"Stray Cat Blues" is an age-gap song on The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet (1968). The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richardson and, of course, sung by Jagger. On "Stray Cat Blues", Jagger, who was 25-years-old when the song was recorded, sings about having rough sex (e.g., scratching, screaming, spitting, and biting) with a 15-year-old groupie.
In the intro, Jagger seemingly brags about having (rough) sex (with a teen groupie).
[Intro]
Ah... hey
Yeah, got some tail
In verse 1, listeners learn that the teen groupie, whom Jagger initially referred to as Honey, wasn’t wearing trainers, but she appeared to be apprehensive. Consequently, Jagger encouraged her by inviting her to a “feast”, and he consoled her by singing that what they were about to do wasn’t a “capital crime”, like murder, which is interesting considering the age-of-consent in London is 16.
[Verse 1]
I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
I know you're no scare-eyed honey
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs, but
It's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
In verse 2, the groupie attempted to show Jagger her fake ID, but it was obvious to Jagger that she was underage.
[Verse 2]
I can see that you're fifteen years old
No, I don't want your I.D
And I can see that you're so far from home, but
That's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
During the chorus, Jagger referred to the groupie as a Stray Cat, which may be a reference to the third lyric in verse 2 when Jagger sang that the groupie was “so far from home”, and/or one can infer that he named her a Stray Cat, because, not only did she scream and spit during sex, she scratched too.
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh, yeah, don't you scratch like that
Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know you do spit like that
In verse 3, Jagger reiterated that the Stray Cat was apprehensive, because she looked weird and scared, but he consoled her by singing that he was not mad-brained (i.e., rash, hotheaded [Merriam-Webster])
[Verse 3]
You look so weird, and you're so far from home
But you don't really miss your mother
You look so scared, I'm not no mad-brained bear
But, but it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
In the next chorus, Jagger shared that the groupie, not only screamed, spat, and scratched during sex, she was a biter too!
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah
Woo!
I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that
I bet she don't know you can bite like that
In verse 4, the groupie shared with Jagger that she had a friend whom did even more during sex. Unsurprisingly, Jagger asked for an age-gap three-some.
[Verse 4]
You say you got a friend that she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs?
If she's so wild, then she can join in too
It's no hanging matter, huh
It's no capital crime
And just in case you were wondering exactly how the Stray Cat scratched during sex, Jagger elaborated in the last chorus.
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh, yeah, don't you scratch like that
Oh, yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back
Jagger sang that the groupie was scare-eyed and that she screamed, spat, scratched, and bit during sex with Jagger. Hence, some listeners may opine that the sex was forced; however, some listeners are of the opinion that those were (sex) acts of passion. For example, in the book Counting Down The Rolling Stones: Their 100 Finest Songs, Jim Beviglia ranked “Stray Cats Blues” The Rolling Stones’ 49th best song. In the post “The Rolling Stones’ 40 best songs” (6th March 2015), Uncut magazine ranked “Stray Cats Blues” 39th. And in the Rolling Stone piece “100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs” (October 15, 2013), the magazine ranked the song 43rd.
And per Rolling Stone, Jagger, whom the magazine referred to as a “sleazy rocker”, revealed during a concert that the Stray Cat was actually 13!
Jagger’s Stray Cat reminded me of Lori Maddox, because Nikki McWatters related in her Huffington Post post “Predatory Teenage Girls” (13/12/2012), that at the age of 13, Lori lost her virginity to 24-year-old David Bowie.
And a year later, Lori became 24-year-old Jimmy Page's steady girlfriend.
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| Mick Jagger (74) & Noor Alfallah (23) |
Lastly, even after all these years, Jagger hasn’t stopped having age-gap affairs. Ashley Baker related in the AirMail piece “AARP-Breaker” (October 19, 2024), that, in addition to age-affairs with Al Pacino, [23-year-old] Noor Alfallah had an age-gap affair with [74-year-old] Mick Jagger.
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