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The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil (6:18)

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“Sympathy for the Devil” is a song by The Rolling Stones which first appeared as the opening track on the band’s 1968 album Beggars Banquet.

The recording of “Sympathy for the Devil” began at London’s Olympic Sound Studios on June 4 1968 and continued into the next day; overdubs were done on June 8, 9, and 10. Personnel included on the recording include Nicky Hopkins on piano; Rocky Dijon on congas; Bill Wyman on maracas. Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman and Richards can be seen performing backup vocals in the film Sympathy for the Devil by Jean-Luc Godard, but this scene was staged specially for the cameras; the actual backing vocals were overdubbed by Jagger, Richards and Miller. Richards plays bass on the original recording, and also the song’s electric-guitar solo.

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The song has been widely covered since its release, including: September 1973 Bryan Ferry’s solo effort departure from Roxy Music in These Foolish Things (album), a notable version by Jane’s Addiction that was included on their 1987 self-titled live album, a much darker and complex version by jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, called “Symphony For the Devil”, from the group’s Third Album, Inkubus Sukkubus on the album Science and Nature in 2007, Electric Hellfire Club for their 2000 album Empathy for the Devil, Tiamat on their 1999 album, Skeleton Skeletron, Sandie Shaw for her album Reviewing the Situation.
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  • valimonruby20

    PLEASE TO MEET YOU.... ALL SINNERS ARE SAINTS

    Thursday afternoon

  • Actium

    it's like with Harry Potter, the book is better than the song :) read it

    last week

  • Robesko

    Please to meet you, hope you guess my name!! Legendary song

    last month

  • scott0329

    And all the sinners are saints.

    last month

  • Petecock

    Einfach geil, selten hat man wieder solche perfekte Riffs von den Stones gehört. Für mich das beste was sie je auf Vinyl gepresst haben.

    last month

  • EK_Koloktos

    =]

    last month

  • almagal

    F-CKIN MUSIC

    last month

  • oldiesfanjohn

    still rawks after all these years,Satan runnin` amuck in 1930`s Russia!

    last month

  • TheDarkSide73

    I shouted out who killed the kennedys when after all it was you and me..

    last month

  • Nihilistic23

    OMG, i just played this song backwards, OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 D:

    last month

  • MIKEH3875

    One of the best tunes in the entire huge vast catalog the Stones have.

    last month

  • freelanza

    i've always wanted to sing this while jumping on a giant piano, like Tom Hanks in "Big"

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  • TaureDawn

    One of my favorites.

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  • oldiesfanjohn

    Holy that is all Shit!...I am here to dig the music...not to get a F`N Religious Philosophy lesson...REALLY?

    last month

  • Clembot

    awwwww yeah

    last month

  • MartinCQuet

    I don't have sympathy for devils. Most people don't realize this, but the origin of the term demon is daemonia. It was a Greek term that was misappropriated by Hellenizing Jews. To the Greeks it meant something akin to a "wise philosopher or teacher" while to the Greek-speaking rabbinate, it meant "unclean spirit". What a double-entendre. Surely, Jesus of Nazareth had a fun time driving the 7 daemonia out of Mary from Magdalene. The unclean spirits of Greek philosophy. Were it not for Greek philosophy bastardizing the very Jewish message of Jesus, Christianity might have become a much more beautiful religious movement within Judaism. However, what early Christianity did to The Adversary is unspeakable and I do have sympathy for The Adversary. To Jews, The Adversary is little more than humanity's dutch uncle who has to ask permission from YHWH to tempt the righteous and draw the wicked out into the open to expose them for all to see. This is not an enviable job for a humble servant.

    March 2012

  • star_shaped_man

    Goes without saying this is a classic! I'm into the live version from Get Your Ya-Ya's Out! at the minute, Keef and Mick Taylor ripping up the fretboard!

    March 2012

  • FeXYSpartan

    HEYYY This is that song in Call of Duty Black Ops! I never knew the name! COOOOOOOLLLL

    March 2012

  • Modestmilk

    Best Rolling Stones song, 5/5 [2]

    March 2012

  • Endymion85

    While i respect others' opinions Neil Peart, Keith Moon, and John Bonham would like a word with you.

    March 2012
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