Escrita por
Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada entre 4 e 10 de junho de
1968 e lançada em 6 de dezembro de 1968 no disco Beggars Banquet. Na
música, é o diabo em pessoa quem conta sua história. Em primeira
pessoa, contando seu ponto de vista, contando as atrocidades da
história da humanidade.
Trata-se de
um samba rock. Um arranjo de rock e um ritmo de samba. É a música
de número 32 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos
da revista Rolling Stone. A influencia foi de Baudelaire e de
Bulgakov, no livro The Master and Margarita. Esse livro só chegou na
Inglaterra traduzido em 1967 e foi dado a Jagger por Marianne
Faithfull.
A letra fala
do julgamento de Jesus, dizendo que ele ficou certo que Piltes lavou
as mãos para selar o destino de jesus. Fala das guerras de religião
na Euroa, dizendo que os reis e rainha lutaram por 40 anos por
deuses que eles criaram. Fala da violência da revolução russa e o
massacre da família Romanov. Fala da segunda guerra mundial, sobre a
morte dos Kennedys.
Nicky
Hopkins tocou piano, Rocky Dijon tocou congas, Bill Wyman tocou
maracas, Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie
Watts, Keith Richard e Bill Wyman e o produtor Jimmy Miller fizeram
os backing vocals. Keith Richards tocou baixo e guitarra solo na
gravação. Mick Jagger cantou. Charlie Watts tambem tocou sino de
vaca.
Foi
regravada pelos Guns and Roses em 1994. Foi usada essa versão no
filme entrevista com o vampiro. Slash diz que essa música é o som
da banda se separando. O outro guitarista da banda Gilby Clarke disse
que não foi chamado pra gravação da música e isso mostrou a ele
que estava for a da jogada.
Foi
regravada pelo Motörhead, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
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 Tsar 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
Ah, 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 Kennedys?"
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 troubadours
Who get 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 politesse
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 mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
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 Tsar 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
Ah, 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 Kennedys?"
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 troubadours
Who get 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 politesse
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 mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
A versão dos
Stones ao vivo em 2006:
A versão dos
Guns and Roses:
A versão do
Motörhead:
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