In this episode we look for some kindness, compassion, understanding, consideration, gentleness, respect, tenderness, and sympathy for the Devil as we dive into the recording and legacy of this song by The Rolling Stones.

 

Featuring appearances from Mikhail Bulgakov, Pontius Pilate, Judas Iscariot, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful, Charles Baudelaire, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, JFK, Robert F Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan, Jean-Luc Godard, Meredith Hunter, Jim Lovell, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Richard Nixon, Pol Pot, Gough Whitlam, David ‘Son of Sam’ Berkowitz, Jim Jones, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Ted Bundy, Margaret Thatcher, Carlos Santana, Santa Claus, Hunter S. Thompson, Bryan Ferry, Janes Addiction, Perry Farrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Lemmy Kilmister, Guns N’ Roses, Anne Rice, Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan.

Sauces

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-sympathy-for-the-devil-766764

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/sympathy-for-the-devil.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/rolling-stones-sympathy-for-the-devil-mick-jagger-anniversary-satanism-a8668551.html

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/sympathy-for-the-devil

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