Beggars Banquet

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The song uses a quote that refers to a passage in the Bible where Jesus is trying to encourage people to give the best of themselves Dimery, Robert, ed. (2011). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-84403-699-8. The band had never been political per se. Instead, politics had been sublimated in the music, whose punch and swagger suggested violence even if the lyrics didn’t call for it. That Jimmy Miller—their new producer—had been a drummer helped: Even Jagger’s voice sounded like a percussion instrument now, hitting words and syllables (“…but what’s PUZZ-ling you is the NA-ture OF my GA-me,” he says on “Sympathy for the Devil”) like they were detonators. At a time when the culture was acclimating to the reality that the personal would always be political and vice versa, the Stones always remained a little detached, careful not to lay too heavy a hand on any part of the scale. The band weren’t freedom fighters and Beggars Banquet wasn’t a manifesto—they were keen onlookers, and here was the picture from the window. Joan Baez on the studio album, Blessed Are... Baez included the song in her set during her October 2011 performance for Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan. When Beggars Banquet was completed, both the UK’s Decca Records and London Records in the US rejected the planned cover design – a graffiti-covered lavatory wall. The band initially refused to change the cover, resulting in several months’ delay, but by November, the Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple white cover imitating an invitation card, complete with an RSVP.

Canadian album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". Music Canada . Retrieved 11 June 2016. Clayson, Alan (2008). The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. Billboard Books. ISBN 978-0-8230-8397-8. The breakup theme of “No Expectations” continues with “Dear Doctor”— albeit in a tongue-in-cheek setting. It begins with Jagger detailing his broken heart — not poetically, but literally, and so much so that it needs to be physically removed and preserved in a jar.

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a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol.7 (4thed.). Oxford University Press. p.119. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.Quibbling aside, Jagger’s portrayal of the Morning Star as a rakish debonair still elicits grins; the lyrics about shooting the Kennedys and Christ’s agony in Gethsemane, gasps. Grammy Hall of Fame Letter B". Grammy. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011 . Retrieved 1 May 2020.