This Ad For The Rolling Stones Was Deemed Too Sexy For the London Underground

Band reportedly 'dumbfounded' by the decision

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You can't stop rock stars from doing what they want. Unless, of course, they've decided to place their iconic tongue logo atop a woman's private parts and run it on the London underground. Then, apparently, the rockin' can be stopped.  

Transport of London banned a neon ad, designed by Mark Norton for The Rolling Stones exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery, from the underground and London buses, according to CNBC. The ad shows a close up of a woman's green and yellow striped bikini bottoms, with Mick Jagger's lips boldly covering the woman's crotch.

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