First time hearing The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil 

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"Gimme Shelter" is my favofie Stones song.

I’m willing to bet woo was said 666 times. 😂

A lot of people miss the point of the song being called "sympathy" for the devil. He's saying that he was there (watching), but he didn't do those things listed. People always blame him, but it was us, the humans, that did all of those things.

The Stones released a film of them in studio creating this song.

Great reaction. I agree, this and Paint it Black are two of their best. I saw them do this in Toronto in 94. 50,000 people singing "woo woo" is quite an experience.

This and Gimme Shelter are my favourite Rolling Stones songs, the piano, bongos and solid bass riff drive it along with Keith adding guitar accents here and there. RIP Charlie Watts🙏❤

there area 124 woo woo's in the studio version of the Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil with number 125 fading out in the end not complete.

boy or girl that child is going to be a rockstar

Great song live with all the Woo Woo´s from the audience, and that gutar sound together with Mick Jagger´s performance. Love it.

In the movie FOCUS with Will Smith as a con man, he uses this song as part of the movie, and recounts that there are 124 WOO woos in the song.

Nice reference to Devil's Advocate!! That monologue by Pacino is one of my favorite movie scenes 😁

This song was prominently mentioned in The Stand from the 90’s by the antagonist Randell Flag. A good watch.

Definitely my favorite Stones song. It's like a history lesson in a song. Gotta love that!

Favorite stones song

Can’t deny or underestimate the influence and popularity of the Beatles I wouldn’t dare,As a young man growing up in the second half of the 1960s into the 1970s the Stones were more exciting more menacing and struck the right chords for me.

The references of the lyrics in this song are genius. I've always felt that if I were a history teacher that I could use songs like Sympathy and We Didn't Start the Fire as jumping off points for learning about those points in history.

Saw The Rolling Stones in 1989 in Philadelphia on the opening night of the Steel Wheels tour. But, the best part of the concert was the opening act, Living Colour, they were stellar.

I'm also a Stones guy and this is one of my favorites. Mostly, in spite of the context, I just love the sound of this one.

Fun fact. In the studio version of this amazing track, there's a bunch of people dancing and grooving around, and there amongst them we see John Lennon & Yoko Ono joining in the fun.

The eye opening message I get out of this song is the Sympathy part, meaning that the Devil sat back watching all these horrid events take place as WE the humans did the deeds in his name. "...you're to blame", "... after all it was You and Me".

This is one of my favorite Stones songs! One of the few where I can understand what Mick is saying. Mr. Nicky Hopkins played piano. It never ceases to amaze me how wee ones can sleep anywhere. My complaint is the small ones grow too fast!!! Take care you ALL.......

We were complicit in it all. Devil didn't make us do it.

Lol, google auto-completes "how many woo wo" to "how many woo woos in sympathy for the devil". And the answer is 124.

A long time ago (42 years) While vacation in Vermont, On a Canadian TV station shown Their documentary of this song. Concert staple encore song

such a brilliant song and i love this lyric video style... saw them on the most recent tour in 2024 and the video screens had a really great presentation during this song and they sounded great. Some of my favorite guitar work and overall sounds from the Stones.

Love the Stones. And you guys. Thanks

Sympathy for the Devil was influenced by the decadent/symbolist 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire's 'Les Fleurs du mal' - Flowers of Evil, and is based on the book, 'The Master and Margarita', written during the Stalinist era by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. The story concerns a visit by the devil to the officially atheistic Soviet Union. The Master and Margarita combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying categorization within a single genre. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, as well as the foremost of Soviet satires. Sympathy for the Devil is considered one of the 60's greatest counterculture songs of dread and should be viewed as a companion piece to the Stones apocalyptic Gimme Shelter, Street Fighting and Dylan's/Hendrix All Along the Watchtower. These song represent the revolutionary turbulence taking place in the West in 1968. Sympathy is a song of dread and foreboding that represents the dark side of the 60's. The lyrics: 'I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made' A reference to The Hundred Years' War a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. As for Jagger's voice it's fabulous, perfect for the song, a mixture of hauteur, contempt, derision and mockery filtered through a camp Dylanesque Blues drawl; perfect for the character of Lucifer, 'A man of wealth and taste.'

I listen to this every Good Friday.

Woo woo woo woo....🔜😊

This is by far my favorite Stones tune. Hands down

To me that is one of the my favorite stone songs I just seen them when they opened up their new tour here in Houston and they played that song. I recorded the whole thing and many other songs I recorded, but that man it’s just a kick ass song.

Great song. Classic Stones. One of their best.

Great show! 👍❤️

Greatest Rock n Roll band ever 🤘🤘

Love the baby. Congrats. BLESSINGS!

You should do the lyric video for “Gimme Shelter” it might be the same creator..very similar style to this video

The Rolling Stones have put out a bunch of lyric videos like this lately

I saw them in 1974 in Colorado and with the early acts including Rufus with Chaka Khan and Charlie Daniels and his band. Santa

I love that song!

Great reaction mates. Slainte ☘️

Since there were no videos back then (movies, live tv--3 channels- or concerts) someone did this style of video for A LOT of the Stones songs. All are done withe lyrics on a background.

They were security at the altamont concert, the hells angels that is, and a 18 yr old was stabbed by the angels and The Rolling Stones were unaware of what happened and continued to play. Dec 1969 it was

Congratulations, Welcome Little One.

You need to let her check out "One Hit To The Body" It's a great song and Mick, and Keith were fighting at the time, which makes the video much better!!

Though Elite Legendary Icons I still believe underrated for their Lyrics. You wonder HOW as these guys were always Drunk, Coked out and Stoned??? It's because they were also Educated and paid attention and their Dues!! I'm team BEATLES but these guys are Freaks Of Nature Awesome!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

Great reaction you guys. Wild Horses is great, but Paint It Black is my all time favorite stones.

Don't forget the ' superchat requests from....oh wow almost 6 months ago. Early Van halen was one of the requests( aint talkin bout love or Jamies crying??) and the other superchat request was for ' yes=Changes ) remember those???

even though I found out kinda late about the birth of your daughter / granddaughter, never too late to congratulate you, you two, must be so proud. Now, I'd like to make a suggestion about a band that is not so known by many people, but probably you know them, it's SATROX, how about reacting to "More Than a Feeling", "Power Lights", "River to Nowhere", "Heaven", please, amazing band and so underrated, Rockers deserve to get to know them, never is too late, NO, not in metal. 🤘🔥

Don’t forget to that this wasn’t played live for years because of the hells angels at the San Francisco concert in the 60’s. My favorite stones song.all though there’s plenty to choose from

Keith Richards has always said he's a believer in letting the notes breathe. He's said he likens it to a painter who dabs a bit of paint here and a bit of paint there rather than just splash the canvas with too much paint. That's my favorite style of guitar playing. The endless, non-stop guitar solos get boring real fast.

A perfect song and lp for the year 1968. We listened to music because there were no silly videos. Then we rioted in the streets because we were so pissed off at all the governments everywhere. Two years later they started shooting students.

I wonder if this song made way for the rumors that they have lasted so long in the biz because of making a pact with "that guy". The song itself is very creative n maybe even historically correct, great song for sure, great lyrics, great music. I'm sure she'll enjoy Angie, also. That's the cool thing about the Stones, a wide variety of sounds.

The song must've been inspiration for the movie "The Messenger" about Joan of Arc.

As an historian, the lyrics in this song impress me more than the music (which is also great). I love songs that incorporate historical allusions and references (such as Billy Joel's "We didn't Start the Fire"--which is also great).

Can't you hear me knocking

I sang this to my dancing manager & boss & they laughed when I said "Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name"

They had to change it from "Who shot Kennedy?" to "Who shot the Kennedy's" after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated.

Gimme shelter might be my favorite, but like you said they've had a looooong career spanning decades

I'm a The Doors guy and can't forget the greatest band in history...Led Zeppelin

124 woo woos

Epic track. Use the lyrics vids. They are the studio versions.

The often-missed point of the song is that the devil is in need of restraint, and humanity is not restraining him. In the end, he mentions the point again, by saying, "I'll tell you one time. You're to blame."

React to Rolling Stones feat. Axl Rose - Salt Of The Earth.

I put "how many woos in sympathy for the devil" in Google and got this quote: During his explanation of the scam that took place during the Super Bowl game, Nicky comments that because the song "Sympathy for the Devil" has 124 "woo woos" and the Mandarin word for five is "wu" that the number 5 was being subconsciously planted in their mark Liyuan's head to help him pick the number 55, however....

Love sympathy. Should check out God & Satan from Biffy Clyro. Really awesome full picture song.

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How many woo woos does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop?

there are 124 woo woo's in Sympathy for the Devil

The title says it all. Love the groove, but I’ve never decided if I like the song. When I hear a Stones fan say they don’t like The Beatles, I know I’m hearing a closet Beatles fan. Is the closet dark?😊

Next...Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

Not gonna lie... I've always been more of a Beatles fan and I don't really care much for the Stones - but this song is pure fire!

i'd be willing to bet the person who created this video knows how many woohoo's there are. you could do a top 5 stones songs this, paint it black, wild horses, sister morphine, she comes in colors

"I'll tell you one time your to blame", evil is manmade.

Im so glad to hear you say "I'm not much of a Beatles fan". I can't believe how many people can't believe I'm such a huge fan of rock, but don't really care for the Beatles. They really get pissed when I say they were the "Boys to Men" or "NSync" of the 60s.

124

Vietnam movies.

Use a word count on lyrics page .. lol

124 woo hoos

How in hell can somebody like The Stones, and not The Beatles?

Like this song, but I'm Beatles!

The devil is actually OURSELVES. When Jesus had his hesitations, humanity already existed. The song doesn't mention anything about this "entity" existing since the beginning of creation. So, basically, we, humans are evil by nature and we're mostly incapable to restrain our evil nature. "Ah, yeah Tell me, baby, what's my name? Tell me, honey, can you guess my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name? I'll tell you one time, YOU'RE TO BLAME"

The lyrics were inspired by The Master and Margarita, a book by Mikhail Bulgakov. British singer Marianne Faithfull was Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time and she gave him the book. Faithfull came from an upper-class background and exposed Jagger to a lot of new ideas. In the book, the devil is a sophisticated socialite, a "man of wealth and taste." Jagger claims this is about the dark side of man, not a celebration of Satanism. Good thing, I certainly do not have symphony for the devil. I'll be glad when he finally gets thrown into the lake of fire. Sorry not a Stones fan.

Brian Jones last hit, I think.

Those are congas, not bongos...

Father daughter???

Too young to remember when both got here, but I'm definitely more a Stones fan than the Beetles. Their music was just more consistently dirtier, meaning less filtered and raw. NGL, the Beetle's White album is legendary, but so is Let It Bleed. The Stones also cruised over time thru decades showing longevity. Beetles had insane impact, but it was so short-lived, not sure if they could have provided solid music that related during the 70s thru the 90s let alone the 2000s.

What a claim to fame. Woo-Hoo

Amy’Son here again…Alexis might appreciate some quality Christian rock/metal for balance. She seems like a Christian. Just sayin’.

Definitely not a Stones fan, but this is a great song. The GnR version is so much better.

ummm Dude ,Is that like your daughter or what, I not sure I can support this channel.

that base line ! jesus !