The fact that the remarkable Sir Mick Jagger is - gulp - 80 years old today gives me a perfect excuse (if any were needed) to post this - my favourite Rolling Stones song ever!
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and fate
I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moments of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a General's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched the glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
Well after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game, ooh yeah
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer
I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well learned politics
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, mmm yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, get down
Woo hoo, ah yeah, get on down, oh yeah
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, honey, baby guess my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
I'll ya one time you're to blame
What's my name?
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
I'm more of a Keef fan.
ReplyDeleteKeef never looked so good in swimming trunks. Mind you, nowadays I wouldn't want to see either of them other than fully dressed! Jx
DeleteI love this song … Can’t believe he’s 80! And he’s still got it.
ReplyDeleteWhatever "it" is, he has it in abundance... Jx
DeleteI can't believe he's 80 either. This is my fav Rolling Stones tune - although I also love Gimme Shelter.
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P.S You can't really hear those maracas, can you?!! Oh, hang about, can hear them now.
I imagine all of their maracas got a good shaking when they were younger! Jx
DeleteYes that one and Paint it Black, I wouldn't let his 80 year old Sticky Fingers anywhere near me though.
ReplyDeleteImagine the state of his Little Red Rooster. Jx
DeleteOhhh yes!
ReplyDeleteYes! I've always preferred The Stones to The Beatles. Love me a bad boy. And I love that song!
Mick is 80? Damn!
XOXO
I preferred the Stones, too! Jx
DeleteAnd you know what I bet he's still fucks like a rabbit. I'll never forget his part in the movie Performance. He was very alluring in that movie for some reason, even I would have had sex with him .
ReplyDelete"Even you"? You're not convincing anyone that suddenly you're Maria Von Trapp. Jx
DeletePS I'd draw the line at thinking about an 80-year-old man fucking like a rabbit, tbh. A tortoise is probably closer to the truth.
🤣🤣🤣
DeleteRemember when Mick said something about killing himself if he was to still be parading about as a pop star by the time he turned 40? Greed. It has a new face. Well... Tattoo You was well worth it.
ReplyDeleteMuch like Roger Daltrey (who will be 80 next year) singing "hope I die before I get old", really.
DeleteIt sold records. Jx
I love this song too but I also like his 'Little red rooster'
ReplyDeleteBIG red rooster, judging by the photo! Jx
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