The Rolling Stones pick for those raised by the hair of the head

Thirty-five years ago today, June 8, 1968, the Rolling Stones released "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Picking one Rolling Stones song as their best ain't easy. Nice girls might go for a pretty ballad like "Ruby Tuesday." Those who get their best kicks from pure youthful rebellion may favor "Get Off My Cloud". Good goths would likely get excited by "Paint It Black". Deviant sex fiends that dig the dark meat might go for "Brown Sugar". Excellent choices all.

Those of us who were brought up by the hair of the head, however, will be most deeply imprinted with "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

I was born in a crossfire hurricane
And I hoooowled at my ma in the driving rain

Mick and Keef, you wrote my life.

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
I was schlooed with a strap right across my back
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

Article Author: Al Barger

Unreformed hawkish Hoosier hillbilly Al Barger runs the still squeezin' down the psychodelic Kentucky moonshine at More Things. What with the paranoid religious visions, the Pentecostal music, visions of God and anarchy running amok and such, somebody …

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