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Karnbach, James; Bernson, Carol (1997). The Complete Recording Guide to the Rolling Stones. Aurum Press Limited. ISBN 1-85410-533-7. a b Katz, Larry (16 August 2002). "Music; Stoned again; Band's early albums reissued in time for tour". Boston Herald. Scene section, p. S.21 . Retrieved 9 July 2013. (subscription required) The singer looks angry at being thrown to the lions,” he sings. “The bass player, he looks nervous about the girls outside.” If that line is a dig at bassist Bill Wyman’s womanizing nature, it takes one to know one. Beggars Banquet ranked 185th greatest album by Rolling Stone magazine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Despite its appeal, the song has at least one hater: Jagger himself. “I don’t really like it that much,” he admitted to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner in 1995. “I’m not sure if it has any resonance for the present day.” Whether this was a fair assessment of its message, or if it even really fits on Banquet, Richards’ grinning two-chord riff is a language anyone can understand.a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol.7 (4thed.). Oxford University Press. p.119. ISBN 0-19-531373-9. With Richards at the helm, the Stones would begin to emphasize his encyclopedic knowledge of early blues. “Prodigal Son” was originally by Reverend Robert Wilkins, a Memphis bluesman who was a senior citizen by the time the Stones got rolling.

Over a clattery, ominous samba rhythm, Jagger hands the mic to Satan on “Sympathy for the Devil.” It’d take on a second life both in cinema and myriad cover versions: it could be the only song championed by both Martin Scorsese and Axl Rose.

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