Yeah, No question. This song was an absolute MONSTER hit that resonates right up until today. That guitar riff & the bass playing that counter line under it was very CLEVER. Great beat & great lead vocal.
I remember the first time I heard this, it just came out and I stated dancing, my favorite Stone's song. If you lived in the 60's you understand the song and what it's saying. I play it on my phone and still try to dance to it but can't so well now, too old Lol.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are both 77 years old. Charlie Watts, who died two weeks ago, was 80. Jordan might also be interested to know that he was a jazz drummer at heart. He had his own jazz band. And Ronnie Wood, the baby of the group, is only 73. If you want to hear more of their songs along the lines of "Satisfaction", check out "Honky Tonk Women", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Get Offa My Cloud", "Start Me Up" to name a few.
It was in Lynn, MA in 1966 at the Manning Bowl when I first saw the "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World". I was 15 and with a cousin who eventually became the EVP of Warner Bros. records. It was only their 5th tour through America but the 1st one after Satisfaction had climbed to the top of the charts. By this time it was the original 60's "classic' band lineup of Jagger, Richards. Jones, Watts and Wyman. Amber that heavy drum sound you like was all Charlie Watts who just passed weeks ago. Charlie was the 2nd Stones drummer but the only one most people remember because he was sitting at that Gretsch kit for 58 years and was singularly unique in the style of his drumming where his treatment of the backbeat and his solid timing was the engine that propelled the Stones. Charlie was unique in moving his hand off the highhat at just the crucial moment to leave room for his left hand to wallop the snare drum, something few other drummers have been able to replicate effectively. Of course the Stones prospered for decades because of the writing talents of Jagger/Richards, great management, the solid musicianship of the subsequent band members, the stellar sidemen that helped them to recreate their sound on the live stage and the incredible and creative stage productions. Never listen to a Stones record with a live performance video. You'll miss 50 % of the reason they were the best rock stage act for decades. Btw Ron Wood ( who replaced Jones then Mic Taylor on guitar) is stellar in his prior band incarnations, he was the lead guitarist for The Faces along with Rod Stewart in the early 70's , a group you should definitely feature. 'Stay with Me' is a classic. Or even sample that bands earlier incarnation itself, named The Small Faces, the original rock mods, before Stewart/Wood joined, and featuring the nearly forgotten rock god Steve Marriott. "Itchykoo Park' is a favorite.
In an early interview, Mick Jagger was asked about the success and longevity of the Stones. His answer?: " Well, it's not like we're going to be doing this when we're 60!!" Legend.
Totally agree with you mate, these reaction videos make me PMSL. Where do people live to of never heard this absolute classic of all classics of a rock song from 1965. It’s played every day somewhere in the states yet these two have never heard of it. I never understand why people want to analyse and take songs apart to make what they think they understand what they’re singing about. Why not just absorb this truly amazing song how revolutionary it was and how It rocked and shook the world of music to its core. Pure British talent that no other country could or would ever be able to replicate.
The Rolling Stones emerged from the London blues scene in the early 1960s at the same time that The Beatles came out of the Liverpool scene. The iconic guitar riff in this song came to Keith Richards in a dream and the lyrics by Mick Jagger were a remnant of England's "Angry Young Man" movement in film and stage plays (basically class anger -- if you watch the Beatles' Hard Day's Night movie from 1964 there are moments in there that show the resentment of upper middle class British society by working class blokes (who made up most of the young men playing rock and blues music).
The members of the Rolling Stones were more middle class than working class. Jagger went to the London School of Economics. But they definitely understood and were plugged into working class sentiments.
There is a video interview out there somewhere in which Keith Richards tells how the band got its name. There was some guy acting as the unnamed band's promoter, who was talking to a club owner about booking a gig for the band. The club owner asked what is the name of the band? The guy glance down and spotted a music magazine with a picture of Muddy Waters on the cover and the words "A Rolling Stone" below the picture.
Keith says that they were on tour in a hotel, and one night he woke up with the Satisfaction riff going through his head. He grabbed a guitar he had in the room with him, switched on his tape recorder, and taped a few seconds of the riff so he wouldn't forget it, then went back to sleep. When he checked the tape the next day, the tape had 30 seconds of Satisfaction, followed by 45 minutes of him snoring.
This is classic 60s Stones. In fact it was probably THE biggest single of the 60s. They were right there with the Beatles. They were huge in the 70s and 80s too and are the longest running iconic band ever. Listen to Jumpin Jack Flash next. You'll love it.
Ill never forget the first time I heard Satisfaction on the radio in 1965. Incredible. Sitting in a custom 1964 Mustang at the top of a mountain looking down at our town. Funny how an impact of music forever imprints in your memory forever.
This is the real, genuine Rolling Stones sound. Brian Jones was still alive & rockin. The kick here is that they have 2 capable lead guitarists playing off each other at the same time. Not to mention one of the first time uses of the fuzztone! Definitely 60's -- I believe this was their first original hit record. --don, mphs
No disrespect to Jones, but the five years with Mick Taylor is the best Stones. When people say bands like the Black Crowes, sound like the Stones, 1968-72 is what they're talking about
If you listen close you can hear Keith clicking the fuzz on before the main riff. I wanna say it was a Supatone Fuzz but I can't recall for sure. The verse guitar is mostly clean. 335 Gibson, prior to his Telecaster.
They were like the “bad boy” answer to the Beatles. This is 1965. Their first self-penned hit. They played blues covers up til then and their manager, seeing what Lennon and McCartney were up to in the Beatles locked Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in a room and said they couldn’t come out til they’d written a song. You have seen “Paint it Black” from 66, Gimme Shelter, 68 but the rest were all much later I think. The Stones are a 60s, 70s, 80s,90s, AND CURRENT band.
1965, I was 11 years old, hitting Hermosa Beach every Sunday, listening to my transistor radio and hearing The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” was one of my favorite memories of my childhood. Laying in the sun with the smell of Coppertone sunscreen lotion, listening to the greatest music of the times and swimming in the water was the best way to live life!
I was born in 1960 but the most memorable time hearing Satisfaction was in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola. Just phenomenal hearing it blasting from the big screen ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hQrPyfwDyyE.html
Exactly same for me. I was 12 going on 17 😂✌️ hung out at the beach during summer vacation . Copper Tone or Banana something …transistor never left my side. I had the 45 record I think “Time” was on the flip side of Satisfaction .
Without question, one of the most iconic rock songs of all time. I was wondering when you were going to get around to this ultra-classic. It was released in 1965.
The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were almost like rival bands back then. They were actually friendly and released albums at different times to not compete directly with each other. But the perception was that they were opposing forces. Like the Beatles were more clean cut and the Stones were bad boys. Most people could be broken down into two factions, based on which group you preferred. I prefer the Stones. RIP Charlie 🙏🏼
Yes which was ironic as the Beatles were marketed as more middle class and the Stones as rough-and-ready working class, when in real life the reverse was truer (except for Lennon who actually was from a more middle-class background.)
The message of the song is that there are so many voices in the world, be it through media or my own personal pursuits, and yet nothing out there satisfies. No matter how I try I can’t find anything in life that really satisfies.
Love your comments... "they sound like a 80's band... " yes, they do, and 70's, and 60's, and 90's, and you get what I mean. Such a timeless band that has everything for everyone.
It came out the same year I was born and I'm OLD. The Stones were the bad boys while The Beatles were the wholesome mop tops. Of course that wasn't actually true, but that was the marketing.
The Stones had top 10 hits in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Legends. They're sound is all over the place. As Tears Go By and Ruby Tuesday are more mellow hits and have that 60's sound. Start Me Up and She's So Cold are my favorite 80's hit from them. Those 2 are real bangers.
The Rolling Stones formed in 1962 and are still drawing crowds to their performances, and this song was released in 1965 when I was at High School. This is one of my favourite songs from that era. It still makes me smile when the song comes on the radio.
Beatles and Stones got on like a house on fire even though there was this supposed rivalry spruced up by the paparazzi and the fans. When John Lennon went into isolation, Mick Jagger castigated him, imploring him to get back to making music. Thats when John wrote the song "Watching the Wheels" when he references people giving him all kinds of advice.. Mick Jaggers on stage energy is something special.
My favorite The Rolling Stones song is “Wild Horses”. A more mellow side that you rarely saw from them. If you want another banger, might I suggest “Sympathy For The Devil”
The lyrics outline the singer's irritation and confusion with the increasing commercialism of the modern world, where the radio broadcasts "useless information" and a man on television tells him "how white my shirts can be - but he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me", a reference to the then ubiquitous Marlboro Cowboy style advertisement. Jagger also describes the stress of being a celebrity, and the tensions of touring. The reference in the verse to not getting any "girl reaction" was fairly controversial in its day, interpreted by some listeners (and radio programmers) as meaning a girl willing to have sex. Jagger commented that they "didn't understand the dirtiest line", as afterwards the girl asks him to return the following week as she is "on a losing streak",[15] an apparent reference to menstruation. The song closes with a fairly subdued repetition of the song's title, followed suddenly by a full shout of the line, with the final words repeated into the fade-out.[16] In its day the song was perceived as disturbing because of both its sexual connotations and the negative view of commercialism and other aspects of modern culture; critic Paul Gambaccini stated: "The lyrics to this were truly threatening to an older audience. This song was perceived as an attack on the status quo."[13] When the Rolling Stones performed the song on Shindig! in 1965, the line "trying to make some girl" was censored,[17] although a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on 13 February 1966 was uncensored. Forty years later, when the band performed three songs during the February 2006 Super Bowl XL halftime show, "Satisfaction" was the only one of the three songs not censored as it was broadcast.
I never heard that the “losing streak” line referred to menstruation. Where did you hear that? I thought it just meant that she was unlucky in love or lust, whichever the case may be.
The Stones have been around since 1962, with only death changing the lineup. They were the only band to really challenge the hegemony of the Beatles with regards to popularity and originality but the Stones were heavier and more Rocky... They didn't have a Paul McCartney to make the mothers into secret fans, like the Beatles did. Satisfaction is typical of their early rock sound and was an immediate classic. The Stones have remained a popular, relevant working band with tour dates planned for the end of the year, even though their drummer just died and most of them are close to 80 years old, so yes they were a 60's, 70's, 80's and so-on band.
Classic rock. This song is like a young person's initiation into ROCK, The Stones & Jagger. After hearing one of their earliest hits, you've officially been brought into the tent.
The song is like a protest of the commercialism of everything in the world. Of course the last line is very clever because he says he’s trying to make some girl but she’s says come back next week cause she’s on a losing streak ( her time of the month ). LOL! Most people didnt quite catch that.
Yup, this is it. Everybody offering you something that sounds better than it actually is. Also, part of the very popular Camel cigarettes advertising campaign back in those days was about how much "satisfaction" you'd get from smoking them... I always thought that played a major role in the dominate lyric as well; but that could just be my interpretation.
This IS early rock, right alongside the Beatles. Keith Richard has the iconic guitar riffs that he has been playing for over 50 years. Mick is the best frontman in all of rock (but you have to see him live!). Charlie Watts was more jazz than a straight rock drummer. right up to his death 3 weeks ago. The Stones has been playing for over 50 tears, and you deserve to see them live at every stage. Paint It Black is definitely online with their music. Can you tell I love the Stones the way y'all might love Barry or Janis?
Tribute to Charlie Watts. Best drummer ever. He was still planning going on tour this fall with the group when he sadly died at the age of 80. Amazing man.
You two seem to have been made for each other, and it's a joy to see. I might even say that I'm envious of you. My sweetheart passed away 5 years ago (July 15, 2016), and I've been by myself ever since. I truly enjoy viewing your music video reviews/reactions! Keep up the great work. I'm sure that you're making a lot of people happy and entertained, and I'm one of them ....
Each verse is about a different aspect of life, a different frustration: consumerism, relationships, etc. The Stones have lasted 55 years because they never got into a rut of everything sounding the same. Every era of their music has a distinct sound. BTW, Satisfaction is from 1965. BTW, BTW, DEVO covered it in their own distinctive style decades later, and it is good too.
You 2 are kidding me right !! This is their most famous song ever !!! I don't know anybody who hasn't heard this song !! Stones never dissapoint their fans !! 🤘
This is one of the most well known rock songs of all time. Rolling Stones started in the 60s . There is a question you often ask music lovers, The Stones or The Beatles. The Beatles are more pop rock, while The Stones are more blues rock. It is just a preference which band you like more. They are considered the 2 greatest bands of all time.
As near as I can tell, you've listened to four songs by the Stones: "Gimme Shelter" "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "Paint It Black" and now "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (which is usually just called "Satisfaction.") They are all from 1969 or EARLIER. You haven't even made it into their '70s, '80s, or later albums yet. They have, if I'm not mistaken, released 25 studio albums since 1964. Their first album went to #11 in the U.S. It was the first, last, and ONLY time that a Rolling Stones album didn't make the Top 5 on the album chart in the United States. Nine of their albums went to #1, including eight albums IN A ROW. The other fifteen albums came in at #5 to #2. The last studio album they released was in 2016 (and it's quite possible that it will be their last effort as they are all at least 70 years old, and their drummer just passed away recently.) If you'd like to hear their '80s sounds, you could go with "Emotional Rescue" "Start Me Up" "Waiting On A Friend" (
This may come as a suprise to Jordan but bands don't always sound absolutely the same song after song, 1965 Stones does not sound like 1975 Stones, 1975 doesn't sound like 1985 Stones and 1995 don't sound like any of them. The band evolved, they have been around since 1965, longer than I've been here by 2 yrs! Different Stones sound songs Wild Horse, Shattered, Emotional Rescue. Very different sounding Stones songs
It also depends on where the albums were recorded and produced. One of their funkiest albums was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Check out the movie, “Muscle Shoals” it’s a MUST for music lovers.
At their age they've gone from "I (Can't Get No) Satisfaction", to, simply: "I Cant". 1965, summertime. I heard this song, and my life and millions of other lives, were changed forever.
This is 1965. they came out at the same time as the Beatles. The early sixties in England had lots of new bands. Once the Beatles started having hits in the US, a whole flood of bands came over. Among them are Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Animals are just a few. The Stones are one of the few bands that more or less stayed together. their was a period in the late 80s when Mick went solo, but then he returned.
Satisfaction was the first top hit from, in my opinion, the greatest rock group of all times. We loved these bad boys with their salty, sexy songs and wildness on stage. One of my regrets in life was not seeing them perform live. They were going back on tour this fall and then Charlie Watts, their 80 year old drummer passed away. Amazing talented group. No one is as charismatic on stage as Mike Jagger. Thanks for this reaction.
My mum went to see these and the Beatles in the 60's. She said that they were both amazing but she wasn't keen on the, "funny", smell at the concerts. She later realised that the smell had been weed! 😊 the crowds were smoking! Apparently, she smelled the same scent years later coming from my bedroom and that took her back to the concerts! Oops!
Fortunately, I DID get to see them in 1975 in Cleveland. Billy Preston on keyboards for them and J Geils Band and Tower of Power warming up (as well as a Band fronted by Joe Vitale, the drummer for Joe Walsh's band Barnstorm, called Madmen) Great show of course.
This song was released in 1965, three years into their career. Those hard Drums provided by the great Charlie Watts who we lost a couple weeks ago. This current Rolling Stones tour will be the first time The Stones have played without him behind the drum kit since 1963, he has not missed a show in 58 years. R.I.P. Charlie Watts.
Please don't over complicate the thinking behind songs like this from the 60's. Pier pressure and corrupt advertisements took walk on the shady side and teens rebelled as they felt targeted most by these things. The news and TV reporting around that time still had propaganda at their core, again targeting teens. I was a teen in Highschool in the late 60's and none of us felt we had a voice till groups like this told the story out loud. Your going over this decade with fresh new eyes makes me proud that we all have music to reflect the Human Heart.
Indeed. They too often get hung up on the meaning of the lyrics. Which, to me, distracts from their ability to just experience the music and wallows in its feelings. Especially on a first-listen.
They were the grittier version of the Beatles. Parents would keep you from the Stones where the Beatles became more mainstream. White parents eventually understood the Beatles, but the Stones were more the bad boys. At that time you could bring the Beatles home on a date, but the Stones would have been suspect regarding motives with your daughter. That, of course, made them more attractive. They had hits from the 60's onward. Amber is on track. Just dig the music. Don't try to figure everything out while you listen. Do that after you have gone through the entire song first. Great reactions. Cheers from Canada
That reminds me of when my older sister wanted to go and see the Stones and my mum took her down to the local police station to ask them if they thought it was advisable to let her go. Of course, the answer was no.
No daughter of mine would have permission to date these horrible specimens of humanity 1 there northern working class 2 they have a penchant for narcotics 3 there hair is way to flamboyant thank you
I never noticed this before, but Charlie is using the snare as the metronome while peppering in the hi-hat, when usually from drums it's the other way around. What a unique way to play this song!
Satisfaction was released in June 1965. It totally blew our minds at that time and was a huge hit. That fuzze guitar sound was new to us. The music in that period was generally considered innovative.
So many songs and so little time - Jumpin Jack Flash, Sympathy for the Devil, Wild Horses, Time is On My Side, Tumblin Dice, Miss You, Street Fighting Man, Angie, She's a Rainbow, Under My Thumb, Brown Sugar - it just goes on and on. These guys basically never stopped playing. They started around the same time as the Beatles and people below have described all of that. They were wearing leather pants and jumping around the stage in their 70's! Incredible energy! So sad for the loss of Charlie Watts! You guys are great! Keep it up:-).
The Stones and Beatles started at basically the same time. The Beatles were the “clean cut” boys and the Stones were the anti-Beatles, the “bad boys”. Another difference is the Stones have a much more Blues-based rock than the Beatles, and it’s there, sometimes more than others, to the newest stuff they have released to this day. BTW, Satisfaction is 1965! You’ve got much more Stones to go, at least 40 big hits!!
The Stones, starting out, proudly boasted that they didn't play no effing rock and roll. They were a blues cover band. Even when they loosened up, they were still playing covers, including covers of Beatles songs (John and Paul gave them "I Wanna Be Your Man" which became the Stones' 2nd single and went up to #12 in the UK charts). They started writing their own songs in 1964 and the rest is history.
The Beatles were only considered clean cut because their manager Brian Epstein made them change their appearance in order to be more presentable to the general public. John Lennon said it made him feel like they were selling out because they started out in leather clothes and when in Hamburg Germany they hung out with strippers, drug dealers, and gangsters. There was really nothing clean cut about them. They were some raunchy boys. Don’t let appearances fool you. Lol.
They were friends and they, with many others at that time recorded in the same studios. They played as backing musicians and singers on each others records and sometimes you can pick out the unique voices. Both groups can also be heard on the records of other artists and vice versa. The sound they got on their records often depended on who else was in the recording studios at that time. So much talent coming together gave a richness to the music and they obviously fed off each others ideas and energy. We were so lucky to be the recipients of all of that great music and it is so great that this generation is now finding it and most of it is so fresh to their ears. I almost envy them, but they are revealing this music in a new light to me which has given me a new appreciation of how good it was and the meanings behind the words.
That was mid-sixties. They actually arrived on the American charts not long after the Beatles. A lot of those early hits were great. I suggest 'Get Off my Cloud' - 'Mother's Little Helper' - 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' - '19th Nervous Breakdown' - 'Street Fightin' Man' - 'As Tears Go By' -- oh, for gosh sakes. Just go crazy with them!
I think Jagger was just listing off some things that annoy him, like TV commercials, and how he wanted a girl, but she says come back maybe next week cuz.....'she's on a losin' streak' - that time of the month is what she's telling him, and he's put off by it.
You don’t see a Stones concert without hearing Satisfaction. It’s the hi-light, best song from the early 60’s. The Beatles were the clean cut guys The Stones were the bad ass guys!
the stereotype about the stones being the bad ass guys is nonsense. the beatles were more working class. read up about their time in germany as well. mick jagger went to the london school of economics for god's sake. stones are a great group but enough already.. it's about a valid as saying george harrison was the quiet beatle. he was acerbic as hell and outspoken....the images were manufactured by the american media who had to put the four of them into a slot
The Stones came after the Beatles. They were the second rock band from England to hit it big in the US. That would have been in the early 60s. I believe Mick Jagger,the lead singer, is still performing and the drummer, Charlie Watt, just passed away a couple of weeks ago.
Come on guys. The man comes on the TV saying how white my shirts can be, but he cannot be a man because he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me. One of the best lines in rock. Advertising, being told what makes you a real person a real man. Its the 60s, dissatisfaction with the old ways was rampant. We don't want to be told, we don't want what our parents want or want us to be. People wanted to change their world, they wanted to make music to express their dissatisfaction. Like today, many pop songs were about love and sex. Unlike today, a great many were not. They were reflecting all aspects of their lives. Change, anti racism, prejudice. Causes still worth fighting for.
Back in '65 when we were driving to the beach we always waited for this song, which was often replayed. Two notable versions of this were done by Otis Redding and the punk band Devo. The next year, it was the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City", another rock classic.
I remember when I (age 17) first heard "Satisfaction" as the new single from the Rolling Stones. I was driving along and actually parked my car at the side of the road to listen. From their second album 12 X 5 (12 songs by five musicians). Their first album "England's Newest Hitmakers" was more R&B - rock. Try "Walking the Dog" or "Not Fade Away", the Stones first big hit (#3) in the UK. "Little by Little" has backing vocal by Graham Nash (!).
The Stones started in 60s, but I grew up in 70s/80s... And they were still hot and pumping out great stuff... Theyre still going!! Mick and Keith are unstoppable.... rock icons!! 💋
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You're right. The Stones were an 80's band and also a 60's, 70's, 90's, 00's, 2010's, 2020's band. , and on and on and on! The Rolling Stones yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The Stones were at the same time as the Beatles. They were they're competition. They didn't break up like the Beatles and still played long past the 80's.
1965. The Beatles and Stones started around the same time. The Stones were more overtly rebellious than the Beatles. And Jagger was a really in your face front man. Suggest Sympathy for the Devil (official version). One of the most successful rock bands of all time and not just another group. Respect to them. Rip Charlie Watts.
This was one of their early songs from the 60's. The Beatles & The Stones have always had a rivalry. People always ask me if I'm a Beatles fan or a Stones fan. I say both!!
1965, in my junior year of high school, the band for the school dance learned this the day it was released so they could play it that night. A stone hit, for sure. Don't over think it...it's just rock n roll...dance!
Song was released in 1965, first Stones hit in US, on the heels of the Beatles, in the early stages of the so-called British Invasion. Dave Clark 5, Herman's Hermits, & Gerry & the Pacemakers were a few of the other groups in that wave. All had a sound of their own with several hit records. Mother's Little Helper is my favorite Stones song, As Tears Go By is second on my list.
The Stones had five songs make the US Billboard top 40 including two in the top 10 previous to "{I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Any song that makes the top 10 is usually considered a hit.
@@susanmay6830 I stand corrected that Satisfaction was not their first hit in in the US. Time Is On My Side & The Last Time are the 2 songs that made it into the Top 10 in the US, prior to Satisfaction, which was their first #1 in the US.
@@d.j.starling3559 The first Rolling Stones' 45 I bought was "Time Is On My Side" in 1964 when I was 13. It came with a picture sleeve. I wish I still had it, but it got lost somehow. With the picture sleeve it's fairly valuable today.
@@susanmay6830 I was 9 then, & a Beatles girl all the way!! Didn't really appreciate the Stones until I got to HS. My first name is Donna & I DO still have my original 45 of Donna by Ritchie Valens. I was 2 or 3 when it was released & my parents bought it. They played it for me often, & when I was about 10, they let me add it to my very own, just-started record collection, with my promise I'd take care of it. I guess I did! 😀
This song expands on the frequent blues theme of not being able to be satisfied (an old blues lyric is "I just can't be satisfied"), which in the blues signals not only sexual dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction with racial justice and economic issues. The Stones extend the theme to general social alienation issues relative to the 60s, like British social class resentment and commercial propaganda influence (e.g. judging someone for smoking the wrong brand of cigarette.)
The Stones were the bad boys the Beatles couldn't be. They did exchange a lot of songs back in the day. The Stones had a hit with "I Wanna Be Your Man" written by John Lennon. When they appeared on Ed Sullivan Mick Jagger had to change "let's spend the night together" to "let's spend some time together"
The irony being the Beatles were all working class from Liverpool who wore leather and played the roughest clubs in Hamburg, Germany before their manager cleaned up their image while the Stones grew up middle class Londoners.
@@Mokkari77 Lennon was less working class than the rest. He was just angrier (and who wouldn't be given his dad disappeared on him and his mother was killed when hit by a bus).
The Stones have done sooo... much music over the decades, if you could hear it all you'd be mind blown! They are Rock and Roll, but they've touched Country, Blues, Jazz, etc. There's no genre they haven't done. Please try "The Girl With Faraway Eyes", you'll be Shocked!! 🤔🤔🤗😎
The Stones are totally a sixties band but they are still (mostly) around. What you've noticed is the revolution in rock n roll between the early and late sixties, where the songs get much more weird and unpredictable and experimental, part of the whole cultural shift at that time. You see the same thing with the Beatles, whose work gets much more varied and unpredictable from about 1966. But the early songs from both bands are still great fun!
With Brian Jone's early influence, the Stones kind of went in opposite directions from the Beatles, though. The Stones were more sophisticated early on in their style than later, (with more punk rock influence). Whereas the Beatles became more sophisticated and complex in later years.
Check out the best albums of 1967, any list will do. That year was the most best and most revolutionary music year in history. I don’t think we will see anything like it ever again.
Gimme shelter is my favorite, because of the instrumentation and glorious backup guest vocals. Sympathy for the Devil is a fun one if you care about the lyrics. It tells a story.
The Rolling Stones are celebrating thrilled 60th ... yes, you read that right..60th anniversary. Keith Richards wrote most of this song in his sleep in a hotel in Clearwater Beach, Florida... luckily he recorded it on a tape recorded... and listened to it the next day. The year was 1965.
Since drummer Charlie Watts passing , I've been listening to a lot of my Rolling Stones collection & focusing on how Charlie really drove the band with his spot on , play to the song , drumming . There is Brilliance in his simplicity .
So many great Rolling Stones songs, throughout the decades, mainly 60's, 70's and 80's. Emotional Rescue for a different sound from them, sorta funky early 80's, Honky Tonk Woman, Shattered, Start Me Up, so many others.
I so love watching you discover. The legend is that Keith was passed out. When he woke up, he discovered that his tape in the recorder was all the way to the end. Evidently, he woke up and recorded what was to become one of the greatest, and influential rock songs.
