there’s so much going on in this video but what keeps bringing me back is the slow groove of this version. it’s so different from the usual recording. i like this much better. it almost fits the scene of the evening. the ominous events of the night and mick trying to chill everyone down.
HA was put in an impossible position b/c if that had sat back and "chilled" like Mick said then the crowd would have been all over the place and eventually the bands would have looked at HA and said "why the hell aren't you doing your job??"
Mick tried his best against impossible conditions to contain the crowd. The song is already kinda creepy but the slow ominous groove to this is chilling especially when you know what's going to happen.
I like his bits in "Tumbling Dice", and the decision to play an "A" instead of the root "D" of the D chord in "Satisfaction" gives it a larger, sophisticated sound.
if you notice, he doesn't get thrown off the stage until he takes off his coat. he is no longer wearing his "colors" and so no longer has the protection of the Hell's Angels.
smokahontas99 as someone who’s had an intense LSD trip at Ozzfest, the energy of the crowd plays a big factor in how your trip will be. It seemed like everyone around me was also on a hard trip, but we all handled it well and the energy that pulsed through that large open field was pure bliss, like we were all lost before but found a safe haven amongst each other. The look on these kids faces gave off so much bad enerygy that I’m sure any person who has experience with psychedelics could feel the energy radiating off them even from all these years ago. Everything was working against these poor hippies at this festival, from being sold bad tabs of acid to the poor organization of the festival, then to top it off they kept getting fucked with by the Hells Angels. Perfect storm for a psychedelic nightmare.
@RidgeRunner it's just that I never hear him talked about. Anyone in the stones is highly regarded, but among the bass community I never hear his name.
@@honeybadger1810Bill Wyman never seemed to feel a need to noodle his @ss off and overshadow the guitars and vocals. He fit right into the pocket with Charlie Watts and gave each song its legs.
Mick is playing stuccato chords, not strumming. He moves from the stuccato playing into the solo, then back out at the end. You can hear the "rythmn" part stop during the solo, then starting again.
@@brianscott5205 The rhythm guitar part never stops. This song you can also hear that on Get Yer Ya Ya's Out, he's just strumming chords with some pattern variations. That part is somewhat buried in the mix that's why it's not clear enough
Idgaf what you assholes say. Mick Taylor played this solo, it's recorded that he did. Listen to the love in vain solo and tell me truthfully that you don't hear the similarities
Not Mick Taylor, it's Keith Richards soloing! I knew someone was go there! You can clearly see M T is playing open chords ands the see Keitj later play up the neck witj a louder guitar as well.I know about MT and how great he was ,but Keith still did some leads with MT in the band.
Agreed Both the guitarists played they asses off. Jagger proved to be the ultimate professional, under the circumstances. Must have been terrifying, seeing all the violence around. And lets not forget the rhythm section. They never missed a beat. As an old bluesman said of the Stones..."these guys is good!!"
Unfortunately, this concert will be remembered for all the violence and that a murder took place, but this is probably the best Rolling Stones concert ever (I really wished one we can see the full concert). They were really playing and singing their asses off as a way of survival.
It's got to be the distortion in the audio that makes this sound extra creepy. It perfectly matches the crowd, shambling around in a drunken, drugged out stupor, calm one moment, but just ready to trip over that line where anything can happen...and it did. Helping the creepy feeling is the fantastic filmmaking. That dude tripping balls, suddenly yanked offstage (how did he GET there?) by the Angel. Mick's eyes deeply in shadow. Ghostly - he does NOT look at ease, even if his leadership skills helped him stay calm enough to hopefully have had even some small impact on the crowd for a while. I'm fascinated by this video, and the perfect storm of circumstances that led up to this disaster of an event. Just bought Joel Selvin's book on the whole thing and started listening today. I can't even imagine how much worse the behind the scenes crap will get before the actual event, the account OF the event, and the aftermath. What a nightmare.
@@frehleyscomet8812 They played a slightly longer instrumental and Mick was like "Yes..I can finally step away from this guy". And then..Mick had to come back to sing..and he's thinking.."Shit..I gotta stand next to this drugged up asshole again..and no one seems to care. Damn"!!
@@AG-ne3rh Why don't you look up who was playing the instruments in those Motown bands.... Like Steve Cropper, Duane Allman etc etc..... Nobody "stole" anything lmao.
@@yeehaw3792 exactly Jimi Hendrix whole rhythm section was friggin white. Im so sick of hearing we was Kings and shit. Shhhiiit nigga we was kangz.looking like curious george
I heard this live version of "Under my thumb" many years ago, in a documentary. I then bought Aftermath just because of the song, and was totally disappointed. I like this version much better. I still do. Slower, bluesier, less poppy, no marimbas, no acoustic guitars, distorted electric guitars.
Best version of 'Under My Thumb' ever. Played through the filter of a bored and sick, sweetly, 1970's Mid-Western summer eve. I think we all heard this.
You really have a sense of the spookiness going on here. Everyone in the audience, and the band, and the Angels, all have very apprehensive looks on their faces. Just a dark vibe or some bad drugs been passed around
And considering that this video even shows the infamous moment where Meredith Hunter pulled a gun on the stones, and got stabbed to death by an angel at the end
really love the bass replacing the marimbas on the song in this version of the song. this live version in general is great. too bad things weren't alright in the crowd
If you want to learn more about Altamont, read "Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day" written by Joel Selvin...
That dude on stage next to Mick was tripping so hard but you can tell he was feeling the music even harder. Good music makes you feel good and tingley all over when youre tripping.
Year 2020 checking in. After all these years, Charlie's opening really set the mood for the song and the way they all joined in. Never heard it played like that in any of their concerts since.
Actually not a huge fan of the studio version of Under My Thumb, but this rendition is so dirty and moody and brilliant. Altamont was a dark event, but the Stones sounded incredible.
They’re both great in their own way. The studio version has that late night driving through the city, burnt out and slightly zoned out feel. It’s more eclectic. The Altamont is more straight rock and ominous.
This version and YA YAS version of this song are my fookin favorites!! And when KEITH started that awesome solo that cat next to MICK started melting as his face turned white.
Phenomenal version great guitar grooves from Keith and Mick Taylor The Stones could play like the devil despite the chaos and violence threatening to surround them here
The dark forces at play...Moon in Scorpio....the tarot said it and all the people consulted before Altamont...desolate speedway in the middle of nowhere, destruction through motion, the perfect scenario for what was to happen. Even today it's still out there and deserted you can feel that vibe 55 years later. What a day. It's in the annals of history and just a legendary concert but that day was truly dark. You can see the audience just ripped and not with the Woodstock vibe. That crowd was stoned on really bad chemicals.
@@allanjones6415that’s likely to reduce the meters of cables they’re using, back then they were starting to play in stadiums. This stage at altamont was very small it appears
I find it quite disturbing how positively people talk about this video/time. I love hearing the song and there’s something about the performance that really draws you in. But you literally see someone being murdered at the end and for the whole song you know it’s about to happen
Read DEAD ANGEL for more info on the angel removing the tripper from stage/staring down jagger - bob roberts. i have a copy , he is in it quite a bit, the book details jerry garcia, the California angels and bob roberts.
There is no comparison of this version with the original version and proves how important Brian Jones was to the sound of many of the Rolling Stones hits.
@Rock Rewind I thought exactly the same thing. I was looking for the original and saw this and clicked out of curiosity. I don't hate this version, but Brian's absence is crystal clear - and not for the better. Brian was a musical genius. His hallmark clear, precise, beautiful, distinct, memorable sound motifs on unusual instruments from the intros and throughout the songs are evident in all their work with him, and even the couple of albums after - 'Sticky Fingers', mmmm? Let me guess why they came up with that, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, title... It makes me mad and sad. What a loss to the world. To think they claimed he just wanted to play covers, that he just wanted to stick to blues, such evident bollocks. He was an innovator, a lover of music from all the corners of the world! Pan Pipes of Joujouka?? 2120 South Michigan Avenue? He had more music coursing through a single drop of blood from a paper cut, than M and K had in both their bodies put together. And M and K couldn't stand it. They couldn't even reach the height of his shadow!! So hatched their cunning plan. :(
The bikers were not the Hell's Angles, they were actually the Dike's On Bikes gang of lesbian women dress up as men bikers. The Rolling Stones made a deal with Dike's On Bikes to run security that night for 200 cases of Kotex Tampons
