Gloom and Doom

SUBHEAD: Fifty years after they began the Rolling Stones new song addresses issues that worry us today... and do it with a beat.

By Staff on 11 October 2012 for CNN Showbiz  - 
  (http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/showbiz/music/rolling-stones-doom-and-gloom-rstone/index.html/)


Image above:Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger celebrate the launch of "Rolling Stones 50" in London in July. From ().

The Rolling Stones blend past and present on "Doom and Gloom," their first new song together in seven years.

Mick Jagger sings about class tensions and oil fracking over a Keith Richards guitar riff with shades of Sticky Fingers, while Charlie Watts propels the whole thing with an unfussy, rock-solid beat.

Recorded in Paris earlier this year and produced by Don Was, the tune comes from the Stones' new "GRRR! Greatest Hits" collection, due November 13.

The 50th anniversary compilation includes another new song, "One More Shot," along with classic Stones gems including "Gimme Shelter," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Start Me Up" and "Street Fighting Man.

The Stones released "Doom and Gloom" this morning into a swirl of talk about possible tour dates. In addition to a pair of shows each expected in London and at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn by the end of the year, touring saxophone player Bobby Keys has said he expects "a few added concerts after that."

The band is also the subject of a new career-spanning documentary, "Crossfire Hurricane," which premieres November 15 on HBO.


Video above: A lyric video of the Rolling Stones new release Gloom and Doom. From (http://youtu.be/rPFGWVKXxm0).

I had a dream last night
That I was piloting a plane
And all the passengers were drunk and insane
I crash landed in a Louisiana swamp
Shot up a horde of zombies
But I come out on top
What's it all about?
It just reflects my mood

Sitting in the dirt
Feeling kind of hurt
Aaaaall I hear is doooom and gloom
And aaaaall is darkness in my room
Through the light your face I see
Baby take a chance
Baby won't you dance with meeeeee

Lost all that treasure in an overseas war
It just goes to show you don't get what you paid for
Battle to the rich and you worry about the poor
Put my feet up on the couch
And lock all the doors
Hear a funky noise
That's the tightening of the screeeeews

I'm feeling kind of hurt
Sitting in the dirt
Aaaaall I hear is doooom and gloom
But when those drums go boom boom boom
Through the night your face I see
Baby take a chance
Baby won't you dance with meeee
Yeah
Baby won't you dance with meeee
Oh yeah

Fracking deep for ...
But there's nothing in the sump
There's kids all picking
Ar the garbage dumb
I'm running out of water
So I better prime the pump
I'm trying to stay sober
But I end up drunk

We'll be eating dirt
Living on the side of the roooaaad
There's some food for thought
Kind of makes your head explode
Feeling kind of hurt
Yeah

But aaaall I hear is doooom and gloom
And aaaaall is darkness in my room
Through the night your face I see
Baby come on
Baby won't you dance with me
Yeah
Yeah

Baby won't you dance with me
I'm feeling kind of hurt
Baby won't you dance with meeeee
Yeah

Come on
Baby won't you dance with me
I'm sitting in the dirt
Baby won't you dance with me!

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