This song is so British and regal sounding. Amazing ballad and the Dulcimer just creates a sonic aura that is esoteric and unique. Brian Jones was a great player. He later played the Sitar on Paint it Black. RIP
On both of the songs you mention Jones simply and mindlessly copied the singers melody note for note without variation. On painted black he played an unimaginative unison with Jagger's sung melody and on Lady Jane he echoed the exact melody note for note. If you liked those songs , you like what Jagger and Richards wrote.
Wow, "The Stones," performing with great dignity, elegance, "musicians," Brian Jones, the whole crew, in perfect sync and form and Mick is crooning, the whole gang, so young, clean, honest; Brian Jones just a beautiful flower child, the heart and soul of the group. What a time that was. So precious. beyond words...
@@williardbillmore5713 Little talent????? You are crazy. Brian Jones was a GREAT talent playing several instruments: dulcimer, sitar, piano, marimbas and many others, in addition to the smile guitar. Brian was a musician, the announcer and arranger didn't play the instruments he used. Ask Mick Jagger to play the dulcimer like Brian in this video? Each with their specialty, so it's a musical group.
@@claudiocefas3094 You heard me correctly, Claudio ... Jones had very little musical talent. Picking out the simplest of melodies on several instruments does not require much in the way of creative ability. A child could easily and quickly learn to do what Brian played in this song. The dulcimer is an extremely easy instrument to play and Brian didn't even play it very well. What he demonstrated in Lady Jane was dulcimer 101.
@@williardbillmore5713 Wow, to say that Brian Jones had little musical talent!!??? Man, you haven't heard the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards interviews about Brian's ability to play a variety of instruments. What they complain is that Brian got carried away by his troubled personality and heavy drugs. He played guitar, smile, harmonica, piano, mouthpieces, keyboards, dulcimer, mellotron, organ, harpsichord, theremin, bass guitar, sitar, tambura, koto, saxophone, trumpet, harp, accordion, bagpipes, mandolin, banjo, xylophone, marimba, recorder, cello, drums, cavaquinho, oboe, tuba, horn, trombone, clarinet, kazoo, tabla. All this at just 27 years old, if he wasn't a prodigy then I don't know what definition it is. Ever wondered if the Stones had to hire every musician to play these instruments? Dulcimer played by a kid and live on TV, you gotta be kidding, I picked up a dulcimer once and didn't even know how to start. Not to mention it's not an electric instrument and the sound doesn't come out like a guitar. You must be one of those who want to "erase" Brian Jones from the Stones. But it will never work, because the internet does not allow lying who was the founder of the Stones. Too bad he died so young, as John Lennon said "so much wasted talent". The Beatles invited him several times to rehearse and play with them. Less man, it's you against music critics and the absolute majority of Stones fans.
Brian Jones is the most talented musician in the band, and we just saw a small portion of his ability to play just about anything after he got the right sound to fit in with the rest of the Stones. This song reminded me of how good he really was.
@@RavenThom No they. became much better and bigger than Jones ever envisioned them to be. Brian's vision for the band was that they would play only other people's blues songs in a handful of obscure blues clubs around london. If they had followed Brians direction you and I would have NEVER heard of them.
This beautiful song is a haunting trigger. I was at my cousin’s house, Feb ‘66, and discovered this song on a 45. I loved it....and as is my habit, I obsessed on the song and played it over and over and over and over...Then the phone rang with the news we all expected. My gravel ill mother had just died. I was 13, she was 40. This song just drags me back to that day...even after 54 years.
I fully agree as I was always an admirer of their first time, in particular, songs like "As tears go by", but also "Mothers little helper" (which was banned in that world which claims to be the most liberal one!).
Uniquely talented yet fatally flawed if he had survived he may have returned to play session on Stones recordings. He could never had played lead like Taylor or even Wood but he had a talent for weird instruments and backing bass lines.
22 years ago I participated in a radio contest singing this wonderful song alive, simply over the phone (and they were broadcasting it nation wide). I won main prize - a trip to RS concert. That's how I saw them for the first time in Athens, Greece, Bridges to Babylon tour...
RIP Brian Jones, you can see his passion playing his heart out in the melody. What a tragedy was the loss of this incredibly talented musician at such a young age of 27. It's unfortunate how silly things can happen in life that he felt he needed to maintain himself distanced from the rest of the band.
C'est, immédiatement, d'une beauté. Délicat, sophistiqué, tendre, martelé par une musique envoutante. Avec, aussi, un petit côté presque solennel. Je l'avais un peu oubliée, cette chanson, voilà qu'elle me revient.
Definitely one of my favorite songs by the Rolling Stones: so melancholic, so sweet, so everything...and *Brian Jones* was magic. (Rest in Paradise, Brian) He learned to play the dulcimer almost over night for this lovely Rock ballad (written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger). Forever in my heart... Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock) LPM
I've considered 'Lady Jane' to be the most beautiful ballad I've ever heard since first falling in love with the album 'Aftermath' in 1967! The Rolling Stones have been great for a long time, but Brian Jones' immense talent was a shooting-star-burst that initially launched them into the stratosphere early, yet with too little recognition for their faded hero. Genius is too rarely rewarded on-time.
The whole thing is so tragic. Really, the 60s and it's rampant drug culture with no knowledge on the impending backlash made the us lose a lot of beautiful musicians. Brian really had so much to offer, but he was surrounding by hanger ons and toxic company who never saw his suicidal tendencies and obvious mental deterioration. In the long run, it would've been a lot better overall if Brian left the band early on and kept doing something where he was the certified leader. Things spiralled totally out of control and all we were left with is an incredibly sad story of a young mans passing that really could've been avoided.
SIMKINETICS: Brian Jones did not write this song! He didn't sing it, either! What he did do was provide a nice, simple dulcimer part that echoed the melody, and for that he deserves credit, but people get way, way too carried away deifying Brian Jones.
Brian Jones en primer plano demostrando su virtuosismo en ejecutar instrumentos muy poco comunes y conocidos dentro del campo del rock. Una bellísima pieza con atmósfera Victoriana.
@@joefrisbey5252 Exactly. After Jones died I think they made their best albums,but gradually their sound became very samey after GHS,unless they had a real good tune or something that got in a great groove like Can't You Hear Me Knockin', Slave or Melody.
The Mick Taylor period was a golden-era in music, but the Jones-era was the pinnacle. Ronnie Wood has been solid, but it's never recaptured the magic of those aforementioned times. It's all rote now.
uma das mais lindas canções que já foram compostas em todos os tempos. uma das mais lindas interpretações de Mick Jagger. The Rolling Stones , uma das maiores bandas de todos os tempos.
+Andy Bowles How was he an integral dimension? If he wrote any songs for the band, I don't know which one they are. Mick and Keith over-shadowed any writing/composing he may have done. Brian's use of drugs made it impossible for him to contribute anything to the band let along an integral dimension.
+stonegateaccent Did you hear the dulcimer in this song? The recorder in Ruby Tuesday? The sitar in Paint it, Black? I guess those weren't integral parts? Man he was a major part of the band. I don't know how you could say otherwise. And he may not have been into writing songs himself, but keep in mind that no matter who wrote a song for the Rolling Stones, it was credited as a Jagger-Richards song. That's just the way it was all set up. I wouldn't want to write any songs either.
+Catalina Kühne Peimbert It's much more complicated than that Catalina, and not as simple as some writers would have people think. Very sad, actually. But I like to remember him when he was at his peak(s). Let us just say, he may have been a mess but he did not get there all on his own :(
This is a masterpiece I wasn't born until 75 and this is the music I love, real musicianship and talent from the whole band really loved it with Brian in the picture before everything went wrong
wendy i love your comment , The 60s era was some thing else , its music was so diverse , what a wonderful choice we had xx This classic could be the best single ever made xx lol Jane x i was their xxxxxxxx🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Once again Brian Jones the musician shines through....this is brians genious knowing the type of instrument required for the song...in this case the medieval instrument the dulcimer....
The Rolling Stones was the vision of Brian Jones...Period! He organized the band by grafting four members from other fledgling groups on the club scene at that time, onto his version of a blues cover band. He even named them after Mississippi Delta bluesman Muddy Waters' 1940's hit of the same name. Most importantly, he provided the solid musical direction, and arrangements for the band. Thanks to his strong musical background and proficiency on a number of instruments, he provided the unforgettable hooks, riffs, and chordal progressions in the iconic tunes for which Mick and Keith penned the lyrics. His use of so many nontraditional instruments in his musical compositions, was definitely ground breaking at the time. I would argue he led the way for others to follow, in what would become the ever expanding realm of blues rock. Before he finally succumbed to the demons that would ultimately destroy him, he had cemented his place as one of contemporary music's greatest pioneering innovators. He was the leader, the foundation of their heritage. Rest in peace my friend. They can't take that away from you.
I couldn't agree more, but it's that Jagger and Richards got all the credit. Without Jones, there would not have been any Stones or would not have been as influential without him to guide them.
Hey Busta! Have you been huffing the glue you use while your curating your Brian Jones scrapbook? Brian did not "provide arrangements for the band"; they were a collaborative effort, as is the case with most rock groups. I'm sure Brian made a number of musical contributions during his relatively brief tenure with the Stones, but Mick and Keith WROTE THE SONGS---that includes chord progressions, melodies, hooks, riffs, and so on. The Stones' most iconic hooks were, for the most part, Keith's: Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, Honky Tonk Women, and so on. Not only did the Stones not miss a beat
when they sacked Brian, but they went on to hit their peak both critically and commercially. As for Brian's "musical compositions", I'd love to know where to access them, since I've never heard that such a thing even exists (christ, even Bill Wyman wrote a song at one point, a weird, baroque ditty that appears on Satanic Majesty). Face it; Brian Jones wasn't even as important, musically, as Ian Stewart, who played piano for the group on countless tracks, but was demoted from "official" Stone to studio sideman because Andrew Loog Oldham thought his not-so-cool physical appearance detracted from the band's image.
I have loved this song for so long and now to see it performed on here is a real thrill. ♥ Loved The Stones since I was 15 and now at 62 these old songs bring back sweet memories. ♥
Que vídeo fantástico. O legendário Brian Jones tocando um instrumento que imita o som do cravo. E todos tão jovens. Imagens maravilhosas, que só a internet nos proporciona.
"Lady Jane" from The Rolling Stones, with Brian Jones on dulcimer. On Ed Sullivan Show, from their Apr.1966, most experimental album up until then, Aftermath, which also contained" Paint it Black" with sitar by Jones.
Efectivamente dos superlativos Lady Jane siempre me pareció una canción de Brian Jones muy buen músico y Hey Jude ya sabes Paul George que tiempos todos ellos geniales Lady Jane Hey Jude
Вот уже и 54 года этой "божественной вещи!"А мне-52!Миньон-пластиночку фирмы Мелодия СССР с 4 песнями этой группы (леди джейн,рубиновый вторник,нарисуй это черным,а слезы катятся)храню,как "божественную реликвию!"Рад,что судя по комментариям-больше 1000 единомышленников!Спасибо!
