Re:Snarlymocha325, Jagger is merely pointing out the collective evil in all mankind, Idt it had anything to do with our “putting him on a pedestal,” or building him up too much being the reason for our collective responsibility.

Nickkkk obviously doesn’t “question authority” very often if he thinks Satan is behind “conspiracy theories or rumours, Satan indeed does sow discord because the evil cabal running our country creates dissension & strife by pitting us against one another.

Adammijares is off-base with his theory of lyrics pertaining to other countries being involved in the JFK plot, as was pointed out in another section, Jagger was going off the book by Bulgakov (sp?) concerning the collective evil of all mankind.

Wikipedia says the song was written before Robert Kennedy’s death, not recorded. If this is untrue, do you have a recording of the original version with the lyric “Who killed Kennedy”?

I always considered this and the following line as the people who tried to blame other countries in an assassination plot on the US president, when after all, it was a US citizen, hence you and me, Americans. People often thought early on it was Russian or a Cuban assassin before other news broke. It could have triggered a massive escalation in the Cold War if the US was to incessantly blame a different country for the assassination of it’s president.

According to Wikipedia, the song was recorded 4-5 June and 8-10 June in 1968, immediately before and immediately after RFK’s assassination (6 June 1968), so the reference is very likely to both JFK and RFK.

The devil was present in the person who assassinated the Kennedys, but also in those who used the crisis for alterior motives, e.g. political.

This lyric can be interpretted more widely about the nature of evil. Obviously murder is evil, but so are less stark actions such as profitting from misfortune and tragedy or causing division.

“When after all it was you and me” – Humans were trying to blame eachother for the murder of the Kennedys but the real problem is humanity’s capacity for evil.

The devil starts rumours, conspiracy theories and arguments, and sows suspicion in people’s minds

God and Lucifer work behind the scenes. “God helps those who help themselves,” well Lucifer, I think, helps those who want it, only for it to come back in his favor(nefarious lifetime is an eternity in his domain). Americans adored JFK, but not all of them. I always thought this line meant, “we put him on such a tall pedestal, how could we not expect him to fall(or be knocked) off?” or some shit like that. The point is that Lucifer, in some way, set all of that up. He’s a devious bastard, he’s the devil.

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Heroin of a higher quality is all white. Lower quality heroin can have a tan color sometimes.

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One of the things I’ve noticed in revisiting a lot of the rap from my youth is the large amount of homophobia in the lyrics. I don’t think this song was much more controversial than others from the era. Having said that, listening to lyrics from 2 decades ago helps us realize how far we’ve come socially in accepting people’s sexual identities. While I wince now listening to really ignorant lyrics, it also reminds me of this progress.