History Music / BeggarsBanquet

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[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover, rejected by Decca and used on post-1986 reissues of the album.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issue of the album.]]

''Beggars Banquet'' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in December 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 ranked among the band's best albums.

In any case, the influential recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' from 1968. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series. The record was also listed at #58 in ''Magazine/RollingStone's'' [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and #94 on ''Magazine/{{NME}}'s'' [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime list]].

# "Sympathy For The Devil" (6:18)

# "Jigsaw Puzzle" (6:06)

# "Salt Of The Earth" (4:48)

* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''eggar's '''B'''anquet", "'''D'''ear '''D'''octor".
* AnswerCut: "Sympathy For The Devil".

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

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: "Sympathy For The Devil"

* EpicRocking: "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Street Fighting Man".
* FacelessMasses: "Salt Of The Earth"

* GenreShift: "Sympahty For The Devil", while now among the Stones' proverbial anthems, is quite different from their usual fare (then and now) of 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. Jagger states that while it's a Ballad, the unusual Samba rhythms and African beats stopped it from departing too much from their style:

* HeavyMeta: "Jigsaw Puzzle"

* HistoricalRapSheet: "Sympathy For The Devil" lists many atrocities that the titular Devil has been part of, such as being a German General during WorldWarTwo, being accomplice of the assassination of [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy John]] and [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Robert Kennedy]], and the French and Russian Revolutions.

** "Sympathy For The Devil" basically has the Devil wonder why he is considered evil if humans have been equally horrid over the centuries.

** "Salt Of The Earth"

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: TropeNamer in "Sympathy For The Devil".

* ProtestSong: "Street Fighting Man", which actually doesn't advocate for rebellion as "compromise is solution". "Salt Of The Earth" asks for sympathy for the common man.
* 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/RobertFKennedy got assassinated too in the Spring of 1968 Jagger changed the line from "Who killed Kennedy?" to "Who killed the Kennedys?"

* RedOctober: Lucifer in "Sympathy For The Devil" was present during the UsefulNotes/TheRussianRevolution:

* 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 was certainly intentionally 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, noting that it was the only real song of the Stones that dealt with the Satanic theme and even then it's more a TakeThat to humanity in general.
* 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".
* RunawayBride: "Dear Doctor", the fiancée receives a note from his bride

** "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 And The Vandellas, except with the word "dancing" instead of "fighting".

** The track "Sympathy For The Parents" on ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren'' by Music/MarilynManson is a shout-out to "Sympathy For The Devil".
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets By A Car]]'' Satan introduces himself to Bart with the words: "Please allow me to introduce myself", in reference to "Sympathy For The Devil".

* SpecialGuest: Record producer Music/JimmyMiller provides backing vocals on "Sympathy For The Devil".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards sings lead on the first verse of "Salt Of The Earth".

* VillainSong: "Sympathy For The Devil", sang from the viewpoint of Satan himself, though RefrainFromAssuming it's actually sympathetic 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?
* WhoShotJFK: Apparently ''you and me'', according to "Sympathy For The Devil".
--> ''I shouted out: "Who killed the Kennedy's?"''

** "Salt Of The Earth"

** In the interim, another [[Music/{{Understatement}} little-known English pop group]] Music/TheBeatles 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.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards lead on the first verse of "Salt Of The Earth".

[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover, rejected by Decca and used on reissues of the album.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issue of the album.]]

* ContemptibleCover: The original album cover, depicting the credits as BathroomStallGraffiti, was rejected by Decca Records. This caused the album's release to be delayed by several months while they came up with a new design. They eventually settled on a [[MinimalisticCoverArt spare white cover]] resembling a formal invitation card.

* ContemptibleCover: The original album cover depicting the credits as BathroomStallGraffiti was rejected by Decca Records, which caused the album's release to be delayed by several months while they came up with a new design. They eventually settled on a [[MinimalisticCoverArt spare 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 they came up with a new design. They eventually settled on a [[MinimalisticCoverArt spare white cover]] resembling a formal invitation card.
** In the interim, another [[Music/{{Understatement}} little-known English pop group]] Music/TheBeatles 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.

* ContemptibleCover: The original album cover was a toilet wall full with graffiti. This was deemed too filthy by the record company and instead a classy album cover, written in beautiful handwriting was chosen.

[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover, rejected by Decca and used on reissues of the album.]][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover, rejected by Decca and used on reissues of the album.[[labelnote: Click here for the replacement cover.]] [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]][[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The original cover, rejected by Decca and used on reissues of the album.]]

[[labelnote: Click here for the replacement cover]] [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]][[/labelnote]]

[[labelnote: Click here for the original cover]] [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]][[/labelnote]]

'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is the seventh studio album (ninth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in December 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 ranked among the band's best albums.

[[labelnote: The original cover]] [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The replacement cover, used on the original issues of the album.]][[/labelnote]]

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

* 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, noting that it was the only real song of the Stones that dealt with the Satanic theme and even then it's more a TakeThat to humanity in general.

The band delayed the record's release considerably due to the [[ExecutiveMeddling ongoing conflict between the band and the record companies]], who despised the cover shown on the right. While the original cover has been reinstated on reissues, this conflict speaks to the band's rapidly shifting role from a group of talented musicians to a mouthpiece for a generation. From the introductory track, which is the TropeNamer to SympathyForTheDevil and ManOfWealthAndTaste, to the largely SelfDeprecating indictment of [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll debauchery of their lifestyle]], the songs both implicates society and defends the people largely undercut by privilege. Fitting for an album heavily influenced by the violence and politics of the 1960s, the cover and the album's themes are now viewed as a celebration of [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores cultural rebels and impoverished people]] disenfranchised by society. However, some view this situation as though TheManIsStickingItToTheMan, since the Rolling Stones do not accurately represent the poor and downtrodden.

In any case, the influential recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' from 1968. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series. The record was also listed at #58 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and #94 on ''Magazine/{{NME}}'''s [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime list]].

# "Street Fighting Man (3:16)

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11ced8ab076a9808026f2358b2f3d140.jpg]]
[[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}}'' from 1966, ''Music/LetItBleed'' from 1969, ''Music/StickyFingers'' from 1971 and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' from 1972.

The recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' from 1968. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series. The record was also listed at #58 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

Two {{trope namers}} can be found on this album: ManOfWealthAndTaste and SympathyForTheDevil.

** In the interim, 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.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Parachute Woman"
--> ''Parachute woman, will you blow me out?''
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Sympathy For The Devil".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards lead on the first stanza of "Salt Of The Earth".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards sings co-lead vocals on "Salt Of The Earth".

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "Dear Doctor", the narrator laments that "the gal I'm to marry is a bowlegged sow".

--> ''I watched with glee as your kings and queens fought for ten decades for the gods they made''

'''''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}}'' from 1966, ''Music/LetItBleed'' from 1969, ''Music/StickyFingers'' from 1971 and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' from 1972.

''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}}'' from 1966, ''Music/LetItBleed'' from 1969, ''Music/StickyFingers'' from 1971 and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' from 1972.

The recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' from 1968. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series. The record was also listed at nr. #58 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

'''''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}}'' from 1966, ''Music/LetItBleed'' from 1969, ''Music/StickyFingers'' from 1971 and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' from 1972.

The recording sessions to some songs of this album were filmed in Creator/JeanLucGodard's ''One Plus One/Sympathy For The Devil'' from 1968. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series. The record was also listed at nr. #58 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

Two [[TropeNamer trope namers]] can be found on this album: ManOfWealthAndTaste and SympathyForTheDevil.

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

* GenreShift: "Sympahty for the Devil" while now among the Stones proverbial anthems, is quite different from their usual fare (then and now) of 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. Jagger states that while it's a Ballad, the unusual Samba rhythms and African beats stopped it from departing too much from their style:

* 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 a [[MinimalisticCoverArt spare 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 they came up with a new cover design. They eventually settled on an [[MinimalisticCoverArt all-white cover]] resembling a formal invitation card.