagger said way back in 1995 \u201cI never would write that song now. I would probably censor myself. I\u2019d think, \u2018Oh God, I can\u2019t. I\u2019ve got to stop. I can\u2019t just write raw like that,\u2019\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/feature\/mick-jagger-remembers-92946\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Rolling Stone magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full lyrics of the song, written by Jagger and Richards.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gold Coast slave ship bound for<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rolling Stones have reportedly retired one of their most popular rock songs because the lyrics pertain to slavery.The lyrics actually detail the horrors of slavery. But try telling that to the woke cancel crowd.\u201cThe Stones have not played the 1971 hit \u2018Brown Sugar\u2019 on their current tour and said the blues classic has been removed from their setlist,\u201d the New York Post reported.\u201cYou picked up on that, huh?\u201d guitarist Keith Richards said when asked by The Los Angeles Times why the band hasn\u2019t been playing the song on the current \u201cNo Filter\u201d tour.\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m trying to figure out with the sisters quite where the beef is. Didn\u2019t they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery? But they\u2019re trying to bury it. At the moment I don\u2019t want to get into conflicts with all of this s**t. But I\u2019m hoping that we\u2019ll be able to resurrect the babe in her glory somewhere along the track,\u201d Richards told the Times.Singer Mick Jagger chimed in. \u201cWe\u2019ve played \u2018Brown Sugar\u2019 every night since 1970, so sometimes you think, \u2018We\u2019ll take that one out for now and see how it goes,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWe might put it back in.\u201d Jagger also said, \u201cthe set list in a stadium show, it\u2019s kind of a tough one.\u201dThe song is one of the most performed by the Stones, who have played it live more than 1,100 times, second to only \u201cJumpin\u2019 Jack Flash,\u201d according to setlist.fm.Jagger said way back in 1995 \u201cI never would write that song now. I would probably censor myself. I\u2019d think, \u2018Oh God, I can\u2019t. I\u2019ve got to stop. I can\u2019t just write raw like that,\u2019\u201d he told Rolling Stone magazine.Here are the full lyrics of the song, written by Jagger and Richards.Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fieldsSold in the market down in New OrleansSkydog slaver knows he\u2019s doin\u2019 all rightHear him whip the women just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so goodBrown Sugar, just like a young girl shouldDrums beatin\u2019 cold, English blood runs hotLady of the house wonderin\u2019 when it\u2019s gonna stopHouse boy knows that he\u2019s doin\u2019 all rightYou should have heard him just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so good?Brown Sugar, just like a young girl shouldBrown Sugar, how come you dance so good?Brown Sugar, just like a black girl shouldI bet your mama was a tent show queenAnd all her boyfriends were sweet 16I\u2019m no school boy but I know what I likeYou should have heard them just around midnightBrown Sugar, how come you taste so goodBrown Sugar, just like a young girl shouldI said, yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!How come you, how come you dance so goodYeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!Just like a, just like a black girl shouldYeah, yeah, yeah, wooo!The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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