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roadster32 wrote:
"fire the fuckin feed"

I think the correct lyrics are

"fight, fuck and feed"

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pdog wrote:
I hate it when every thread is political!










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roadster32 wrote:
"fire the fuckin feed"

I think the correct lyrics are

"fight, fuck and feed"

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FrankiePeppers wrote:
I thought it was "find the fucking feed"; as in the wires going to the amps/soundboard.

To answer Jair's question, maybe what the narrator is dreaming about is better than what he's getting?

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Nasty Habits wrote:
Considering the lyrics were not written by a guitar hero, I am pretty sure it's fight and fuck and feed, three things that the narrator implies no longer get his rocks off. Remember, those lines come at the key point in the song where he has the daylights bored out of him.

Since this IS Exile on Mainstreet we are talking about, and since Rocks Off is the opening track on an album that's going to be the most memorable catalog of excess and decay known to man, the singer is admitting that his exploits in the real world have jaded him to the point where reality is a crock of shit and his fantasies are the only thing that matters.

And that, Jair, is why he only gets his rocks off when he's dreaming.
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Nasty Habits wrote:
Considering the lyrics were not written by a guitar hero, I am pretty sure it's fight and fuck and feed, three things that the narrator implies no longer get his rocks off. Remember, those lines come at the key point in the song where he has the daylights bored out of him.

Since this IS Exile on Mainstreet we are talking about, and since Rocks Off is the opening track on an album that's going to be the most memorable catalog of excess and decay known to man, the singer is admitting that his exploits in the real world have jaded him to the point where reality is a crock of shit and his fantasies are the only thing that matters.

And that, Jair, is why he only gets his rocks off when he's dreaming.
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Fiji Joe wrote:


That's nonsense...it's fire the fuckin' feed...guitar heroes get it

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Nasty Habits wrote:
Since this IS Exile on Mainstreet we are talking about, and since Rocks Off is the opening track on an album that's going to be the most memorable catalog of excess and decay known to man, the singer is admitting that his exploits in the real world have jaded him to the point where reality is a crock of shit and his fantasies are the only thing that matters.

And that is why he only gets his rocks off when he's dreaming.

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Jair wrote:
The question is, why I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming, I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping???



Rocks Off, the lyrics:


I hear you talking when I'm on the street,
your mouth don't move but I can hear you speak.
What's the matter with the boy?
He don't come around no more,
is he checking out for sure?
Is he gonna close the door on me?

And I'm always hearing voices on the street,
I want to shout, but I can't hardly speak.
I was making love last night
to a dancer friend of mine.
I can't seem to stay in step,
'cause she come ev'ry time that she pirouettes over me.

And I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming,
I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping.

I'm zipping through the days at lightning speed.
Plug in, flush out and fire the fuckin feed.
Heading for the overload,
splattered on the dusty road,
kick me like you've kicked before,
I can't even feel the pain no more.

But I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming,
I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping.

Feel so hypnotized, can't describe the scene.
Feel so mesmerized all that inside me.
The sunshine bores the daylights out of me.
Chasing shadows moonlight mystery.
Headed for the overload,
splattered on the dirty road,
kick me like you've kicked before,
I can't even feel the pain no more.

But I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming,
I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping.

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Jair wrote:
plezz, an answer to my question?
why I only get my rocks off while I'm dreaming,
while I'm sleeping???


Help, Voodoo!!! Wake up, hombre de dios!

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stonedinaustralia wrote:
i'm with "fight and fuck and feed" school - nasty expalins it well

the "plug in, flush out" line i always took as a reference to intravenous drug use - you can't always assume that mick wrote all the lyrics for the song

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Bitch wrote:
ROCKS OFF is the best RS Messageboard on the net!

Oh yes, it's a fact, I've tried them all.

ROCKS OFF has the coolest STONES people, no topic is taboo, no post too outrageous, no opinion is considered wrong, pics are welcomed, and best of all it's funny! LMAO many times here. Love it!

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Fiji Joe wrote:


After 30+ years of lyrics lists we're re-writing this song because of Nasty and some Japanese booklet?...yeah like dem' two ain't made no spelling errors befur

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Nasty Habits wrote:



Thass te way this wicki world we live in works now, dawg.

Have you ever seen that lyric book/music book for Exile? I don't have one, but the lyrics are all kynsa effed up.

Given how much Jagger screws up his lyrics in concert I'd be willing to bet he couldn't help us decide this either.

But I really don't see how it makes no sense after "plug in flush out." Doesn't that line just mean "take drugs, take a shit, get hit, hit it, and eat, such is loif?"


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