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Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long long year stolen many a man's soul and faith I was around Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game Stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change Killed the Tzar and his ministers; Anastaria screamed in vain I rode a tank held a gen'rals rank when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank Pleased to meet you hope your guess my name, oh yeah Ah what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah I watched the glee while your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the Gods they made I shouted out "who killed the Kennedy's?" when after all it was you and me Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste And I lay traps for troubadors who get killed before they reach Bombay Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name, oh yeah But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah Pleased to meet you hope you guess my name But what's confusin you is just the nature of my game 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, um yeah Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, um yeah But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down Woo, who Oh yeah, get on down Oh yeah Oh 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 oh, who woo, woo Woo, who Woo, woo Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Oh, yeah What's my name Tell me, baby, what's my name Tell me, sweetie, what's my name Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Woo, who, who Oh, yeah Woo woo Woo woo
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08-03-2007
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
means that if u dont show sypathy to everyone, even the devil, u will roast in hell.
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09-16-2007
Patton is the devil. He was called this in the movie.
He believed in reincarnation and truly believed he has been on every major battlefield in the history of the world.
He believed he was a Roman soldier at the crucifixion.
At the end of the movie Patton was removed from command after he slapped a couple of patients in a hospital who were suffering from shell-shock. Patton was over-zealous and even though he was a ruthless SOB, you end up feeling just a little bit sorry for him - i.e. sympathy.
The song and the movie are uncanny.
The only problem I have is that the George C. Scott version came out in 1970, and Beggars Banquet was released on 1968.
Patton's history was obviously years before.
Jagger must have studied Patton earlier.
The song Sympathy for the Devil probably inspired the re-make of Patton.
Or perhaps Jagger was privvy to the film while it was in production and he was able to get the song out well in advance of the movie.
Go rent the movie and you will be amazed.
The REALLY REALLY strange thing about watching this movie is how much it has changed my perception of Jagger as the devil.
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09-16-2007
Patton is the devil. He was called this in the movie.
He believed in reincarnation and truly believed he has been on every major battlefield in the history of the world.
He believed he was a Roman soldier at the crucifixion.
At the end of the movie Patton was removed from command after he slapped a couple of patients in a hospital who were suffering from shell-shock. Patton was over-zealous and even though he was a ruthless SOB, you end up feeling just a little bit sorry for him - i.e. sympathy.
The song and the movie are uncanny.
The only problem I have is that the George C. Scott version came out in 1970, and Beggars Banquet was released on 1968.
Patton's history was obviously years before.
Jagger must have studied Patton earlier.
The song Sympathy for the Devil probably inspired the re-make of Patton.
Or perhaps Jagger was privvy to the film while it was in production and he was able to get the song out well in advance of the movie.
Go rent the movie and you will be amazed.
The REALLY REALLY strange thing about watching this movie is how much it has changed my perception of Jagger as the devil.
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09-16-2007
Patton was a man of wealth and taste
He demanded total submission to his will, otherwise he would lay your soul to waste...
He even referred to himself as the devil
He had a general's rank, when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank (WW2)
Jagger must have been a believer in the conspiracy theory about the Kennedy assassinations and that the military was behind it. Otherwise, not sure how this worked its way into the song.
I will take it one step further:
Jagger and especially Brian Jones were always into "puzzles".
So, the song is literally challenging you to "guess my name". Even the "who who" background vocals are taunting us to figure it out.
After 30 years, maybe now we have "guessed Patton's name".
And maybe now we know the "nature of Jagger's game."
"What's been puzzling you?" has been sitting under our noses the whole time. A long long time.
Whether Jagger had satanic beliefs, or not, he was CLEARLY impressed with Patton. And obviously felt sorry (sympathy) for Patton (the devil).
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10-29-2007
the song is written from the devil point of veiw.
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11-01-2007
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11-14-2007
it's written from the devils point of view.
theres a bunch of other imagery in there.
but that's the gist of it.
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11-17-2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee
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11-25-2007
hes saying sure it was me comitting all the evil throughout the years and not the corrupt politicians and religious figures who where actually then and still are the real evil of the world.remember this that
all wars pretty much where fought for religious reasons. usually to get rid of religious competition or religions that most of the people hated at the time. just look at the crusades for instance they where all about converting the pagans and if the didnt convert they where tortured or killed. he isnt saying he is the devil he is being sarcastic about the people ( politicians and religious )who say he is. people dont like change, specially music. when something comes along thats different or new a lot will resist it and use what ever weapons they have in their arsenal to kill it. including lies and condemnation.
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12-03-2007
-The crucifixion of Jesus
-The communist revolution in Russia
-World War 2
-The Hundred Years War
-The assassination of JFK / RFK
and its telling us to guess his name. this is tracing our history right back to jesus' time, which nobody can live that long. there is no mention of the devil in the song, but it says that his names include lucifer. that is the devil, particularly as the song is called sympathy for the devil. if we look at the events that occurred not one of them was an act of god or the devil, but was of man himself. this draws us to the conclusion that:
his name --> the devil --> humanity
this is strengthened by the fact that religion is a man-made ideal.
and i havnt read everyones post so i dont know if this got answered but a troubadour is basically a bard, a storyteller.
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12-09-2007
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12-17-2007
my fav bands
1. The Beatles
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Queen
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Nirvana
6. Cheap trick
7. KISS!
8. Spinal Tap
9.Green Day
10. The Rolling Stones
stones wouldve ranked higher, but i havent heard much of them. also, i feel that jimmy page is the most over rated guitarist ever (no offense page fans!)
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12-17-2007
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12-17-2007
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01-03-2008
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01-06-2008
El don back in '05 had an interesting post, but I beleive that what the lyrics are saying, "I watched the glee while your kings and queens fought for
ten decades for the Gods they made" refer to the 100 years War and the fact that the rulers then and through out history(even today) have used religion to there evil ends like in the crusades.
Then Tcannizzo said that this was about Patton, which is very interesting the conclusion he drew and I had never thought of, but Kennedy's were killed post Patton, unless he still lives on??? Hmmm??? If Patton still lives get his phone number and maybe he can bail us out in the middle east.
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01-17-2008
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02-08-2008
The real trick would be to find the person who is alive today, who thinks he is the re-incarnated Patton. lol
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02-12-2008
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02-18-2008
Oh, and Gilthanis,
The System of a Down lyrics
"Father into your hands I commed my spirit,
Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me,
In your thoughts forsaken me,
In your heart forsaken"
Is actually a quote from the Bible.
Jesus Christ said that to his Father(God) while he was hanging on the cross.
Wasn't sure if you knew that.
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02-23-2008
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03-03-2008
Taking it one step further, if this song was about Jagger, then what about some of the other numbers on the same album? Prodigal Son - quoting scripture.
Salt of the Earth - say a prayer for the common foot soldier.
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03-22-2008
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04-28-2008
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06-19-2008
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