Some oldies music CDs will never really sound old because they have a timeless quality that somehow manages to span generations. For example, the 1968 album Beggars Banquet was released forty years ago, so it could be considered an oldies music CD. This Rolling Stones album was released eight years before I was even born, but many of the tracks on the CD sound perfectly modern to my ear.
The most contemporary sounding song on this ‘oldies music CD’ is undoubtedly Sympathy for the Devil. According to Mick Jagger, this song was inspired by the books of the French writer Baudelaire. The lyrics are sang from the perspective of Satan, and the song refers to numerous historical events that have established how evil seems to persist in human society.
Though Beggars Banquet is an oldies music CD, the song Sympathy for the Devil has a very modern context and sound. Back in the day, religious institutions accused the Rolling Stones of being devil worshippers. Nothing much has changed in forty years. Religious institutions are still accusing rock stars like Marilyn Manson of Satanism, much to the delight of his young fans. Like Manson, the Rolling Stones pushed the boundaries, which is why their music still sounds great today.