http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Jean-LucGodard Posts tagged with 'Jean-LucGodard' at MetaFilter. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:18:19 -0800 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:18:19 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63691/Its%2Da%2DHell%2Dof%2Da%2DSong In early 1968, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Wikipedia page">Jean-Luc Godard</a> filmed The Rolling Stones <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggys99Z5Yrg&feature=PlayList&p=2329041341545171&index=0&playnext=1" title="'Sympathy for the Devil' studio sessions">in the studio writing/recording</a> "Sympathy for the Devil". <blockquote>Mick Jagger recalled in a <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mick_jagger_remembers/page/2" title="'Jagger Remembers' Rolling Stone mag">1995 interview with Jann Wenner</a>: "... [it was] very fortuitous, because Godard wanted to do a film of us in the studio. I mean, it would never happen now, to get someone as interesting as Godard. And stuffy. We just happened to be recording that song. We could have been recording "My Obsession." But it was "Sympathy for the Devil," and it became the track that we used."</blockquote> Later that year, Godard released <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathy_for_the_Devil_%28film%29" title="Wikipedia page">a film</a> (in Europe) titled "One Plus One" which featured the "Sympathy for the Devil" studio footage. To increase the commercial value of the film, the U.S. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlmZMFKH3UQ" title="Trailer for Godard's film">release</a> was re-titled after the Stones song and the end of the film's soundtrack was altered to include <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCXudH-mQco" title="Sympathy for the Devil' live at the Rock & Roll Circus">a full take of the song in its final form</a>, much to the dismay of Godard. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63691 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:18:19 -0800 Jean-LucGodard Music RollingStones SympathyForTheDevil Poolio