Hey, in this video I mention two things, satanism and atheism, and talk about them. My approach to the subjects were not exactly clear, so I think I'll just post a footnote here to try and give more context. I am aware that atheism is simply a disbelief in deities based on available evidence. I was always under the impression satanist were "those who worship satan". But in fact, here's wikipedia's definition of LaVeyan satanism: Atheistic ideology. Materialist, rejecting the existence of supernatural beings, body-soul dualism, and life after death. Practitioners do not believe that Satan literally exists and do not worship him. Instead, Satan is viewed as a positive archetype representing pride, carnality, and enlightenment... It promotes a philosophy based on individualism and egoism, coupled with Social Darwinism and anti-egalitarianism. My train of thought in the video was simply around my recent discovery of this. I am not attempting to say that atheists are satanists, or that either of them are evil. My personal belief system has live and let live included, and I apologize that comments in the video were taken in a negative way. I'll be more careful with word choice in the future, but whatever you are, thank you for reading:) I love you, y'all are awesome!
In no way did you suggest that the satanist view was your own view, nor did I take it as negative on your part. You were musing about an idea you had encountered, prompted by the song. There is precisely nothing wrong with that.
@@MrDeejf Agree, some folks see the worst in everything and jump to conclusions... Why dump vs ask some probing follow ups to clarify and discuss issues. Not total troll like but getting there...
I don't remember anyone being upset when this came out. My dad is a minister and I used to work with him. One day I heard him singing woo woo and I had to clue him in on the song title lol.
I grew up with this song and to me the line “Who killed the Kennedy’s? When after all it was you and me” sums up the point of the song. We are responsible for the world around us.
THIS! As a Christian, I often see the devil used as a scapegoat for human failings. This song takes a walk down some of history's darkest moments, and shows man's part in what might be blamed on the devil.
Your comprehension ist very close to this song's intended meaning, though the song isn't specifically a direct reference to a devil or demon's existence, but ist much a direct reference to "humanity's" ignorant, self-important, virus-like practices...Und your comment isn't dramatic as mine,...but good enough. :-)
I think the point of this song is to listen to his words and that incredible rhythm master. We just saw Lucifer in the form of a lying bum trying to be king. that's lucifer. No "please to meet" that foul creature..
No its not. The protagonist in the song is literally the devil. And he's asking people to understand that his job isn't easy..and he doesn't necessarily enjoy it. Like he's following a mandate given to him by God who created him and everthing else and knew about everything that was going to happen. ....Or would have created him if not for the fact that God is a ludicrous fantasy that morons beleive because they are afraid to die.
peak Stones, for sure, and they've had so many. hard to think of any other group that could do this song. now that i think of it, has anyone ever attempted to do a cover? it's pretty unique to them i think.
Classic, we used to sing this on school bus. We had a hour and a half ride. Bus driver didn’t care for it. At the time this song came out, adults were demonizing this type of music and the musicians . I think this was a taunt to those people.
“Jack Flash sat on a candlestick 'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend Oh, and as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in Hell Could break that Satan spell And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with delight The day the music died” Is the Stones/Sympathy for the Devil/Hell’s Angels at Altamont in Don McLean’s American Pie
There are some interesting allusions to both the Rolling Stones and "Sympathy For The Devil" in "American Pie" which you reacted to a couple months ago. According to Songfacts review of "American Pie": "The section with the line, "The flames climbed high into the night," is probably about the Altamont Speedway concert in 1969. While the Rolling Stones were playing, a fan was stabbed to death by a member of The Hells Angels who were hired for security. "The line "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick" is taken from a nursery rhyme that goes "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick." Jumping over the candlestick comes from a game where people would jump over fires. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a Rolling Stones song. Another possible reference to The Stones can be found in the line, "Fire is the devils only friend," which could be The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil," which is on the same Rolling Stones album." American Songwriter says that in American Pie "Altamont is even more sinister, with Satan laughing from the stage as the innocent 1950s literally burn to the ground." That was 10 years after rock and roll started its slow decline of innocence on The Day The Music Died when Buddy Holly (It's So Easy To Fall In Love and Peggy Sue), The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) and Ritchie Valens (La Bamba) perished in a plane crash. "It was the end of an era, the demise of a smooth-sailing decade that would soon be replaced by the turbulent sixties."
This is one of their greats. Some other Stones songs that you will definitely want to react to, that I also highly recommend, are: Angie (my favorite) Satisfaction You Can't Always Get What You Want Start Me Up Under My Thumb Wild Horses Honky Tonk Woman Beast of Burden Jumpin' Jack Flash Midnight Rambler Brown Sugar It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Time Is On My Side
As a Christian and a creative artist myself, I think it's perfectly fine to enjoy any piece of literature, song, film, etc. that is enlightening, regardless of the point of view it comes from. For example, I can sing along to a humorous ditty like "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band and have fun with it. It certainly doesn't mean I am "GLORIFYING Satan" or anything. It's all about context. You would never be able to enjoy a 17th century classic poem such as "Paradise Lost" by John Milton if you were unable to separate a piece of fiction from a work of praise. Don't worry about looking at everything through the clunky lens of theology Daniel. If you find yourself tapping your foot and jamming out to Iron Maiden's "Number Of The Beast", don't worry. It's a kick butt metal tune. Now, if you attend church this Sunday and someone says, "Please turn to Hymn #45 and join in singing 'Shout At The Devil' by Motley Crue", you might want to be alarmed.
The song is inspired by the Mikhail Bulgokov book "The Master and the Margarita". Epic Russian novel, no doubt you'd enjoy based on what I have learned about you. It starts with Satan debating atheists on a park bench, then into a flashback of Jesus meeting Pontius Pilate. In short they paint the devil as a entity who does evil to remind people what good is and when and how to practice it. But the novel is much bigger than that. It's such an epic book and subject matter, all encompassing, religion, history, time travel, metaphysics etc. In the book the Devil is there to force people to be kinder to each other because of what he does. As in evil in the world reminds us to be good to each other... so have a little sympathy for what he does and why he does it.
I've heard this many times, though have not seen the video and I really liked the lyrics going across the screen, and the guitar riffs showing up on the screen as well. Thanks for reacting.
I like the historical references in the song, Anastasia, the Blitzkrieg, the Kennedys and it's well played and sung. Personally I think the fictional Devil is a convenient scapegoat, humanity needs to take credit for its own actions, deal with life instead of the afterlife. For a laugh give a listen to the album "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell".
‘For criminal acts and violence on the stage. For being a brat refusing to act your age. For all of the decent people that you’ve enraged...YOU..CAN GO TO HELL!”
I have seen them 15 times and when they do this song........the entire crowd is going Wooo Hooo!!! Thanks for doing this,the Stones have a ton of tunes for you to explore .Thanks dude!!!!
Interesting fact about the song: It was originally a blues, as can be seen in the 1967 movie "Week-End" by Jean-Luc Godard, which has some scenes showing the Rolling Stones in the studio. The movie, by the way, is extremely weird; Jesus and Alice in Wonderland do for example have cameo appearances in it. It is about a French couple who set out to murder her mother for her inheritance and, after a weird journey, wind up with cannibals who kill and eat the husband while the wife joins them. The last lines of the movie are: Wife: "What's that we are eating"? Cannibal: "The remains of the English tourists from last week. A bit of your husband is in it too". Wife: "Then please give me some more".
The song isn't actually saying to have sympathy for the Devil, if there even is a "Devil."..(There isn't, btw) What the song is saying is, stop shoveling all the bad stuff onto an imaginary figure. The song's pointing out all these things gone bad down from history..They could have been avoided, by humans. However, we prefer to shove it off, (because it's more palatable) as opposed to dealing with who's really at fault..We are, of course.
You mean you believe there isn't. And the song doesn't say he's imaginary. I make the point of not having sympathy for him even when he's not to blame for people's own actions. But he does influence ones and has been ruling the world a long time. Jesus Christ called him the ruler of the world. But thankfully, both he and those to blame, will be removed in the near future.
@@michaellomax2 Interesting, all songs deserve different interpretations. However, knowing where the Stones come from I would bet that they mean what Steve is suggesting. However you wish to interpret it is of course open though :)
@@kevingillespie5242 Don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the Rolling Stones songs. However, this one is speaking from the standpoint of Satan. Sympathy for him because he gets the blame for some things he doesn't do. My point is, he gets none from me. From a biblical view, he started it all off at the beginning. He rules the world actually, which is why Christ called him the ruler of the world. That's why Satan tempted Christ by offering him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, if he did an act of worship to him. You can't tempt someone with what you haven't got. Anyway, though humans are capable of the most heinous acts on their own, looking at some of them you can see Satan's influence.
Okay here is the deal with this song: THE STUDIO VERSION STINKS. The live version, on the GET YER YA YAS OUT loses the dumb ass "woo-woos" and instead you get these epic guitar solos by Keith Richards and WOW, THE SOLO BY MICK TAYLOR on this song is HISTORICALLY EPIC. It clocks in at 6:52( the whole song, not the solo). You have to trust me on this and check out THE LIVE VERSION. Other guitar players on this channel will agree with me, right?
It’s a great song… fantastic lyrics. The Stones from 1967 through 1971 were at their creative peak. Four great records back to back.. Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers.
The song is based on this crazy Russian novel Jagger read when it was first smuggled out of Soviet Russia in the mid 60s called "The Master and Margarita" penned by Mikhael Bulgakov. Trippy!!!
This was one of their most popular songs ever. I remember my mom getting mad at me for listening to it when I was about 8 years old. This is a classic jam. Probably one of the very few Rolling Stones songs that is still in rotation regularly on the rock radio stations
Great song. You should do "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Classic mid-60's rock radio hit that was super influential. The Stones have so many great hits and deep cuts. I love their albums as well.
Such a classic! Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the iconic, driving bass line was played by Keith Richards, not the band's actual bassist, Bill Wyman.
The song is from the Devils point of view basically holding a mirror up to man kind and telling us all to look at the true face of all of our problems and and stop blaming his sorry arss.
Great analysis as usual. I love this good rockin' tune, and its historical references. "Angie" and "Gimme Shelter" and "Wild Horses" are my fave Stone Songs..."Painted Black" is another good one, too!!
That isn't the concept of Satan at all. He is always there, Earth is his domain and each person is responsible for their daily succumbing to the temptations.
One of my favorite Stones songs from one of my favorite Stones albums...Beggar’s Banquet....1968....I think their peak, album-wise was 1968-1972 or so.
Being a fan of lead guitar, my favourite Stones period was when they had Mick Taylor on lead guitar. See "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "Sway", "Time Waits For No One", or his playing on the live Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out album. Also his guest live solo on "Apolitical Blues" by Little Feat. He also played a huge part in the band he was in before the Stones - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, so if you are going to check out some blues... maybe something like "Vacation" from the Blues From Laurel Canyon album. John Mayall's group was a spawning ground for British rock musicians. Eric Clapton's playing really progressed a lot when he left The Yardbirds and joined Mayall, before leaving to form Cream. (See "Steppin' Out", or "Have You Heard"). After Clapton and before Taylor came Peter Green on guitar, who left Mayall along with drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie to form Fleetwood Mac, which was originally a blues group. They wrote the original "Black Magic Woman", which later became a big hit for Santana.
In the documentary film about the Rolling Stones and this song, Mick Jagger said "something weird always happens when we play this song" at the Altamont Festival as the Hell's Angels beat up and kill a fan.
As confirmed multiple times: " In the 2012 documentary Crossfire Hurricane, Jagger stated that his influence for the song came from Baudelaire and from the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita (which had just appeared in English translation in 1967). The book was given to Jagger by Marianne Faithfull and she confirmed the inspiration in an interview with Sylvie Simmons from the magazine Mojo in 2005.", straight from Wikipedia. The novel is well worth a read
I would like to share several interesting points about this song and the lyric video used in your post. The dirty graffiti wall back round of the video actually represents an alternative album cover to the Stones' album Beggars Banquet, which feature a toilet wall. Also, it's interesting to note that Keith Richards does the bass playing in this recording. I first became aware of this by watching an interesting film segment by Jean-Luc Godard showing the evolution of this song as the Rolling Stones recorded it in the studio in 1968. The tune's evolution is fascinating to watch, and is availble to view on You Tube. Thank you for your videos; I really enjoy watching them.
I just thought of this for the first time. The single bongo played with two beats at a time is almost like cowbell in Don't Fear the Reaper. SNL could do a skit just like that for this song and Christopher Walken could say, "I have a fever! And the only cure for it is more BONGO!"
This song is about how the wealthy and powerful men send poor men out to destroy. It about how they like to blame an imaginary devil for their own failings and violence. The Stones always nailed it right down, and still amaze with their utter brilliance.
This song and the incredible "Street fighting man " are the quintessential songs solidifying their image differing from the wholesome image of the Beatles.
Daniel, we come to see you react and give us your point of view, that is exactly what we expect a reactor to do!! Not everyone gets the same meaning from music!! Great job young man, keep up the honesty and we'll keep coming back!!
Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita", a strange and brilliant novel where the action switches between Stalin's Moscow and Pilate's Jerusalem - so you can see why it was suppressed in Russia for a long time. The Devil character and his entourage do confuse the people and leave chaos in their wake. Mick Jagger, back in the 60s, must have been one of the first people to read it in English. I never think of the Stones as a literary band, but this is the exception, and since it's a favorite novel of mine, I love it.
Losing My Religion is REM-I’ve mentioned them several times: band from Georgia! Michael Stipe, lead singer: today is his birthday. Happy birthday Michael! Losing My Religion is not about religion, by the way.
Quotation from Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials: “In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
Alice Cooper is not a joke ... Son of a preacher, Christian, never uses bad language, owns a free school of music for kids, has the best concerts, and when he sins in concert he always pays the price for his sins. Great guy too. Saw the Stones a few times and their are people that go out and act like the best. You know, they do the rooster dance ... from church you know that. They haven't gone 50 plus years without something special. They stroll out to one hundred thousand people as if they are in their living room ... They aren't members of a band ... They are The Rolling Stones!!
You should react to Dimash !! He’s the best singer in the world and no one can be compare to him believe me 😛, its not a problem to like rock, metal, or pop, or opera or old classic song, Dimash have that talent that make you like his song and his voice and remember that if you like music: you have a life Before listening Dimash, and a better life AFTER listening Dimash lol. Honestly no word can describe him for all that talent he have, toral range of 6 octave maybe more right now, well you should react to him plzz , his base fan are awesome and a lot of Vocal Coach singer reacting to him and all of them saying that Dimash is the best voice in the world and universe!! Your subscriber will growing up real fast if you discovering Dimash. I have few song for you to suggest. 1) Dimash - SOS d’un terrien en detresse ( Slavic Bazaar version ) French song , yah you should know that he can sing in 12 or 13 different language, 2) Dimash - Sinful passion ( Russian song ) , 3) my favorite , Dimash - Know vocalise ( Arnau tour version ) well 95% of his songs are Live and he call his fans : Dears, you’ll probly be a new Dear i guess, YOU SHOULD Listening to Dimash the best singer in this world history lol and hes just 26 years old right now. Sorry for my english im french lol
Classic, Saw them the first time when I was 16. I've been a fan for almost 50 years. Exile on Main Street is my favorite album. I hope you do something off that soon!
I once was given a painting on black velvet (yes, that was a thing!). The subject was a very attractive man. It was only upon close inspection that you noticed the horns, cards, dice, drugs, drinks, etc. that were hiding in the painting. This song always reminds me of that painting.
Please make a reaction to a young, very popular singer in world. Videos from this singer collect hundreds of millions of views. Diana Ankudinova is now only 17 years old. She has a very unique, very deep, clear voice. Dr. Marc Reynolds (Voice Teacher, Stage Director, Performance Coach and Consultant, and Acting Coach) said about the performance of this girl: Really really exceptional! Even if you ignore her age, even is she was 10, 20, 30 years older, this is still a really exceptional performer here that we're seeing. But at her age, unbelievable. Really really exceptional! Absolutely gorgeous! And again, not just because of her voice, because her performing, watching how nuanced and engaging her performance is. Ah, it's just so stunning. It's absolutely amazing.
I guess it shows my age a bit, but the first place I heard this song was the end credits for Interview with a Vampire. I immediately had to pay attention to the credits so I could see what the song was. Bought my first rolling stones tape not long after that.
This song got a ton of rock radio airplay throughout the 70's (in Southern California, at least) because it's The Stones, and the lyrical content was never brought into question. The Stones did stop playing it in concert after the Altamont Free Concert killing in 1969. I don't remember if they started playing it again in the years since.
See? The sixties was philosophical. The Stones were being bad guys, but philosophical bad guys... 🥳 I suggest you check out The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, a song called “Fire”.
The Stones were performing Sympathy for the Devil at Altamont concert 4 months after Woodstock ('69) when the Hells Angeles killed a fan in front of the stage - Some see this the end of the Love Peace era
I was looking forward to your opinion on this song. This is one of my favorite songs by The Stones. Mostly because of the bass riff and the beat. Woo woo!! 🤣🤣🤣
This is really about the view point that good and evil are are just words. That sinners and saints are the same people. Everybody has both good and bad within them. The song started as a reaction to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. "I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?' when after all it was you and me." In other words we are all both sinners and saints at the same time.
To piggyback on this song you should react to the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" that deals with the infamous Altamont concert in which a concert goer was stabbed to death. The Rolling Stones were at the height of their creativity, but the concert itself was nothing but chaos. It's a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in American culture.
Well speaking about games....I like to blast this in the background while enjoying a combat flight simulator, taking 1 zero alone, against 6 hellcats, usually taking down everything in sight, something about the tempo and beat is a big help and sets the right mood.
Eric Clapton also did a really good "Knocking On Heaven's Door" - BTW "Losing My Religion" is actually just a old southern term for being upset or frustrated...not really a religious reference...and it's a terrific REM song!
The Stones certainly knew the very title of the song would generate immediate interest. The music in the song is done very well and keeps you listening. Lyrically it does convey the sense that humans are capable of doing evil without the need of a devil to persuade them. This was played on the radio consistently over the years. I would suggest checking out "Waiting on a friend " for your next Stones reaction.
If you find the "Story from the Devil's perspective" idea, you should try to find a copy of "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. It's a series of letters from a senior demon tutoring a subordinate on how to tempt and corrupt people. It was a study of religion from the flip side.
This post is not intended as a put down of you or anyone else’s religious beliefs. I’ve done quite a bit of reading on early Christianity and Judaism. From what I understand In Judaism, Satan was an agent of God and not the fallen angel as portrayed by Christianity. Also there was no eternal damnation as Christianity claimed in their version. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole idea of the Devil and eternal damnation was dreamed up by the early Church to raise money. Many Medieval churches had Hell Mouths over the entrance. This was art intended to frighten people with portrayals of Hell and Satan. Then the same church over a chance to buy your way out of Hell. The well off and rich could easily afford to do this and would pay substantial sums to save themselves. The poor on the other could give one of their children to the church to be raised and trained by them as priests, monks, etc. It was really quite a racket.
Great reaction as always. And another two connections with David Bowie: 1) Bowie and Jagger were a very good friends (some rumors said even more). And they made a collab song "Dancing in the street". 2) As was mentioned "Sympathy For The Devil" was inspired by the novel "Master and Margarita" by russian writer Bulgakov. This novel has a cult status in Russia and some other countries. There were several attempts at screen adaptation of this book (I'd say they weren't successfull). One of them tried to invite David Bowie as a Woland (devil's nickname at the novel). Woland described in the novel as a foriegner, a tall man with an eyes with different colors. Just like Bowie is. But it wasn't allowed by Soviet government.
At the Altamont concert in 1969, the Stones hired Hell's Angels as security guards and sadly watched them kill a fan as this song was performed. Very sad story. Between that incident and Charles Manson, the hippie movement died.
If you want to learn more about the disastrous Altamont Speedway free concert that resulted in Meredith Hunter (who may or may not have been pulling out a gun to aim at or shoot Mick Jagger) being stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel who was working security, it has been well documented. I have a book called "Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hell's Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day" by Joel Selvin. There's also a documentary about the concert called "Gimme Shelter." The concert was organized by the Grateful Dead, of all people, who were supposed to play at the show, but ended up pulling out after the stabbing took place. Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and The Rolling Stones all played at the show. It took place an hour out of San Francisco, which was the Grateful Dead's home territory, and they were basically the kings of the local rock scene in 1969. They held the planning meeting for the concert in a barn in the GD's drummer Mickey Hart's ranch. That's what happens when you let disorganized hippies set up a free event where 300,000 people are going to show up. The Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter wrote the song "New Speedway Boogie" as his response to what happened at Altamont, which was released on Workingman's Dead in 1970 and is a really great song imo that applies just as much today as it did when it was written.
By the time this song came out, FM radio was becoming popular and that's where it got a lot of airplay. So it wasn't released as a single. It was very popular in its day but they stopped playing it in concert for several years following Altamont. Jagger said that the crowds were getting kind of crazy when they played it. It's certainly one of their A-listers. Another great one is Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
Oh yeah. Nasty and cool. What can you say about the Stones? If you want more of them at their peak, try the studio version of "Midnight Rambler". You'd dig it, I think, because Mick actually begins acting out the part of the Rambler during the song. It's chilling. Mind-blowing harmonica in it as well.
Meredith Hunter was an 18 year old who was killed by the Hells Angels. What is hardly mentioned is he was stoned out of his mind and pulled out a gun and the Hells Angels were pretty wasted as well the whole incident was captured on film and is in the Movie Gimme Shelter.
Daniel, I think you have a healthy interpretation of this song. I'm not particularly religious, but I've always interpreted this as a comment on the general state of humanity.
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Hey, in this video I mention two things, satanism and atheism, and talk about them. My approach to the subjects were not exactly clear, so I think I'll just post a footnote here to try and give more context.
I am aware that atheism is simply a disbelief in deities based on available evidence.
I was always under the impression satanist were "those who worship satan". But in fact, here's wikipedia's definition of LaVeyan satanism: Atheistic ideology. Materialist, rejecting the existence of supernatural beings, body-soul dualism, and life after death. Practitioners do not believe that Satan literally exists and do not worship him. Instead, Satan is viewed as a positive archetype representing pride, carnality, and enlightenment... It promotes a philosophy based on individualism and egoism, coupled with Social Darwinism and anti-egalitarianism.
My train of thought in the video was simply around my recent discovery of this. I am not attempting to say that atheists are satanists, or that either of them are evil. My personal belief system has live and let live included, and I apologize that comments in the video were taken in a negative way. I'll be more careful with word choice in the future, but whatever you are, thank you for reading:) I love you, y'all are awesome!
In no way did you suggest that the satanist view was your own view, nor did I take it as negative on your part. You were musing about an idea you had encountered, prompted by the song. There is precisely nothing wrong with that.
@@MrDeejf Agree, some folks see the worst in everything and jump to conclusions... Why dump vs ask some probing follow ups to clarify and discuss issues. Not total troll like but getting there...
No problem Daniel! I respect your right to be a Christian as long as you respect my right to be an Atheist.
I don't remember anyone being upset when this came out. My dad is a minister and I used to work with him. One day I heard him singing woo woo and I had to clue him in on the song title lol.
Bloody hell its just a pop song, get over it.
I grew up with this song and to me the line “Who killed the Kennedy’s? When after all it was you and me” sums up the point of the song. We are responsible for the world around us.
Who is the driver of our spirit?
In truth, there are many many branches of Satanism, from the most pastoral to the most ritualistic and sacrificial. I really like your interpretation.
The point of the song is that the devil is in all of us and, if we don't realize it, he'll lay our souls to waste.
THIS! As a Christian, I often see the devil used as a scapegoat for human failings. This song takes a walk down some of history's darkest moments, and shows man's part in what might be blamed on the devil.
Your comprehension ist very close to this song's intended meaning, though the song
isn't specifically a direct reference to a devil or demon's existence, but ist much a
direct reference to "humanity's" ignorant, self-important, virus-like practices...Und
your comment isn't dramatic as mine,...but good enough. :-)
I think the point of this song is to listen to his words and that incredible rhythm master. We just saw Lucifer in the form of a lying bum trying to be king. that's lucifer. No "please to meet" that foul creature..
No its not. The protagonist in the song is literally the devil. And he's asking people to understand that his job isn't easy..and he doesn't necessarily enjoy it. Like he's following a mandate given to him by God who created him and everthing else and knew about everything that was going to happen. ....Or would have created him if not for the fact that God is a ludicrous fantasy that morons beleive because they are afraid to die.
The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.......
“The villain is a hero in his own story.”
Exactly
Just like the church.
The point of the song is if you want to know what the devil looks like take a look in the mirror
Especially the church.
Can't get any more classic Stones than this.
Would be in my top three Stones songs as well along with Gimme Shelter and Paint it Black
So many great songs, Street Fighting Man ,Under my Thumb, Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar. The list goes on and on.
peak Stones, for sure, and they've had so many. hard to think of any other group that could do this song. now that i think of it, has anyone ever attempted to do a cover? it's pretty unique to them i think.
@HamiltonRb I mean I love all those songs but they have better stuff
Classic, we used to sing this on school bus. We had a hour and a half ride. Bus driver didn’t care for it. At the time this song came out, adults were demonizing this type of music and the musicians . I think this was a taunt to those people.
Moonlight Mile is a Stones masterpiece that’s highly underrated. !! Highly recommended...🎧
Totally agree with you one of their best!
Agreed😊Even after 5 months😁
“Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died”
Is the Stones/Sympathy for the Devil/Hell’s Angels at Altamont in Don McLean’s American Pie
I always thought that that was what he was referencing
There are some interesting allusions to both the Rolling Stones and "Sympathy For The Devil" in "American Pie" which you reacted to a couple months ago. According to Songfacts review of "American Pie":
"The section with the line, "The flames climbed high into the night," is probably about the Altamont Speedway concert in 1969. While the Rolling Stones were playing, a fan was stabbed to death by a member of The Hells Angels who were hired for security.
"The line "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick" is taken from a nursery rhyme that goes "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick." Jumping over the candlestick comes from a game where people would jump over fires. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a Rolling Stones song. Another possible reference to The Stones can be found in the line, "Fire is the devils only friend," which could be The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil," which is on the same Rolling Stones album."
American Songwriter says that in American Pie "Altamont is even more sinister, with Satan laughing from the stage as the innocent 1950s literally burn to the ground."
That was 10 years after rock and roll started its slow decline of innocence on The Day The Music Died when Buddy Holly (It's So Easy To Fall In Love and Peggy Sue), The Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace) and Ritchie Valens (La Bamba) perished in a plane crash. "It was the end of an era, the demise of a smooth-sailing decade that would soon be replaced by the turbulent sixties."
This is one of their greats. Some other Stones songs that you will definitely want to react to, that I also highly recommend, are:
Angie (my favorite)
Satisfaction
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Start Me Up
Under My Thumb
Wild Horses
Honky Tonk Woman
Beast of Burden
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Midnight Rambler
Brown Sugar
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Time Is On My Side
As a Christian and a creative artist myself, I think it's perfectly fine to enjoy any piece of literature, song, film, etc. that is enlightening, regardless of the point of view it comes from. For example, I can sing along to a humorous ditty like "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band and have fun with it. It certainly doesn't mean I am "GLORIFYING Satan" or anything. It's all about context. You would never be able to enjoy a 17th century classic poem such as "Paradise Lost" by John Milton if you were unable to separate a piece of fiction from a work of praise.
Don't worry about looking at everything through the clunky lens of theology Daniel. If you find yourself tapping your foot and jamming out to Iron Maiden's "Number Of The Beast", don't worry. It's a kick butt metal tune. Now, if you attend church this Sunday and someone says, "Please turn to Hymn #45 and join in singing 'Shout At The Devil' by Motley Crue", you might want to be alarmed.
The song is inspired by the Mikhail Bulgokov book "The Master and the Margarita". Epic Russian novel, no doubt you'd enjoy based on what I have learned about you. It starts with Satan debating atheists on a park bench, then into a flashback of Jesus meeting Pontius Pilate. In short they paint the devil as a entity who does evil to remind people what good is and when and how to practice it. But the novel is much bigger than that. It's such an epic book and subject matter, all encompassing, religion, history, time travel, metaphysics etc.
In the book the Devil is there to force people to be kinder to each other because of what he does. As in evil in the world reminds us to be good to each other... so have a little sympathy for what he does and why he does it.
I've heard this many times, though have not seen the video and I really liked the lyrics going across the screen, and the guitar riffs showing up on the screen as well. Thanks for reacting.
I like the historical references in the song, Anastasia, the Blitzkrieg, the Kennedys and it's well played and sung. Personally I think the fictional Devil is a convenient scapegoat, humanity needs to take credit for its own actions, deal with life instead of the afterlife.
For a laugh give a listen to the album "Alice Cooper Goes to Hell".
Fucking brilliant!
‘For criminal acts and violence on the stage. For being a brat refusing to act your age. For all of the decent people that you’ve enraged...YOU..CAN GO TO HELL!”
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God made us - he knows why we don't believe, right?
I have seen them 15 times and when they do this song........the entire crowd is going Wooo Hooo!!! Thanks for doing this,the Stones have a ton of tunes for you to explore .Thanks dude!!!!
Fifteen times! Lucky you. Me, only four. 72, 75, 78, 81 all at MSG, NYC.
Interesting fact about the song: It was originally a blues, as can be seen in the 1967 movie "Week-End" by Jean-Luc Godard, which has some scenes showing the Rolling Stones in the studio. The movie, by the way, is extremely weird; Jesus and Alice in Wonderland do for example have cameo appearances in it. It is about a French couple who set out to murder her mother for her inheritance and, after a weird journey, wind up with cannibals who kill and eat the husband while the wife joins them. The last lines of the movie are: Wife: "What's that we are eating"? Cannibal: "The remains of the English tourists from last week. A bit of your husband is in it too". Wife: "Then please give me some more".
Jumping Jack Flash. Not deep, but irresistible. If you want more interesting lyrics, try Brown Sugar.
The song isn't actually saying to have sympathy for the Devil, if there even is a "Devil."..(There isn't, btw) What the song is saying is, stop shoveling all the bad stuff onto an imaginary figure. The song's pointing out all these things gone bad down from history..They could have been avoided, by humans. However, we prefer to shove it off, (because it's more palatable) as opposed to dealing with who's really at fault..We are, of course.
You mean you believe there isn't. And the song doesn't say he's imaginary. I make the point of not having sympathy for him even when he's not to blame for people's own actions. But he does influence ones and has been ruling the world a long time. Jesus Christ called him the ruler of the world. But thankfully, both he and those to blame, will be removed in the near future.
@@michaellomax2 Interesting, all songs deserve different interpretations. However, knowing where the Stones come from I would bet that they mean what Steve is suggesting. However you wish to interpret it is of course open though :)
@@kevingillespie5242 Don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the Rolling Stones songs. However, this one is speaking from the standpoint of Satan. Sympathy for him because he gets the blame for some things he doesn't do. My point is, he gets none from me. From a biblical view, he started it all off at the beginning. He rules the world actually, which is why Christ called him the ruler of the world. That's why Satan tempted Christ by offering him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, if he did an act of worship to him. You can't tempt someone with what you haven't got. Anyway, though humans are capable of the most heinous acts on their own, looking at some of them you can see Satan's influence.
Okay here is the deal with this song: THE STUDIO VERSION STINKS. The live version, on the GET YER YA YAS OUT loses the dumb ass "woo-woos" and instead you get these epic guitar solos by Keith Richards and WOW, THE SOLO BY MICK TAYLOR on this song is HISTORICALLY EPIC. It clocks in at 6:52( the whole song, not the solo). You have to trust me on this and check out THE LIVE VERSION. Other guitar players on this channel will agree with me, right?
It’s a great song… fantastic lyrics. The Stones from 1967 through 1971 were at their creative peak. Four great records back to back.. Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers.
I remember in college dancing around a table with my friends listening to this and singing "woo woo". Of course we were a little bit stoned. LOL
This song and Gimme Shelter are my 2 favorite Stones songs.
The song is based on this crazy Russian novel Jagger read when it was first smuggled out of Soviet Russia in the mid 60s called "The Master and Margarita" penned by Mikhael Bulgakov. Trippy!!!
This was one of their most popular songs ever. I remember my mom getting mad at me for listening to it when I was about 8 years old. This is a classic jam. Probably one of the very few Rolling Stones songs that is still in rotation regularly on the rock radio stations
"Monkey Man" is my next suggestion for them.
One of my top 5 for sure is Monkey Man
My absolute favorite by them.
Monkey man!
Classic track!!
"Let It Bleed" is my desert island album. It has a bit of everything. "Monkey Man" is great!
The Stones were just having fun. don't over think it. One of the best rock and roll songs ever. Bass playing is crazy.
I keep the radio in my car on a rock station. This song still gets played ✌️♥️
Great song. You should do "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Classic mid-60's rock radio hit that was super influential. The Stones have so many great hits and deep cuts. I love their albums as well.
Such a classic! Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but the iconic, driving bass line was played by Keith Richards, not the band's actual bassist, Bill Wyman.
A lot of great songs came out during the Vietnam war. I believe this would be around that time and would definitely had an influence.
Those woo woo's are hard to resist, eh?
The song is from the Devils point of view basically holding a mirror up to man kind and telling us all to look at the true face of all of our problems and and stop blaming his sorry arss.
Great analysis as usual. I love this good rockin' tune, and its historical references. "Angie" and "Gimme Shelter" and "Wild Horses" are my fave Stone Songs..."Painted Black" is another good one, too!!
Here we are blaming the devil for all of our sins.
That isn't the concept of Satan at all. He is always there, Earth is his domain and each person is responsible for their daily succumbing to the temptations.
Dude I love that comment. Some of the 'facts' Daniel read out showed a complete lack of knowledge about the subject from whoever wrote them.
Mick Jagger wrote these brilliant lyrics at age 25. Remarkable. I think this may be one of the most influential rock songs ever written.
I am 63 years old, and yes they played this song on the radio in the day and no one cared at the time.
One of my favorite Stones songs from one of my favorite Stones albums...Beggar’s Banquet....1968....I think their peak, album-wise was 1968-1972 or so.
The song is based totally on the book "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov. Read the book and you will understand the song.
Keith doesn't play a lot of notes, but he plays the right ones.
He actually plays a lot of notes here: He is the one playing bass in the recording!
Keith is on bass in this song
"Knocking on Heaven's Door" is a Bob Dylan song but many have recorded it.
Yup, many feel that Bob's version is the penultimate version but I always preferred Eric Clapton's cover.
Being a fan of lead guitar, my favourite Stones period was when they had Mick Taylor on lead guitar. See "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "Sway", "Time Waits For No One", or his playing on the live Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out album. Also his guest live solo on "Apolitical Blues" by Little Feat. He also played a huge part in the band he was in before the Stones - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, so if you are going to check out some blues... maybe something like "Vacation" from the Blues From Laurel Canyon album. John Mayall's group was a spawning ground for British rock musicians. Eric Clapton's playing really progressed a lot when he left The Yardbirds and joined Mayall, before leaving to form Cream. (See "Steppin' Out", or "Have You Heard"). After Clapton and before Taylor came Peter Green on guitar, who left Mayall along with drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie to form Fleetwood Mac, which was originally a blues group. They wrote the original "Black Magic Woman", which later became a big hit for Santana.
The look on your face when Keith Richards started in was priceless!!!
In the documentary film about the Rolling Stones and this song, Mick Jagger said "something weird always happens when we play this song" at the Altamont Festival as the Hell's Angels beat up and kill a fan.
They were playing this song at Altamont when someone was stabbed to death down front of stage. They didn't play it again for years
My favourite Stones' song and live... the best of the best!!!
As confirmed multiple times: " In the 2012 documentary Crossfire Hurricane, Jagger stated that his influence for the song came from Baudelaire and from the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita (which had just appeared in English translation in 1967). The book was given to Jagger by Marianne Faithfull and she confirmed the inspiration in an interview with Sylvie Simmons from the magazine Mojo in 2005.", straight from Wikipedia. The novel is well worth a read
I would like to share several interesting points about this song and the lyric video used in your post. The dirty graffiti wall back round of the video actually represents an alternative album cover to the Stones' album Beggars Banquet, which feature a toilet wall. Also, it's interesting to note that Keith Richards does the bass playing in this recording. I first became aware of this by watching an interesting film segment by Jean-Luc Godard showing the evolution of this song as the Rolling Stones recorded it in the studio in 1968. The tune's evolution is fascinating to watch, and is availble to view on You Tube. Thank you for your videos; I really enjoy watching them.
I just thought of this for the first time. The single bongo played with two beats at a time is almost like cowbell in Don't Fear the Reaper. SNL could do a skit just like that for this song and Christopher Walken could say, "I have a fever! And the only cure for it is more BONGO!"
Mick Jagger is a showman and quite animated in concert.
This song is about how the wealthy and powerful men send poor men out to destroy. It about how they like to blame an imaginary devil for their own failings and violence. The Stones always nailed it right down, and still amaze with their utter brilliance.
You could also discuss the hypnotic beat, how the instruments and background add layer by layer, verse by verse.
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a Bob Dylan song.
And Gun's & Roses?
Yes, it's played quite often on our rock radio stations.
This was the “soundtrack” for the hell of Altamont, and performed by The Rolling Stones in person.
Looking forward to this! Gotta turn up the volume!!
This song and the incredible "Street fighting man " are the quintessential songs solidifying their image differing from the wholesome image of the Beatles.
Daniel, we come to see you react and give us your point of view, that is exactly what we expect a reactor to do!! Not everyone gets the same meaning from music!! Great job young man, keep up the honesty and we'll keep coming back!!
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Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita", a strange and brilliant novel where the action switches between Stalin's Moscow and Pilate's Jerusalem - so you can see why it was suppressed in Russia for a long time. The Devil character and his entourage do confuse the people and leave chaos in their wake. Mick Jagger, back in the 60s, must have been one of the first people to read it in English. I never think of the Stones as a literary band, but this is the exception, and since it's a favorite novel of mine, I love it.
Losing My Religion is REM-I’ve mentioned them several times: band from Georgia! Michael Stipe, lead singer: today is his birthday. Happy birthday Michael! Losing My Religion is not about religion, by the way.
Quotation from Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials:
“In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
I think my favorite song by The Rolling Stones is You Can't Always Get What You Want. But then, I'm a sucker for pretty much anything with a choir.
Alice Cooper is not a joke ... Son of a preacher, Christian, never uses bad language, owns a free school of music for kids, has the best concerts, and when he sins in concert he always pays the price for his sins. Great guy too. Saw the Stones a few times and their are people that go out and act like the best. You know, they do the rooster dance ... from church you know that. They haven't gone 50 plus years without something special. They stroll out to one hundred thousand people as if they are in their living room ... They aren't members of a band ... They are The Rolling Stones!!
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Classic, Saw them the first time when I was 16. I've been a fan for almost 50 years. Exile on Main Street is my favorite album. I hope you do something off that soon!
I once was given a painting on black velvet (yes, that was a thing!). The subject was a very attractive man. It was only upon close inspection that you noticed the horns, cards, dice, drugs, drinks, etc. that were hiding in the painting. This song always reminds me of that painting.
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I guess it shows my age a bit, but the first place I heard this song was the end credits for Interview with a Vampire. I immediately had to pay attention to the credits so I could see what the song was. Bought my first rolling stones tape not long after that.
The bass dancing around Jagger's lyrics is immense, love it!
This song got a ton of rock radio airplay throughout the 70's (in Southern California, at least) because it's The Stones, and the lyrical content was never brought into question. The Stones did stop playing it in concert after the Altamont Free Concert killing in 1969. I don't remember if they started playing it again in the years since.
Research the name Anita Pallenberg. Huge influence inside the Stones. She's one of the people singing "Woo woo."
Spent some time with her - a few summer weekends at her home, when she lived in Long Island with son age 15. Fond memory.
One of my favorite songs of all time. The lyrics are phenomenal but the instrumentation is what I love more than anything.
See? The sixties was philosophical. The Stones were being bad guys, but philosophical bad guys... 🥳
I suggest you check out The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, a song called “Fire”.
It may have been avant-garde at the time, but watching it today, that video is goofy AF! lol
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Yes, the long version!
From Day One, my favorite Stones song.
The Stones were performing Sympathy for the Devil at Altamont concert 4 months after Woodstock ('69) when the Hells Angeles killed a fan in front of the stage - Some see this the end of the Love Peace era
Saw the Stones only once in 1982 where they played Sympathy....if I remember it went down really well at the time. Uk and Argentina were at war.
I was looking forward to your opinion on this song.
This is one of my favorite songs by The Stones. Mostly because of the bass riff and the beat. Woo woo!!
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Mick does sing: "Tell you one time; You're to blame."
This is really about the view point that good and evil are are just words. That sinners and saints are the same people. Everybody has both good and bad within them. The song started as a reaction to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. "I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?' when after all it was you and me." In other words we are all both sinners and saints at the same time.
I always understood this to mean that man has a choice to do evil or good. Man's capacity for evil keeps the devil busy.
To piggyback on this song you should react to the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" that deals with the infamous Altamont concert in which a concert goer was stabbed to death. The Rolling Stones were at the height of their creativity, but the concert itself was nothing but chaos. It's a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in American culture.
Well speaking about games....I like to blast this in the background while enjoying a combat flight simulator, taking 1 zero alone, against 6 hellcats, usually taking down everything in sight, something about the tempo and beat is a big help and sets the right mood.
I liked your reaction when Keith began his guitar solo, because that's exactly how you should react to his artistry!
The Stones' video for Paint It Black is done with similar animated lyrics.
Eric Clapton also did a really good "Knocking On Heaven's Door" - BTW "Losing My Religion" is actually just a old southern term for being upset or frustrated...not really a religious reference...and it's a terrific REM song!
The Stones certainly knew the very title of the song would generate immediate interest. The music in the song is done very well and keeps you listening. Lyrically it does convey the sense that humans are capable of doing evil without the need of a devil to persuade them. This was played on the radio consistently over the years. I would suggest checking out "Waiting on a friend " for your next Stones reaction.
If you find the "Story from the Devil's perspective" idea, you should try to find a copy of "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. It's a series of letters from a senior demon tutoring a subordinate on how to tempt and corrupt people. It was a study of religion from the flip side.
Loved your reaction......very in depth and thought provoking
This post is not intended as a put down of you or anyone else’s religious beliefs.
I’ve done quite a bit of reading on early Christianity and Judaism. From what I understand In Judaism, Satan was an agent of God and not the fallen angel as portrayed by Christianity. Also there was no eternal damnation as Christianity claimed in their version. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole idea of the Devil and eternal damnation was dreamed up by the early Church to raise money. Many Medieval churches had Hell Mouths over the entrance. This was art intended to frighten people with portrayals of Hell and Satan. Then the same church over a chance to buy your way out of Hell. The well off and rich could easily afford to do this and would pay substantial sums to save themselves. The poor on the other could give one of their children to the church to be raised and trained by them as priests, monks, etc. It was really quite a racket.
As a Christian, thank you for your reaction. You do show the good sense and knowledge I wish more people had. Take care Daniel.
This will knock your intellectual AND emotional socks off!
Great reaction as always.
And another two connections with David Bowie:
1) Bowie and Jagger were a very good friends (some rumors said even more). And they made a collab song "Dancing in the street".
2) As was mentioned "Sympathy For The Devil" was inspired by the novel "Master and Margarita" by russian writer Bulgakov. This novel has a cult status in Russia and some other countries. There were several attempts at screen adaptation of this book (I'd say they weren't successfull).
One of them tried to invite David Bowie as a Woland (devil's nickname at the novel). Woland described in the novel as a foriegner, a tall man with an eyes with different colors. Just like Bowie is.
But it wasn't allowed by Soviet government.
At the Altamont concert in 1969, the Stones hired Hell's Angels as security guards and sadly watched them kill a fan as this song was performed. Very sad story. Between that incident and Charles Manson, the hippie movement died.
If you want to learn more about the disastrous Altamont Speedway free concert that resulted in Meredith Hunter (who may or may not have been pulling out a gun to aim at or shoot Mick Jagger) being stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel who was working security, it has been well documented. I have a book called "Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hell's Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day" by Joel Selvin. There's also a documentary about the concert called "Gimme Shelter." The concert was organized by the Grateful Dead, of all people, who were supposed to play at the show, but ended up pulling out after the stabbing took place. Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and The Rolling Stones all played at the show. It took place an hour out of San Francisco, which was the Grateful Dead's home territory, and they were basically the kings of the local rock scene in 1969. They held the planning meeting for the concert in a barn in the GD's drummer Mickey Hart's ranch. That's what happens when you let disorganized hippies set up a free event where 300,000 people are going to show up. The Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter wrote the song "New Speedway Boogie" as his response to what happened at Altamont, which was released on Workingman's Dead in 1970 and is a really great song imo that applies just as much today as it did when it was written.
By the time this song came out, FM radio was becoming popular and that's where it got a lot of airplay. So it wasn't released as a single. It was very popular in its day but they stopped playing it in concert for several years following Altamont. Jagger said that the crowds were getting kind of crazy when they played it. It's certainly one of their A-listers. Another great one is Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
Oh yeah. Nasty and cool. What can you say about the Stones? If you want more of them at their peak, try the studio version of "Midnight Rambler". You'd dig it, I think, because Mick actually begins acting out the part of the Rambler during the song. It's chilling. Mind-blowing harmonica in it as well.
You said. I love the bass line - that is guitarist Keith Richards on this track! You also said- that guitar is nasty! That is also Keith Richards😎
WELL HELLLLLLLL, YOU SHOULD ENJOYYYY THIS ONE DANIEL, IT'S A CLASSIC FOR SURE! :)
Meredith Hunter was an 18 year old who was killed by the Hells Angels. What is hardly mentioned is he was stoned out of his mind and pulled out a gun and the Hells Angels were pretty wasted as well the whole incident was captured on film and is in the Movie Gimme Shelter.
Daniel, I think you have a healthy interpretation of this song. I'm not particularly religious, but I've always interpreted this as a comment on the general state of humanity.