Just finished watching The Rolling Stones film Sympathy for the Devil. It's directed and written by Goddard so it is one pile of confusing metaphorical shit.
I went into it thinking that it would be Rolling Stone studio footage, and yes, part of it was. But the other half of the film consisted of odd political segments involving graffiti, Nazis, and nudity.
Perhaps Goddard was making political commentary on the world issues of 1968. Perhaps he was saying "something" about the Black Panthers and Marxism. Perhaps the segments made no cohesive statement and confused 95% of the viewers.
The Stones shine through with the recording process of "Sympathy for the Devil." Such a great record and it was great to see the birth of the song on film. My roommate and I got so into it we picked up our own drums and started banging along to the tropical sounding drum beat.
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