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Sympathy for the Devil is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Kenny Clarke and Marianne Faithfull. Those roots explain a lot about how Sympathy for the Devil arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Welcome to the Jungle and I Was Made for Lovin' You, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Guns N' Roses and Slash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Sympathy for the Devil, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Guns N' Roses. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and credited to the Jagger–Richards partnership. It is the opening track on the band's 1968 album Beggars Banquet. The song has received critical acclaim and features on Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, being ranked number 106 in the 2021 edition.
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Sympathy for the Devil connections
Sympathy for the Devil grew out of Bob Dylan, Kenny Clarke and Marianne Faithfull, shares an orbit with Welcome to the Jungle and I Was Made for Lovin' You, went on to shape Guns N' Roses and Slash. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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