Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones cover) Lyrics
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 when 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 your guess my name
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game
Killed the Czar and his ministers; Anastasia 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,
haha
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 troubadours who get killed before they reach Bombay
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game, oh yeah
But what's confusin you is just the nature of my game
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Hope you guessed my name, yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh oh
Oh Oh Oh
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
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
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo
C'mon, ledhed- true, Jagger's a legend (don't get me wrong, I love the stones), but so is Axl. I don't think Jagger's vocals sound at all appropriate for being the devil. The original's a good song, but I don't think the Stones even did justice to their own song. The "solo" was, at the risk of being hated, kind of lame and the song as a whole wasn't hard or dark enough, but the GN'R version fixed that. I think GN'R did the song the way it was supposed to be done.
funny how you don't get any of this original-vs-cover nonsense at the Jane's Addiction version. what a bunch of insecure bitches.
This actually fits Interview With The Vampire perfectly, watch the movie then think about the song from Lestat's perspective.
I like The Rolling Stones and Guns N' Roses versions equally...
After reviewing these comments (I wanted to originally just look up the lyrics) I decided to listen to both versions of the song. I must say that they're both okay, and I must agree that both bands rock, but GnR brings just a little bit of life into it with their music. The Stones are a little too boring for me. It's like this: GnR needed the Stones' vocalist, or the Stones needed GnR's music in this song. They're both missing something, you know?
10.000 x times better than the original
I never knew GNR did a cover of this. To Kazaa!!!!
'twas for the Interview With The Vampire soundtrack <3 great song and great movie
This song's great. I would have posted on about the Rolling Stones version, but I've never heard it, so it just seemed better to post here. I think this song is about a man who caused all the wars and the wrong in the world. The death of jesus, the assassination of kennedy... the man is saying he's caused all the wrong in the world. Btw, I know the Rolling Stones originally wrote this.
Its being sung by the devil.