История песни Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones

Когда The Rolling Stones записала Sympathy for the Devil, группа подверглась многочисленным нападкам со стороны религиозных фанатиков и ревностных поборников моральных устоев. Музыкантам и раньше доводилось шокировать достопочтенную публику сексуальными намеками и легким заигрыванием с сатанинской тематикой, но песня под названием «Сочувствие к дьяволу» стала настоящим шоком для консервативного общества.

Впрочем, как показала дальнейшая история коллектива, «роллинги» от этого только выиграли.

История создания и смысл Sympathy for the Devil

Соавторами Sympathy for the Devil официально значатся Джаггер и Ричардс, хотя основную часть работы над ней проделал, безусловно, Мик.

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Текст песни Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones

Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
I’ve been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man’s soul to waste

And I was ’round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Chorus:
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general’s rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
‘Cause I’m in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah

Tell me baby, what’s my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what’s my name
I tell you one time, you’re to blame

What’s my name
Tell me, baby, what’s my name
Tell me, sweetie, what’s my name