Mick Jagger, the original "Bad Boy" of rock n roll. Bet ya didn't know he's a conservative.
Very interesting fact
Jagger and Richards wrote this political song
Sweet Black Angel-
- This is about Angela Davis, a black radical who was arrested, but eventually acquitted, of aiding a courtroom escape in 1970 in which four people died. She was the vice-presidential candidate on the US Communist party ticket in 1980.
- The lyrics are a parody of black stereotypes. Mick Jagger sang like Buckwheat from The Little Rascals to make his statement of support for Angela Davis. Potentially inflammatory lyrics like "Ten little nigga," did not cause much controversy because it was so clearly a parody.
“Sweet Black Angel” is one of the few outright political songs written by the Rolling Stones. A country-blues ballad, it was written about civil rights activist Angela Davis, who was facing murder charges at the time.[1] Steve Kurutz says in his review, “Having never heard of Angela Davis, a listener could easily overlook the political lyrics and get lost in the circular acoustic plucking or the washboard rhythm that propels the song so well. Yet, by knowing the case history one realizes how deft and clever Mick's lyrics could be, even if he hides behind his best backwoods diction and garbled annunciation [sic] obscurethe point. ”
Sweet Black Angel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lot of rockers started out innocent, then became radicals, and eventually grew out of it and became conservatives. John Lennon was another one, as well as legendary guitarist Jeff (Skunk) Baxter.