History Music / BeggarsBanquet

* BathroomStallGraffiti: The original album cover, which was rejected by Decca Records, which caused the album's release to be delayed by several months while they came up with a new cover design. They eventually settled on an [[MinimalisticCoverDesign all-white cover]] resembling a formal invitation card.

* BathroomStallGraffiti: The original album cover, which was rejected by Decca Records, which caused the album's release to be delayed by several months while the new "invitation card" cover was designed, during which another [[Music/TheBeatles little-known English pop group]] happened to release a [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum double album with an all-white cover of their own]]. This led to the Stones being accused of ripping off said album cover come the release of ''Banquet'', while they themselves never had anything to do with it.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: The "invitation card" cover used for the original LP release after Decca rejected the toilet cover.

* BathroomStallGraffiti: The original album cover, which caused the album release to be delayed by several months, during which another [[Music/TheBeatles little-known English pop group]] happened to release a [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum double album with an all-white cover of their own]]. This led to the Stones being accused of ripping off said album cover come the release of ''Banquet'', while they themselves never had anything to do with it.

* BathroomStallGraffiti: The original album cover, which caused the album release to be delayed by several months, during which another [[Music/TheBeatles little-known English pop group]] happened to release a [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum double album with an all-white cover of their own]]. This led to the Stones being accused of ripping off said album cover come the release of Banquet, while they themselves never had anything to do with it.

* GenreShift: "Sympahty for the Devil" while now among the Stones proverbial anthems, is quite different from their usual fare (then and now) or angsty blues songs. Namely for the fact that the lyrics are fairly literary filled with historical allusions. Indeed Mick Jagger noted that it was more suited to Bob Dylan's style than the Stones, the song itself drew on the influences of ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' (recommended by Creator/MarianneFaithfull) and the poetry of Charles Baudelaire.

* RockMeAsmodeus: "Sympathy For The Devil" may be the first explicitly Satanistic song, despite the fact that the content is actually more about mankind denying its own obvious evilness than worshipping the devil. Even Jagger himself has acknowledged this.

[[caption-width-right:350: The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]]

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles "Sympathy For The Devil", "Stray Cat Blues" and "Street Fighting Man" and is generally ranked as one of their best albums, along with ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' (1966), ''Music/LetItBleed'' (1969), ''Music/StickyFingers'' (1971) and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' (1972).

The recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' (1968). A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series.

* AnachronismStew: The BadassBoast in "Sympathy For The Devil": "I laid traps for troubadoures/Who get killed before they reach Bombay" [presumably in a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]]].

* CrossDressingVoices: "Dear Doctor", in which the band at one point imitates a woman's voice.

--> ''They've been outcasts all thier lives''

--> ''And a parade of the gray suited grafters''

--> ''Killed the Czar and his ministers''

* RunawayBride: "Dear Doctor", the fiance receives a note from his bride

** Some of the graffiti on the album cover reads "Music/BobDylan 's Dream" (a song from ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan'') and "Music from [[Music/TheBand Big Brown]]".

* VillainSong: "Sympathy For The Devil", sang from the viewpoint of Satan himself, though RefrainFromAssuming it's actually sympathethic to him. As the lyrics progress it turns out that Satan questions why people call him "evil", as they too have accomplices in his crimes over the centuries?

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles "Sympathy For The Devil", "Stray Cat Blues" and "Street Fighting Man" and is generally ranked as one of their best albums, along with ''Music/LetItBleed'' (1969), ''Music/StickyFingers'' (1971) and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' (1972).

# "Sympathy For The Devil"
# "No Expectations"
# "Dear Doctor"
# "Parachute Woman"
# "Jigsaw Puzzle"

# "Street Fighting Man
# "Prodigal Son"
# "Stray Cat Blues"
# "Factory Girl"
# "Salt Of The Earth"

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[[caption-width-right:302:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]]

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles "Sympathy For The Devil", "Stray Cat Blues" and "Street Fighting Man" and is generally ranked as one of their best albums.

Side 1

Side 2

* CrossDressingVoices: "Dear Doctor", in which the band imitates a woman's voice at one point.

* LastNameReveal: "Sympathy For The Devil"
--> ''(...) Just call me Lucifer!''

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Street Fighting Man" was released in a very turbulent year, 1968, when globally many college students started rebelling against the system and organizing protest marches in the street. "Sympathy For The Devil" originally only referenced the murder of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, but as his brother UsefulNotes/RobertKennedy got assassinated too in the Spring of 1968 Jagger changed the line from "Who killed Kennedy?" to "Who killed the Kennedys?"

* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''eggar's '''B'''anquet".

* AnswerCut
--> I shouted out: ''Who killed the Kennedys?''
--> When after all it was you and me.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: ''I watched with glee as your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made'' - "Sympathy For The Devil"

* CoverVersion: "Prodigal Son" (best known for the line ''that's no way to get along''), a cover of blues artist Robert Wilkins.

* DirtyOldMan: "Stray Cat Blues", featuring a man lusting after a 15 year old groupie, reasoning ''it's no hanging matter/ it's no capital crime''.

* ExpectationLowerer: "No Expectations".
* HistoricalRapSheet: "Sympathy For The Devil" lists many atrocities that the titular Devil has been part of, such as being a German General during World War II, being accomplice of the assassination of John and Robert Kennedy, and the French and Russian Revolutions.
* HumansAreBastards: ''I watched with glee as your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made'' - "Sympathy For The Devil"

* LastNameReveal: ''Just call me Lucifer'' - "Sympathy For The Devil".

* OneWomanSong: "Factory Girl", "Parachute Woman".
* ProtestSong: "Street Fighting Man", "Salt Of The Earth".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Street Fighting Man" was released in a very turbulent year, 1968, when globally many college students started rebelling against the system and organizing protest marches in the street.

* RedOctober: Lucifer in "Sympathy For The Devil" was present in St. Petersburg ''when it was time for a change''.
* RefugeInAudacity: Releasing a track named "Sympathy For The Devil" in an era of hippie peace and love, with many parents of Stones fans still active church goers is certainly audacious!

* RuleAbidingRebel: In "Street Fighting Man" Jagger sings that a poor boy can't do much against street fighting people, or change the system for that matter, except ''sing in a rock 'n' roll band''. A similar lack of attempt to actually join in to change a dire situation can be heard in "Salt Of The Earth".
* RunawayFiance: "Dear Doctor".
* SelfDeprecation: Jagger observes street violence in "Street Fighting Man", but decides: ''What can a poor boy do/ except sing in a rock and roll band''.
* ShotGunWedding: "Dear Doctor".

** Some of the graffiti on the ''Beggars Banquet'' reads ''Music/BobDylan 's Dream'' and ''Music from [[Music/TheBand Big Brown]]''.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Trope Namer. Ironically, the song in question is a subversion of the trope, as the Devil spends the whole song bragging about how evil he is. Or rather, sarcastically confessing how evil and horrible he is, when ''"after all it was you and me"'' and that the Devil is nothing more than humanity denying their [[NeverMyFault own capacity for evil]]. Lucifer also threatens to ''"lay your soul to waste"'' if you don't show him sympathy or respect. Yikes.
* VillainSong: "Sympathy For The Devil".

* WorkingClassHero: "Salt Of The Earth" and "Factory Girl".

* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion

* BadassBoast: Most of ''Sympathy For The Devil'' is a badass boast by someone we could assume to be an UnreliableNarrator.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: ''I watched with glee as your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made'' - ''Sympathy For The Devil''

* TheCoup: ''Street Fighting Man''.
* CoverVersion: ''Prodigal Son'' (best known for the line ''that's no way to get along''), a cover of blues artist Robert Wilkins.
* CrossDressingVoices: ''Dear Doctor'', in which the band imitates a woman's voice at one point.

* DirtyOldMan: ''Stray Cat Blues'', featuring a man lusting after a 15 year old groupie, reasoning ''it's no hanging matter/ it's no capital crime''.
* EpicRocking: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' and ''Street Fighting Man''.
* ExpectationLowerer: ''No Expectations''.
* HistoricalRapSheet: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' lists many atrocities that the titular Devil has been part of, such as being a German General during World War II, being accomplice of the assassination of John and Robert Kennedy, and the French and Russian Revolutions.
* HumansAreBastards: ''I watched with glee as your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made'' - ''Sympathy For The Devil''
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* LastNameReveal: ''Just call me Lucifer'' - ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: TropeNamer in ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* NewSoundAlbum: A huge departure from the psychedelia of their previous albums.
* OneWomanSong: ''Factory Girl'', ''Parachute Woman''.
* ProtestSong: ''Street Fighting Man'', ''Salt Of The Earth''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: ''Street Fighting Man'' was released in a very turbulent year, 1968, when globally many college students started rebelling against the system and organizing protest marches in the street.
* RebelliousSpirit: ''Street Fighting Man'', which was banned from some American radio stations for possibly inciting violence.
* RedOctober: Lucifer in ''Sympathy For The Devil'' was present in St. Petersburg ''when it was time for a change''.
* RefugeInAudacity: Releasing a track named ''Sympathy For The Devil'' in an era of hippie peace and love, with many parents of Stones fans still active church goers is certainly audacious!
* RockMeAsmodeus: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' may be the first explicitly Satanistic song, despite the fact that the content is actually more about mankind denying its own obvious evilness than worshiping the devil. Even Jagger himself has acknowledged this.
* RuleAbidingRebel: In ''Street Fighting Man'' Jagger sings that a poor boy can't do much against street fighting people, or change the system for that matter, except ''sing in a rock 'n' roll band''. A similar lack of attempt to actually join in to change a dire situation can be heard in ''Salt Of The Earth''.
* RunawayFiance: ''Dear Doctor''.
* WorkingClassHero: ''Salt Of The Earth'', ''Factory Girl''
* SelfDeprecation: Jagger observes street violence in ''Street Fighting Man'', but decides: ''What can a poor boy do/ except sing in a rock and roll band''.
* ShotGunWedding: ''Dear Doctor''.

** ''Sympathy For The Devil'' informs us that Satan was present when Useful/JesusChrist was being seduced by him, the Russian Revolution, the Blitzkrieg and centuries of bloodshed between kings and queens in name of their religion.
** The line ''summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street'' in ''Street Fighting Man'' is similar to the refrain of ''Dancing In The Street'' by Martha & The Vandellas, except with the word ''dancing'' instead of ''fighting''.
** The story collection ''Beggars Banquet' by Creator/IanRankin took its title from this album.
** The track ''Sympathy For The Parents'' on ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren'' by Music/MarilynManson is a shout-out to ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* SomethingBlues: ''Stray Cat Blues''.
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: ''Salt Of The Earth'', in which Keith Richards sings co-lead vocals.

* VillainSong: ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* WhoShotJFK: Apparently ''you and me'', according to ''Sympathy For The Devil''.
* WorkingClassHero: ''Salt Of The Earth'' and ''Factory Girl''.

* Brian Jones - guitar, harmonica, mellotron, sitar, tamboura, vocals

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Between The Buttons'' and ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles "Sympathy For The Devil", "Stray Cat Blues" and "Street Fighting Man" and is generally ranked as one of their best albums.

The recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' (1968).

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Between The Buttons'' and ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles "Sympathy For The Devil", "Stray Cat Blues" and "Street Fighting Man" and is generally ranked as one of their best albums.

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1968. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous albums, the psychedelic ''Between The Buttons'' and ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', both from 1967. ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles ''Sympathy For The Devil'', ''Stray Cat Blues'' and ''Street Fighting Man'' and is generally ranked as one of their best albums.

[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover.]]

''Beggars Banquet'' is a 1968 album by Music/TheRollingStones. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous album, the psychedelic ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' (1967). ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles ''Sympathy For The Devil'', ''Stray Cat Blues'' and ''Street Fightin' Man'' and ranked as one of their best albums.

* TheCoup: ''Street Fightin' Man''.

* EpicRocking: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' and ''Street Fightin' Man''.

* HistoricalRapSheet: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' lists many atrocities that the titular Devil has been part of, such as being a German General during World War II, being accomplice of the assassination of both Kennedys, and the French and Russian Revolutions.

* NewSoundAlbum: A huge departure from the psychedelica of their previous more psychedelic albums.

* ProtestSong: ''Street Fightin' Man'', ''Salt Of The Earth''.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: ''Street Fightin' Man'' was released in a very turbulent year, 1968, when globally many college students started rebelling against the system and organizing protest marches in the street.
* RebelliousSpirit: ''Street Fightin' Man'', which was banned from some American radio stations for possibly inciting violence.

* RockMeAsmodeus: ''Sympathy For The Devil'' may be the first explicitly Satanistic song, despite the fact that the content is actually more about mankind denying its own obvious evilness than worshipping the devil. Even Jagger himself has acknowledged this.

* SelfDeprecation: Jagger observes street violence in ''Street Fightin' Man'', but decides: ''What can a poor boy do/ except sing in a rock and roll band''.

** The line ''summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street'' in ''Street Fightin' Man'' is similar to the refrain of ''Dancing In The Street'' by Martha & The Vandellas, except with the word ''dancing'' instead of ''fighting''.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: ''Salt Of The Earth'', in which Keith Richards sings lead vocals.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Trope Namer. Ironically, the song in question is a subversion of the trope, as the Devil spends the whole song bragging about how evil he is. Or rather, sarcastically confessing how evil and horrible he is, when ''"after all it was you and me"'' and that the Devil is nothing more than humanity denying their [[NeverMyFault own capacity for evil]]. Lucifer also theatens to ''"lay your soul to waste"'' if you don't show him sympathy or respect. Yikes.

* WorkingClassHero: ''Salt Of The Earth'' and ''Factory Girl''.

''Beggars Banquet'' is a 1968 album by Music/TheRollingStones. It was considered a return to their old rebellious and subversive roots, compared to their previous album, the psychedelic ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' rip-off ''At Their Satanic Majesties Request'' (1967). ''Beggars Banquet'' is best remembered for the hit singles ''Sympathy For The Devil'', ''Stray Cat Blues'' and ''Street Fightin' Man'' and ranked as one of their best albums.