Since 1969, the Rolling Stones have been called "the greatest rock and roll band in the world ". Because they are. The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962, and soon after, guitarist and bandleader Keith Richards and singer and frontman Mick Jagger formed a songwriting partnership that's created many of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time. The Stones started as an American rhythm and blues cover band, but the songs Richards and Jagger created led to absorbing an incredible range of music styles into the band's identity - pop rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, country rock, soul, reggae, and dance music - while never losing the band's foundation in the blues. No one's ever equaled the Beatles popularity, but the Rolling Stones have been the second biggest band in rock history, as well as the most successful live music act ever, with over 2.6 billion dollars in ticket sales over their decades of record breaking tours. There's so many great Rolling Stones songs that Bruce Springsteen proclaimed that the Stones have an unequaled song catalog every time they go on tour. If you want to hear more beautiful Stones songs like the demo version of "Wild Horses" you listened to, here's a few: RUBY TUESDAY SHE'S A RAINBOW YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT MOONLIGHT MILE ANGIE Plus WILD HORSES (the original 1971 released version from their "Sticky Fingers" album.) Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/lJD2OtTaywo/v-deo.htmlsi=vyp0S-9uFJImGp1u ...and there's many more,. You both are so genuine in the way music moves you. Any rock and roll journey would never be complete without exploring the Rolling Stones.
Brian Jones on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Eddie Kramer producer engineering a marathon of session at Olympic in London. Great film shot during these sessions too.
Yours is by far the most intelligent and insightful analysis of this phenominal Stones song. Most reactors dont have the first idea of what is going on here! Dominika, you ayr right to highlight Kieth Richards blistering guitar solo, it really does set you on edge, plus some brilliant sustained blue notes. Intertingly, on this, Kieth also played the "blistering" bass!! Keep up the good work! Saor Alba!
For years religious enthusiasts thought The Rolling Stones were hell’s ’house band’. Diving deeper into the lyrics is easy to see that the ‘devil’ is a dark vibration that permeates all of humankind’s energy! We all got it. Some choose to show it more than others!
If this was only your 3rd Rolling Stones reaction - then you have a LOT more great Stone's songs to discover. Master musicians, master song writing and cutting edge production, especially in their early years (60's & 70's). I look forward to watching your reactions as you explore the Stones (almost) endless catalog.
Yeah that guitar is very menacing, adds so much to the whole piece and then there's the piano and those "woo-woos"!!! I heard this song first when I was 16 years old, nearly 17 in 1969 and have been a fan of the Stones ever since.
The song is based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "The Master and the Margarita" which is primarily about how religion was used to affect life in the 1930's Soviet Union despite the widespread corruption within the government.. The book makes the very specific point that good and evil do not exist independently from one another, but each, in fact, requires the other.
@@StephenDouthart The Soviet State was the first to introduce the elimination of religion as an idealogical objective, although The Orthodox Russian Church survived in drastically weakened and persecuted form. Russia however, has never been strictly atheist. There are many different interpretations to the novel.
I was a little similar in terms of The Stones. I was aware of them growing up and knew many of their songs but only recently have I come to appreciate their catalogue. So many tremendous songs to revisit
Did you know that the Stones stopped playing this live for 20 years because people kept dying at their shows from getting trampled when they played it. I've seen them 3 times; once in the 70's, 80's and in 1990. That was the show that they decided to play it for the first time in all those years. Sometimes ya just get lucky. When you see them live, it's very to see why they are who they are
A masterpiece from my favorite album of TRS, Beggar's Banquet!!!!. This song (the dark side of humanity, after all), opens the album, but the song that closes it (Salt of the Earth) is exactly the opposite. Dark/Light. Oh, and Nicky Hopkins (the piano man)! ❤❤❤❤
“If you meet me have some courtesy and some taste”. That always meant to me “you did something in your life to bring this darkness to your life…so approach this whole situation very carefully.”
Love you guys. Your reactions never disappoint. More Stones please. Midnight Rambler Live version or my favorite Stones song, Can't you Hear Me Knocking.
Yes Dominika, your comment about the guitars sounding sinister was spot on! I'm sure it was intentional, everything the Stones do in their music always is. Great critique as always!
There's the stage version of this song from 1969 where the band The Who is there with John Lennon and his first son Julian and wife Yoko as well. You'll enjoy this. Enjoy your reactions, thank you
There's a great video of them performing this song, with John Lennon and other celebs dancing in the audience next to the stage. I hope you'll find it and watch, on here or on your own. Mick's performance is terrific!
Keith Richards on guitar, used a telecaster (most popular type of electric guitar in the world, arguably) for it "twangy", biting tone. He also, when playing the solo, will switch the guitar's magnetic pickups, to the "bridge" pick up, giving it that Open and biting edge. Many other guitarists in this era started using biting or distorted guitars for little flourishes of nuance, to really stand out in the mix of the song. I think the Beatles' George Harrison was one of the first to get a Gibson SG (the style that Angus Young---ACDC, uses)and crank out little edgy lines in sometimes soft songs, for the CONTRAST, and attention getting effect.
Keith wasn’t using telecasters at this time. The recording of this song is documented on film. He’s using his black Gibson Les Paul custom on this song.
I played this album, Beggars' Banquet, incessantly when it came out. It was perfect for the times we were living through....and was a huge success. It was the first in a run of four albums that is considered the zenith of their popularity and creativity. This song, and Street Fighting Man, were the ones that resonated with me the most from the albums.
If you would like to hear more of their darker music, check out, Paint it Black, Gimmie Shelter and Sister Morphine. The Rolling Stones can easily become a rabbit hole due to a catalogue that's 7 decades long.
The three most influential bands in the early days of rock were John Denver who came across as squeaky clean, environmentally-oriented, all-around good fellow. Then were the Beatles who were edgy, a little ornery, into things you'd maybe rather they wouldn't, but nice guys. The Rolling Stones were the irresistible bad-boys, into lots of things you wouldn't ever tell mama about. The irresistible lure of forbidden fruit.
Mick Jagger was brilliant in his writing and delivery of this song! We all have the ability to choose evil but thankfully most people do not! Great reaction! Thank you both😊❤
Great reaction, as always 👏👏👏👏 For me, this has a spiritual sibling with *Jimi Hendrix’s All Along The Watchtower* . Not sure why? Similar era? The guitar solo? 👍 Also, I like Andrei’s summary of dark lyrics with upbeat tune - similar with *Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way* - terribly dark lyrics of a relationship break up sung to an incredibly uplifting melody 👍
The shock value of some of the lines are simply lost on most of today's listeners. Britain in 1968 still had thousands and thousands of World War Two veterans and here's this skinny long-haired kid singing about being a German general riding his tank through the battlefield where the (often British) bodies lay rotting, dead. Think about a rapper in 2024 singing about being the one who flew the plane into the tower screaming Allah's name - it would be that shocking.
The"Establishment " bashed this song because they hated the Stones and what they represented. Anyone who was a Rolling Stones fan loved this song from the first note.
Thanks for this! My 2 cents: The devil is in all of us and we all have to face him and deal with him. Don't disregard this innate evil. Don't pretend it is not in everyone and that we are all culpable for the decisions humans make in this universe. So relax and recognize the only way to navigate this life is by accepting that you must be sympathetic to the whole of your humanity, which includes sympathy for the devil in us.
My parents forbid me to listen to this band. I think they heard the song... Didn't work. During that era, and the mindset of the public this was the most shocking thing ever on the radio!;!! And we the teens & young adults ) loved it.
The unwritten rule is to never interrupt the guitar solo. Its disrespectful to the guitarist and the music. You can stop before or after but not during. You really enjoyed this one it was plain to see. JUMPIN' JACK FLASH, HONKY TONK WOMEN, and CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKIN' are waiting for your reaction. Keep going and enjoy the music.
Me encantó vuestra reacción... fue muy interesnte, pero la conción no es "malvada" es sólo representar una realidad que no queremos ver para que no rompa los esquemas que tenemos de nuestro occidente, forma de vida. Les pasará lo mismo si escuchan de los Rolling: "Street Fighter"... de la misma época.
La cultura europea de los '60s y la de usa, son muy diferentes... es como comparar música de California y escuchar otra de NY... En los sesentas, en europa, estaban en revolución... eeuu, con la represión religiosa y política de esos años, las canciones no eran temas de ver la realidad, como después lo hizo Bob Dylan. Para los sudamericanos, por ejemplo, vivir en nuestros países fue conocer la maldad del poder, de los poderosos (que a veces estaban al frente de los gobiernos); sin embargo, los norteamericanos de usa vivían en lo que nosotros considerábamos una burbuja materialista con lo típico: linda casa con jardín, calles anchas, mucha luz, árboles, automóvil y una gran TV... lo que nosotros veíamos eran jóvenes norteamericanos de usa yendo a morir a Vietnam y volviendo mutilados... nos preguntábamos: ¿dónde están esos padres que dejan que los gobiernos envíen a sus chicos a morir, ya sea en los cementerios o en las ciudades (todos quienes participan en una guerra así, son zombies... que es peor que estar muertos. Ese el el grito también de "Simpatía por el Demonio", sumado al grito por más libertad de Francia, Inglaterra, Alemania,... y los otros países... España vivía la dictadura de Franco, con muerte, censura y represión. Escuchándolos a ustedes, queridos amigos, me parecen muy cándidos, inocentes, ... no sé, pero hoy mismo tenemos un genocidio, el mundo guiado por locos armamentistas, es duro, muy duro. Ustedes como mi familia, amigos son buenos. Abrazo fraterno!!
Love your summation--: He may have whispered in a few years and did some prodding, but whether he was there or not, mankind would've still done all the atrocities in history anyway.On Richard's guitar playing..usually not recorded that "Hot", but producer got it down and still kept the other instruments very clear. Try " Shattered" from 1978..you'll love it, I guarantee!!
Good, thoughtful reaction, even though this tune is a lot to take in all at once. You are correct: the song was seen as controversial and shocking when it first came out but, really, the Devil is not being glorified here (as much as he would probably like that), but rather it exposes him and his vanity and reminds us that he has been active yesterday and today, unfortunately using us humans to do his evil work. Thanks for your reaction.
If you have not done it ... I recommend you react to the stones "Gimme Shelter" ... I think you will enjoy it ... deals with the same topic from a different angle. Great reaction BTW! Thank you.
Given how much you like Zeppelin and CCR, I was surprised that you didn't think you likes the Stones. You should explore more Stones and Doors (blues based rock).
This song is about having sympathy for our greatest enemy here on Earth the Devil/Satan the destroyer of humans on Earth he recounts his acts of destruction in human history throughout the song even making sure that Jesus was crucified our adversary walks about like a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour
Hola amigos... "Simpatía por el demonio" de los incombustibles RS,es, para mí, uno de los temas favoritos de la banda... es un tema bastante político (la "política" no es mala, por cierto... es como decir que la filosofía lo es). Ese demonio, es todo los malo que nos ha pasado desde el siglo XX hasta ahora mismo... es una letra excelente. La otra canción que es de la misma familia que es "Peleador Callejero", que se dio en un momento político muy relevante en Inglaterra y el resto del mundo occidental, incluida sudamérica (desde donde escribo): la pagamos caro: dictaduras y terror. Ahí también estaba ese "Demonio" del que hablan los Rolling. En occidente se le ha querido dar un fondo satánico a este tema. No lo tiene, en absoluto. Sólo que a los censores no les gusta mirarse al espejo. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile. Un abrazo fraterno para cada uno, queridxs!!
As a Catholic , I view this song as an admission from the devil in regards to his influence with humankind of the past , future and the present and he boasts about it. I feel this song was probably against the devils will but, was his obligation demanded by our Lord and was constrained and compelled to reveal his bad intentions towards the human souls and his dark spiritual campaign, good vs evil.
Hopefully you don't wait too long before you react to The Stones: Gimme Shelter which I believe is off the same album. In any case his female singing partner is Merry Clayton (an American gospel singer) with incredible range. At 2:43 she does a solo right after the guitar solo and it is my personal opinion that Mick was so impressed by her talent and professionalism that here she sings alone. No Mick accompanying her. In my line of thinking that is such a high honor to offer a solo part to someone who isn't in the band. True respect. She was that good. Your thoughts? Here's the link to UA-cam's copy. ua-cam.com/video/RbmS3tQJ7Os/v-deo.html
The Rolling Stones were always the 'bad boys' of music right from the start.....example their early song Let's spend the night together' caused some controversy when it was released in 1967.....due to the implied content of the lyrics.... The Beatles were, as expected, the 'good / nice boys' at that time
The song is actually about humanity and how we always blame the devil about the bad things that happen instead of blaming ourselves. Great reaction
You have a firm grasp of the obvious.
@@larindanomikosIt's not obvious to everyone, especially these days when so many do everything they can to deny reality and avoid responsibility.
@@thomashiggins9320 I'm sure it's not obvious to evangelicals, biblical literalists or to those living under the grip of theocracies.
"for after all, it was you and me". Woo, woo, woo!
"I tell you one time, youre to blame" - last line is the most important one and the most overlooked.
An absolute masterpiece.
Since 1969, the Rolling Stones have been called "the greatest rock and roll band in the world ".
Because they are.
The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962, and soon after, guitarist and bandleader Keith Richards and singer and frontman Mick Jagger formed a songwriting partnership that's created many of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.
The Stones started as an American rhythm and blues cover band, but the songs Richards and Jagger created led to absorbing an incredible range of music styles into the band's identity - pop rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, country rock, soul, reggae, and dance music - while never losing the band's foundation in the blues.
No one's ever equaled the Beatles popularity, but the Rolling Stones have been the second biggest band in rock history, as well as the most successful live music act ever, with over 2.6 billion dollars in ticket sales over their decades of record breaking tours.
There's so many great Rolling Stones songs that Bruce Springsteen proclaimed that the Stones have an unequaled song catalog every time they go on tour.
If you want to hear more beautiful Stones songs like the demo version of "Wild Horses" you listened to, here's a few:
RUBY TUESDAY
SHE'S A RAINBOW
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
MOONLIGHT MILE
ANGIE
Plus WILD HORSES (the original 1971 released version from their "Sticky Fingers" album.)
Here's the link:
ua-cam.com/video/lJD2OtTaywo/v-deo.htmlsi=vyp0S-9uFJImGp1u
...and there's many more,.
You both are so genuine in the way music moves you. Any rock and roll journey would never be complete without exploring the Rolling Stones.
Great take on this song!
“ It discusses evil but it’s not an evil song”. 👍
My favorite Stones song, music & lyrics are fantastic! #masterpiece
The late, GREAT Nicky Hopkins on piano.
Brian Jones on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Eddie Kramer producer engineering a marathon of session at Olympic in London. Great film shot during these sessions too.
Yours is by far the most intelligent and insightful analysis of this phenominal Stones song.
Most reactors dont have the first idea of what is going on here!
Dominika, you ayr right to highlight Kieth Richards blistering guitar solo, it really does set you on edge, plus some brilliant sustained blue notes.
Intertingly, on this, Kieth also played the "blistering" bass!!
Keep up the good work!
Saor Alba!
This is my favorite Rolling Stones song. Those lyrics, the guitar work and Mick's voice is perfection. One of the top songs ever.
Yes also for me
Being a long time Stones fan, I've heard this song hundreds of times, and I still love Nicky Hopkins' piano work. Good reaction.
For years religious enthusiasts thought The Rolling Stones were hell’s ’house band’. Diving deeper into the lyrics is easy to see that the ‘devil’ is a dark vibration that permeates all of humankind’s energy! We all got it. Some choose to show it more than others!
You guys make me believe there is HOPE for humanity!!!!
Gimme Shelter live is a great song, Angie, Salt of the Earth, Satisfaction, Brown Sugar and many more very long list of fantastic songs from them.
One of the most genius written song lyrics you will ever find or hear.
If this was only your 3rd Rolling Stones reaction - then you have a LOT more great Stone's songs to discover. Master musicians, master song writing and cutting edge production, especially in their early years (60's & 70's). I look forward to watching your reactions as you explore the Stones (almost) endless catalog.
Greatest Rock n Roll band ever ✌️
Yeah that guitar is very menacing, adds so much to the whole piece and then there's the piano and those "woo-woos"!!! I heard this song first when I was 16 years old, nearly 17 in 1969 and have been a fan of the Stones ever since.
Absolutely brilliant song, its a work of art. Enjoyed your reaction as usual ❤
The song is based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "The Master and the Margarita" which is primarily about how religion was used to affect life in the 1930's Soviet Union despite the widespread corruption within the government.. The book makes the very specific point that good and evil do not exist independently from one another, but each, in fact, requires the other.
Hmm. 🤔
Soviet Russia was strictly atheist. Woland delighted in this. I was more an allegory on Stalin's reign and Soviet Russia
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@@StephenDouthart The Soviet State was the first to introduce the elimination of religion as an idealogical objective, although The Orthodox Russian Church survived in drastically weakened and persecuted form. Russia however, has never been strictly atheist. There are many different interpretations to the novel.
Love me some Rolling Stones!!! Love this song!!!
Stellar reaction! Well done!
My favorite Stones song since it came out in 1968. I didn't count them, but there are 124 Woo Woo's in that song.
Excellent reaction and analysis. Bravo! Wonderfully spot on! Thanks!
I was a little similar in terms of The Stones. I was aware of them growing up and knew many of their songs but only recently have I come to appreciate their catalogue. So many tremendous songs to revisit
They are growing on me, the more I listen to them
Arguably the best rock'n'roll song ever recorded.
Nooooooooo !! Gimme shelter !!!
@@TranquiloTrev My #2 (behind Sympathy)...both are phenomenal pieces of art.
@@thedrumfreak97 Yes they are both great, I agree.
Did you know that the Stones stopped playing this live for 20 years because people kept dying at their shows from getting trampled when they played it.
I've seen them 3 times; once in the 70's, 80's and in 1990. That was the show that they decided to play it for the first time in all those years. Sometimes ya just get lucky. When you see them live, it's very to see why they are who they are
A masterpiece from my favorite album of TRS, Beggar's Banquet!!!!. This song (the dark side of humanity, after all), opens the album, but the song that closes it (Salt of the Earth) is exactly the opposite. Dark/Light. Oh, and Nicky Hopkins (the piano man)! ❤❤❤❤
They don’t look real to me / in fact they look so strange ~ you sure about that ?
Gimme Shelter was maybe their greatest song
@@stevewebster973 YES, absolutly!
“If you meet me have some courtesy and some taste”. That always meant to me “you did something in your life to bring this darkness to your life…so approach this whole situation very carefully.”
Glad you checked this one out
Please more Rolling Stones!!!! You won’t be disappointed.
Love you guys. Your reactions never disappoint. More Stones please. Midnight Rambler Live version or my favorite Stones song, Can't you Hear Me Knocking.
Great recommendation, this is one of my favorite Stones songs
Yes Dominika, your comment about the guitars sounding sinister was spot on! I'm sure it was intentional, everything the Stones do in their music always is. Great critique as always!
The Best Rock band in the history of Rock.
Live 'Gimme Shelter' I think you would also enjoy
Wicked all around! The Stones have always been bad "bad boys".
There's the stage version of this song from 1969 where the band The Who is there with John Lennon and his first son Julian and wife Yoko as well. You'll enjoy this. Enjoy your reactions, thank you
Ther Stones have been around so long, you would find many songs to like.
There's a great video of them performing this song, with John Lennon and other celebs dancing in the audience next to the stage. I hope you'll find it and watch, on here or on your own. Mick's performance is terrific!
Rock and Roll circus.
I've always thought the first lick of Keith's guitar solo was an evil snarl, but sinister fits too. It gets you in the feels. 👹
Keith Richards on guitar, used a telecaster (most popular type of electric guitar in the world, arguably) for it "twangy", biting tone. He also, when playing the solo, will switch the guitar's magnetic pickups, to the "bridge" pick up, giving it that Open and biting edge. Many other guitarists in this era started using biting or distorted guitars for little flourishes of nuance, to really stand out in the mix of the song. I think the Beatles' George Harrison was one of the first to get a Gibson SG (the style that Angus Young---ACDC, uses)and crank out little edgy lines in sometimes soft songs, for the CONTRAST, and attention getting effect.
Keith wasn’t using telecasters at this time. The recording of this song is documented on film. He’s using his black Gibson Les Paul custom on this song.
I played this album, Beggars' Banquet, incessantly when it came out. It was perfect for the times we were living through....and was a huge success. It was the first in a run of four albums that is considered the zenith of their popularity and creativity. This song, and Street Fighting Man, were the ones that resonated with me the most from the albums.
If you would like to hear more of their darker music, check out, Paint it Black, Gimmie Shelter and Sister Morphine. The Rolling Stones can easily become a rabbit hole due to a catalogue that's 7 decades long.
The three most influential bands in the early days of rock were John Denver who came across as squeaky clean, environmentally-oriented, all-around good fellow. Then were the Beatles who were edgy, a little ornery, into things you'd maybe rather they wouldn't, but nice guys. The Rolling Stones were the irresistible bad-boys, into lots of things you wouldn't ever tell mama about. The irresistible lure of forbidden fruit.
IAM NOT a Stones fan, but this song and Paint It Black are masterpieces.
Mick Jagger was brilliant in his writing and delivery of this song! We all have the ability to choose evil but thankfully most people do not! Great reaction! Thank you both😊❤
React to "Waiting on A Friend" by The Stones. You'll love it.
The whole Beggars Banquet album is fire
You gotta do Heartbreaker now. Another rolling stones masterpiece
Great reaction, as always 👏👏👏👏
For me, this has a spiritual sibling with *Jimi Hendrix’s All Along The Watchtower* . Not sure why? Similar era? The guitar solo? 👍
Also, I like Andrei’s summary of dark lyrics with upbeat tune - similar with *Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way* - terribly dark lyrics of a relationship break up sung to an incredibly uplifting melody 👍
It's not celebrating the Devil but it perfectly catches the vibe of The Master and Margarita which inspired Jagger to write this.
The Devil isn't responsible for all the bad things that happen, we are. We need the devil to have someone to blame.
Gimme Shelter was maybe their greatest song
Blue glasses look awesome
Just around the corner from 100K subs! Go homies!!!
The game - "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:" J 10:10
Great Song. Loved The Rolling Stones in the 60s and 70s! ❤ After that..not much.
Brian Jones is with the Rolling Stones before his death. He's the one playing the Maracas.
The shock value of some of the lines are simply lost on most of today's listeners. Britain in 1968 still had thousands and thousands of World War Two veterans and here's this skinny long-haired kid singing about being a German general riding his tank through the battlefield where the (often British) bodies lay rotting, dead. Think about a rapper in 2024 singing about being the one who flew the plane into the tower screaming Allah's name - it would be that shocking.
The"Establishment " bashed this song because they hated the Stones and what they represented. Anyone who was a Rolling Stones fan loved this song from the first note.
Thanks for this! My 2 cents: The devil is in all of us and we all have to face him and deal with him. Don't disregard this innate evil. Don't pretend it is not in everyone and that we are all culpable for the decisions humans make in this universe. So relax and recognize the only way to navigate this life is by accepting that you must be sympathetic to the whole of your humanity, which includes sympathy for the devil in us.
My parents forbid me to listen to this band. I think they heard the song... Didn't work. During that era, and the mindset of the public this was the most shocking thing ever on the radio!;!! And we the teens & young adults ) loved it.
Your next 3 Rolling Stones songs should be, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Waiting On A Friend and You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Enjoy the RS tryp! There's a long list of brilliant songs all differents but RS' songs all of them to enjoy a lot
The unwritten rule is to never interrupt the guitar solo. Its disrespectful to the guitarist and the music.
You can stop before or after but not during.
You really enjoyed this one it was plain to see.
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH,
HONKY TONK WOMEN,
and CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKIN' are waiting for your reaction.
Keep going and enjoy the music.
Me encantó vuestra reacción... fue muy interesnte, pero la conción no es "malvada" es sólo representar una realidad que no queremos ver para que no rompa los esquemas que tenemos de nuestro occidente, forma de vida. Les pasará lo mismo si escuchan de los Rolling: "Street Fighter"... de la misma época.
i think you'd like moonlight mile by them if you like this
La cultura europea de los '60s y la de usa, son muy diferentes... es como comparar música de California y escuchar otra de NY... En los sesentas, en europa, estaban en revolución... eeuu, con la represión religiosa y política de esos años, las canciones no eran temas de ver la realidad, como después lo hizo Bob Dylan. Para los sudamericanos, por ejemplo, vivir en nuestros países fue conocer la maldad del poder, de los poderosos (que a veces estaban al frente de los gobiernos); sin embargo, los norteamericanos de usa vivían en lo que nosotros considerábamos una burbuja materialista con lo típico: linda casa con jardín, calles anchas, mucha luz, árboles, automóvil y una gran TV... lo que nosotros veíamos eran jóvenes norteamericanos de usa yendo a morir a Vietnam y volviendo mutilados... nos preguntábamos: ¿dónde están esos padres que dejan que los gobiernos envíen a sus chicos a morir, ya sea en los cementerios o en las ciudades (todos quienes participan en una guerra así, son zombies... que es peor que estar muertos. Ese el el grito también de "Simpatía por el Demonio", sumado al grito por más libertad de Francia, Inglaterra, Alemania,... y los otros países... España vivía la dictadura de Franco, con muerte, censura y represión. Escuchándolos a ustedes, queridos amigos, me parecen muy cándidos, inocentes, ... no sé, pero hoy mismo tenemos un genocidio, el mundo guiado por locos armamentistas, es duro, muy duro.
Ustedes como mi familia, amigos son buenos. Abrazo fraterno!!
The last verse:
cops are criminals, sinners are saints, heads is tails.
The inversion of morality. Moral relativism.
The true power of the devil.
You are right about the sinister sounding guitar. Great tune.
OL' SCRATCH CANNOT CREATE, NOR FORCE. THE ONE LINE IN THE WHOLE SONG: "YOURE TO BLAME!!!" WE ALL ARE. TRUTH.
Love your summation--: He may have whispered in a few years and did some prodding, but whether he was there or not, mankind would've still done all the atrocities in history anyway.On Richard's guitar playing..usually not recorded that "Hot", but producer got it down and still kept the other instruments very clear. Try " Shattered" from 1978..you'll love it, I guarantee!!
Ya, this one did get our attention.
They're calling MY name.....😅
Good, thoughtful reaction, even though this tune is a lot to take in all at once. You are correct: the song was seen as controversial and shocking when it first came out but, really, the Devil is not being glorified here (as much as he would probably like that), but rather it exposes him and his vanity and reminds us that he has been active yesterday and today, unfortunately using us humans to do his evil work. Thanks for your reaction.
Classic❤
There is a live version of this, on YT.
✌🏼❤️ from California 🇺🇸🇷🇴
"Please allow me to introduce myself
If you have not done it ... I recommend you react to the stones "Gimme Shelter" ... I think you will enjoy it ... deals with the same topic from a different angle. Great reaction BTW! Thank you.
Given how much you like Zeppelin and CCR, I was surprised that you didn't think you likes the Stones. You should explore more Stones and Doors (blues based rock).
Woo woo!
The first time i saw the stones was the summer of 1966
This song is about having sympathy for our greatest enemy here on Earth the Devil/Satan the destroyer of humans on Earth he recounts his acts of destruction in human history throughout the song even making sure that Jesus was crucified
our adversary walks about like a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour
Hola amigos... "Simpatía por el demonio" de los incombustibles RS,es, para mí, uno de los temas favoritos de la banda... es un tema bastante político (la "política" no es mala, por cierto... es como decir que la filosofía lo es). Ese demonio, es todo los malo que nos ha pasado desde el siglo XX hasta ahora mismo... es una letra excelente. La otra canción que es de la misma familia que es "Peleador Callejero", que se dio en un momento político muy relevante en Inglaterra y el resto del mundo occidental, incluida sudamérica (desde donde escribo): la pagamos caro: dictaduras y terror. Ahí también estaba ese "Demonio" del que hablan los Rolling.
En occidente se le ha querido dar un fondo satánico a este tema. No lo tiene, en absoluto. Sólo que a los censores no les gusta mirarse al espejo.
Saludos desde Santiago de Chile. Un abrazo fraterno para cada uno, queridxs!!
This was when Vietnam was really boiling over. Turbulent times indeed.
The Devil is saying, hey, you’re the ones doing all this. You don’t need my help too much. Take responsibility for your actions.
As a Catholic , I view this song as an admission from the devil in regards to his influence with humankind of the past , future and the present and he boasts about it. I feel this song was probably against the devils will but, was his obligation demanded by our Lord and was constrained and compelled to reveal his bad intentions towards the human souls and his dark spiritual campaign, good vs evil.
I enjoy your videos, thanks
Earlier stones are the best , check out Moonlight mile
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Lucifer needs his agents and has always found them
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Hopefully you don't wait too long before you react to The Stones: Gimme Shelter which I believe is off the same album. In any case his female singing partner is Merry Clayton (an American gospel singer) with incredible range. At 2:43 she does a solo right after the guitar solo and it is my personal opinion that Mick was so impressed by her talent and professionalism that here she sings alone. No Mick accompanying her. In my line of thinking that is such a high honor to offer a solo part to someone who isn't in the band. True respect. She was that good. Your thoughts?
Here's the link to UA-cam's copy.
ua-cam.com/video/RbmS3tQJ7Os/v-deo.html
The Rolling Stones were always the 'bad boys' of music right from the start.....example their early song Let's spend the night together' caused some controversy when it was released in 1967.....due to the implied content of the lyrics....
The Beatles were, as expected, the 'good / nice boys' at that time
Try Fingerprint File. I don’t think anyone here has reacted to that