Mikhail Bulgakov was born 15 May, 1891 in the city of Kyiv Ukraine. During the era of Stalin, Bulgakov was a suppressed writer. His famous novel The Master And The Margarita is a satire of the life of a writer under Stalin. The Master And The Margarita was banned in the USSR, but circulated secretly until "a censored version was published in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967, after the writer's death". I read the book on the recommendation of a friend in the Republic of Georgia, a former republic of the USSR.
Long has Sympathy for the Devil, a song by the Rolling Stones, been among my favorites. Recently, a friend in the USA mentioned that the The Master And The Margarita was the inspiration for Jagger's Sympathy of the Devil. This made sense, given the theme of the song and the plot of the book. I researched this connection and it turns out to be true. I was pleased to learn of this connection between one of my favorite books and one of my favorite songs. Below I offer two videos - one showing scenes from a movie based on the book while the song plays in the background and the other a music video for the song produced by the Rolling Stones featuring lyrics in the video.
Find out more here: https://happymag.tv/the-story-behind-the-writing-and-recording-of-sympathy-for-the-devil/
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