This recent photo supplied by the Rolling Stones shows the group posing during a photo shoot. The group celebrated Mick Jagger's 62nd birthday by announcing the release date for their first studio CD in eight years. A

Washington ? Hey, Mr. President, get off of their cloud.

The Rolling Stones will launch a new album in September, and the music trade press was abuzz last week with word that it may include a track criticizing the Bush administration’s foreign policy. The song, “Sweet Neo-Con,” is said to be one of 18 tracks that have been recorded; 11 will wind up on the CD.

President Bush probably did not expect to get satisfaction from the Stones, but Britain’s New Musical Express publication, which calls itself “the world’s biggest-selling rock weekly,” reported last week that Sweet Neo-Con “is believed to be an attack on the politics of George Bush and the Republican administration.” Various other publications have made similar reports, and the Rolling Stones Fan Club of Europe says Virgin Records has been telling people the song has “a political message about moralism in the White House.”

Not so, says Stones publicist Fran Curtis. The song “is not about nor does it mention Bush or his administration.” Curtis did not say what it is about, but no matter: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.

Regardless, this got the Democratic Leadership Council’s Marshall Wittmann thinking. He suggested that the White House could form its own band, “the Stonewalls,” with Scott McClellan on vocals, Ari Fleischer on bass, Nicolle Devenish on guitar and Karen Hughes on drums.

Its warm-up act: the Talking Heads, featuring Tim Russert on vocals, Howard Fineman on bass, Norman Ornstein on guitar and George Will on drums.