Song facts/info/trivia: The lyrics were inspired by The Master and Margarita, a book by Mikhail Bulgakov. British singer Marianne Faithfull was Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time and she gave him the book. Faithfull came from an upper-class background and exposed Jagger to a lot of new ideas. In the book, the devil is a sophisticated socialite, a "man of wealth and taste." The original title was "The Devil Is My Name." The Stones played this at the Altamont Speedway concert in 1969 before a fan was fatally stabbed. The crowd got more unruly as the song went on. The Stones were playing "Under My Thumb" when the stabbing occurred, but they did not perform "Sympathy For The Devil" for 7 years after the incident due to the public outcry. Some of the historical events mentioned in this song are the crucifixion of Christ, the Russian Revolution, World War II, and the Kennedy Assassinations. Robert Kennedy was killed after this was written, but they changed the lyrics to get in the timely reference. Other historical events alluded to in the song include the 100 years war ("fought for ten decades") and the Holocaust ("and the furnace stank"). The "Ooh-Ooh" chorus was added when Richard's girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, did it during a take and the Stones liked how it sounded. Pallenberg had broken up with Brian Jones before taking up with Richards. Guns N' Roses covered this in 1995 for the move Interview With The Vampire The beat is based on a Samba rhythm. Says Richards: "Sympathy for the Devil started as sort of a folk song with acoustics, and ended up as a kind of mad samba, with me playing bass and overdubbing the guitar later. That's why I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned beforehand." The opening lines of this song, "Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste" were quoted by The Devil character (played by actor Rick Collins) in the film The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. The "Troubadours who got killed before they reached Bombay" refers to the hippies who traveled the "Hippie Trail" by road. Many on them were killed and ripped off by drug peddlers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those shady deals were probably the "traps." http://www.MySpace.com/JamesGraff http://www.GarageBand.com/artist/JamesGraff http://www.JamesGraff.com James Graff (aka graffjamie or Jamie or me) sings and plays "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones on his Takamine 12 string acoustic/electric guitar while someone (probably his brother Jeff Graff or possibly Steve Kiss - from the Hungarian superband INDEX) plays James' electronic drumkit at the Sherwood Tiki Pool Bar in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. "My electronic drumkit - that night - consisted of my Drumkat 12 pad brain/controller, my hatkat and 1 or 2 of my 2 DW5000 kick drum pedal/midi triggers. Every night I play solo is usually an "Taking ALL your requests - and ignoring them completely" open mic/jam night. It's just more fun, open and honest that way. Sometimes the audience knows better than I do what they want to hear. Because I have been taking request for so long: It's amazing how often I start to cue a backing track or start playing the first chord of a song just as someone shouts out to me or hands me on a knapkin! Telepathy, mind reading, intuition?? All I want to do is make people happy. I want to play exactly what they want hear - and if that happens to be THEM playing or singing - GREAT! Sure, I want to hog the stage - I just can't bring myself to do it!" JAMES GRAFF WRITES, PRODUCES, SINGS AND PLAYS ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND HAS SANG AND PLAYED IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES AND IN FRONT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN BANDS WITH MEMBERS FROM: Marilyn Manson Frank Sinatra Orchestra Extreme Creed Steve Vai Steve Morse Band The Classics IV The Platters Expose Jeff Scott Soto Singer for Journey, Foreigner Bertie Higgins etc.... BANDS THAT JAMES GRAFF PLAYS AND HAS OPENED FOR: Marilyn Manson Beach Boys Romantics Jefferson Starship Modern English Quiet Riot Guess Who Ted Nugent Janis Joplin's Big Brother & Holding Company Mountain Molly Hatchet Richie Havens Ace Freely Wasp Dave Barry Atlanta Rhythm Section Steinhardt Moon Project (Kansas) Marty Balin (Jefferson Starship) Melanie Arlo Guthrie Kathleen Madigan Saigon Kick etc. COVERS JAMIE GRAFF HAS ON YOUTUBE: : Led Zeppelin Beatles Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Experience Rolling Stones Van Halen Eagles Metallica Nirvana Red Hot Chili Peppers AIC Alice In Chains Eric Clapton Derek & Dominos Cream Lynyrd Skynyrd Bruce Springsteen E Street Band Stevie Ray Vaughn Who Black Sabbath Ozzy Osborne AC/DC Deep Purple Bon Jovi Judas Priest STP Stone Temple Pilots Grateful Dead Guns N Roses ZZ Top Neil Young Van Morrison Robert Zimmerman BANDS THAT I HAVE NEVER PLAYED: Kolumbus Kris Tanel Padar & Sun Vanila Ninja Terminaator Smilers Ultima Thule Blacky Metsatöll Slide 50 Mr. Lawrence THANKS!!
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