You put it so damn beautifully and perfectly! Taylor deserves to be mentioned in EVERY discussion involving the greatest guitarists in the history of rock music. He's in the exact same company as Hendrix, Clapton, Allman, Beck, Page, Green, Bloomfield, Winter and Vaughan as far as I'm concerned!
Totally Doesn't get the cred sadly cause 10 short tenure, 2) limited work after and 3) limited song writing. But MT has his own unique sound. Some of the above, don't have that.
@@deeg8849 It's the tone and his touch, the usual roll call of greats tend to be in your face guitarists. Taylor is different, he lures you in to his treasure chest, never heard anyone like him.
This is probably the best version of Gimme Shelter whatsoever. Mick Taylor is fabulous, simply. The man lifted the Stones the greatest rock and roll band. The combination of kid Taylor and the tough macho Keith was amazing. And actually, Jagger also really good on this version.
Live versions of songs are sometimes so muddy and slapped together. This is fantastic and mostly due to Mick Taylor and his beautiful, not-a-bad-note playing. Just beautiful stuff, not duplicated all these many years since he left the stones.
No doubt..............1. I think Taylor was really hurt an disillusioned when he didn't get a songwriting credit on 2 or 3 songs he felt he should have. 2. By 1972 Mick T had developed a heroin habit and by 1973 a significant heroin habit. 3. I think he felt he could do it "on his own" and some guys are better "indians" than they are "chiefs" {especially once they've developed a habit.} What a shame but we got the best of Mick Taylor which was glorious.
@@beggersbanquet-xt3xk Don't know about Hendrix! Jimi was head and shoulders above all these other guys mentioned, and Clapton said so himself. Jimi was in another league, if not from another planet. Taylor was nowhere near him sorry. Jimi could do what other guys could do, but they couldn't do what he did.
Mick Taylor , daba un sonido diferente a los Stones , un sonido poderoso limpio y con toda la escencia Blusera de Taylor, fue a época dorada de los Stones en directo.
Best version of one of the greatest songs in music history. Mick Taylor burned white hot for those years! I love Woody, but this is guitar meshing at it's best. The whole band is on top of their game. They were "The Worlds Greatest Rock n' Roll Band". People don't know the Stones live music from this period because of copyright issues with their business manager. Thank goodness for You Tube!
Mick Taylor and Keith, they rocked it - loved Ron with Faces but he didn't mesh like Taylor and Richards. Mick Taylor - criminally underrated and no royalties. Someone should take a bullwhip to Jagger & Richards give them a little Midnight Rambler. This version is effing incredible even without Merry Clayton doing backing vocals. Thanks for posting it!
Agree ronny was great with the faces , ut not wit the stones ,he made some good ok music with rolling stones ut it's no wear near the greatness the stones had with Brian and especiy with mick Taylor,that raw grunge blues rock sounds amazing great lead guitar it's been missising since heft, it just not the same.
You seem to find a very nice way to say that Ron wood is and always has been a no talent assclown and you can find a guitar player covered in piss at the NYC subway every day of the week that can and will shit all over Ron wood. Sorry, just saying
Mick Taylor was among the most lyrical of improvisational live blues based soloists in rock's golden era. Not adept at songwriting or even at arranging, but give him a spot to solo and he can soar as high as one can, like here.
@@Methilde ...also Time Waits For No One...but I think it was Jagger, who was adept on guitar and keys for songwriting purpose, wrote the core of these songs.
@@Long2556 Yes, certainly mainly Jagger, but once he said that he appreciated to sing when Taylor was improvising, sitting on a chair next to him, should be a real collaboration.
Absolutely agree about Mick Taylor's exquisite lead, what makes it so special is his timing , each of his phrases and every note clicks with Charlie's drum beats and keef's chords. Magical.
OK..I guess this settles it...Mick Taylor is a Genius...this version is so awesome, the only thing to top this would be to see the Boys in action in the Vid of This
david mellor Mick TAYLOR brought sophistication and beauty to everything he did with the stones......charlie says MT elevated the entire band....especially live
I’ve had this since 1973 from the king biscuit flower hour in the San Francisco Bay area when I lived in San Mateo. I still have it on cassette that I recorded with a Marantz cassette deck ... actually a great recording! I play the oboe but I have stolen lead licks from Mick Taylor because I’m a guitarist too! In my opinion this was one of the best live concerts ever recorded of The Rolling Stones. The lead guitar playing on you can’t always get what you want is superb as well.
This version is the Greatest in my opinion. well balance and i never get tired of listening to it over and over again....The Best Era of Rolling Stones.........
none can forget Mick Taylor and none can ignor his wonderful guitar sound hé juste wasn't like many guitarists he liked to be simple and call on stage but his art speaks about him
Now that's quite odd. In fact, most would argue that Taylor is considered to be, by most measures, a conservative guitarist. No doubt attributed to his string bending technique and (to my ears, poignant and intrinsic) sense of melody. Not a fan, I would assume. Most of the vitriol regarding this issue is, ironically, never directly correlated to Taylor's actual playing, rather his incorporation to the band's overall sound during his tenure. That is where the line is usually drawn between respective music connoisseurs. I must respectfully disagree with your assessment towards his style and phrasing.
There was no incorporation; he sounds like an endlessly soloing guitarist with a band attached. Had little to do with the essence of the Stones: Jagger's attitude, Richards' riffs, Charlie and Bill's impeccable rhythm.
I see where you may be coming from, at least in reference to their live performances. What are your thoughts on his studio contributions? As they were fairly limited. Nevertheless, Taylor (and with the Stones, yes) is a phenomenal guitarist in my book, and many would agree. I fail to hear any over playing on his part, in fact I believe his longest solos to be conducive to showcasing the full range of his style and phrasing. I don't think that his tenure as a Stone at all detracted from the established sound, rather added to it. Members of the group would even tell you that. But again, I am extremely biased. We are all entitled to our musical heroes and I'm certain we have some of them in common, if not Taylor.
he definitely added something to the Stones. this period is their peak as I think. love some of their earlier and later stuff, but it doesn't raise the hairs on the back of the neck like this.
I also saw them in 75 LA Forum 5 nights in front of the front row...I was security for the show.... Oh yea again in 2005 Denver,Co Thanksgiving night Mick Taylor was the best!!!!!
There is no doubt Taylor turned the Stones from the best rock and roll band in the world to the Greatest LIVE rock and roll band in the world .....in this period they were dangerous.... Jagger and Richards baked the cake Taylor added the icing , but let's be clear they were all young and on fire ... it's not all about Taylor ......
I completely agree! During this particular era Taylor easily outplayed the likes of both Clapton and Page. And he was certainly on the same level as Beck.
@@vendboygreg Melody and tone-wise, Taylor is in a class all to himself. He can do more with two notes than a quartet can with a thousand. His note spacing is utterly superb. It's something that goes far beyond anything that can be taught, really. In these categories I place Mick light-years above Beck and anyone else that I've heard.
I wish there were other bands getting ii in like this today. or I could go back in time. But neither exist stones are the world's greatest rock and roll band AMEN
After hearing and seeing most of their available stuff thst you could get your hands on this really rips all apart. I would love a better recording of the totally brytal dark Altamon, short version with wymans bassall over the place and what I recognize as taylor just playing theese lovely neverending licks and gettig higher and higher and higher along this absolute masterpiece of a song. This is the best version I have heard of Stones most epic song hands down. Woods cant deliver this.
I was there, the night before I started in the fifth form at school. My brother and I went ,he’d just passed his driving test. We had 2 nd row seats. To this day every second is etched in my mind. It was the fucking bollocks. A charisma nuclear explosion. And Keith had a bottle of rock and roll mouthwash on the drum riser.......
Sin esa banda atrás, Taylor solo, no suena y, sin Taylor, nos perderíamos de los mejores solos de la época !!!!!! El mejor momento de la banda, sin ninguna duda !!!!. No olvidemos a Bill Wyman, tampoco !!!!
Keith wrote both the lead and the rhythm arrangements for this song. You Mick Taylor fanatics need to understand that. The song is a Keith Richard's song and Mick Jagger contributed to the lyrics. It doesn't matter how many notes Taylor added to the original recorded version. Keith played both guitar parts on that first recording and they are as good a mix of rhytym and lead as you will find in any rock n roll song ever recorded.
You may be confused as to what Taylor's ascribed role as a Stone was in the first place, friend. He was primarily hired as a lead guitarist. You might notice that this video corresponds to the live performance of Gimme Shelter, as do the comments you seem to try and dismantle. Of course you will find people expressing their love for Taylor's lead guitar, it was the central point of most sets in this era! You will certainly find less on the studio section, perhaps because he wasn't on it? Whatever fanatics are raving about Taylor's (incendiary) lead work are certainly not in the wrong for doing so. Indeed, it was his job. Composing a great deal of Sticky Fingers and changing the overall sound of the group for the better were only natural, brilliant consequences of his tenure as well. Nobody is reluctant to agree that MT had nothing to do with the actual making of Gimme Shelter; that much is blatantly obvious to anyone other than the most casual of fans. Keith Richards is phenomenal, but he was seldom present for the recording of Sticky (for virtue of his worsening Smack addiction). Which again, is a fact most serious fans have knowledge of. From the melodic poignancy of TWFNO to the improvised coda for CYHMK, all the way through the memorable fills and gorgeous embellishments provided to give Exile its legendary richness of sound and musicality - you cannot simply sit and dismiss anybody's praise for Mick Taylor's musicianship. In fact, it's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard, especially in regards to a man who never even promoted himself in the first place and who chose musical integrity over mass popularity. As a fellow commentor has aptly stated: "Mick Taylor joined a band of brick and left it one of marble". Yes, that is exactly what he did, not even taking into account his shining moments that permeated the stages across the world. His leads were perhaps the most astute and definitive of any singular player I've ever heard, Keith doesn't hold a candle to him in that sense. At all. MT was much more integral in the early 70s than you realize. Any decent read (preferably a book or two) would allow for that revelation. And realize the hypocrisy of addressing the quoted "fanatics", you're every bit for dressing up Keith in age-old exaltations as we are for Mick. It makes no difference what sort of function the members had, nor some warped sense of seniority or "grafting in" of other musicians. In fact, the Stones were all about that sort of interplay between individuals not even in the band at that time! It wasn't a great deal much, but read Richards' commentary on Taylor's dynamic in his book, "Life". Comments such as yours almost suggest a vulnerability to Keith's legacy, a sort of which you pride yourselves in trying to vicariously rectify - as if not to dislodge a fixed identity. God knows his fame can stand on its own two feet, man; surely, a handful of spiteful comments would do pretty little in the way of his defense.
You think Mick T made Keith better or has age taken away some of Keith's chops? Still love KR, but he is not the player he once was. Woody pales beside MT. Just being honest.
There is no doubt nor question about Mick Taylor and his contribution to the awesome music and playing while with the Stones. It saddens me in a way because at times it feels like an accusatory finger is pointing at Keith and Jagger. Personally, I’m of the mind that no matter the opinions, we all make out like bandits because we get the best of the music while he was there and always will. Songs like Sway, Bitch, the list is endless. The Stones are timeless and I luv them as do thousands, perhaps millions. In the end what can be wrong with that...😎🎶😎🎶
Can't play an awesome rock solo without an awesome rock *song*. Mick and Keith come up with the goods on the song, allowing MT to be MT and lift it all. Fact is the song rocks without the solo, but MT gives it that extra dimension and makes the band the total package.
i really love the mick taylor era but for me keith richards is the rolling stones he wrote all of the hits after mt they were still awesome they made also great albums in the 70s like some girls and tatto you
I always laughed when Keith talked about his guitar playing with Ronnie and how it is the "ancient form of weaving". To me it was more like 2 guitars playing trying to make enough sound to pass as one. Richards / Taylor complimented each other and were the perfect rhythm and lead combo. This was when the Stones were a guitar band. Taylor gave them a dimension of sound that allowed for incredible skilled creativity without sacrificing the meaty raw power of Richards chord play.
Mick Taylor is my second favorite guitarist ever behind SRV and the Taylor era of the Stones was hands down the best the band ever was but there's no need to knock Keith and Ronnie to pump up Mick Taylor. I play in a band, fact is what Keith and Ronnie do is harder to make work and sound like it does than when you have basically a more rhythm guy like Keith and lead guy like Taylor in a band. Both sets of guitarists are great, there's no need to knock any of them..
mick taylor just knew how to step in and step out of a song. i seen them in 69msg His repoire with Keith how they both blended, cant forget charlie may he rest in peace.
@juscurious Totally agree about what Mick Taylor did for the stones, he raised them to a level they have not seen since! Bluesy rock doesn't get any better than this recording.... Jeff Beck is a true original and has a signature style all his own so I seriously doubt he would have fit in the Rolling Stones sound at all, think he would have completely changed it. In fact, Beck is notorious for not fitting in with anyone for long, but a genius he is.
