Stones sound off about Super Bowl

Lowering the sound to edit their lyrics during the Super Bowl halftime show was “absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary,” the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman Tuesday.

The NFL, which produced the show seen Sunday night on ABC, silenced Jagger’s microphone during sexually suggestive passages of two of the three songs the band performed before an audience of 90 million television viewers. The league said it wanted to ensure family entertainment at the game.

“The band was aware of our plan to simply lower Mick’s mike at the appropriate moments,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “It was discussed with the group last week prior to the Super Bowl.”

The band members may have known about it, but that doesn’t mean they liked it, spokeswoman Fran Curtis said.