The Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"
Few early rock 'n roll bands have taken the kinds of risks The Rolling Stones would take on a regular basis. Songs about things that made little to no sense or dealt with taboo topics rarely stopped the band from releasing a commercially successful album.
"Sympathy for the Devil" certainly is one of those songs that beat the odds.
With lyrics that read like a laundry list of evils throughout written human history, it uses stripped-down, up-tempo rhythms and A-major chords to create one of the most juxtaposed songs you'll ever hear.
It's also a bit of a marathon, and some stations refused to play the entire song, cutting out some of the intro and outro to save time.
The lyrics sprawl behind Mick Jagger's on-point delivery. However, as explored in a documentary about the song, many ideas for more verses were left on the studio floor because -- at some point -- even The Rolling Stones have to call it a day.
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