Start me up …

Start me up …
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Simon Robertson
This article should be read while playing Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones at full noise, a song from the English rock band's 1981 album Tattoo You. The lead single's lyrics include: if you start me up, I’ll never stop, I’ve been running hot, kick on the starter, give it all you've got, you've got to never, never, never stop, start it up, love the day when we will never stop, tough me up, never stop, never stop, you, you, you make a grown man cry.In recent months, I have found myself go...

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