The followup to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” didn’t even make the Top 40 for the Rolling Stones because many radio stations wouldn’t play the single due to “subversive” lyrics. It since became a mainstay of album rock radio. There was a lot of fighting in the streets in 1968 in America and elsewhere. Mick Jagger was at an anti-Vietnam War rally in London, but ducked out before things turned violent. That gave him the idea for the song. The odd-sounding intro was played by Keith Richards on an acoustic guitar into a highly distorted portable cassette player.
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How come "anti-war" rallies often manage to turn into battlefields of their own?
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