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"Why should
I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way? This which you put
seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space
is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary?
I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much
nearer to one another. . . ."
(Thoreau ,211)

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In solitude Thoreau is explaining why he loves being around nature. He also goes into depth of why the people around him would feel lonely only because he lives alone in the woods a few miles away from the closest town. Thoreau explains that there is no reason for him to feel lonesome because they all live on the same Earth that is within the Milky Way Galaxy. People could not see the beauty around them with the weather, the plants and the animals. They say he must feel loneliest when it is raining or snowing but this is the time Thoreau is happiest because he can relate himself to the ripples in the water more then he can relate to the people around the town, who spread rumors and ask questions that don't make sense to him.

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Thoreau is exagerating how society has so many rumors that if we don't realize the truth we are not speaking that society will come crashing down in a "fire" that we can not put out. We all must realize that speaking the truth about our lives is the only way for our "fire" to get put out.
"I might almost say, but would forsake all and follow that
sound, not mainly to save property from the flames, but, if we will
confess the truth, much more to see it burn, since burn it must, and
we, be it known, did not set it on fire,—or to see it put out, and have a
hand in it, if that is done as handsomely; yes, even if it were the parish
church itself. " (Thoreau 209)

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This song parallels with transcendentalism because in the song the artist is singing about being different and having a change in society. the song talks about trying to believe in something different then what everyone is doing. Trying to find out his name in the song could parallel with trying to find a way to be different and to find out ways to change. The lyrics we chose show staying around to change something is a good thing at that time. Also how learning and following something new and different then other people is okay to do even though others may not like it. This is how the song shows transcendentalism.

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Romanticism is the belief that people should be more independent and able to provide for themselves by using art, literature to express inspiration for the world around you. Transcendentalism is the belief that you should not rely on government, social standards, religion, or the other people around you for the thoughts you are having and the appreciation of nature.

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"Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown
off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on
the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without
pertterbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring
and the children cry,— determined to make a day of it. . . ." ( Thoreau, 210)
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had
to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I
wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary." (Thoreau, 208)

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The Market Revolution sparked transcendentalism by influencing people to work in factories instead of at home and in more of a communal area. This then made people not appreciate the nature around them and Thoreau wrote Walden and his other notes to show the beauty that surrounds us.

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"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"....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
(Who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
(Woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah
(Woo woo, woo woo)"

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About "Sympathy for the Devil"

This song is sung in first person form, with Mick Jagger playing no one else but Satan himself. He documents events through history that could be seen as "works of the devil." The Rolling Stones took some serious heat for singing a song from the devil's perspective, but the point of the song is more about the flaws in mankind. It was never intended as devil worship.

There was a rumor that this song was playing when a fan died at the Rolling Stones gig at the Altamont Free Concert, but it was actually " Under My Thumb." Despite that, the Stones didn't perform this song for at least 5 years (as they played it on tour in 1975) after the incident.

These lyrics were inspired by the book "The Master and Margarita" written by Mikhail Bulgakov. In this book Devil (and his 'gang') roam around Moscow in the 1930s and play tricks on stupid/greedy people.

Who sang the background vocals?

The backing vocals are provided by Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts, Nicky Hopkins, Anita Wallenberg, and Marianne Faithfull.

What did the devil cause after all of these things

The song's purpose is not a magnification or glorification of the evil demonstrated by the events it portrays. Rather, the events establish the devil's enormous power as evidence of our inferior position in relation to him. Yet, it is this inferiority that demands our sympathy; for, if we are unable to sympathize with evil, we are susceptible to falling victim to it.

What have the artists said about the song?

Keith Richards:
(he was unsure)...whether it should be a samba or a goddamn folk song

and -

Before, when we were just innocent kids out for a good time [the media said], 'They're evil, they're evil. So that makes you start thinking about evil... . Everybody's Lucifer."

Who was the piano player?

Nicky Hopkins, who accompanied the Stones from the 60's to the 90's.

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The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

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Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics: 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