When the Whip Comes Down

Is this one for Jocelyn?

I'm a fan of the Rolling Stones, there's no doubt about that.  First loves are The Beatles and The Who.  Then my second level are The Stones, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, seeing a trend here?  I sure am!

As this is Random Song Friday, it's time for today's random song, and this is it, When the Whip Comes Down by the Rolling Stones on the Some Girls album, released June, 1978.  More of a poppish album, but still a great one!  Well, maybe not great, but I sure love listening to it.

One of my girlfriends was a big Rolling Stones fan.  She was the major overlapping girlfriend during my high school years.  I remember that she didn't know the song Sister Morphine (which isn't on this album).  I didn't know it then either.  Now I know it well.  I have to say that this makes me question how much she really liked the Rolling Stones.

(Browser just crashed on this one too, but this time it was saved as a draft!  Strange!)

Yeah, mama and papa told me I was crazy to stay
I was gay in New York, a fag in L.A.
So I saved my money and I took a plane
Wherever I go they treat me the same

Mick Jagger has said that this song is, "...about an imaginary person who comes from L.A. to New York City and becomes a garbage collector."  However, as Wikipedia says, it sounds more like he becomes a prostitute.

Yeah, some call me garbage when I'm sweeping up the street
But I never roll and I never cheat
And I'm filling a need, yeah, I'm plugging a hole
My mama's so glad I ain't on the dole

So is that the streets he's actually sweeping, or is he "sweeping" for something else? Yeah, I think it's something else.

So, Jocelyn, just another tease?  Talks a good game but can't get down to business?  When will this whip come down already?