Mick Jagger sings about zombies and exploding heads on new Rolling Stones tune

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      The Rolling Stones released their first new song in seven years, "Doom and Gloom", today. It's okay, but it's not gonna knock "Little T&A" off the top of my personal Stones chart.

      For one thing, Keef's main riff is a tad too much like ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man". And what happened to Charlie's famous trash-can drumming? Longtime Stones producer Don Was went a little overboard with the knob-twiddling this time around, I reckon.

      Horror fans may be interested to know that the new tune includes mentions of zombies in the opening verse: "I had a dream last night 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."

      Later on Jagger mentions an exploding head. Maybe he's been pulling off all-night Walking Dead marathons or somethin'.

      Though not bad for a bunch of old fucks, it doesn't hold a candle to this:

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      Comments

      4 Comments

      John Lucas

      Oct 11, 2012 at 3:20pm

      It's okay, but it's at least a minute too long. Or maybe my attention span is just getting really short.

      Steve Newton

      Oct 11, 2012 at 5:07pm

      yep, I agree. The producer should have been wearing his editor's cap, but Was wasn't. Or maybe, hoping to keep his cheeks, he avoided asking the Keef zombie to tighten it up a bit.

      Terry J

      Oct 11, 2012 at 5:32pm

      Please hang it up Mick and co. It's not as though you need the money. It just looks ridiculous.

      Jimmy Miller

      Oct 13, 2012 at 10:16am

      That is definitely NOT Charlie Watts playing drums...Don Was needs a good beating for this one...