hey there Jamel, got this nice T-Shirt 2 weeks ago, good quality, think this is not my last T-shirt ! love your funny reactions, keep on , best to you and family from"Jogi" Germany
There is a nice cover version of this song done by a Canadian group called the Tea Party ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lr1DYbOVgt4.html
Damn Jamel, I've been listening to this song for over 50 years and never connected the line of cars to a funeral. That's why it's nice to get someone else's perspective on a song. Otherwise I had the gist of the songs meaning.
I find it fairly hard to believe that most people dont get that, like what else they think Mick is just planning to revamp his gaff or it's the theme tune behind the latest Dulex ad campaign?
@@philipdhm I believe the main problem, is the tune and the way he sings it. Not quite depressing, if you'd ask me. ) There is a version, that really tells the tale, here on youtube. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BaXSbsZoYnU.html
I came to understand this song when my 17 year old son passed away...all my friends walked away...too hard to watch me grieve...thanks for doing this song you understand it completely and it means a lot to me...sometimes my heart is still black...I miss my son Chance very much...😢💔🖖🏻🇨🇦
Written in the early 60’s when the Beatles were writing pleasurable, light-hearted songs, whereas the Stones were the bad boys and their songs were associated with the dark side. This is a perfect example.
The stones were preppy art kids in london and the beatles grew up in rough estates in liverpool If anything it was just the way the bands were marketed at the time and their respective audiences.
Hey Cindy that may be true but I'm the star of the karaoke versions I posted! Check it out pretty baby! ru-vid.com/group/PLUi5L1bW3t8aKdk0HUxIuBuJEHGl74l1F
That it is. Grief doesn't have an expiration date either. It's so disheartening when people tell you to get "over it". My Dad passed away 10/13/2017, my Mom 09/03/2020. I'm the "strong friend" among my group of friends. The go to when they have an issue and want unfiltered advice. Yet when I lost my parents, even the friends I grew up with and have known since the age of 8, that KNEW my parents, avoided me. I got second, third and fourth hand condolences because the idea of me being in pain and feeling lost was too far outside of their personal comfort zones. They couldn't handle the thought that "of all people", I would crying. I still love them all, but lost a great deal of respect for each and every one of them.~APRIL LIPKE
“If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes.” He’s saying if he thinks about it too deeply at sunset, he will kill himself and laugh with his dead loved one by morning. Really the darkest and deepest line in the song and no one ever gets it.
@@antoniocarlin5026 I love Apocalypse Now. I have it on 4k but Paint it Black isn't on the soundtrack. The End by The Doors and Satisfaction by The Stones are in the movie though. Some parts of The End sound a little like a slowed down Paint it Black.
Yes! This song perfectly captures how I felt in the days before my dad's funeral. Looking around at people smiling, laughing, eating, drinking. Wearing their summer clothes. And I was silent and resentful and hateful and knowing it was illogical. He wasn't their dad. But I wanted it painted black, too.
My little brother just passed away a month ago at the age of 32. I heard this song plenty of times but now it takes on a whole new meaning for me. I never really did a deep dive into the lyrics and thought about what he was saying but now... give me chills. RIP Bob, I miss you so much 😞
Two separate things....the lyrics are about depression and they are amazing. The music, the sitar, all musicians on the track, are amazing. The melody of the song is what truly makes it masterpiece.
I’ve probably heard this song 500 times in my life, and I never once thought about the line of black cars being a funeral before. That’s brilliant, dude. Well noticed. Thank you for that. :)
@@weeshite6841 🤣 Yeah it seems super obvious now, but I guess I read it as, like... I don’t know, the line of cars was just one more of the normal-ass things he was seeing in the world... girls walking by dressed in their summer clothes, a line of cars... people going about their lives not thinking about death or the war or whatever. Just never clicked in my brain that a line of black cars is a funeral, I was just thinking a line of cars as traffic. 🤣 Is the red door some specific metaphor I’m missing too? Hook me up.
And the next line is also relevant "with flowers and my love both never to come back". Just like a funeral - you send flowers and express love for the deceased but they cannot be returned.
I was just gonna comment about Tour of Duty but you beat me to it. That's where I first heard this song as a kid and I fell on love with it. Really great show as well. At least from what I remember
Rewatching Tour of Duty, comes on Saturdays on Heroes & Icons channel. Unfortunately they don’t use this song in intro, big bummer. It’s still a great show.
As a singer/songwriter, I'm amazed how the Stones have kept on making killer music for my entire life time. I came alive with the British invasion. Beatles, Stones, Animals, etc. They still inspire awe in me.
It’s not supposed to be creepy, at the time McJaggers wife was in the hospital and was supposed to die, and seeing the girls in the summer clothes reminded him that his wife wasn’t there spending time with him during summer and was in the hospital instead. Not checking out girls, but reminding him that his wife couldn’t be like them.
Back in the day the rumor was that it was written for Angie Bowie, wife of Mic's friend David Bowie. But the song was written by Keith Richards, who didn't know the Bowies, and had an ex named Angie
Black Lexus D Angie is such a heart wrenching and beautiful song, would love a reaction to it. And Wild Horses is another that effects me in the same way.
This song is about grieving and the feeling of not wanting to feel anything anymore. So yeah everyone can relate to this. It could even be something else lost instead. He could be grieving the loss of his youth or maybe something more existential.
And Brian Jones working that sitar throughout the entire song. That's a sign of the times, for sure. You NEVER hear the sitar used in rock music anymore.
Actually, sitar and other folk/world instruments are more popular in modern music than they've ever been. There's TONS of great prog, indie, and folk out there using every obscure noisy thing you could ever dream of!
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches Sure, a lot of popular music these days is bland and formulaic. But the industry has changed a lot since the days when being a chart-topper was the only way to succeed. You have artists now who routinely get millions of plays on Spotify and views on RU-vid without ever having a song reach any charts or even signing with a label. There's more of a market for indie and folk music now, more than there has been at any time previously. Even "obscure" artists can make enough from their material to afford to tour. Selling out to label execs to get enough airplay to afford a shoddy regional tour and hoping to break even on merch just isn't how it works, anymore.
@@The_Rude_French_Canadian every time I here this song, I'm reminded of the time I boarded a TWA commercial with my basic load and two duffel bags, ruck and rifle. We flew out of Forbes Field, topeka, ks, headed for the persian Gulf.
"The general consensus is that the Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” is based on the narrator grieving over a deceased romantic partner. And there is definitely imagery presented in its singular verse to support this theory. However, its singer and co-writer, Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger, has stated that such is not particularly the case. Rather the song is about depression in general, with the titular color black serving as a symbol of this unfavorable mood."
That’s how I take it also. The scenario is just a McGuffin or device to bring out concrete images associated with depression like loss and social alienation. Sometimes depressed/anxious people fear losing people or experience loss similar to when people actually die when there is no such loss. With writers they’re also looking for words that sound good and ideas and stories will develop from word choices. I’ve always seen it as being about a dark mood or depression.
Winston Churchill referred to his depression as "the black dog" and I've heard other British people refer to it that way, so it makes sense that Mick Jagger chose the "black" theme in this song.
When my dad died I had that same feeling, “no I’m not good, no I don’t wanna talk about, and this is the 100th time someone has asked, so thanks for reminding me of my pain.” So now when I know someone is hurting I intentionally don’t ask, I’ll just say “you need anything?” If they wanna say more, cool, if not, they know I’m there for them. Thanks for the great content every day Jamel, your a legend.
When my friend was 18 he lost his Dad to cancer, I went around after college and just took a few beers, he answered the door and we just sat and played playstation with a couple of drinks, we only talked about the game or music as normal. As I was going I said "if you need anything anytime ring me" He later told me that was the most normal thing to happen all day and even though everyone else, all day had been coming around with condolences he had felt alone. The best thing for him was a sense of normality. Sadly at 21 he also lost his mum to cancer, the text I got was "Mum gone, same again" And so I did the same
This song also hits people with PTSD. You want your cave, your place that is yours, the place that no-one bothers you. You see other people, but you are not like them.
I've had several people die, mother father sister, and brother, and I totally know that it is so hard to go back to work and pretend everything is okay. This song is so touching, and really touches on emotion most people do not, or cannot even talk about.
I lost my father 7 years ago and I had this feeling afterwards that only this song can actually describe. Then 2 years a go I went to the funeral of my best friend's grandfather. when I went there, my friend was touched but not that much as they were not close. But when I met his father it was a different story. He was normal until he saw me, he gave me look and only people who lost a parent can understand. He didn't say a word for a solid 10 seconds then hugged me. He looked at my best friend said : "He understands it, and I hope you will never have to". Until this day, I can spot anyone who lost a parent with that look.
True story. I was 16 and home alone. It was 1976. I was watching the Olympics. They were interviewing a guy named Mick Jagger. I was thinking to myself “I wonder what sport he plays ?”
Jamal. Thank you. Thank you for your reactions to songs I've heard more times than I can count, that fade into background noise and the tableau of my life. You've given the songs new (or just) meaning for me and I hear them in an entirely new light now. So sorry to hear you lost your sister. I can't imagine the pain. Don't quit. You give the internet value beyond mere cat videos.
I concur 100%! Strange, as I thought this video was produced/authorized by the Rolling Stones. I've seen so many interesting lyric videos for the Stones, I thought they were in charge of all of them. Obviously not, it seems. ✌🍁✌
I believe they are incorrect all the way through aren't they? I could be wrong but I always thought he said "I see a red door and I want to paint it black" not "I want it painted black", which may not seem like a big difference but the intention behind it is. When you lose someone that close suddenly you don't just want to block out the world, you want to be the one to light the fuse and burn it all down.
I’ve always thought of this as a Vietnam era song. I can see a soldier feeling this way. No one wants to look at them acknowledge them. All the people who died fighting ...Who gave their lives and limbs and this how they’re treated. Now we thank our soldiers back then we didn’t.
You hit it right on the head. My mother died two years ago and I have to admit I hate the person I've become since she died. For me, it's more like I just see red and it's hard to stop the racing thoughts of the past.
Hmm, the U.S version of this album (Aftermath) has Paint It Black, but not Mother's Little Helper. The U.K. version has Mother's Little Helper, but not Paint It Black. It's a great song though. I love early Stones.
Our back door was red when this song came out and wasn't sure if it was about us or what. Released May 7, 1966, I was 8 years old. When my dad died that November, I knew what the song was all about.
I never would have thought I was going to watch a reaction channel because they always play it up and blah blah blah, but god damn my dude. The actual genuine reactions and understanding content that people have produced has lended me your subscription. Thanks for being genuine from what I have watched so far my dude.
Always dig your videos, Jamel. Loved your commentary on this song and having lost a family member recently, the way you expressed your own journey through the grieving process connected me to you in a way that I didn't expect when clicking the link. Thanks for what you do. Peace.
Very sorry to hear you lost your sister Jamel. This is a powerful song, I loved it when it first came out and it took on a whole new layer of darkness for me after I lost my wife 15 years ago. Love you reaction videos.
The Stones are the best. To be able to remain relevant for so many years speaks to their passion for music. Mick's vocals are amazing. He is a chameleon. No song ever sounds the same. When you put that with Kieth's guitar and you have magic!
my english is not natural speaking,but line of black cars with flowers and his love never come back..funeral of girl he loved.On many movies this scene can be seen
The Rolling Stones have been together since the 60's. I was in my early teens when I first heard about this group. Now, I am 70 years old and still a HUGE fan of the Rolling Stones!! So many great songs over the decades...."I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Stones was very controversial in the early 60's and many radio stations refused to play that song. Check out the Ed Sullivan Show and the Stones performance of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".
A "Red Door" has had many meanings. Mostly "good fortune" of some sort. Maybe that the home is paid for. Maybe this is a safe and welcoming home to travelers ... Black is a color of mourning (somebody passing, heartbreak, sadness)
One of your videos showed up in my feed out of nowhere and it was exactly what I needed. It's really refreshing to hear your perspective on music as well as your enthusiasm!
I've heard this song so many times in my life and the funeral bit never clicked in my head. Now the whole song makes more sense to me. Thank you, man, you just blew my mind.
Thumb is up, and i haven't seen the reaction, yet. Actually paused it to comment. This is one of my top 3 Stones songs, and i know how you love the way music feels. I really, really, really hope you enjoy it as much as i think you will! Excited to see.
OMG! I’ve listened to this song forever and never perceived it how you described it. But that’s it! You’re right about it. It says something completely different to me now. It still says what it did before but it’s more now. Thank you!
I love that you remembered this from Stir of Echoes. Great, often overlooked flick, and yeah, I always associate this song with that film, too. Great job explaining why you could feel what he felt in the song. So sorry for the loss of your sister.
When my husband passed, my 14 year old eventually wouldn't leave the house. We are in a small town and my son looks like his Dad spit him out. Identical the two of them. He couldn't handle everyone bringing up "How much he looks like his Dad". I finally took him back east and stayed with relatives and friends for near a year.
The song is about losing a loved one and attending the subsequent funeral after. The red door refers to his heart, which he now wants painted black, as to never be opened again. Painting it black is a metaphor for his mood and how he does not wish to be consoled, merely left alone to "fade away and not have to face the facts".
52 years old metal head been listening to rock my whole life... Paint it black one of my fav and I have to come to a RU-vid reaction channel to be enlighten about the meaning of the song either i'm thick as a brick or you sir are a observational savant! Bravo Line of car painted black! Bravo sir well done!
Wow! That was an incredible insight into this track. I’ve listened to this track countless times. But, I’ve never connected it’s meaning to the personal grief associated with the loss of a loved one. Nicely done.
My husband was in the Navy, 1966-1970, his ship was in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam, for 18 months. This song blasted everywhere at this time....sad times!
Can confirm, when my father passed away 3 years ago the night before my birthday, it took at least a year for any feeling to come back and for any colors to shine again, I couldn't play my guitar, I couldn't look at anything happy or joyous, it really is crazy how much someone so special impacts your life and how much you lose when they are gone. It's just that feeling of utter depression and hopelessness when you feel like you will never be able to enjoy anything or be happy ever again. However, life is much too beautiful for that and the beauty of the world eventually draws you back in and you are grateful to be alive.
Jamel, once again, spot on! "The song describes the extreme grief suffered by one stunned by the sudden and unexpected loss of a wife, lover or partner."
I grew up to the sound of the rolling stones, and coping with growing up, listening to the vocalisations of the way you felt yorself somedays, made me feel I wasn't the first to know the difficulties of facing your own inner demons and working it out.
Wow, Jamel, you got it perfectly. You even taught me more about the song and I was brought up with it. My dad passed 2 years ago and I feel just like this.
I love when you hear meanings in these songs so quickly, Jamel. I’ve usually just let the songs wash over me. I always felt the singer was angry at life. You’ve changed the meaning for me. Never thought of it as grieving before. Now it’s more personal to me as I lost someone very dear to me last year. 💔 Now this song can help me vent when I need it. It was hard for me to see that life carried on and the world wasn’t grieving with me. I see the singer also felt that way. Thank you for the new perspective. ~dobolina*
Well then call me a cashew because I prefer The Beatles but not by much. So many people compare the two but in actuality they were both unique. It was once said that "The Beatles wanted to hold a girl's hand but The Stones wanted much more than that." LOL
@@neilmartin99 One day I asked my friend to loan me a Beatles album. In return he gave me a CD, Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request. He told me that when ppl said Beatles,Abby Road was the greatest album ever made, The Stones released that album.
@@_Slicedbread Majesty was not my favorite Stone's album so I could never compare it to Abbey Road or The White Album in terms of groundbreaking. Beggars Banquet, Exile On Main Street, Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed or even Flowers would make a better case, IMO. But, music is an individual choice so there is no right or wrong answer. Fun to discuss though.
Thanks again J aka J, for bringin forth music that was around before there was-and which formed the basis for-(heavy) metal music. And this song here, another real good one (thanks for all of em you're bringin out again, love ya bro!)-this is a song no young person would think listenin to on their own. because why should they: metal is way more rippin loud and excitingly threastening, and then you bring it out for em and explain so well why it is worth listening to, and you do it so well! Thank you again for your contributions to world consciousness. And I ain't kiddin.
Props to you man. You're my favorite reaction creator. I dig your ability to break down lyrics and find the deeper meaning to content that most reactors miss. Kudos to you.
Awww .....Jamel thanks for sharing your view on this song..... I'm as old as the Stones themselves (we're both 60 this year)....but I learnt a lot from you just now Much love xx
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" Off Sticky Fingers. In fact, anything off Sticky Fingers by the Stones is great. And it sounds great, unlike early Stones which were badly recorded.
A lot of vets took this song to heart after losing people and so much of themselves to Vietnam, and trying to climb up out of that pit.. Another great Stones song is Ruby Tuesday. It's just so pure.
As it was my misfortune to learn years ago when a local FM station spent a weekend playing the Stones A to Z, the song title is 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)'. I'd planned to tape it when 'H' rolled around. Damn.
There you go again....reacting to one of my all-time favorites. This song has a personal meaning to me. One I related to when I was in my deepest state of depression, social anxiety disorder, and having panic attacks on a regular basis. It remains a favorite even as I am much better because it is part of my journey, part of my struggle and coming into the light. ;) Thanks again! And, by the way, I believe some of those last lyrics are incorrect in this video. I believe they should be, "I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky".
