Grote’s Gripe’s: Newsflash! 23 Rolling Stones Tied To Sports News

BROOKLYN, NY – The Rolling Stones hit the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center this past Saturday in their first of three shows here in the New York area celebrating their 50th Anniversary.  Tickets for these shows are insanely expensive (think behind the plate seat prices for your average Yankee game), so I’m sure almost all of our readers will be sitting these shows out.  The addition of Lady Gaga to Saturday night’s Pay-Per-View show just shows how they are more about dollars than anything else these days.

Regardless, I was able to get my hands on the set-list for the first show and will provide a little sports association as to who Mick Jagger and the boys should have dedicated their songs to.

Rolling Stones tied to Sports News… And the haven’t aged a bit.
  1. GET OFF MY CLOUD – This one goes out from Notre Dame to Alabama
  2. I WANNA BE YOUR MAN – This one goes out from Mark Sanchez to Rex Ryan
  3. THE LAST TIME – This one goes out from Greg McElroy to Mark Sanchez
  4. PAINT IT BLACK – This one goes out from the NHL to their fans
  5. GIMME SHELTER – This one goes out from Jay Cutler to his Bears offensive line
  6. WILD HORSES – This one goes out from Andrew Luck to Peyton Manning
  7. GOING DOWN – This one goes out from Juan Manuel Marquez to Manny Pacquiao
  8. ALL DOWN THE LINE –  This one goes out from the Yankees to Kevin Youkilis
  9. MISS YOU – This one goes out from Meet The Matts to the National Hockey League
  10. ONE MORE SHOT – This one goes out from Roger Clemens to Brian McNamee’s replacement
  11. DOOM & GLOOM – This one goes out from the Seattle Seahawks Defense to the Arizona Cardinals Offense
  12. IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL – This one goes out from fans asked to pay $800 per ticket to The Rolling Stones
  13. HONKY TONK WOMEN – This one goes out from our very own Cheesy Bruin to the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
  14. BEFORE THEY MAKE ME RUN – This one goes out from Bobby Valentine to Red Sox fans
  15. HAPPY – This one goes out from Met fans to David Wright
  16. MIDNIGHT RAMBLER – This one goes out from Adrian Peterson to Eric Dickerson
  17. START ME UP – This one goes out from Tim Tebow to Rex Ryan
  18. TUMBLING DICE – This one goes out from the L.A. Dodgers to every MLB player agent
  19. BROWN SUGAR – This one goes out from Carmelo Anthony to all you patient Knicks fans after a sweet start
  20. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – This one goes out from yours truly to Fireman Ed
  21. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT – This one goes out from Donald Fehr to Gary Bettman
  22. JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH – This one goes out from Heisman voters to Johnny Manziel
  23. SATISFACTION – This one goes out from sports fans everywhere to Lance Armstrong

Stay tuned tomorrow for a man who certainly can’t get no satisfaction, Angry Ward.

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