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Reader Comments(1 of 3)
p kennellyat 8-06-2007
I believe that the lyric is "I was born in a CLASS FIVE hurricane."
prlunicornat 12-26-2008
You really need to watch "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Whoopie Goldberg. There's a lesson in misheard and lyrics for this song if ever there was one!
deesjointat 6-10-2009
i believe you shouldn't say what you believe until you know that what you believe is correct....CROSS FIRE HURRICANE...those words you've been singing all these years? stop that...
Hello!at 6-22-2009
I believe you are a CLASS FIVE idiot
chrisat 8-06-2007
kinda stinks to post a comment here and be so foolish looking huh?? i believe (actually im certain) the lyrics are correct and definately NOT CLASS FIVE HURRICANE.....have you ever heard this song p kennelly????
Jo Brewerat 8-06-2007
Can't believe "If I leave here tomorrow. Would you still remember me." wasn't in there. >FREEBIRD
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Thyme2dreamat 8-06-2007
Well, maybe thats how it was originally intended, but not the way Mick sang it;-)
Pageat 8-06-2007
P Kennelly I have to agree with Chris. I'm guessing your way to young to even know who the Rolling Stones are. In this song he is not referring to a hurricane in the sense that only people who have never heard the song think of it. He actually means that he was born in a time when political rising and war was previlent. Meaning he was born in the middle of a shit storm. Read up on things before you comment.
Starpunkat 8-06-2007
I saw the Stones 10 years ago and they are still showing everyone else how it's done. Check out their recent albums, starting with "Steel Wheels" from 1989. They're really very GOOD! The Stones are the first hard rock band and they still inspire today. They put out much better music than all those other British acts that are popular today. Check them out.
Flapjack Bobat 8-06-2007
I don't think that opening line is as good as "honky tonk woman" : "I met a gin soaked bar room queen in Memphis....
chiliat 8-06-2007
Just for the record, this single was released in 1968 and the system for catagorizing hurricane strength wasn't invented until the 1970's... are we suprised if Mick might have been slurring a little in '68?
Robat 8-06-2007
No way p kennelly.Do u really think thats what the lyrics are?
Baileyat 8-06-2007
I read a bio on Keith Richards that explained the reference to this song -- Keith was born during WWII, and the apartment house where he lived as a infant was bombed and destroyed. The hurricane was not literal in the sense of the climate -- it referred to the air raids and bombing during the war. He was out of the house at the time his house was bombed, or the song would never have been written.
sammyat 8-06-2007
The Stones ARE Rock n Roll !!
How about'Please allow me to introduce myself....'
pmanat 8-07-2007
I agree. Sympathy for the Devil prolly has the best opening line of any song EVER.
juliog9811at 8-07-2007
Lets get real, the build up of Keith's guitar is what makes the line. The lyric is weak. Sympathy for the Devil's "Please all me to intro... is much, much better.
Val-womanat 8-07-2007
geepers.. if you all don't play a little nicer in the sandbox I may just take my shovel and go home :)
racing20guyat 8-07-2007
Got to agree with sammy, Sympathy for the Devil is a much better opening line.
JimDeichat 8-07-2007
None of these really compare at all to
" Hello darkness my old friend " ...
Number two would be " I was born in a cross-fire hurricane"
Lose the rest of the list ....
Nickmoat 8-07-2007
Another vote for Sympathy for the Devil being one of the Stones' best lyrics. Delivered with such grace and filthiness, Jagger really nails the right tone for delivering the line.