Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: The Stones Again...

This is definitely my favourite...I'm posting the lyrics since Mick and co.
seem to have some fans here...
Bye
Stefano
--
Sympathy for the Devil
(Jagger/Richards)
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedy's?"
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for the Troubadours
Who got killed before they reached Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners Saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politeness
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

 (Jagger/Richards)
[....]
Dear Stefano,
Having said I am not too familiar with the music of The Stones, the lyrics
you posted were of great interest to the undersigned and I thank you for
them. Seems a little out of their norm, or would I mistaken in this?
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 seem to have some fans here...
Ok, non si discute, grandissima canzone, una Pietra miliare, però forse è il
caso di trasferirsi su alt.rock'n'roll.stones, ti pare?
Ciao
Anna

...
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Well, actually I believe you are wrong...the Stones and the Devil are pretty
much the same thing ;-)

 much the same thing ;-)
Dear Stefano,
ROTFL. Either your 'generation gap' is showing' or else we have more in
common than I might have realised.
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Uhm...generation gap? Do you mean The Stones are my era and you are younger?
Do you mean I'm young and you were in high school when Mick sang
"Satisfaction"? Or what exactly. I was born december 4th, 1968.
And waht do you think we might have in common?
Let me know ;-)

 Let me know ;-)
Dear Stefano,
Having at the time of posting my previous message  no knowledge of your age,
the 'generation gap' was a hypothetical supposition on my part. As it turns
out, an erroneous one.
With vivid memories of how my 'parental unit' ( I saw this expression used
recently on another newsgroup and am still fascinated by it) behaved each
time either of my brothers attempted to listen to Mr Jagger and Co's music
within the house, and your comment seeming to echo exactly their rather
strongly help sentiments, I thought the generation  gap might apply. As I
also said, I was wrong.
You are not of their generation, and are give or take a decade are closer to
mine.
As for what we might have in common, or rather what I think we might have in
common, time will tell.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb